Stanley Fields (actor) explained

Stanley Fields
Birth Name:	Walter L. Agnew
Birth Date:	20 May 1883
Birth Place:	Allegheny City, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Death Place:	Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Years Active:	19291941
Spouse:	Alta Bailey

Stanley Fields (born Walter L. Agnew; May 20, 1883April 23, 1941) was an American actor.

Biography

On Broadway, Fields performed in Fifty Miles from Boston (1908) and The Red Widow (1911).^[1] After that, for eight years, Fields performed in vaudeville with Frank Fay.^[2] he started on a film career with a screen debut as a gunman in her talkie New York Nights. In 1930, he signed a long-term contract with Paramount Pictures.^[2]

He died on April 23, 1941,^[3] of a heart attack.

Selected filmography

• New York Nights (1929) - Hood (uncredited)
• Street of Chance (1930) - Dorgan
• Dangerous Paradise (1930) - Steamer Captain (uncredited)
• Mammy (1930) - Pig Eyes (uncredited)
• Captain of the Guard (1930) - Hangman (uncredited)
• Ladies Love Brutes (1930) - Mike Mendino
• The Border Legion (1930) - Hack Gulden
• Manslaughter (1930) - Peters
• Her Man (1930) - Al
• The Lottery Bride (1930) - Bartender (uncredited)
• See America Thirst (1930) - Spumoni
• Hook, Line and Sinker (1930) - McKay - Blackwell Henchman
• Little Caesar (1931) - Sam Vettori
• Cimarron (1931) - Lon Yountis
• Cracked Nuts (1931) - Gen. Bogardus
• City Streets (1931) - Blackie
• A Holy Terror (1931) - Butch Morgan
• Traveling Husbands (1931) - Dan Murphy - House Detective
• Skyline (1931) - Captain Breen
• Riders of the Purple Sage (1931) - Oldring
• Way Back Home (1931) - Rufe Turner
• Girl of the Rio (1932) - Mike
• Two Kinds of Women (1932) - Harry Glassman
• Girl Crazy (1932) - Lank Sanders
• Destry Rides Again (1932) - Sheriff Jerry Wendell
• The Mouthpiece (1932) - Mr. Pondapolis
• The Painted Woman (1932) - Yank
• Hell's Highway (1932) - F. E. Whiteside
• One Way Passage (1932) - Freighter Captain (uncredited)
• Rackety Rax (1932) - Gilatti
• Sherlock Holmes (1932) - Tony Ardetti
• The Kid from Spain (1932) - Jose
• Island of Lost Souls (1932) - Captain Davies
• The Constant Woman (1933) - Beef - Stagehand
• Destination Unknown (1933) - Gattallo
• Terror Aboard (1933) - Capt. Swanson
• He Couldn't Take It (1933) - Sweet Sue
• Roman Scandals (1933) - Slave Auctioneer (uncredited)
• Palooka (1934) - Blacky Wolfe (uncredited)
• Sing and Like It (1934) - Butch - Hood
• Strictly Dynamite (1934) - Pussy
• Many Happy Returns (1934) - Joe
• Name the Woman (1934) - Dawson
• Rocky Rhodes (1934) - Harp Haverty
• Kid Millions (1934) - Oscar Wilson
• Life Returns (1935) - Dog Catcher
• Helldorado (1935) - Truck Driver
• Baby Face Harrington (1935) - Mullens
• The Daring Young Man (1935) - Rafferty
• Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) - Muspratt
• Black Gold (1936) - Lefty Stevens
• It Had to Happen (1936) - Mug
• O'Malley of the Mounted (1936) - Red Jagger
• The Mine with the Iron Door (1936) - Dempsey
• The King Steps Out (1936) - Bruiser (uncredited)
• Show Boat (1936) - Backwoodsman with Gun (uncredited)
• Ticket to Paradise (1936) - Dan Kelly
• The Devil Is a Sissy (1936) - Joe
• The Gay Desperado (1936) - Butch
• Maid of Salem (1937) - First Mate
• The Great O'Malley (1937) - Convict at Lathe (uncredited)
• Midnight Court (1937) - 'Slim' Jacobs
• Way Out West (1937) - Sheriff
• The Hit Parade (1937) - Bedtime Story Man
• The Last Train from Madrid (1937) - Avila (uncredited)
• Three Legionnaires (1937) - Gen. Stavinski
• The Toast of New York (1937) - Top Sergeant
• Souls at Sea (1937) - Captain Paul M. Granley
• The Sheik Steps Out (1937) - Abu Saal
• All Over Town (1937) - Slug
• Wife, Doctor and Nurse (1937) - Delivery Man
• Danger – Love at Work (1937) - Thug
• Counsel for Crime (1937) - George Evans
• Ali Baba Goes to Town (1937) - Tramp
• Roll Along, Cowboy (1937) - Barry Barker
• Wells Fargo (1937) - Abe - Prospector
• Algiers (1938) - Carlos
• Of Human Hearts (1938) - Horse Owner (uncredited)
• Arsène Lupin Returns (1938) - André - Horse Groom (uncredited)
• The Adventures of Marco Polo (1938) - Bayan
• Wide Open Faces (1938) - Duke Temple
• Panamint's Bad Man (1938) - Harold 'Black Jack' Deavers
• Painted Desert (1938) - Bill
• Straight, Place and Show (1938) - Slippery Sol
• The Sisters (1938) - Ship's Captain (uncredited)
• Flirting with Fate (1938) - Fernando
• Off the Record (1939) - Big Bruiser (uncredited)
• Blackwell's Island (1939) - 'Bull' Bransom
• Chasing Danger (1939) - Captain Fontaine
• The Kid from Kokomo (1939) - Muscles Malone
• Exile Express (1939) - Tony Kassan
• Hell's Kitchen (1939) - Buck
• Fugitive at Large (1939) - Manning
• Pack Up Your Troubles (1939) - Sgt. Walker
• Viva Cisco Kid (1940) - Boss
• King of the Lumberjacks (1940) - Dominic Deribault
• Ski Patrol (1940) - Birger Simberg
• New Moon (1940) - Tambour
• Wyoming (1940) - Curley - Henchman (uncredited)
• The Great Plane Robbery (1940) - Frankie Toller
• Where Did You Get That Girl? (1941) - Crandall
• The Lady from Cheyenne (1941) - Jerry Stover
• I'll Sell My Life (1941) - Bochini (final film role)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Stanley Fields . Internet Broadway Database . The Broadway League . June 13, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201127205408/https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/stanley-fields-40472 . November 27, 2020.
2. News: Contract Presented To Sinister Actor . June 13, 2021 . The Ogden Standard-Examiner . February 11, 1930 . 7. Newspapers.com.
3. News: Stanley Fields, 57, Character Actor. Noted for His Gangster Roles in 'Little Caesar' and Similar Films Dies in West. Appeared In Vaudeville. Began Stage Career in Chorus With George M. Cohan. In Films 15 Years . . April 24, 1941 . 2015-10-24 .