{{Short description|American actor (1883–1941)}} {{Use American English|date=June 2021}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2021}} {{Infobox person | name = Stanley Fields | image = Stanley Fields in Algiers (1938).jpg | caption = Fields in ''[[Algiers (1938 film)|Algiers]]'' (1938) | birth_name = Walter L. Agnew | birth_date = {{birth date|1883|05|20}} | birth_place = [[Allegheny City, Pennsylvania]], U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|1941|04|23|1883|05|20}} | death_place = [[Los Angeles, California]], U.S. | years_active = 1929{{ndash}}1941 | spouse = Alta Bailey }} '''Stanley Fields''' (born '''Walter L. Agnew'''; May 20, 1883{{spaced ndash}}April 23, 1941) was an American actor.
==Biography== On Broadway, Fields performed in ''Fifty Miles from Boston'' (1908) and ''The Red Widow'' (1911).<ref>{{cite web |title=Stanley Fields |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/stanley-fields-40472 |website=Internet Broadway Database |publisher=The Broadway League |access-date=June 13, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127205408/https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/stanley-fields-40472 |archive-date=November 27, 2020}}</ref> After that, for eight years, Fields performed in [[vaudeville]] with [[Frank Fay (American actor)|Frank Fay]].<ref name="ose">{{cite news |title=Contract Presented To Sinister Actor |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/79500961/stanley-fields/ |access-date=June 13, 2021 |work=The Ogden Standard-Examiner |date=February 11, 1930 |page=7|via = [[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> he started on a film career with a screen debut as a gunman in her talkie ''[[New York Nights (film)|New York Nights]]''. In 1930, he signed a long-term contract with [[Paramount Pictures]].<ref name=ose/>
He died of a heart attack on April 23, 1941.<ref>{{cite news |title=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 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1941/04/24/archives/stanleyfields-57-charater-ator-noted-for-his-gangster-roles-in.html |newspaper=[[New York Times]] |date=April 24, 1941 |accessdate=2015-10-24 }}</ref>
==Selected filmography== [[File:Stanley Fields in Little Caesar trailer.jpg|thumb|Stanley Fields in ''[[Little Caesar (film)|Little Caesar]]'' (1931).]] {{div col|colwidth=30em}} *''[[New York Nights (film)|New York Nights]]'' (1929) - Hood (uncredited) *''[[Street of Chance (1930 film)|Street of Chance]]'' (1930) - Dorgan *''[[Dangerous Paradise (1930 film)|Dangerous Paradise]]'' (1930) - Steamer Captain (uncredited) *''[[Mammy (1930 film)|Mammy]]'' (1930) - Pig Eyes (uncredited) *''[[Captain of the Guard (film)|Captain of the Guard]]'' (1930) - Hangman (uncredited) *''[[Ladies Love Brutes]]'' (1930) - Mike Mendino *''[[The Border Legion (1930 film)|The Border Legion]]'' (1930) - Hack Gulden *''[[Manslaughter (1930 film)|Manslaughter]]'' (1930) - Peters *''[[Her Man (1930 film)|Her Man]]'' (1930) - Al *''[[The Lottery Bride]]'' (1930) - Bartender (uncredited) *''[[See America Thirst]]'' (1930) - Spumoni *''[[Hook, Line and Sinker (1930 film)|Hook, Line and Sinker]]'' (1930) - McKay - Blackwell Henchman *''[[Little Caesar (film)|Little Caesar]]'' (1931) - Sam Vettori *''[[Cimarron (1931 film)|Cimarron]]'' (1931) - Lon Yountis *''[[Cracked Nuts (1931 film)|Cracked Nuts]]'' (1931) - Gen. Bogardus *''[[City Streets (1931 film)|City Streets]]'' (1931) - Blackie *''[[A Holy Terror]]'' (1931) - Butch Morgan *''[[Traveling Husbands]]'' (1931) - Dan Murphy - House Detective *''[[Skyline (1931 film)|Skyline]]'' (1931) - Captain Breen *''[[Riders of the Purple Sage (1931 film)|Riders of the Purple Sage]]'' (1931) - Oldring *''[[Way Back Home (1931 film)|Way Back Home]]'' (1931) - Rufe Turner *''[[Girl of the Rio]]'' (1932) - Mike *''[[Two Kinds of Women (1932 film)|Two Kinds of Women]]'' (1932) - Harry Glassman *''[[Girl Crazy (1932 film)|Girl Crazy]]'' (1932) - Lank Sanders *''[[Destry Rides Again (1932 film)|Destry Rides Again]]'' (1932) - Sheriff Jerry Wendell *''[[The Mouthpiece]]'' (1932) - Mr. Pondapolis *''[[The Painted Woman]]'' (1932) - Yank *''[[Hell's Highway (1932 film)|Hell's Highway]]'' (1932) - F. E. Whiteside *''[[One Way Passage]]'' (1932) - Freighter Captain (uncredited) *''[[Rackety Rax]]'' (1932) - Gilatti *''[[Sherlock Holmes (1932 film)|Sherlock Holmes]]'' (1932) - Tony Ardetti *''[[The Kid from Spain]]'' (1932) - Jose *''[[Island of Lost Souls (1932 film)|Island of Lost Souls]]'' (1932) - Captain Davies *''[[The Constant Woman]]'' (1933) - Beef - Stagehand *''[[Destination Unknown (1933 film)|Destination Unknown]]'' (1933) - Gattallo *''[[Terror Aboard]]'' (1933) - Capt. Swanson *''[[He Couldn't Take It]]'' (1933) - Sweet Sue *''[[Roman Scandals]]'' (1933) - Slave Auctioneer (uncredited) *''[[Palooka (film)|Palooka]]'' (1934) - Blacky Wolfe (uncredited) *''[[Sing and Like It]]'' (1934) - Butch - Hood *''[[Strictly Dynamite]]'' (1934) - Pussy *''[[Many Happy Returns (1934 film)|Many Happy Returns]]'' (1934) - Joe * ''[[Name the Woman (1934 film)|Name the Woman]]'' (1934) - Dawson *''[[Rocky Rhodes]]'' (1934) - Harp Haverty *''[[Kid Millions]]'' (1934) - Oscar Wilson *''[[Life Returns]]'' (1935) - Dog Catcher *''[[Helldorado (film)|Helldorado]]'' (1935) - Truck Driver *''[[Baby Face Harrington]]'' (1935) - Mullens *''[[The Daring Young Man]]'' (1935) - Rafferty *''[[Mutiny on the Bounty (1935 film)|Mutiny on the Bounty]]'' (1935) - Muspratt *''[[Black Gold (1936 film)|Black Gold]]'' (1936) - Lefty Stevens *''[[It Had to Happen]]'' (1936) - Mug *''[[O'Malley of the Mounted (1936 film)|O'Malley of the Mounted]]'' (1936) - Red Jagger *''[[The Mine with the Iron Door (1936 film)|The Mine with the Iron Door]]'' (1936) - Dempsey *''[[The King Steps Out]]'' (1936) - Bruiser (uncredited) *''[[Show Boat (1936 film)|Show Boat]]'' (1936) - Backwoodsman with Gun (uncredited) *''[[Ticket to Paradise (1936 film)|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 (film)|Midnight Court]]'' (1937) - 'Slim' Jacobs *''[[Way Out West (1937 film)|Way Out West]]'' (1937) - Sheriff *''[[The Hit Parade (film)|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 (film)|Wells Fargo]]'' (1937) - Abe - Prospector *''[[Algiers (1938 film)|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 film)|Painted Desert]]'' (1938) - Bill *''[[Straight, Place and Show]]'' (1938) - Slippery Sol *''[[The Sisters (1938 film)|The Sisters]]'' (1938) - Ship's Captain (uncredited) *''[[Flirting with Fate (1938 film)|Flirting with Fate]]'' (1938) - Fernando *''[[Off the Record (film)|Off the Record]]'' (1939) - Big Bruiser (uncredited) *''[[Blackwell's Island (film)|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 film)|Hell's Kitchen]]'' (1939) - Buck * ''[[Fugitive at Large]]'' (1939) - Manning *''[[Pack Up Your Troubles (1939 film)|Pack Up Your Troubles]]'' (1939) - Sgt. Walker *''[[Viva Cisco Kid]]'' (1940) - Boss *''[[King of the Lumberjacks]]'' (1940) - Dominic Deribault *''[[Ski Patrol (1940 film)|Ski Patrol]]'' (1940) - Birger Simberg *''[[New Moon (1940 film)|New Moon]]'' (1940) - Tambour *''[[Wyoming (1940 film)|Wyoming]]'' (1940) - Curley - Henchman (uncredited) *''[[The Great Plane Robbery (1940 film)|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) {{div col end}}
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==External links== {{Commons category|Stanley Fields (actor)}} * {{IMDb name|0276354}} * {{tcmdb name|id=61613|name=Stanley Fields}} * {{IBDB name|40472}} * {{Find a Grave|19268}}
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