
Stanley Fields
Known for Acting · 95 credits
- Born
- 1883-05-19
- Died
- 1941-04-23
- Place of birth
- Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA
- Also known as
- Walter L. Agnew
Biography
Stanley Fields (born Walter L. Agnew; May 20, 1883 – April 23, 1941) was an American actor.
On Broadway, Fields performed in Fifty Miles from Boston (1908) and The Red Widow (1911). After that, for eight years, Fields performed in vaudeville with Frank Fay. Thanks to Norma Talmadge, who thought his broken nose gave him a ferocious appearance, 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.
He died on April 23, 1941. He died of a heart attack.
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Known For
Movies (95)

Little Caesar
1931
as Sam Vettori

Mutiny on the Bounty
1935
as William Muspratt

Exile Express
1939
as Tony Kassam

Destination Unknown
1933
as Gattallo

Manslaughter
1930
as Peters

City Streets
1931
as Blackie

Wells Fargo
1937
as Abe, prospector

Midnight Court
1937
as 'Slim' Jacobs

Island of Lost Souls
1932
as Capt. Davies

Cimarron
1931
as Les Yountis

Algiers
1938
as Carlos

Ali Baba Goes to Town
1937
as Tramp

A Holy Terror
1931
as Butch Morgan

Way Out West
1937
as Sheriff

The Toast of New York
1937
as Top Sergeant

Rocky Rhodes
1934
as Harp Haverty

The Mouthpiece
1932
as Mr. Pondapolis

Show Boat
1936

Helldorado
1935
as Truck Driver

Skyline
1931
as Captain Breen

See America Thirst
1930
as Spumoni

Life Returns
1935
as Dog Catcher

Way Back Home
1931
as Rufe Turner

New Moon
1940
as Tambour

Danger – Love at Work
1937
as Combative pedestrian in NYC

The Gay Desperado
1936
as Butch

Hell's Highway
1932
as F.E. Whiteside

Maid of Salem
1937
as First Mate

The Last Train from Madrid
1937
as Avila (uncredited)

Cracked Nuts
1931
as General Bogardus

Wife, Doctor and Nurse
1937
as Deliveryman

The Devil Is a Sissy
1936
as Joe

One Way Passage
1932
as Freighter Captain (uncredited)

The Kid from Spain
1932
as Jose

Off the Record
1939
as Big Bruiser (uncredited)

Roman Scandals
1933
as Slave Auctioneer (uncredited)

Arsène Lupin Returns
1938
as André - Horse Groom (uncredited)

Kid Millions
1934
as Oscar Wilson

The Adventures of Marco Polo
1938
as Bayan

Street of Chance
1930
as Dorgan

Blackwell's Island
1939
as 'Bull' Bransom

Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys
1992
as (archive footage)

Rackety Rax
1932
as Gilatti

Souls at Sea
1937
as Granley

Traveling Husbands
1931
as Dan Murphy

Strictly Dynamite
1934
as Pussy

Name the Woman
1934
as Dawson

Wyoming
1940
as Curley - Henchman

Wide Open Faces
1938
as Duke Temple

Her Man
1930
as Al

All Over Town
1937
as Slug

The Daring Young Man
1935
as Rafferty

Hell's Kitchen
1939
as Buck Caesar

He Couldn't Take It
1933
as Sweet Sue

King of the Lumberjacks
1940
as Dominic Deribault

Viva Cisco Kid
1940
as Boss

The Mine with the Iron Door
1936
as Dempsey

Ticket to Paradise
1936
as Dan Kelly

The Hit Parade
1937
as Bedtime Story Man
Three Legionnaires
1937
as Gen. Stavinski

The Lady from Cheyenne
1941
as Jerry Stover

Counsel for Crime
1937
as George Evans

Black Gold
1936
as Lefty Stevens

Girl Crazy
1932
as Lank Sanders

Where Did You Get That Girl?
1941
as Crandall

Two Kinds of Women
1932
as Harry Glassman

Sing and Like It
1934
as Butch - Hood

The Kid from Kokomo
1939
as Muscles Malone

It Had to Happen
1936
as Mug

Trapped
1931
as Tony Valisimo

The Constant Woman
1933
as Beef - Stagehand

Fugitive at Large
1939
as Manning

Ladies Love Brutes
1930
as Mike Mendino

Riders of the Purple Sage
1931
as Oldring

Many Happy Returns
1934
as Joe

Hook, Line and Sinker
1930
as McKay, Blackwell Henchman

The Sheik Steps Out
1937
as Abu Saal

The Great O'Malley
1937
as Convict at Lathe (uncredited)

The Border Legion
1930
as Hack Gulden

Girl of the Rio
1932
as Mike

Baby Face Harrington
1935
as Mullens

The Great Plane Robbery
1940
as Frankie Toller

Destry Rides Again
1932
as Sheriff Jerry Wendell

Straight, Place and Show
1938
as Slippery Sol

Flirting with Fate
1938
as Fernando

Ski Patrol
1940
as Birger Simberg

Dangerous Paradise
1930
as Steamer Captain

Terror Aboard
1933
as Capt. Swanson

O'Malley of the Mounted
1936
as Red Jagger

Pack Up Your Troubles
1939
as Sgt. Walker

Buddy's Trolley Troubles
1934
as Cop (voice) (uncredited)

Painted Desert
1938
as Bill

I'll Sell My Life
1941
as Bochini

Roll Along, Cowboy
1937
as Barry Barker

Panamint's Bad Man
1938
as Harold 'Black Jack' Deavers
About Stanley Fields
Stanley Fields (born Walter L. Agnew; May 20, 1883 – April 23, 1941) was an American actor. On Broadway, Fields performed in Fifty Miles from Boston (1908) and The Red Widow (1911). After that, for eight years, Fields performed in vaudeville with Frank Fay. Thanks to Norma Talmadge, who thought his broken nose gave him a ferocious appearance, 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. He died on April 23, 1941. He died of a heart at… With 95 credits spanning from 1930 to 1992, Stanley Fields has appeared in 95 films and 0 TV shows.
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- Little Caesar (1931) — as Sam Vettori
- Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) — as William Muspratt
- Exile Express (1939) — as Tony Kassam
- Destination Unknown (1933) — as Gattallo
- Manslaughter (1930) — as Peters
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