Stanley Fields
Date of birth: 1883-05-19
Place of birth: Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA
Known for: Acting
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Stanley Fields (actor), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Movie Credits
Island of Lost Souls
1932-12-23
An obsessed scientist conducts profane experiments in evolution, eventually establishing himself as
Way Out West
1937-04-16
Stan and Ollie try to deliver the deed to a valuable gold mine to the daughter of a dead prospector.
Name the Woman
1934-07-25
The fate of a city hangs upon the innocence of a girl charged with murder. A young, inexperienced, b
Fugitive at Large
1939-12-07
George Storm is a reputable construction engineer but his life changes the moment a bandit trio hold
Little Caesar
1931-01-25
A small-time hood shoots his way to the top, but how long can he stay there?
City Streets
1931-04-18
A mobster's daughter leads her boyfriend from the circus into bootlegging.
Hook, Line and Sinker
1930-12-26
Two fast-talking insurance salesmen meet Mary, who is running away from her wealthy mother, and they
New Moon
1940-06-28
A revolutionary leader romances a French aristocrat in Louisiana.
Show Boat
1936-05-17
Despite her mother's objections, the naive young daughter of a show boat captain is thrust into the
Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys
1992-04-05
Modern comedians share their thoughts about Laurel and Hardy. Also includes archival footage of cont
Rocky Rhodes
1934-09-24
Rocky Rhodes returns to find his father dead and his best friend Joe accused of the murder. The culp
Blackwell's Island
1939-01-24
A reporter gets himself sent to prison to expose a mobster.
Helldorado
1935-01-05
Arthur T. Ryan, a hitchhiker, gets a ride from haughty, society girl Glenda Wynant and her fiance, w
Hell's Highway
1932-09-23
A prison-camp convict learns that his younger brother will soon be joining him behind bars.
Terror Aboard
1933-04-14
An ocean liner is found at sea with everyone on board dead. An investigation is begun to find out wh
Ali Baba Goes to Town
1937-10-29
While visiting Hollywood a starstruck movie fan (Eddie Cantor) fantasizes about himself cast in an A
Girl Crazy
1932-03-24
New York playboy Danny Churchill is sent to a small town in Arizona, where being sheriff is very dan
A Holy Terror
1931-07-19
Eastern millionaire's son Bard finds his father murdered and flies west to see rancher Drew who may
The Mouthpiece
1932-03-21
A prosecutor quits his job and becomes a defense attorney when he finds out that a man he got convic
Life Returns
1935-01-02
A doctor who has spent his career working on ways to revive the dead sees his chance to prove his th
The Kid from Spain
1932-11-17
Eddie and his Mexican friend Ricardo are expelled from college after Ricardo put Eddie in the girl's
Her Man
1930-09-21
A prostitute sees a friendly sailor as a way out of Havana's grimy underworld.
Danger – Love at Work
1937-09-30
A New York City lawyer finds himself falling in love with the daughter of a screwball South Carolina
The Adventures of Marco Polo
1938-04-07
The Venetian traveler Marco Polo meets Kublai Khan and foils a plotter with fireworks in medieval Ch
Counsel for Crime
1937-10-14
Otto Kruger once again plays a dynamic, bombastic attorney in Columbia's Counsel for Crime. Kruger p
Destination Unknown
1933-04-01
A group of people are stuck on a schooner in the middle of the Pacific with no wind.
The Lady from Cheyenne
1941-04-11
Fictionalized story of the 1869 adoption of women's suffrage in Wyoming Territory. In the new-founde
All Over Town
1937-08-09
Two vaudevillian comedians try to stage a show in a theatre that has a reputation for being being ha
Way Back Home
1931-11-13
A rural Maine farmer fights for custody of the boy who he's raised as his own.
Hell's Kitchen
1939-07-08
A paroled convict's efforts to improve conditions at a boys' reform school alarm the school's corrup
Sing and Like It
1934-04-20
While breaking into a bank safe, a gangster overhears a bank employee singing and decides to put her
Black Gold
1936-01-19
Wildcat riggers risk their lives in the pursuit of oil. Their jobs get even more dangerous when ruth
Trapped
1931-10-28
The Shadow's second movie short, an adaptation from a Ray Humphreys story, "The Cat's Paw," from Det
Viva Cisco Kid
1940-04-12
Cisco saves a stagecoach from being robbed and takes a shine to one of the passengers whose father i
Ticket to Paradise
1936-06-24
A man on his way to closing a million dollar deal has an accident and gets amnesia.
Destry Rides Again
1932-04-17
The story about a man framed for a crime he didn't commit, who returns to wreak havoc following his
Flirting with Fate
1938-12-02
A troupe of traveling entertainers become stranded in Paraguay.
Roll Along, Cowboy
1937-10-18
Singing cowboy Randy shows up at Mrs. Blake's ranch. She is beset by bad guys, and Randy loves her d
Girl of the Rio
1932-01-15
A café dancer bluffs a Mexican landowner to save her lover.
Wide Open Faces
1938-04-18
A small town soda jerk discovers a gang of criminals staying at a local hotel. Comedy.
Cracked Nuts
1931-04-18
To impress his fiancee's aunt, a young man tries to become king in a small kingdom, but the people t
Traveling Husbands
1931-08-15
A salesman gets in trouble with a party girl and a debutante in Detroit.
Souls at Sea
1937-09-03
Michael 'Nuggin' Taylor and Powdah save lives during a sea tragedy in this story about the slave tra
The Constant Woman
1933-03-12
A mother abandons her family only to become a crispy critter with her lover, the husband finds out a
Manslaughter
1930-07-22
A spoiled young rich girl is sent to prison for accidentally running down a pedestrian. There she le
Street of Chance
1930-02-08
'Natural' Davis (William Powell) is a respected gambler who follows a ruthless code of honor with th
Two Kinds of Women
1932-01-16
The daughter of a senator from South Dakota visits Manhattan for the first time, eager to see the si
Exile Express
1939-05-27
When her scientist-employer is murdered, a female legal immigrant suddenly finds herself being depor
Algiers
1938-01-16
Pepe Le Moko is a notorious thief, who escaped from France. Since his escape, Moko has become a resi
I'll Sell My Life
1941-09-12
A woman hoping to raise cash to pay for an operation to restore her blind brother's eyesight finds h
Baby Face Harrington
1935-04-12
Thanks to a series of comic mishaps, a timid, small-town office clerk finds himself wanted by the po
See America Thirst
1930-11-23
Two men, one timid and one aggressive, make out as comical criminals.
It Had to Happen
1936-02-14
A poor boy rises to power in politics.
The Border Legion
1930-06-28
Cowhand Jim Cleve is wrongly accused of murder and rescued by Jack Kells, leader of a band of Idaho
Wells Fargo
1937-12-31
In the 1840s, Ramsey MacKay, the driver for the struggling Wells Fargo mail and freight company, wil
Cimarron
1931-01-26
When the government opens up the Oklahoma territory for settlement, restless Yancey Cravat claims a
The Devil Is a Sissy
1936-09-18
A well-bred young English lad living in lower Manhattan tries to gain acceptance from his not-so-wel
King of the Lumberjacks
1940-04-13
Outdoor drama about a newly-hired lumberjack discovering that his former girlfriend is now his new b
Arsène Lupin Returns
1938-02-25
A woman and a man vying for a woman's affection: the usual love trio? Not quite so since the belle i
Pack Up Your Troubles
1939-10-24
Three American soldiers help a young girl deliver a secret message across enemy lines.
The Sheik Steps Out
1937-09-05
In this comedy, a wealthy sheik kidnaps and falls for a snobby socialite.
Painted Desert
1938-08-12
A cowboy and a bandit face off over possession of a valuable mine.
Midnight Court
1937-03-06
After losing his bid for district attorney, an aspiring young lawyer agrees to defend a ring of car
Kid Millions
1934-11-10
A musical comedy about a Brooklyn boy who inherits a fortune from his archaeologist father, but has
Panamint's Bad Man
1938-07-07
A hero goes undercover to uncover outlaws while singing to a heroine and being sneered at by a bad g
The Great O'Malley
1937-02-13
His role in the plight of an unemployed man (Humphrey Bogart) and his disabled daughter profoundly a
Riders of the Purple Sage
1931-10-22
Lassiter's sister was killed and her young daughter taken and raised by outlaws. Years later Lassite
Three Legionnaires
1937-07-10
Set in the post-WWI days in the Siberian tank town of Skzavoskanoff, U. S. Army Sergeant Chuck Conno
Maid of Salem
1937-02-12
When a young woman named Barbara Clarke has an affair with adventurer Roger Coverman, it causes a sc
The Daring Young Man
1935-07-17
The Daring Young Man is hotshot-reporter Don McLane, played by James Dunn. Always on the prowl for a
One Way Passage
1932-10-04
A terminally ill woman and a debonair murderer facing execution meet and fall in love on a trans-Pac
Ski Patrol
1940-05-09
In 1939, a group of Finnish soldiers defend the border from Russian invaders.
He Couldn't Take It
1933-12-15
Jimmy Kelly, who can't hold on to a job because of his hot temper, finds his calling as a process se
Mutiny on the Bounty
1935-11-22
Fletcher Christian successfully leads a revolt against the ruthless Captain Bligh on the HMS Bounty.
Wyoming
1940-09-13
With the army after him and his partner deserting, Reb decides that a change of scenery would be nic
The Mine with the Iron Door
1936-05-06
Having acquired the controlling interest in the Eureka Discovery Corporation for five-hundred dollar
Wife, Doctor and Nurse
1937-09-17
Social butterfly marries Park Avenue doctor and learns that his nurse is in love with him.
The Kid from Kokomo
1939-05-23
Gruff boxing manager "Square Shooting Murph" Murphy manages a naive boxer from Indiana, Homer Baston
Ladies Love Brutes
1930-05-14
The movie stars George Bancroft, Mary Astor and Fredric March who are all excellent in their roles.
Dangerous Paradise
1930-02-13
Heyst, a hermit on his own tropical island, plays unwilling host to red-headed stowaway Alma. Danger
The Gay Desperado
1936-10-02
Opera singer Chivo is currently playing a singing cowboy, and Mexican bandito Braganza kidnaps him (
Skyline
1931-10-08
Skyline is a 1931 drama film directed by Sam Taylor and starring silent film veteran Thomas Meighan.
Straight, Place and Show
1938-09-30
The Ritz Brothers go to the race track. They raise training end entrance money in a wrestling match
Off the Record
1939-01-21
After a socially conscience reporter adopts a slum orphan after she causes his brother's gang to go
Rackety Rax
1932-10-23
Gambler/racketeer "Knucks" McGloin takes note of just how much money and action (aside from the game
The Toast of New York
1937-07-22
After the American Civil War, Jim Fisk, a former peddler and cotton smuggler, arrives in New York, a
Where Did You Get That Girl?
1941-01-03
In this musical comedy, a motley band of musicians have only their extreme poverty in common. They e
The Great Plane Robbery
1940-12-09
Assigned to keep watch over a recently released gangster, an insurance investigator must keep the cl
Many Happy Returns
1934-06-08
Gracie Allen assumes the "management" of the shop owned by her papa Horatio Allen, turning it into a
Strictly Dynamite
1934-05-11
A failed poet ends up becoming a gag writer for a bombastic comedian.
O'Malley of the Mounted
1936-03-27
O'Malley pretends to be an outlaw in order to join a gang terrorizing towns along the American borde
The Hit Parade
1937-04-26
Agent Pete Garland is fired by society singer Monica Barrett after he got her a new radio contract,
The Last Train from Madrid
1937-06-25
The story of seven people: their lives and love affairs in Madrid during the Civil War.
Roman Scandals
1933-11-27
A kind-hearted young man is thrown out of his corrupt home town of West Rome, Oklahoma. He falls asl
Buddy's Trolley Troubles
1934-05-04
Buddy runs his own trolley. Most of it seems to be a musical number. However, there is a criminal li