Stanley Fields (born Walter L. Agnew, May 20, 1883 â€" April 23, 1941)
was an American actor.Fields spent seven years as a boy soprano in the
Trinity Church choir. He began work as a newsboy, but later became a
professional boxer. As a result of a broken nose, he left the ring and
decided to try performing in vaudeville in partnership 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.He died on April 23, 1941.
was an American actor.Fields spent seven years as a boy soprano in the
Trinity Church choir. He began work as a newsboy, but later became a
professional boxer. As a result of a broken nose, he left the ring and
decided to try performing in vaudeville in partnership 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.He died on April 23, 1941.
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