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Emmy Award presentation.
Emmy Award 1986, W.C. Fields Straight Up for Outstanding Informational Special documentary. Left, Ronald J. Fields, W.C. Fields Productions, Inc., and right, Robert B. Weide, Whyaduck Productions, producers. Emmy presented by Ali McGraw, center.
© W.C. Fields Straight Up, Ronald J. Fields, W.C. Fields Productions, Inc., Whyaduck Productions

Ronald J. Fields

Ron is the world's Fields' scholar and author of the essential filmography W.C. Fields A Life on Film. In 1986 Ron won the Emmy Award for the PBS documentary W.C. Fields Straight Up.

Cover for the book W.C. Fields: A Life on Film by Ronald J. Fields.
 
Ron and Leonard at closing ceremonies of the W.C. Fields Exhibit.
Ronald J. Fields with Leonard Maltin at the W.C. Fields Exhibit closing ceremonies and screening, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Beverly Hills, CA, May 11, 2007.
© Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Ron is also the author of Prentice Hall's best seller, W.C. Fields By Himself and W.C. Fields on Business.

Cover for the book W.C. Fields by Himself: His Intended Autobiography.Cover for the book Never Give a Sucker an Even Break: W.C. Fields on Business.