He had another son, born on August 15, 1917, with girlfriend Bessie Poole, named William Rexford Fields Morris.[10] Bessie was an established Ziegfeld Follies performer and met Fields while performing in New York City at the famous Amsterdam Theater. Her beauty and quick wit attracted Fields, who was the featured act from 1916 until 1922. She was killed in a bar fight several years later, leaving their son to be raised in foster care, where he acquired the surname Morris by his foster-mother. Fields sent voluntary support to young Bill in care of his foster mother until he graduated from high school, when he sent $300 as a gift.
Headstone of W.C. Fields.. “I would rather be Here, than in Philadelphia”...
But did W.C. Fields ever send him any kumquats?
“I didn’t squawk about the steak, dear. I merely said I didn’t see that old horse that used to be tethered outside here.”