page_title: Wilkins Micawber
section_title: Film and television portrayals
hierarchical_section_title: Wilkins Micawber / Film and television portrayals
caption_attribution_description: Photo of W. C. Fields as Micawber from the 1935 film David Copperfield.
context_page_description: Wilkins Micawber is a clerk in Charles Dickens's 1850 novel David Copperfield. He is traditionally identified with the optimistic belief that "something will turn up."
caption: W. C. Fields in his famous role as Mr. Micwaber
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