Please answer the following question: Facts: - instrument: violin - birth name: harold lewis fielding - origin: woking , surrey , england - death date: 27 september 2003 -lrb- aged 86 -rrb- - genre: musical theatre - birth date: 4 december 1916 - name: harold fielding - background: non_performing_personnel - associated acts: elaine tommy steele strich , ginger rogers , van johnson , - occupation: theatre producer Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of harold fielding .
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harold lewis fielding -lrb- 4 december 1916 - 27 september 2003 -rrb- was an english theatre producer .fielding was one of britain 's foremost theatrical producers who produced several musicals , including '' mame '' , '' charlie girl '' , '' half a sixpence '' , '' show boat '' , '' scarlett '' , '' barnum '' , '' sweet charity '' , '' the biograph girl '' , and '' ziegfeld '' .he also produced '' music for the millions '' , a touring variety show .the son of a stockbroker , fielding was born in woking , surrey and educated privately .as a child prodigy , he studied violin with josef szigeti .he also handled tommy steele 's early career , and commissioned '' half a sixpence '' for him .he was interviewed by sue lawley on '' desert island discs '' on bbc radio 4 on 17 june 1990 .fielding married maisie joyce skivens in 1955 , and was widowed in 1985 .they had no children .he suffered a series of strokes in 1998 , and retired to a private nursing home in kingston-upon-thames , where he died .