Harold Fielding

For the Archdeacon of Rochdale, see Harold Fielding (priest).

Harold Lewis Fielding (4 December 1916^[1] - 27 September 2003) was an English theatre producer.^[2]

Harold Fielding
Birth name	Harold Lewis Fielding
Born	4 December 1916 Woking, Surrey, England
Died	27 September 2003 (aged 86) Kingston upon Thames, London, England
Genres	Musical theatre
Occupation	Theatre producer
Instrument	Violin
Spouse	Maisie Joyce Skivens ​ ​ (m. 1955; died 1985)​

Fielding was one of Britain's foremost theatrical producers who produced several musicals, including Mame, Charlie Girl, Half a Sixpence,^[2] Show Boat, Scarlett, Barnum, Sweet Charity, The Biograph Girl, and Ziegfeld.^[1] He also produced "Music for the Millions", a touring variety show.

The son of a stockbroker, Fielding was born in Woking, Surrey, England, and educated privately.^[1] As a child prodigy, he studied violin with Josef Szigeti.^[1] He also handled Tommy Steele's early career, and commissioned Half a Sixpence for him.^[2]

His office was Fielding House, 53-54 Haymarket, London.

He was interviewed by Sue Lawley on Desert Island Discs on BBC Radio 4 on 17 June 1990. In 1996, Fielding was awarded a Gold Badge from BASCA in recognition of his special contribution to Britain's entertainment industry.^[1]

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.^[3][4][5][6]