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Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle
Born · March 22, 1887
Died · June 29, 1933 (46 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Smith Center, Kansas, USA
Bio
Roscoe Arbuckle (March 24, 1887 - June 29, 1933), widely known to audiences as “Fatty” Arbuckle, was an American silent film actor, comedian, director, and screenwriter. He started at the Selig Polyscope Company and eventually moved to Keystone Studios, where he worked with Mabel Normand and Harold Lloyd as well as with his nephew, Al St. John. He also mentored Charlie Chaplin, Monty Banks and Bob Hope, and brought vaudeville star Buster Keaton into the movie business. Arbuckle was one of the most popular silent stars of the 1910s and one of the highest-paid actors in Hollywood at the time. In one of the earliest Hollywood scandals, Arbuckle was the defendant in three widely publicized trials between November 1921 and April 1922 for the rape and manslaughter of actress Virginia Rappe. Rappe had fallen ill at a party hosted by Arbuckle at San Francisco's St. Francis Hotel in September 1921, and died four days later. A friend of Rappe accused Arbuckle of raping and accidentally killing her. The first two trials resulted in hung juries, but the third acquitted Arbuckle. The third jury took the unusual step of giving Arbuckle a written statement of apology for his treatment by the justice system. Despite Arbuckle's acquittal, the scandal largely halted his career and has mostly overshadowed his legacy as a pioneering comedian.
Buster Keaton The Shorts Collection 1917-1923
7.0
2016
Looking for Mabel Normand
Self (archive footage)
0.0
2015
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
Self (archive footage)
4.9
2007
Buster Keaton: From Silents to Shorts
(archive footage)
0.0
2006
So Funny It Hurt: Buster Keaton & MGM
Self (archive footage)
7.0
2004
Chaplin Today: 'The Gold Rush'
Self (archive footage)
5.4
2003
Arbuckle & Keaton, Volume One
Various
5.0
2001
Arbuckle & Keaton, Volume Two
Various
5.0
2001
The Chaplin Puzzle
(archive footage)
0.0
1992
Hollywood's Hidden Secrets
(archive footage)
0.0
1987
Crazy Days
Various (archive footage) (uncredited)
5.8
1962
Days of Thrills and Laughter
Self (archive footage)
5.5
1961
When Comedy Was King
edited from 'Fatty & Mabel Adrift' (archive footage)
6.7
1960
Happy Times and Jolly Moments
(archive footage)
0.0
1943
Tomalio
Wilbur
2.0
1933
In the Dough
Slim
6.5
1933
Close Relations
Wilbur Wart
0.0
1933
How've You Bean?
0.0
1933
Buzzin' Around
Cornelius
6.0
1933
Hey, Pop!
Fatty
9.0
1932
Stars of Yesterday
Self
0.0
1931
Character Studies
Self (uncredited)
6.0
1927
Listen Lena
Fat man with strategically covered face (unconfirmed)
6.0
1927
My Stars
Mailman (uncredited)
5.7
1926
Go West
Woman in Department Store (uncredited)
6.9
1925
Leap Year
Stanley Piper
4.8
1924
Hollywood
Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle
7.0
1923
The Fast Freight
Ras Berry
0.0
1922
Crazy to Marry
Dr. Hobart Hupp
8.5
1921
Gasoline Gus
Gasoline Gus
0.0
1921
Traveling Salesman
Bob Blake
0.0
1921
The Dollar-a-Year Man
Franklin Pinney
0.0
1921
Screen Snapshots (Series 1, No. 20)
Himself
0.0
1921
Brewster's Millions
Monte Brewster
6.0
1921
The Life of the Party
Algernon Leary (as Roscoe Arbuckle)
5.2
1920
The Round-Up
Slim Hoover
6.0
1920
The Garage
Mechanic / Fireman
6.0
1920
The Hayseed
Mailman
5.9
1919
Back Stage
Stagehand
6.3
1919
A Desert Hero
The Sheriff, the Desert Hero
0.0
1919
The Bank Clerk
0.0
1919
Love
Fatty
5.6
1919
The Pullman Porter
0.0
1919
Camping Out
5.0
1919
The Sheriff
Cook
0.0
1918
A Scrap of Paper
Fatty
5.0
1918
The Cook
The Chef
6.2
1918
Good Night, Nurse!
Fatty
5.6
1918
Moonshine
Revenue Agent
5.6
1918
The Bell Boy
Bellboy, barber
6.5
1918
Out West
Train Rider, Bartender
6.0
1918
A Country Hero
Village Blacksmith
5.0
1917
Coney Island
Fatty
5.8
1917
Oh, Doctor!
Dr. Fatty Holepoke
5.6
1917
The Late Lamented
Cameo Appearance (unconfirmed)
0.0
1917
His Wedding Night
Gas station employee
5.5
1917
The Rough House
Mr. Rough
5.5
1917
A Reckless Romeo
The Husband
5.3
1917
The Butcher Boy
Fatty / Saccharine
6.1
1917
A Creampuff Romance
0.0
1916
The Waiters' Ball
The Cook
6.1
1916
The Other Man
Fatty the Tramp (dual role)
0.0
1916
His Wife's Mistakes
The Janitor
5.2
1916
Bright Lights
Fatty
0.0
1916
He Did and He Didn’t
The Doctor
6.1
1916
Fatty and Mabel Adrift
Fatty
6.1
1916
Fatty and the Broadway Stars
Fatty - Studio Janitor
0.0
1915
A Village Scandal
Eddie - the Country Boy
0.0
1915
Fickle Fatty's Fall
Fatty
0.0
1915
Fatty's Tintype Tangle
Fatty
5.7
1915
Fatty’s Plucky Pup
Fatty
5.6
1915
The Little Teacher
Fat Unruly Student
5.7
1915
Miss Fatty's Seaside Lovers
Finnegan's Daughter
4.5
1915
Mabel’s Wilful Way
Fatty
4.9
1915
Mabel and Fatty Viewing the World's Fair at San Francisco
Himself
5.5
1915
Wished on Mabel
Fatty
5.2
1915
When Love Took Wings
Reckless Fatty
4.8
1915
Fatty’s Faithful Fido
Fatty
5.7
1915
That Little Band Of Gold
Fatty - the Husband
5.1
1915
Fatty’s Chance Acquaintance
Fatty
5.5
1915
Fatty’s Reckless Fling
Fatty
4.7
1915
A Glimpse of the San Diego Exposition
Himself
5.0
1915
Hogan's Romance Upset
Fight Spectator
5.0
1915
Mabel and Fatty’s Married Life
Fatty
4.9
1915
Fatty's New Role
Fatty
5.2
1915
Fatty and Mabel at the San Diego Exposition
Fatty
5.9
1915
Mabel, Fatty and the Law
Fatty
4.3
1915
Fatty and Mabel’s Simple Life
Roscoe
5.5
1915
Mabel and Fatty's Wash Day
Fatty
5.6
1915
Fatty and Minnie He-Haw
Fatty
5.0
1914
Fatty's Magic Pants
Fatty
5.4
1914
Shotguns That Kick
Fatty
0.0
1914
Leading Lizzie Astray
Fatty
4.2
1914
The Sea Nymphs
Fatty
0.0
1914
Fatty's Wine Party
Fatty
0.0
1914
Fatty's Jonah Day
Fatty
4.5
1914
An Incompetent Hero
Fatty
0.0
1914
Lovers' Post Office
Fatty
0.0
1914
Zip, the Dodger
Zip
0.0
1914
Their Ups and Downs
Fatty
0.0
1914
Fatty Again
Fatty Felix
0.0
1914
Fatty's Debut
Fatty
0.0
1914
Bombs and Bangs
The Farmer's Daughter
0.0
1914
Lover's Luck
Fatty
4.5
1914
The Rounders
Mr. Fuller
6.1
1914
A Brand New Hero
The Tramp
0.0
1914
The Baggage Smasher
(unconfirmed)
0.0
1914
His New Profession
Bartender Smoking Cigar
5.8
1914
The Masquerader
Film actor
5.6
1914
Fatty's Gift
Fatty
0.0
1914
Caught in a Flue
(unconfirmed)
0.0
1914
Those Country Kids
Fatty
4.5
1914
That Minstrel Man
Belle
0.0
1914
Those Happy Days
Fatty
0.0
1914
The Sky Pirate
The Heiress
0.0
1914
A Rowboat Romance
(unconfirmed)
0.0
1914
Love and Bullets
Film Actor (uncredited)
0.0
1914
Fatty's Finish
Fatty
0.0
1914
Fatty and the Heiress
Fatty
0.0
1914
The Knockout
Pug (uncredited)
5.7
1914
Our Country Cousin
The Country Boy (unconfirmed)
0.0
1914
The Alarm
0.0
1914
A Suspended Ordeal
The Cop
0.0
1914
Where Hazel Met the Villain
Fatty
0.0
1914
A Bath House Beauty
Fatty
0.0
1914
The Chicken Chaser
The Hired Man
0.0
1914
Barnyard Flirtations
The Cop
0.0
1914
A Rural Demon
0.0
1914
His Favorite Pastime
Shabby Drunk
5.2
1914
Tango Tangles
Clarinetist
5.0
1914
A Film Johnnie
Self (uncredited)
5.4
1914
Twixt Love and Fire
The Iceman
0.0
1914
A Robust Romeo
Fatty
0.0
1914
The Water Dog
Fatty
5.0
1914
Rebecca's Wedding Day
Rebecca
0.0
1914
In the Clutches of the Gang
Cop
0.0
1914
A Flirt's Mistake
Husband (uncredited)
5.4
1914
The Under-Sheriff
The Under-Sheriff
0.0
1914
How Old Are You?
0.0
1914
Fatty's Wild Night
0.0
1914
A Misplaced Foot
Fatty
0.0
1914
He Would a Hunting Go
Count Chicori
0.0
1913
Some Nerve
The Jealous Man
0.0
1913
Fatty's Flirtation
Fatty
0.0
1913
His Sister's Kids
Dr. J. Jacobs
0.0
1913
A Ride for a Bride
Fatty
0.0
1913
The Woman Haters
1st Old Tar
0.0
1913
Fatty Joins the Force
Fatty
5.4
1913
Wine
The Waiter
0.0
1913
The Milk We Drink
The Dairy Farmer
0.0
1913
A Small Time Act
Theatre Owner
0.0
1913
Fatty at San Diego
Fatty
0.0
1913
The Speed Kings
Masher
4.2
1913
A Quiet Little Wedding
Fatty
0.0
1913
Two Old Tars
First Old Tar
0.0
1913
Mother's Boy
Mother's Boy
0.0
1913
When Dreams Come True
The Man
0.0
1913
The Fatal Taxicab
Mabel's Sweetheart
0.0
1913
The Gypsy Queen
Fatty
0.0
1913
Mabel's Dramatic Career
Man in Audience
5.4
1913
Fatty's Day Off
Fatty
6.0
1913
Mabel's New Hero
Fatty
4.9
1913
Almost a Rescue
Jimmie
0.0
1913
The Riot
Cohen - Jewish Neighborhood Leader
0.0
1913
Professor Bean's Removal
Man with Moustache
0.0
1913
Love and Courage
The Country Boy
0.0
1913
A Noise from the Deep
Bob
5.5
1913
Love and Rubbish
Fat Boy
5.0
1913
The Telltale Light
Tom aka Fatty
0.0
1913
Safe in Jail
Neighbor Woman
8.0
1913
Rastus and the Game Cock
Spectator
0.0
1913
For the Love of Mabel
Suitor
0.0
1913
A Bandit
Bully
5.5
1913
Peeping Pete
Pete's Wife
6.0
1913
The Waiters' Picnic
Oscar - the Waiter
5.0
1913
Passions, He Had Three
Henry
0.0
1913
Help! Help! Hydrophobia!
Jim Brown
8.0
1913
The Gangsters
Cop
6.0
1913
Alas! Poor Yorick!
Player in Female Costume
5.0
1913
Murphy's I.O.U.
(uncredited) (unconfirmed)
0.0
1913
A Voice from the Deep
Minor Role (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
7.0
1912
The Sanitarium
Charley Wise
3.5
1910
Making It Pleasant for Him
10.0
1909
Mrs. Jones' Birthday
10.0
1909
Ben's Kid
Fatty Carter
6.0
1909