Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
March 22, 1887
Place of Birth:
Smith Center, Kansas, USA
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Roscoe Arbuckle
Biography
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.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Buster Keaton: The Shorts Collection 1917-1923 | |
| 2015 | Looking for Mabel Normand | Self (archive footage) |
| 2007 | Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema | Self (archive footage) |
| 2006 | Buster Keaton: From Silents to Shorts | (archive footage) |
| 2004 | So Funny It Hurt: Buster Keaton & MGM | Self (archive footage) |
| 2003 | Chaplin Today: The Gold Rush | Self (archive footage) |
| 2003 | Murders of Hollywood | Self (archive footage) |
| 2001 | Arbuckle & Keaton, Volume One | Various |
| 2001 | Arbuckle & Keaton, Volume Two | Various |
| 1992 | The Chaplin Puzzle | (archive footage) |
| 1988 | Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies | |
| 1962 | Crazy Days | Various (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 1961 | Days of Thrills and Laughter | Self (archive footage) |
| 1960 | When Comedy Was King | edited from 'Fatty & Mabel Adrift' (archive footage) |
| 1943 | Happy Times and Jolly Moments | (archive footage) |
| 1933 | Buzzin' Around | Cornelius |
| 1933 | In the Dough | Slim |
| 1933 | How've You Bean? | |
| 1933 | Tomalio | Wilbur |
| 1933 | Close Relations | Wilbur Wart |
| 1932 | Hey, Pop! | Fatty |
| 1931 | Stars of Yesterday | Self |
| 1927 | Listen Lena | Fat man with strategically covered face (unconfirmed) |
| 1927 | Character Studies | Self (uncredited) |
| 1926 | My Stars | Mailman (uncredited) |
| 1925 | Go West | Woman in Department Store (uncredited) |
| 1924 | Leap Year | Stanley Piper |
| 1923 | Hollywood | Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle |
| 1922 | The Fast Freight | Ras Berry |
| 1921 | Brewster's Millions | Monte Brewster |
| 1921 | The Dollar-a-Year Man | Franklin Pinney |
| 1921 | Traveling Salesman | Bob Blake |
| 1921 | Gasoline Gus | Gasoline Gus |
| 1921 | Crazy to Marry | Dr. Hobart Hupp |
| 1921 | Screen Snapshots (Series 1, No. 20) | Himself |
| 1920 | The Garage | Mechanic / Fireman |
| 1920 | The Round-Up | Slim Hoover |
| 1920 | The Life of the Party | Algernon Leary (as Roscoe Arbuckle) |
| 1919 | Back Stage | Stagehand |
| 1919 | The Hayseed | Mailman |
| 1919 | Love | Fatty |
| 1919 | Camping Out | |
| 1919 | The Pullman Porter | |
| 1919 | The Bank Clerk | |
| 1919 | A Desert Hero | The Sheriff, the Desert Hero |
| 1918 | The Bell Boy | Bellboy, barber |
| 1918 | Good Night, Nurse! | Fatty |
| 1918 | Out West | Train Rider, Bartender |
| 1918 | Moonshine | Revenue Agent |
| 1918 | The Cook | The Chef |
| 1918 | A Scrap of Paper | Fatty |
| 1918 | The Sheriff | Cook |
| 1917 | Coney Island | Fatty |
| 1917 | His Wedding Night | Gas station employee |
| 1917 | The Rough House | Mr. Rough |
| 1917 | The Butcher Boy | Fatty / Saccharine |
| 1917 | Oh, Doctor! | Dr. Fatty Holepoke |
| 1917 | A Country Hero | Village Blacksmith |
| 1917 | The Late Lamented | Cameo Appearance (unconfirmed) |
| 1917 | A Reckless Romeo | The Husband |
| 1916 | Fatty and Mabel Adrift | Fatty |
| 1916 | The Other Man | Fatty the Tramp (dual role) |
| 1916 | A Creampuff Romance | |
| 1916 | He Did and He Didn’t | The Doctor |
| 1916 | His Wife's Mistakes | The Janitor |
| 1916 | The Waiters' Ball | The Cook |
| 1916 | Bright Lights | Fatty |
| 1915 | Mabel and Fatty's Wash Day | Fatty |
| 1915 | Fatty's Tintype Tangle | Fatty |
| 1915 | Fatty and Mabel at the San Diego Exposition | Fatty |
| 1915 | Fatty's New Role | Fatty |
| 1915 | A Village Scandal | Eddie - the Country Boy |
| 1915 | Miss Fatty's Seaside Lovers | Finnegan's Daughter |
| 1915 | A Glimpse of the San Diego Exposition | Himself |
| 1915 | Wished on Mabel | Fatty |
| 1915 | Mabel’s Wilful Way | Fatty |
| 1915 | Mabel, Fatty and the Law | Fatty |
| 1915 | The Little Teacher | Fat Unruly Student |
| 1915 | Fatty’s Chance Acquaintance | Fatty |
| 1915 | That Little Band Of Gold | Fatty - the Husband |
| 1915 | Fatty’s Reckless Fling | Fatty |
| 1915 | When Love Took Wings | Reckless Fatty |
| 1915 | Mabel and Fatty’s Married Life | Fatty |
| 1915 | Fatty and Mabel’s Simple Life | Roscoe |
| 1915 | Fatty’s Plucky Pup | Fatty |
| 1915 | Fatty’s Faithful Fido | Fatty |
| 1915 | Fickle Fatty's Fall | Fatty |
| 1915 | Mabel and Fatty Viewing the World's Fair at San Francisco | Himself |
| 1915 | Fatty and the Broadway Stars | Fatty - Studio Janitor |
| 1915 | Hogan's Romance Upset | Fight Spectator |
| 1914 | The Masquerader | Film actor |
| 1914 | Zip, the Dodger | Zip |
| 1914 | A Film Johnnie | Self |
| 1914 | Tango Tangles | Clarinetist |
| 1914 | His Favorite Pastime | Shabby Drunk |
| 1914 | The Knockout | Pug (uncredited) |
| 1914 | His New Profession | Bartender Smoking Cigar |
| 1914 | The Rounders | Mr. Fuller |
| 1914 | A Flirt's Mistake | Husband (uncredited) |
| 1914 | Leading Lizzie Astray | Fatty |
| 1914 | A Suspended Ordeal | The Cop |
| 1914 | Our Country Cousin | The Country Boy (unconfirmed) |
| 1914 | Fatty and the Heiress | Fatty |
| 1914 | Fatty's Finish | Fatty |
| 1914 | Love and Bullets | Film Actor (uncredited) |
| 1914 | A Rowboat Romance | (unconfirmed) |
| 1914 | The Sky Pirate | The Heiress |
| 1914 | Those Happy Days | Fatty |
| 1914 | That Minstrel Man | Belle |
| 1914 | Caught in a Flue | (unconfirmed) |
| 1914 | Fatty's Gift | Fatty |
| 1914 | The Baggage Smasher | (unconfirmed) |
| 1914 | A Brand New Hero | The Tramp |
| 1914 | Bombs and Bangs | The Farmer's Daughter |
| 1914 | Fatty Again | Fatty Felix |
| 1914 | Their Ups and Downs | Fatty |
| 1914 | Shotguns That Kick | Fatty |
| 1914 | How Old Are You? | |
| 1914 | Fatty's Wild Night | |
| 1914 | Those Country Kids | Fatty |
| 1914 | Fatty's Magic Pants | Fatty |
| 1914 | Fatty and Minnie He-Haw | Fatty |
| 1914 | Lover's Luck | Fatty |
| 1914 | Fatty's Jonah Day | Fatty |
| 1914 | A Misplaced Foot | Fatty |
| 1914 | The Under-Sheriff | The Under-Sheriff |
| 1914 | In the Clutches of the Gang | Cop |
| 1914 | Rebecca's Wedding Day | Rebecca |
| 1914 | A Robust Romeo | Fatty |
| 1914 | Twixt Love and Fire | The Iceman |
| 1914 | A Rural Demon | |
| 1914 | Barnyard Flirtations | The Cop |
| 1914 | The Chicken Chaser | The Hired Man |
| 1914 | A Bath House Beauty | Fatty |
| 1914 | Where Hazel Met the Villain | Fatty |
| 1914 | Fatty's Debut | Fatty |
| 1914 | Fatty's Wine Party | Fatty |
| 1914 | An Incompetent Hero | Fatty |
| 1914 | The Sea Nymphs | Fatty |
| 1914 | Lovers' Post Office | Fatty |
| 1914 | The Alarm | |
| 1914 | The Water Dog | Fatty |
| 1913 | Fatty Joins the Force | Fatty |
| 1913 | Murphy's I.O.U. | (uncredited) (unconfirmed) |
| 1913 | Mabel's New Hero | Fatty |
| 1913 | A Bandit | Bully |
| 1913 | Peeping Pete | Pete's Wife |
| 1913 | Alas! Poor Yorick! | Player in Female Costume |
| 1913 | The Gangsters | Cop |
| 1913 | Passions, He Had Three | Henry |
| 1913 | Help! Help! Hydrophobia! | Jim Brown |
| 1913 | The Waiters' Picnic | Oscar - the Waiter |
| 1913 | The Speed Kings | Masher |
| 1913 | For the Love of Mabel | Suitor |
| 1913 | Rastus and the Game Cock | Spectator |
| 1913 | Safe in Jail | Neighbor Woman |
| 1913 | The Telltale Light | Tom aka Fatty |
| 1913 | Love and Rubbish | Fat Boy |
| 1913 | A Noise from the Deep | Bob |
| 1913 | Love and Courage | The Country Boy |
| 1913 | Professor Bean's Removal | Man with Moustache |
| 1913 | Almost a Rescue | Jimmie |
| 1913 | The Riot | Cohen - Jewish Neighborhood Leader |
| 1913 | Fatty's Day Off | Fatty |
| 1913 | Mabel's Dramatic Career | Man in Audience |
| 1913 | The Gypsy Queen | Fatty |
| 1913 | The Fatal Taxicab | Mabel's Sweetheart |
| 1913 | When Dreams Come True | The Man |
| 1913 | Mother's Boy | Mother's Boy |
| 1913 | Two Old Tars | First Old Tar |
| 1913 | A Quiet Little Wedding | Fatty |
| 1913 | Fatty at San Diego | Fatty |
| 1913 | The Milk We Drink | The Dairy Farmer |
| 1913 | A Small Time Act | Theatre Owner |
| 1913 | Wine | The Waiter |
| 1913 | The Woman Haters | 1st Old Tar |
| 1913 | A Ride for a Bride | Fatty |
| 1913 | Fatty's Flirtation | Fatty |
| 1913 | His Sister's Kids | Dr. J. Jacobs |
| 1913 | Some Nerve | The Jealous Man |
| 1913 | He Would a Hunting Go | Count Chicori |
| 1912 | A Voice from the Deep | Minor Role (uncredited) (unconfirmed) |
| 1910 | The Sanitarium | Charley Wise |
| 1909 | Ben's Kid | Fatty Carter |
| 1909 | Mrs. Jones' Birthday | |
| 1909 | Making It Pleasant for Him |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
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