Roscoe Arbuckle
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- March 22, 1887
- Died
- June 29, 1933 (aged 46)
- Birthplace
- Smith Center, Kansas, USA
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.
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Filmography
A Brave Engineer: Buster Keaton's Last Ride
Movie · as Self (Archival)
Wonder Dogs! Canine Stars of the Silent Era (1898-1928)
Movie
Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty
Movie · as archive footage
Looking for Mabel Normand
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Eisenstein in Guanajuato
Movie · as Self
The Parrott Chase
Movie · as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Buster Keaton: From Silents to Shorts
Movie · as (archive footage)
So Funny It Hurt: Buster Keaton & MGM
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Chaplin Today: The Gold Rush
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Murders of Hollywood
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Casting Couch
Movie
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Chaplin Puzzle
Movie · as (archive footage)
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
Movie · as (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Muppets Go to the Movies
Movie · as Keystone Kop (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hollywood
TV · as Self (archive footage, uncredited) · 1 ep
Crazy Days
Movie · as Various (archive footage) (uncredited)
Days of Thrills and Laughter
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
When Comedy Was King
Movie · as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Los ojos del siglo (Volumen I)
Movie · as Él mismo (material de archivo)
¡Qué tiempos aquellos!
Movie
Happy Times and Jolly Moments
Movie · as (archive footage)
Buzzin' Around
Movie · as Cornelius
In the Dough
Movie · as Slim
How've You Bean?
Movie
Close Relations
Movie · as Wilbur Wart
Tomalio
Movie · as Wilbur
Hey, Pop!
Movie · as Fatty
Stars of Yesterday
Movie · as Self
Listen Lena
Movie · as Fat man with strategically covered face (unconfirmed)
Character Studies
Movie · as Self (uncredited)
My Stars
Movie · as Mailman (uncredited)
Go West
Movie · as Woman in Department Store (uncredited)
Leap Year
Movie · as Stanley Piper
Hollywood
Movie · as Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle
The Fast Freight
Movie · as Ras Berry
Brewster's Millions
Movie · as Monte Brewster
Traveling Salesman
Movie · as Bob Blake
The Dollar-a-Year Man
Movie · as Franklin Pinney
Gasoline Gus
Movie · as Gasoline Gus
Crazy to Marry
Movie · as Dr. Hobart Hupp
Screen Snapshots (Series 1, No. 20)
Movie · as Himself
The Garage
Movie · as Mechanic / Fireman
The Life of the Party
Movie · as Algernon Leary (as Roscoe Arbuckle)
The Round-Up
Movie · as Slim Hoover
Back Stage
Movie · as Stagehand
The Hayseed
Movie · as Mailman
Love
Movie · as Fatty
Camping Out
Movie
The Pullman Porter
Movie
The Bank Clerk
Movie
A Desert Hero
Movie · as The Sheriff, the Desert Hero
The Bell Boy
Movie · as Bellboy, barber
Good Night, Nurse!
Movie · as Fatty
Out West
Movie · as Train Rider, Bartender
The Cook
Movie · as The Chef
Moonshine
Movie · as Revenue Agent
A Scrap of Paper
Movie · as Fatty
The Sheriff
Movie · as Cook
Coney Island
Movie · as Fatty
His Wedding Night
Movie · as Gas station employee
The Rough House
Movie · as Mr. Rough
The Butcher Boy
Movie · as Fatty / Saccharine
Oh, Doctor!
Movie · as Dr. Fatty Holepoke
A Country Hero
Movie · as Village Blacksmith
The Late Lamented
Movie · as Cameo Appearance (unconfirmed)
A Reckless Romeo
Movie · as The Husband
Fatty and Mabel Adrift
Movie · as Fatty
The Other Man
Movie · as Fatty the Tramp (dual role)
A Creampuff Romance
Movie · as Fatty
He Did and He Didn’t
Movie · as The Doctor
His Wife's Mistake
Movie · as The Janitor
The Waiters' Ball
Movie · as The Cook
Bright Lights
Movie · as Fatty
Mabel and Fatty's Wash Day
Movie · as Fatty
Fatty's Tintype Tangle
Movie · as Fatty
Fatty and Mabel at the San Diego Exposition
Movie · as Fatty
Fatty's New Role
Movie · as Fatty
A Village Scandal
Movie · as Eddie - the Country Boy
Miss Fatty's Seaside Lovers
Movie · as Finnegan's Daughter
Mabel’s Wilful Way
Movie · as Fatty
Mabel, Fatty and the Law
Movie · as Fatty
Wished on Mabel
Movie · as Fatty
A Glimpse of the San Diego Exposition
Movie · as Himself
The Little Teacher
Movie · as Fat Unruly Student
That Little Band Of Gold
Movie · as Fatty - the Husband
Fatty’s Reckless Fling
Movie · as Fatty
When Love Took Wings
Movie · as Reckless Fatty
Mabel and Fatty’s Married Life
Movie · as Fatty
Fatty’s Plucky Pup
Movie · as Fatty
Fatty’s Faithful Fido
Movie · as Fatty
Fatty’s Chance Acquaintance
Movie · as Fatty
Fatty and Mabel’s Simple Life
Movie · as Roscoe
Fickle Fatty's Fall
Movie · as Fatty
Mabel and Fatty Viewing the World's Fair at San Francisco
Movie · as Himself
Fatty and the Broadway Stars
Movie · as Fatty - Studio Janitor
Hogan's Romance Upset
Movie · as Fight Spectator
The Masquerader
Movie · as Film actor
Zip, the Dodger
Movie · as Zip
Tango Tangles
Movie · as Clarinetist
A Film Johnnie
Movie · as Self
The Knockout
Movie · as Pug (uncredited)
His Favorite Pastime
Movie · as Shabby Drunk
His New Profession
Movie · as Bartender Smoking Cigar
The Rounders
Movie · as Mr. Fuller
A Flirt's Mistake
Movie · as Husband (uncredited)
Leading Lizzie Astray
Movie · as Fatty
Caught in a Flue
Movie · as (unconfirmed)
Love and Bullets
Movie · as Film Actor (uncredited)
Those Happy Days
Movie · as Fatty
Fatty's Finish
Movie · as Fatty
A Suspended Ordeal
Movie · as The Cop
Our Country Cousin
Movie · as The Country Boy (unconfirmed)
A Rowboat Romance
Movie · as (unconfirmed)
The Sky Pirate
Movie · as The Heiress
Fatty's Gift
Movie · as Fatty
Fatty and the Heiress
Movie · as Fatty
That Minstrel Man
Movie · as Belle
The Baggage Smasher
Movie · as (unconfirmed)
Fatty Again
Movie · as Fatty Felix
Their Ups and Downs
Movie · as Fatty
A Brand New Hero
Movie · as The Tramp
Bombs and Bangs
Movie · as The Farmer's Daughter
How Old Are You?
Movie
Shotguns That Kick
Movie · as Fatty
Fatty's Wild Night
Movie
Those Country Kids
Movie · as Fatty
Fatty's Magic Pants
Movie · as Fatty
Fatty and Minnie He-Haw
Movie · as Fatty
Fatty's Jonah Day
Movie · as Fatty
Lover's Luck
Movie · as Fatty
A Misplaced Foot
Movie · as Fatty
Rebecca's Wedding Day
Movie · as Rebecca
A Robust Romeo
Movie · as Fatty
The Under-Sheriff
Movie · as The Under-Sheriff
In the Clutches of the Gang
Movie · as Cop
Twixt Love and Fire
Movie · as The Iceman
Where Hazel Met the Villain
Movie · as Fatty
The Chicken Chaser
Movie · as The Hired Man
A Bath House Beauty
Movie · as Fatty
A Rural Demon
Movie
Barnyard Flirtations
Movie · as The Cop
Fatty's Debut
Movie · as Fatty
Fatty's Wine Party
Movie · as Fatty
An Incompetent Hero
Movie · as Fatty
The Sea Nymphs
Movie · as Fatty
Lovers' Post Office
Movie · as Fatty
The Alarm
Movie
The Water Dog
Movie · as Fatty
Making a Living
Movie · as Tough Guy (uncredited)
Fatty Joins the Force
Movie · as Fatty
Murphy's I.O.U.
Movie · as (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
Peeping Pete
Movie · as Pete's Wife
Mabel's New Hero
Movie · as Fatty
A Bandit
Movie · as Bully
The Gangsters
Movie · as Cop
Passions, He Had Three
Movie · as Henry
Alas! Poor Yorick!
Movie · as Player in Female Costume
Help! Help! Hydrophobia!
Movie · as Jim Brown
The Waiters' Picnic
Movie · as Oscar - the Waiter
The Speed Kings
Movie · as Masher
For the Love of Mabel
Movie · as Suitor
Almost a Rescue
Movie · as Jimmie
Professor Bean's Removal
Movie · as Man with Moustache
Love and Courage
Movie · as The Country Boy
Rastus and the Game Cock
Movie · as Spectator
Safe in Jail
Movie · as Neighbor Woman
A Noise from the Deep
Movie · as Bob
Love and Rubbish
Movie · as Fat Boy
The Telltale Light
Movie · as Tom aka Fatty
Mabel's Dramatic Career
Movie · as Man in Audience
The Fatal Taxicab
Movie · as Mabel's Sweetheart
The Riot
Movie · as Cohen - Jewish Neighborhood Leader
Fatty's Day Off
Movie · as Fatty
The Gypsy Queen
Movie · as Fatty
When Dreams Come True
Movie · as The Man
A Quiet Little Wedding
Movie · as Fatty
Mother's Boy
Movie · as Mother's Boy
A Small Time Act
Movie · as Theatre Owner
The Milk We Drink
Movie · as The Dairy Farmer
Fatty at San Diego
Movie · as Fatty
Two Old Tars
Movie · as First Old Tar
Wine
Movie · as The Waiter
A Ride for a Bride
Movie · as Fatty
The Woman Haters
Movie · as 1st Old Tar
Some Nerve
Movie · as The Jealous Man
Fatty's Flirtation
Movie · as Fatty
His Sister's Kids
Movie · as Dr. J. Jacobs
He Would a Hunting Go
Movie · as Count Chicori
A Voice from the Deep
Movie · as Minor Role (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
The Sanitarium
Movie · as Charley Wise
Ben's Kid
Movie · as Fatty Carter
Making It Pleasant for Him
Movie
Mrs. Jones' Birthday
Movie