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Roscoe Arbuckle

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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Born:
Mar 25, 1887 In Smith Center, Kansas, USA
Movie/TV Credits:
132
First Appeared:
In the movie Ben's Kid 1909-07-01
Latest Project:
Movie Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema 2007-05-23
Known For
Poster of Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
Poster of Go West
Poster of Brewster's Millions
Poster of Leading Lizzie Astray
Filmography
Movie Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema Self (archive footage) 2007-05-23
Movie Buster Keaton: From Silents to Shorts (archive footage) 2006-03-07
Movie So Funny It Hurt: Buster Keaton & MGM Self (archive footage) 2004-12-07
Movie Chaplin Today: 'The Gold Rush' Self (archive footage) 2003-07-01
Movie Days of Thrills and Laughter Self (archive footage) 1961-03-21
Movie When Comedy Was King edited from 'Fatty & Mabel Adrift' (archive footage) 1960-03-29
Movie How've You Bean? 1933-06-24
Movie Buzzin' Around Cornelius 1933-02-04
Movie Close Relations Wilbur Wart 1933-09-30
Movie In the Dough Slim 1933-11-15
Movie Tomalio Wilbur 1933-11-30
Movie Hey, Pop! Fatty 1932-11-12
Movie Listen Lena Fat man with strategically covered face (unconfirmed) 1927-02-12
Movie Character Studies Himself (uncredited) 1927-11-20
Movie My Stars Mailman (uncredited) 1926-01-17
Movie Go West Woman in Department Store (uncredited) 1925-11-01
Movie Leap Year Stanley Piper 1924-01-11
Movie Hollywood Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle 1923-08-19
Movie The Fast Freight Ras Berry 1922-06-18
Movie Brewster's Millions Monte Brewster 1921-01-28
Movie Crazy to Marry Dr. Hobart Hupp 1921-08-28
Movie The Dollar-a-Year Man Franklin Pinney 1921-04-02
Movie Screen Snapshots (Series 1, No. 20) Himself 1921-02-22
Movie Gasoline Gus Gasoline Gus 1921-08-20
Movie Traveling Salesman Bob Blake 1921-06-05
Movie The Garage Mechanic / Fireman 1920-01-11
Movie The Life of the Party Algernon Leary (as Roscoe Arbuckle) 1920-11-21
Movie The Round-Up Slim Hoover 1920-10-10
Movie Love Fatty 1919-03-01
Movie The Hayseed Mailman 1919-10-26
Movie Out West Train Rider, Bartender 1918-01-20
Movie A Scrap of Paper Fatty 1918-10-13
Movie Moonshine Revenue Agent 1918-05-12
Movie Good Night, Nurse! Fatty 1918-06-30
Movie The Cook The Chef 1918-09-15
Movie A Reckless Romeo The Husband 1917-05-21
Movie The Rough House Mr. Rough 1917-06-25
Movie The Butcher Boy Fatty / Saccharine 1917-04-23
Movie His Wedding Night Gas station employee 1917-08-20
Movie Oh, Doctor! Dr. Fatty Holepoke 1917-09-30
Movie A Country Hero Village Blacksmith 1917-12-10
Movie The Waiters' Ball The Cook 1916-06-25
Movie He Did and He Didn’t The Doctor 1916-01-29
Movie Fatty and Mabel Adrift Fatty 1916-01-09
Movie His Wife's Mistakes The Janitor 1916-04-02
Movie Bright Lights Fatty 1916-02-20
Movie Fatty's New Role Fatty 1915-02-01
Movie Mabel and Fatty’s Married Life Fatty 1915-02-10
Movie Fatty’s Reckless Fling Fatty 1915-03-04
Movie Fatty and Mabel at the San Diego Exposition Fatty 1915-01-23
Movie Mabel and Fatty's Wash Day Fatty 1915-01-14
Movie Fatty’s Chance Acquaintance Fatty 1915-03-07
Movie Fatty and Mabel’s Simple Life Roscoe 1915-01-17
Movie Mabel, Fatty and the Law Fatty 1915-01-18
Movie A Glimpse of the San Diego Exposition Himself 1915-02-18
Movie Miss Fatty's Seaside Lovers Finnegan's Daughter 1915-05-14
Movie The Little Teacher Fat Unruly Student 1915-06-20
Movie Fatty’s Plucky Pup Fatty 1915-06-27
Movie That Little Band Of Gold Fatty - the Husband 1915-03-14
Movie Mabel’s Wilful Way Fatty 1915-05-01
Movie Fatty's Tintype Tangle Fatty 1915-07-26
Movie Wished on Mabel Fatty 1915-04-19
Movie Fatty’s Faithful Fido Fatty 1915-03-19
Movie When Love Took Wings Reckless Fatty 1915-04-01
Movie Twixt Love and Fire The Iceman 1914-02-23
Movie A Film Johnnie Self (uncredited) 1914-03-02
Movie Tango Tangles Clarinetist 1914-03-09
Movie His Favorite Pastime Shabby Drunk 1914-03-16
Movie A Robust Romeo Fatty 1914-02-12
Movie A Rural Demon 1914-03-19
Movie In the Clutches of the Gang Cop 1914-01-17
Movie Barnyard Flirtations The Cop 1914-03-28
Movie A Misplaced Foot Fatty 1914-01-01
Movie The Under-Sheriff The Under-Sheriff 1914-01-08
Movie A Flirt's Mistake Husband (uncredited) 1914-01-12
Movie Rebecca's Wedding Day Rebecca 1914-01-24
Movie Fatty's Magic Pants Fatty 1914-12-13
Movie Lover's Luck Fatty 1914-09-15
Movie The Rounders Mr. Fuller 1914-09-07
Movie Fatty's Jonah Day Fatty 1914-11-15
Movie Fatty and Minnie He-Haw Fatty 1914-12-20
Movie The Chicken Chaser The Hired Man 1914-04-01
Movie His New Profession Bartender Smoking Cigar 1914-08-31
Movie Leading Lizzie Astray Fatty 1914-11-30
Movie A Bath House Beauty Fatty 1914-04-12
Movie Fatty's Gift Fatty 1914-08-24
Movie Where Hazel Met the Villain Fatty 1914-04-22
Movie The Knockout Pug (uncredited) 1914-06-11
Movie Those Country Kids Fatty 1914-08-19
Movie A Noise from the Deep Bob 1913-07-17
Movie Love and Rubbish Fat Boy 1913-07-14
Movie Love and Courage The Country Boy 1913-07-21
Movie The Telltale Light Tom aka Fatty 1913-07-10
Movie Almost a Rescue Jimmie 1913-08-08
Movie Safe in Jail Neighbor Woman 1913-07-07
Movie Mabel's New Hero Fatty 1913-08-27
Movie The Riot Cohen - Jewish Neighborhood Leader 1913-08-07
Movie Professor Bean's Removal Man with Moustache 1913-07-31
Movie Passions, He Had Three Henry 1913-06-05
Movie Help! Help! Hydrophobia! Jim Brown 1913-06-05
Movie The Gangsters Cop 1913-05-29
Movie Alas! Poor Yorick! Player in Female Costume 1913-04-21
Movie Fatty's Day Off Fatty 1913-09-01
Movie The Waiters' Picnic Oscar - the Waiter 1913-06-16
Movie For the Love of Mabel Suitor 1913-06-30
Movie Peeping Pete Pete's Wife 1913-06-22
Movie A Bandit Bully 1913-06-22
Movie Rastus and the Game Cock Spectator 1913-07-03
Movie When Dreams Come True The Man 1913-09-22
Movie The Woman Haters 1st Old Tar 1913-12-01
Movie Mabel's Dramatic Career Man in Audience 1913-09-08
Movie Wine The Waiter 1913-11-13
Movie A Ride for a Bride Fatty 1913-12-08
Movie His Sister's Kids Dr. J. Jacobs 1913-12-13
Movie He Would a Hunting Go Count Chicori 1913-12-29
Movie Some Nerve The Jealous Man 1913-12-25
Movie Fatty's Flirtation Fatty 1913-12-18
Movie The Milk We Drink The Dairy Farmer 1913-11-10
Movie Fatty Joins the Force Fatty 1913-11-23
Movie Mother's Boy Mother's Boy 1913-09-25
Movie A Small Time Act Theatre Owner 1913-11-10
Movie The Gypsy Queen Fatty 1913-09-11
Movie Two Old Tars First Old Tar 1913-10-20
Movie The Fatal Taxicab Mabel's Sweetheart 1913-09-18
Movie Fatty at San Diego Fatty 1913-11-03
Movie The Speed Kings Masher 1913-10-30
Movie A Quiet Little Wedding Fatty 1913-10-23
Movie A Voice from the Deep Minor Role (uncredited) (unconfirmed) 1912-03-21
Movie The Sanitarium Charley Wise 1910-10-10
Movie Ben's Kid Fatty Carter 1909-07-01
Movie Making It Pleasant for Him 1909-11-29
Movie Mrs. Jones' Birthday 1909-08-30
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