Roscoe 'Fatty' 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.
The Masquerader
(Film actor)
Hollywood
(Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle)
Back Stage
(Stagehand)
The Bell Boy
(Bellboy, barber)
Coney Island
(Fatty)
Good Night, Nurse!
(Fatty)
His Wedding Night
(Gas station employee)
Zip, the Dodger
(Zip)
Out West
(Train Rider, Bartender)
The Hayseed
(Mailman)
The Rough House
(Mr. Rough)
The Butcher Boy
(Fatty / Saccharine)
Oh, Doctor!
(Dr. Fatty Holepoke)
Moonshine
(Revenue Agent)
The Cook
(The Chef)
The Garage
(Mechanic / Fireman)
A Film Johnnie
(Self)
Tango Tangles
(Clarinetist)
His Favorite Pastime
(Shabby Drunk)
The Knockout
(Pug (uncredited))
His New Profession
(Bartender Smoking Cigar)
The Rounders
(Mr. Fuller)
Mabel and Fatty's Wash Day
(Fatty)
A Country Hero
(Village Blacksmith)
Stars of Yesterday
(Self)
When Comedy Was King
(edited from 'Fatty & Mabel Adrift' (archive footage))
Fatty and Mabel Adrift
(Fatty)
Fatty's Tintype Tangle
(Fatty)
Brewster's Millions
(Monte Brewster)
Crazy Days
(Various (archive footage) (uncredited))
A Flirt's Mistake
(Husband (uncredited))
Fatty Joins the Force
(Fatty)
Leading Lizzie Astray
(Fatty)
Fatty and Mabel at the San Diego Exposition
(Fatty)
Fatty's New Role
(Fatty)
Murphy's I.O.U.
((uncredited) (unconfirmed))
A Suspended Ordeal
(The Cop)
Our Country Cousin
(The Country Boy (unconfirmed))
Fatty and the Heiress
(Fatty)
Fatty's Finish
(Fatty)
Love and Bullets
(Film Actor (uncredited))
A Rowboat Romance
((unconfirmed))
The Sky Pirate
(The Heiress)
Those Happy Days
(Fatty)
That Minstrel Man
(Belle)
Caught in a Flue
((unconfirmed))
Fatty's Gift
(Fatty)
The Baggage Smasher
((unconfirmed))
A Brand New Hero
(The Tramp)
Bombs and Bangs
(The Farmer's Daughter)
Fatty Again
(Fatty Felix)
Their Ups and Downs
(Fatty)
Shotguns That Kick
(Fatty)
How Old Are You?
Fatty's Wild Night
A Village Scandal
(Eddie - the Country Boy)
Buzzin' Around
(Cornelius)
Mabel's New Hero
(Fatty)
A Bandit
(Bully)
Peeping Pete
(Pete's Wife)
The Other Man
(Fatty the Tramp (dual role))
A Creampuff Romance
The Late Lamented
(Cameo Appearance (unconfirmed))
My Stars
(Mailman (uncredited))
Listen Lena
(Fat man with strategically covered face (unconfirmed))
Miss Fatty's Seaside Lovers
(Finnegan's Daughter)
Those Country Kids
(Fatty)
Fatty's Magic Pants
(Fatty)
A Glimpse of the San Diego Exposition
(Himself)
Wished on Mabel
(Fatty)
Mabel’s Wilful Way
(Fatty)
Mabel, Fatty and the Law
(Fatty)
The Little Teacher
(Fat Unruly Student)
Fatty’s Chance Acquaintance
(Fatty)
That Little Band Of Gold
(Fatty - the Husband)
Fatty’s Reckless Fling
(Fatty)
When Love Took Wings
(Reckless Fatty)
Mabel and Fatty’s Married Life
(Fatty)
Fatty and Mabel’s Simple Life
(Roscoe)
Fatty’s Plucky Pup
(Fatty)
Fatty’s Faithful Fido
(Fatty)
He Did and He Didn’t
(The Doctor)
Love
(Fatty)
Leap Year
(Stanley Piper)
Fatty and Minnie He-Haw
(Fatty)
A Scrap of Paper
(Fatty)
His Wife's Mistakes
(The Janitor)
Lover's Luck
(Fatty)
Fatty's Jonah Day
(Fatty)
In the Dough
(Slim)
Ben's Kid
(Fatty Carter)
Mrs. Jones' Birthday
Making It Pleasant for Him
The Sanitarium
(Charley Wise)
A Voice from the Deep
(Minor Role (uncredited) (unconfirmed))
Alas! Poor Yorick!
(Player in Female Costume)
The Gangsters
(Cop)
Passions, He Had Three
(Henry)
Help! Help! Hydrophobia!
(Jim Brown)
The Waiters' Picnic
(Oscar - the Waiter)
The Speed Kings
(Masher)
For the Love of Mabel
(Suitor)
Rastus and the Game Cock
(Spectator)
Safe in Jail
(Neighbor Woman)
The Telltale Light
(Tom aka Fatty)
Love and Rubbish
(Fat Boy)
A Noise from the Deep
(Bob)
Love and Courage
(The Country Boy)
Professor Bean's Removal
(Man with Moustache)
Almost a Rescue
(Jimmie)
The Riot
(Cohen - Jewish Neighborhood Leader)
Fatty's Day Off
(Fatty)
Mabel's Dramatic Career
(Man in Audience)
The Gypsy Queen
(Fatty)
The Fatal Taxicab
(Mabel's Sweetheart)
When Dreams Come True
(The Man)
Mother's Boy
(Mother's Boy)
Two Old Tars
(First Old Tar)
A Quiet Little Wedding
(Fatty)
Fatty at San Diego
(Fatty)
The Milk We Drink
(The Dairy Farmer)
A Small Time Act
(Theatre Owner)
Wine
(The Waiter)
The Woman Haters
(1st Old Tar)
A Ride for a Bride
(Fatty)
Fatty's Flirtation
(Fatty)
His Sister's Kids
(Dr. J. Jacobs)
Some Nerve
(The Jealous Man)
He Would a Hunting Go
(Count Chicori)
A Misplaced Foot
(Fatty)
The Under-Sheriff
(The Under-Sheriff)
In the Clutches of the Gang
(Cop)
Rebecca's Wedding Day
(Rebecca)
A Robust Romeo
(Fatty)
Twixt Love and Fire
(The Iceman)
A Rural Demon
Barnyard Flirtations
(The Cop)
The Chicken Chaser
(The Hired Man)
A Bath House Beauty
(Fatty)
Where Hazel Met the Villain
(Fatty)
Go West
(Woman in Department Store (uncredited))
A Reckless Romeo
(The Husband)
Chaplin Today: 'The Gold Rush'
(Self (archive footage))
The Waiters' Ball
(The Cook)
Hey, Pop!
(Fatty)
The Chaplin Puzzle
((archive footage))
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
(Self (archive footage))
The Round-Up
(Slim Hoover)
The Life of the Party
(Algernon Leary (as Roscoe Arbuckle))
The Dollar-a-Year Man
(Franklin Pinney)
Traveling Salesman
(Bob Blake)
Gasoline Gus
(Gasoline Gus)
Crazy to Marry
(Dr. Hobart Hupp)
The Fast Freight
(Ras Berry)
So Funny It Hurt: Buster Keaton & MGM
(Self (archive footage))
Buster Keaton: From Silents to Shorts
((archive footage))
Days of Thrills and Laughter
(Self (archive footage))
How've You Bean?
Tomalio
(Wilbur)
Close Relations
(Wilbur Wart)
Character Studies
(Self (uncredited))
Fatty's Debut
(Fatty)
Fatty's Wine Party
(Fatty)
Buster Keaton The Shorts Collection 1917-1923
Happy Times and Jolly Moments
((archive footage))
Looking for Mabel Normand
(Self (archive footage))
Fickle Fatty's Fall
(Fatty)
Mabel and Fatty Viewing the World's Fair at San Francisco
(Himself)
Arbuckle & Keaton, Volume One
(Various)
Arbuckle & Keaton, Volume Two
(Various)
Fatty and the Broadway Stars
(Fatty - Studio Janitor)
Camping Out
The Sheriff
(Cook)
The Pullman Porter
The Bank Clerk
A Desert Hero
(The Sheriff, the Desert Hero)
An Incompetent Hero
(Fatty)
The Sea Nymphs
(Fatty)
Lovers' Post Office
(Fatty)
Bright Lights
(Fatty)
The Alarm
The Water Dog
(Fatty)
Hogan's Romance Upset
(Fight Spectator)
Screen Snapshots (Series 1, No. 20)
(Himself)
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
Murders of Hollywood
(Self (archive footage))
The Lure of Hollywood
(Director)
Good Night, Nurse!
(Director)
Good Night, Nurse!
(Story)
His Wedding Night
(Director)
His Wedding Night
(Story)
Back Stage
(Director)
Coney Island
(Director)
Coney Island
(Story)
The Bell Boy
(Director)
The Bell Boy
(Screenplay)
The Bell Boy
(Story)
Day Dreams
(Story)
Mabel and Fatty's Wash Day
(Director)
Out West
(Director)
Out West
(Writer)
The Hayseed
(Director)
The Rough House
(Director)
The Rough House
(Story)
The Butcher Boy
(Director)
The Butcher Boy
(Story)
Oh, Doctor!
(Director)
Moonshine
(Director)
Moonshine
(Screenplay)
Moonshine
(Story)
The Cook
(Director)
The Cook
(Story)
The Garage
(Director)
A Country Hero
(Director)
A Country Hero
(Story)
A Suspended Ordeal
(Director)
Fatty and the Heiress
(Director)
Fatty's Finish
(Director)
Love and Bullets
(Director)
A Rowboat Romance
(Director)
The Sky Pirate
(Director)
Those Happy Days
(Director)
That Minstrel Man
(Director)
Fatty's Gift
(Director)
A Brand New Hero
(Director)
Bombs and Bangs
(Director)
Fatty Again
(Director)
Their Ups and Downs
(Director)
Shotguns That Kick
(Director)
A Village Scandal
(Director)
Queenie of Hollywood
(Director)
A Creampuff Romance
(Director)
Special Delivery
(Director)
His First Car
(Director)
His First Car
(Writer)
Dynamite Doggie
(Writer)
The Tourist
(Director)
Cleaning Up
(Director)
His Private Life
(Writer)
One Sunday Morning
(Director)
One Sunday Morning
(Writer)
Peaceful Oscar
(Director)
Si Si Senor
(Director)
Won by a Neck
(Director)
Up a Tree
(Director)
Up a Tree
(Story)
Marriage Rows
(Director)
Marriage Rows
(Story)
Pete and Repeat
(Director)
Ex-Plumber
(Director)
Ex-Plumber
(Writer)
The Back Page
(Director)
That's My Line
(Director)
That's My Line
(Writer)
Up Pops the Duke
(Director)
Beach Pajamas
(Director)
Beach Pajamas
(Writer)
Bridge Wives
(Director)
It's a Cinch
(Director)
The Movies
(Director)
Keep Laughing
(Director)
Niagara Falls
(Director)
Mother's Holiday
(Director)
Moonlight and Cactus
(Director)
Smart Work
(Director)
Idle Roomers
(Director)
The Tamale Vendor
(Director)
The Iron Mule
(Director)
One Quiet Night
(Director)
That's My Meat
(Director)
Take 'em and Shake 'em
(Director)
Fatty and Mabel Adrift
(Director)
The Waiters' Ball
(Director)
Fatty's Tintype Tangle
(Director)
Fool's Luck
(Director)
The Red Mill
(Director)
Leading Lizzie Astray
(Director)
Fatty and Mabel at the San Diego Exposition
(Director)
Fatty's New Role
(Director)
Windy Riley Goes Hollywood
(Director)
Honeymoon Trio
(Director)
He Did and He Didn’t
(Director)
Love
(Director)
No Loafing
(Director)
Miss Fatty's Seaside Lovers
(Director)
The Fighting Dude
(Director)
Curses
(Director)
A Reckless Romeo
(Director)
Those Country Kids
(Director)
Fatty's Magic Pants
(Director)
Wished on Mabel
(Director)
Mabel’s Wilful Way
(Director)
Mabel, Fatty and the Law
(Director)
Fatty’s Chance Acquaintance
(Director)
That Little Band Of Gold
(Director)
Fatty’s Reckless Fling
(Director)
When Love Took Wings
(Director)
Mabel and Fatty’s Married Life
(Director)
Fatty and Mabel’s Simple Life
(Director)
Fatty’s Plucky Pup
(Director)
Fatty’s Faithful Fido
(Director)
Fatty and Minnie He-Haw
(Director)
His Wife's Mistakes
(Director)
A Scrap of Paper
(Director)
Dynamite Doggie
(Director)
Lover's Luck
(Director)
Fatty's Jonah Day
(Director)
Barnyard Flirtations
(Director)
The Chicken Chaser
(Director)
A Bath House Beauty
(Director)
Where Hazel Met the Villain
(Director)
Special Delivery
(Director)
Fatty and Mabel Adrift
(Writer)
Character Studies
(Director)
Lovemania
(Director)
Camping Out
(Writer)
Zip, the Dodger
(Director)
Three Hollywood Girls
(Director)
Curses
(Writer)
The Movies
(Writer)
My Stars
(Director)
My Stars
(Writer)
Fool's Luck
(Writer)
The Cuckoos
(Writer)
A Reckless Romeo
(Story)
Gigolettes
(Director)
Stupid, but Brave
(Director)
Fatty's Debut
(Director)
Fatty's Wine Party
(Director)
Anybody's Goat
(Director)
His Private Life
(Director)
Home Cured
(Director)
Crashing Hollywood
(Director)
Once a Hero
(Director)
Hollywood Luck
(Director)
Hollywood Lights
(Director)
Fickle Fatty's Fall
(Director)
Mabel and Fatty Viewing the World's Fair at San Francisco
(Director)
Fatty and the Broadway Stars
(Director)
The Fighting Dude
(Writer)
The Sheriff
(Director)
The Sheriff
(Writer)
The Pullman Porter
(Director)
The Pullman Porter
(Writer)
The Bank Clerk
(Director)
The Bank Clerk
(Writer)
A Desert Hero
(Director)
A Desert Hero
(Writer)
Camping Out
(Director)
An Incompetent Hero
(Director)
Bright Lights
(Director)
The Alarm
(Director)
The Alarm
(Writer)
The Water Dog
(Director)
Lovers' Post Office
(Director)