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 Rough House
(Mr. Rough)
The Hayseed
(Mailman)
The Garage
(Mechanic / Fireman)
The Cook
(The Chef)
The Butcher Boy
(Fatty / Saccharine)
Oh, Doctor!
(Dr. Fatty Holepoke)
Moonshine
(Revenue Agent)
Tango Tangles
(Clarinetist)
A Film Johnnie
(Self)
The Knockout
(Pug (uncredited))
His Favorite Pastime
(Shabby Drunk)
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)
Fatty and Mabel Adrift
(Fatty)
When Comedy Was King
(edited from 'Fatty & Mabel Adrift' (archive footage))
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)
Fatty and Mabel at the San Diego Exposition
(Fatty)
Fatty's New Role
(Fatty)
Leading Lizzie Astray
(Fatty)
Murphy's I.O.U.
((uncredited) (unconfirmed))
Caught in a Flue
((unconfirmed))
Love and Bullets
(Film Actor (uncredited))
Those Happy Days
(Fatty)
Fatty's Finish
(Fatty)
A Suspended Ordeal
(The Cop)
Our Country Cousin
(The Country Boy (unconfirmed))
A Rowboat Romance
((unconfirmed))
The Sky Pirate
(The Heiress)
Fatty's Gift
(Fatty)
Fatty and the Heiress
(Fatty)
That Minstrel Man
(Belle)
The Baggage Smasher
((unconfirmed))
Fatty Again
(Fatty Felix)
Their Ups and Downs
(Fatty)
A Brand New Hero
(The Tramp)
Bombs and Bangs
(The Farmer's Daughter)
How Old Are You?
Shotguns That Kick
(Fatty)
Fatty's Wild Night
A Village Scandal
(Eddie - the Country Boy)
Buzzin' Around
(Cornelius)
Peeping Pete
(Pete's Wife)
Mabel's New Hero
(Fatty)
A Bandit
(Bully)
The Other Man
(Fatty the Tramp (dual role))
A Creampuff Romance
The Late Lamented
(Cameo Appearance (unconfirmed))
Listen Lena
(Fat man with strategically covered face (unconfirmed))
My Stars
(Mailman (uncredited))
Miss Fatty's Seaside Lovers
(Finnegan's Daughter)
Those Country Kids
(Fatty)
Fatty's Magic Pants
(Fatty)
Mabel’s Wilful Way
(Fatty)
Mabel, Fatty and the Law
(Fatty)
Wished on Mabel
(Fatty)
A Glimpse of the San Diego Exposition
(Himself)
The Little Teacher
(Fat Unruly Student)
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’s Plucky Pup
(Fatty)
Fatty’s Faithful Fido
(Fatty)
Fatty’s Chance Acquaintance
(Fatty)
Fatty and Mabel’s Simple Life
(Roscoe)
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)
Fatty's Jonah Day
(Fatty)
Lover's Luck
(Fatty)
In the Dough
(Slim)
The Gangsters
(Cop)
A Voice from the Deep
(Minor Role (uncredited) (unconfirmed))
Ben's Kid
(Fatty Carter)
The Sanitarium
(Charley Wise)
Passions, He Had Three
(Henry)
Alas! Poor Yorick!
(Player in Female Costume)
Making It Pleasant for Him
Mrs. Jones' Birthday
Help! Help! Hydrophobia!
(Jim Brown)
The Waiters' Picnic
(Oscar - the Waiter)
The Speed Kings
(Masher)
For the Love of Mabel
(Suitor)
Almost a Rescue
(Jimmie)
Professor Bean's Removal
(Man with Moustache)
Love and Courage
(The Country Boy)
Rastus and the Game Cock
(Spectator)
Safe in Jail
(Neighbor Woman)
A Noise from the Deep
(Bob)
Love and Rubbish
(Fat Boy)
The Telltale Light
(Tom aka Fatty)
Mabel's Dramatic Career
(Man in Audience)
The Fatal Taxicab
(Mabel's Sweetheart)
The Riot
(Cohen - Jewish Neighborhood Leader)
Fatty's Day Off
(Fatty)
The Gypsy Queen
(Fatty)
When Dreams Come True
(The Man)
A Quiet Little Wedding
(Fatty)
Mother's Boy
(Mother's Boy)
A Small Time Act
(Theatre Owner)
The Milk We Drink
(The Dairy Farmer)
Fatty at San Diego
(Fatty)
Two Old Tars
(First Old Tar)
Wine
(The Waiter)
A Ride for a Bride
(Fatty)
The Woman Haters
(1st Old Tar)
Some Nerve
(The Jealous Man)
Fatty's Flirtation
(Fatty)
His Sister's Kids
(Dr. J. Jacobs)
He Would a Hunting Go
(Count Chicori)
A Misplaced Foot
(Fatty)
Rebecca's Wedding Day
(Rebecca)
A Robust Romeo
(Fatty)
The Under-Sheriff
(The Under-Sheriff)
In the Clutches of the Gang
(Cop)
Twixt Love and Fire
(The Iceman)
Where Hazel Met the Villain
(Fatty)
The Chicken Chaser
(The Hired Man)
A Bath House Beauty
(Fatty)
A Rural Demon
Barnyard Flirtations
(The Cop)
Go West
(Woman in Department Store (uncredited))
Chaplin Today: The Gold Rush
(Self (archive footage))
A Reckless Romeo
(The Husband)
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 Life of the Party
(Algernon Leary (as Roscoe Arbuckle))
Traveling Salesman
(Bob Blake)
The Round-Up
(Slim Hoover)
The Dollar-a-Year Man
(Franklin Pinney)
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?
Close Relations
(Wilbur Wart)
Tomalio
(Wilbur)
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 Pullman Porter
The Bank Clerk
A Desert Hero
(The Sheriff, the Desert Hero)
The Sheriff
(Cook)
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
(Story)
His Wedding Night
(Director)
Back Stage
(Director)
Coney Island
(Director)
Coney Island
(Story)
The Bell Boy
(Story)
The Bell Boy
(Screenplay)
The Bell Boy
(Director)
Day Dreams
(Story)
Mabel and Fatty's Wash Day
(Director)
Out West
(Director)
Out West
(Writer)
The Hayseed
(Director)
The Rough House
(Story)
The Rough House
(Director)
The Butcher Boy
(Director)
Moonshine
(Story)
Moonshine
(Screenplay)
The Garage
(Director)
Moonshine
(Director)
Oh, Doctor!
(Director)
The Cook
(Story)
The Butcher Boy
(Story)
The Cook
(Director)
A Country Hero
(Director)
A Country Hero
(Story)
A Suspended Ordeal
(Director)
The Sky Pirate
(Director)
Those Happy Days
(Director)
Fatty and the Heiress
(Director)
A Rowboat Romance
(Director)
Fatty's Finish
(Director)
Love and Bullets
(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)
Cleaning Up
(Director)
His First Car
(Director)
His First Car
(Writer)
Dynamite Doggie
(Writer)
The Tourist
(Director)
One Sunday Morning
(Writer)
Peaceful Oscar
(Director)
One Sunday Morning
(Director)
His Private Life
(Writer)
Si Si Senor
(Director)
Marriage Rows
(Director)
Up a Tree
(Director)
Marriage Rows
(Story)
Up a Tree
(Story)
Pete and Repeat
(Director)
Won by a Neck
(Director)
Ex-Plumber
(Director)
That's My Line
(Writer)
The Back Page
(Director)
Ex-Plumber
(Writer)
That's My Line
(Director)
Beach Pajamas
(Writer)
Beach Pajamas
(Director)
Up Pops the Duke
(Director)
Bridge Wives
(Director)
It's a Cinch
(Director)
The Movies
(Director)
Keep Laughing
(Director)
Mother's Holiday
(Director)
Niagara Falls
(Director)
Moonlight and Cactus
(Director)
The Tamale Vendor
(Director)
Smart Work
(Director)
Idle Roomers
(Director)
The Iron Mule
(Director)
That's My Meat
(Director)
One Quiet Night
(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)
Fatty's New Role
(Director)
Fatty and Mabel at the San Diego Exposition
(Director)
Leading Lizzie Astray
(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)
Curses
(Director)
The Fighting Dude
(Director)
A Reckless Romeo
(Director)
Those Country Kids
(Director)
Fatty's Magic Pants
(Director)
Wished on Mabel
(Director)
Mabel’s Wilful Way
(Director)
Fatty’s Chance Acquaintance
(Director)
That Little Band Of Gold
(Director)
Fatty’s Reckless Fling
(Director)
When Love Took Wings
(Director)
Mabel, Fatty and the Law
(Director)
Mabel and Fatty’s Married Life
(Director)
Fatty and Mabel’s Simple Life
(Director)
Fatty’s Faithful Fido
(Director)
Fatty’s Plucky Pup
(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)
Where Hazel Met the Villain
(Director)
Barnyard Flirtations
(Director)
A Bath House Beauty
(Director)
The Chicken Chaser
(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)
My Stars
(Writer)
Fool's Luck
(Writer)
My Stars
(Director)
The Movies
(Writer)
The Cuckoos
(Writer)
A Reckless Romeo
(Story)
Gigolettes
(Director)
Stupid, but Brave
(Director)
Fatty's Wine Party
(Director)
Fatty's Debut
(Director)
Anybody's Goat
(Director)
His Private Life
(Director)
Home Cured
(Director)
Once a Hero
(Director)
Hollywood Lights
(Director)
Crashing Hollywood
(Director)
Hollywood Luck
(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
(Writer)
The Bank Clerk
(Director)
The Pullman Porter
(Director)
Camping Out
(Director)
The Bank Clerk
(Writer)
A Desert Hero
(Director)
A Desert Hero
(Writer)
The Pullman Porter
(Writer)
The Sheriff
(Director)
An Incompetent Hero
(Director)
Bright Lights
(Director)
The Alarm
(Director)
The Alarm
(Writer)
The Water Dog
(Director)
Lovers' Post Office
(Director)