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 jus…

Movies & TV Shows

1. Go West (1925) — Woman in Department Store (uncredited)
2. Making a Living (1914) — Tough Guy (uncredited)
3. The Cook (1918) — The Chef
4. A Film Johnnie (1914) — Self
5. Coney Island (1917) — Fatty
6. The Masquerader (1914) — Film actor
7. The Rough House (1917) — Mr. Rough
8. The Rounders (1914) — Mr. Fuller
9. The Butcher Boy (1917) — Fatty / Saccharine
10. The Garage (1920) — Mechanic / Fireman
11. Tango Tangles (1914) — Clarinetist
12. His New Profession (1914) — Bartender Smoking Cigar
13. His Wedding Night (1917) — Gas station employee
14. The Bell Boy (1918) — Bellboy, barber
15. Good Night, Nurse! (1918) — Fatty
16. Out West (1918) — Train Rider, Bartender
17. The Knockout (1914) — Pug (uncredited)
18. Oh, Doctor! (1917) — Dr. Fatty Holepoke
19. Back Stage (1919) — Stagehand
20. His Favorite Pastime (1914) — Shabby Drunk
21. Moonshine (1918) — Revenue Agent
22. The Hayseed (1919) — Mailman
23. Fatty's Tintype Tangle (1915) — Fatty
24. Fatty Joins the Force (1913) — Fatty
25. Fatty and Mabel’s Simple Life (1915) — Roscoe
26. Leap Year (1924) — Stanley Piper
27. Character Studies (1927) — Self (uncredited)
28. Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty (2020) — archive footage
29. Fatty and Mabel Adrift (1916) — Fatty
30. When Comedy Was King (1960) — (archive footage) (uncredited)
31. Chaplin Today: The Gold Rush (2003) — Self (archive footage)
32. A Reckless Romeo (1917) — The Husband
33. Fatty's Magic Pants (1914) — Fatty
34. That Little Band Of Gold (1915) — Fatty - the Husband
35. He Did and He Didn’t (1916) — The Doctor
36. Fatty and Mabel at the San Diego Exposition (1915) — Fatty
37. Those Country Kids (1914) — Fatty
38. Mabel, Fatty and the Law (1915) — Fatty
39. Mabel and Fatty’s Married Life (1915) — Fatty
40. Fatty’s Plucky Pup (1915) — Fatty

Directed

1. The Cook (1918) — Director
2. Coney Island (1917) — Director
3. The Rough House (1917) — Director
4. The Butcher Boy (1917) — Director
5. The Garage (1920) — Director
6. His Wedding Night (1917) — Director
7. The Bell Boy (1918) — Director
8. Good Night, Nurse! (1918) — Director
9. Out West (1918) — Director
10. Oh, Doctor! (1917) — Director
11. Back Stage (1919) — Director
12. Moonshine (1918) — Director
13. The Hayseed (1919) — Director
14. Fatty's Tintype Tangle (1915) — Director
15. The Red Mill (1927) — Director
16. The Iron Mule (1925) — Director
17. Fatty and Mabel’s Simple Life (1915) — Director
18. Character Studies (1927) — Director
19. Fatty and Mabel Adrift (1916) — Director
20. A Reckless Romeo (1917) — Director
21. He Did and He Didn’t (1916) — Director
22. Fatty's Magic Pants (1914) — Director
23. That Little Band Of Gold (1915) — Director
24. Fatty and Mabel at the San Diego Exposition (1915) — Director
25. Those Country Kids (1914) — Director
26. Mabel, Fatty and the Law (1915) — Director
27. Mabel and Fatty’s Married Life (1915) — Director
28. Fatty’s Plucky Pup (1915) — Director
29. Mabel and Fatty's Wash Day (1915) — Director
30. Love (1919) — Director
31. Wished on Mabel (1915) — Director
32. Mabel’s Wilful Way (1915) — Director
33. Fatty's New Role (1915) — Director
34. Fatty’s Chance Acquaintance (1915) — Director
35. The Waiters' Ball (1916) — Director
36. Fatty’s Faithful Fido (1915) — Director
37. The Movies (1925) — Director
38. Curses (1925) — Director
39. His Wife's Mistakes (1916) — Director
40. Leading Lizzie Astray (1914) — Director