Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1887-03-22
Day of Death
1933-06-29 (46 years old)
Place of Birth
Smith Center, Kansas, USA
Roscoe 'Fatty' 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 justice system. Despite Arbuckle's acquittal, the scandal largely halted his career and has mostly overshadowed his legacy as a pioneering comedian.
Known For
Acting
(2016)
(2015)
Looking for Mabel Normand
as Self (archive footage)
(2007)
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
as Self (archive footage)
(2006)
Buster Keaton: From Silents to Shorts
as (archive footage)
(2004)
So Funny It Hurt: Buster Keaton & MGM
as Self (archive footage)
(2003)
Chaplin Today: 'The Gold Rush'
as Self (archive footage)
(2001)
Arbuckle & Keaton, Volume Two
as Various
(2001)
Arbuckle & Keaton, Volume One
as Various
(1992)
The Chaplin Puzzle
as (archive footage)
(1987)
Hollywood's Hidden Secrets
as (archive footage)
(1962)
Crazy Days
as Various (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1961)
Days of Thrills and Laughter
as Self (archive footage)
(1960)
When Comedy Was King
as edited from 'Fatty & Mabel Adrift' (archive footage)
(1943)
Happy Times and Jolly Moments
as (archive footage)
(1933)
Close Relations
as Wilbur Wart
(1933)
(1933)
In the Dough
as Slim
(1933)
Tomalio
as Wilbur
(1933)
Buzzin' Around
as Cornelius
(1932)
Hey, Pop!
as Fatty
(1931)
Stars of Yesterday
as Self
(1927)
Listen Lena
as Fat man with strategically covered face (unconfirmed)
(1927)
Character Studies
as Self (uncredited)
(1926)
My Stars
as Mailman (uncredited)
(1925)
Go West
as Woman in Department Store (uncredited)
(1924)
Leap Year
as Stanley Piper
(1923)
Hollywood
as Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle
(1922)
The Fast Freight
as Ras Berry
(1921)
Gasoline Gus
as Gasoline Gus
(1921)
Brewster's Millions
as Monte Brewster
(1921)
Screen Snapshots (Series 1, No. 20)
as Himself
(1921)
Crazy to Marry
as Dr. Hobart Hupp
(1921)
Traveling Salesman
as Bob Blake
(1921)
The Dollar-a-Year Man
as Franklin Pinney
(1920)
The Garage
as Mechanic / Fireman
(1920)
The Round-Up
as Slim Hoover
(1920)
The Life of the Party
as Algernon Leary (as Roscoe Arbuckle)
(1919)
Back Stage
as Stagehand
(1919)
The Hayseed
as Mailman
(1919)
(1919)
Love
as Fatty
(1919)
A Desert Hero
as The Sheriff, the Desert Hero
(1919)
(1919)
(1918)
Good Night, Nurse!
as Fatty
(1918)
Out West
as Train Rider, Bartender
(1918)
The Bell Boy
as Bellboy, barber
(1918)
The Cook
as The Chef
(1918)
A Scrap of Paper
as Fatty
(1918)
The Sheriff
as Cook
(1918)
Moonshine
as Revenue Agent
(1917)
The Butcher Boy
as Fatty / Saccharine
(1917)
Oh, Doctor!
as Dr. Fatty Holepoke
(1917)
His Wedding Night
as Gas station employee
(1917)
The Rough House
as Mr. Rough
(1917)
Coney Island
as Fatty
(1917)
A Country Hero
as Village Blacksmith
(1917)
The Late Lamented
as Cameo Appearance (unconfirmed)
(1917)
A Reckless Romeo
as The Husband
(1916)
Fatty and Mabel Adrift
as Fatty
(1916)
Bright Lights
as Fatty
(1916)
The Waiters' Ball
as The Cook
(1916)
The Other Man
as Fatty the Tramp (dual role)
(1916)
He Did and He Didn’t
as The Doctor
(1916)
(1916)
His Wife's Mistakes
as The Janitor
(1915)
Fatty and the Broadway Stars
as Fatty - Studio Janitor
(1915)
(1915)
Mabel, Fatty and the Law
as Fatty
(1915)
Fatty and Mabel’s Simple Life
as Roscoe
(1915)
That Little Band Of Gold
as Fatty - the Husband
(1915)
Fatty's New Role
as Fatty
(1915)
(1915)
When Love Took Wings
as Reckless Fatty
(1915)
The Little Teacher
as Fat Unruly Student
(1915)
Miss Fatty's Seaside Lovers
as Finnegan's Daughter
(1915)
Mabel and Fatty's Wash Day
as Fatty
(1915)
Hogan's Romance Upset
as Fight Spectator
(1915)
A Glimpse of the San Diego Exposition
as Himself
(1915)
Wished on Mabel
as Fatty
(1915)
Fatty’s Faithful Fido
as Fatty
(1915)
Mabel and Fatty’s Married Life
as Fatty
(1915)
Fatty’s Reckless Fling
as Fatty
(1915)
A Village Scandal
as Eddie - the Country Boy
(1915)
Mabel’s Wilful Way
as Fatty
(1915)
Fickle Fatty's Fall
as Fatty
(1915)
Fatty’s Plucky Pup
as Fatty
(1915)
Fatty's Tintype Tangle
as Fatty
(1915)
Fatty’s Chance Acquaintance
as Fatty
(1914)
The Knockout
as Pug (uncredited)
(1914)
Tango Tangles
as Clarinetist
(1914)
The Masquerader
as Film actor
(1914)
His Favorite Pastime
as Shabby Drunk
(1914)
A Flirt's Mistake
as Husband (uncredited)
(1914)
A Film Johnnie
as Self (uncredited)
(1914)
His New Profession
as Bartender Smoking Cigar
(1914)
(1914)
Leading Lizzie Astray
as Fatty
(1914)
Fatty's Magic Pants
as Fatty
(1914)
Where Hazel Met the Villain
as Fatty
(1914)
The Rounders
as Mr. Fuller
(1914)
Fatty and Minnie He-Haw
as Fatty
(1914)
Those Country Kids
as Fatty
(1914)
A Misplaced Foot
as Fatty
(1914)
A Bath House Beauty
as Fatty
(1914)
The Sea Nymphs
as Fatty
(1914)
Lover's Luck
as Fatty
(1914)
A Rowboat Romance
as (unconfirmed)
(1914)
Twixt Love and Fire
as The Iceman
(1914)
An Incompetent Hero
as Fatty
(1914)
The Sky Pirate
as The Heiress
(1914)
Lovers' Post Office
as Fatty
(1914)
The Under-Sheriff
as The Under-Sheriff
(1914)
Fatty Again
as Fatty Felix
(1914)
Fatty's Wine Party
as Fatty
(1914)
Love and Bullets
as Film Actor (uncredited)
(1914)
(1914)
A Robust Romeo
as Fatty
(1914)
A Brand New Hero
as The Tramp
(1914)
Fatty and the Heiress
as Fatty
(1914)
(1914)
The Water Dog
as Fatty
(1914)
The Chicken Chaser
as The Hired Man
(1914)
Rebecca's Wedding Day
as Rebecca
(1914)
Those Happy Days
as Fatty
(1914)
Fatty's Jonah Day
as Fatty
(1914)
Our Country Cousin
as The Country Boy (unconfirmed)
(1914)
(1914)
That Minstrel Man
as Belle
(1914)
Their Ups and Downs
as Fatty
(1914)
The Baggage Smasher
as (unconfirmed)
(1914)
Fatty's Debut
as Fatty
(1914)
Zip, the Dodger
as Zip
(1914)
Bombs and Bangs
as The Farmer's Daughter
(1914)
Barnyard Flirtations
as The Cop
(1914)
Fatty's Finish
as Fatty
(1914)
(1914)
Shotguns That Kick
as Fatty
(1914)
Fatty's Gift
as Fatty
(1914)
Caught in a Flue
as (unconfirmed)
(1914)
A Suspended Ordeal
as The Cop
(1913)
Fatty Joins the Force
as Fatty
(1913)
The Gangsters
as Cop
(1913)
A Quiet Little Wedding
as Fatty
(1913)
Peeping Pete
as Pete's Wife
(1913)
A Noise from the Deep
as Bob
(1913)
Love and Rubbish
as Fat Boy
(1913)
Some Nerve
as The Jealous Man
(1913)
Rastus and the Game Cock
as Spectator
(1913)
When Dreams Come True
as The Man
(1913)
A Ride for a Bride
as Fatty
(1913)
The Riot
as Cohen - Jewish Neighborhood Leader
(1913)
Alas! Poor Yorick!
as Player in Female Costume
(1913)
Wine
as The Waiter
(1913)
The Speed Kings
as Masher
(1913)
His Sister's Kids
as Dr. J. Jacobs
(1913)
A Bandit
as Bully
(1913)
Mabel's New Hero
as Fatty
(1913)
Mabel's Dramatic Career
as Man in Audience
(1913)
The Waiters' Picnic
as Oscar - the Waiter
(1913)
Mother's Boy
as Mother's Boy
(1913)
Professor Bean's Removal
as Man with Moustache
(1913)
Safe in Jail
as Neighbor Woman
(1913)
Passions, He Had Three
as Henry
(1913)
Fatty at San Diego
as Fatty
(1913)
He Would a Hunting Go
as Count Chicori
(1913)
Fatty's Day Off
as Fatty
(1913)
The Telltale Light
as Tom aka Fatty
(1913)
Murphy's I.O.U.
as (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
(1913)
The Fatal Taxicab
as Mabel's Sweetheart
(1913)
For the Love of Mabel
as Suitor
(1913)
Fatty's Flirtation
as Fatty
(1913)
The Gypsy Queen
as Fatty
(1913)
Love and Courage
as The Country Boy
(1913)
Two Old Tars
as First Old Tar
(1913)
The Woman Haters
as 1st Old Tar
(1913)
Help! Help! Hydrophobia!
as Jim Brown
(1913)
The Milk We Drink
as The Dairy Farmer
(1913)
A Small Time Act
as Theatre Owner
(1913)
Almost a Rescue
as Jimmie
(1912)
A Voice from the Deep
as Minor Role (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
(1910)
The Sanitarium
as Charley Wise
(1909)
Ben's Kid
as Fatty Carter
(1909)
(1909)
Crew
(1932)
Bridge Wives
Director
(1932)
It's a Cinch
Director
(1932)
Keep Laughing
Director
(1932)
Mother's Holiday
Director
(1932)
Niagara Falls
Director
(1932)
Moonlight and Cactus
Director
(1932)
Gigolettes
Director
(1932)
Anybody's Goat
Director
(1932)
Hollywood Lights
Director
(1932)
Hollywood Luck
Director
(1931)
The Lure of Hollywood
Director
(1931)
Queenie of Hollywood
Director
(1931)
Marriage Rows
Director, Story
(1931)
Pete and Repeat
Director
(1931)
Ex-Plumber
Director, Writer
(1931)
That's My Line
Writer, Director
(1931)
The Back Page
Director
(1931)
Beach Pajamas
Writer, Director
(1931)
Up Pops the Duke
Director
(1931)
The Tamale Vendor
Director
(1931)
Smart Work
Director
(1931)
Idle Roomers
Director
(1931)
That's My Meat
Director
(1931)
One Quiet Night
Director
(1931)
Take 'em and Shake 'em
Director
(1931)
Windy Riley Goes Hollywood
Director
(1931)
Honeymoon Trio
Director
(1931)
Three Hollywood Girls
Director
(1931)
Once a Hero
Director
(1931)
Crashing Hollywood
Director
(1930)
Si Si Senor
Director
(1930)
Up a Tree
Director, Story
(1930)
Won by a Neck
Director
(1930)
The Cuckoos
Writer
(1927)
Peaceful Oscar
Director
(1927)
The Red Mill
Director
(1927)
Special Delivery
Director
(1927)
Character Studies
Director
(1926)
One Sunday Morning
Writer, Director
(1926)
His Private Life
Writer, Director
(1926)
Fool's Luck
Director, Writer
(1926)
My Stars
Writer, Director
(1926)
Home Cured
Director
(1925)
Cleaning Up
Director
(1925)
Dynamite Doggie
Writer, Director
(1925)
The Tourist
Director
(1925)
The Movies
Director, Writer
(1925)
The Iron Mule
Director
(1925)
Curses
Director, Writer
(1925)
The Fighting Dude
Director, Writer
(1924)
His First Car
Director, Writer
(1924)
Lovemania
Director
(1924)
Stupid, but Brave
Director
(1923)
No Loafing
Director
(1922)
Day Dreams
Story
(1922)
Special Delivery
Director
(1920)
The Garage
Director
(1919)
Back Stage
Director
(1919)
The Hayseed
Director
(1919)
Love
Director
(1919)
Camping Out
Writer, Director
(1919)
The Bank Clerk
Director, Writer
(1919)
The Pullman Porter
Director, Writer
(1919)
A Desert Hero
Director, Writer
(1918)
Good Night, Nurse!
Director, Story
(1918)
The Bell Boy
Story, Screenplay, Director
(1918)
Out West
Director, Writer
(1918)
Moonshine
Story, Screenplay, Director
(1918)
The Cook
Story, Director
(1918)
A Scrap of Paper
Director
(1918)
The Sheriff
Writer, Director
(1917)
His Wedding Night
Story, Director
(1917)
Coney Island
Director, Story
(1917)
The Rough House
Story, Director
(1917)
The Butcher Boy
Director, Story
(1917)
Oh, Doctor!
Director
(1917)
A Country Hero
Director, Story
(1917)
A Reckless Romeo
Director, Story
(1916)
A Creampuff Romance
Director
(1916)
Fatty and Mabel Adrift
Director, Writer
(1916)
The Waiters' Ball
Director
(1916)
He Did and He Didn’t
Director
(1916)
His Wife's Mistakes
Director
(1916)
Bright Lights
Director
(1915)
Mabel and Fatty's Wash Day
Director
(1915)
A Village Scandal
Director
(1915)
Fatty's Tintype Tangle
Director
(1915)
Fatty's New Role
Director
(1915)
(1915)
Miss Fatty's Seaside Lovers
Director
(1915)
Wished on Mabel
Director
(1915)
Mabel’s Wilful Way
Director
(1915)
Fatty’s Chance Acquaintance
Director
(1915)
That Little Band Of Gold
Director
(1915)
Fatty’s Reckless Fling
Director
(1915)
When Love Took Wings
Director
(1915)
Mabel, Fatty and the Law
Director
(1915)
Mabel and Fatty’s Married Life
Director
(1915)
Fatty and Mabel’s Simple Life
Director
(1915)
Fatty’s Faithful Fido
Director
(1915)
Fatty’s Plucky Pup
Director
(1915)
Fickle Fatty's Fall
Director
(1915)
(1915)
Fatty and the Broadway Stars
Director
(1914)
A Suspended Ordeal
Director
(1914)
The Sky Pirate
Director
(1914)
Those Happy Days
Director
(1914)
Fatty and the Heiress
Director
(1914)
A Rowboat Romance
Director
(1914)
Fatty's Finish
Director
(1914)
Love and Bullets
Director
(1914)
That Minstrel Man
Director
(1914)
Fatty's Gift
Director
(1914)
A Brand New Hero
Director
(1914)
Bombs and Bangs
Director
(1914)
Fatty Again
Director
(1914)
Their Ups and Downs
Director
(1914)
Shotguns That Kick
Director
(1914)
Leading Lizzie Astray
Director
(1914)
Those Country Kids
Director
(1914)
Fatty's Magic Pants
Director
(1914)
Fatty and Minnie He-Haw
Director
(1914)
Lover's Luck
Director
(1914)
Fatty's Jonah Day
Director
(1914)
Where Hazel Met the Villain
Director
(1914)
Barnyard Flirtations
Director
(1914)
A Bath House Beauty
Director
(1914)
The Chicken Chaser
Director
(1914)
Zip, the Dodger
Director
(1914)
Fatty's Wine Party
Director
(1914)
Fatty's Debut
Director
(1914)
An Incompetent Hero
Director
(1914)
The Alarm
Director, Writer
(1914)
The Water Dog
Director
(1914)
Lovers' Post Office
Director