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.
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)
(2003)
Chaplin Today: 'The Gold Rush'
as Self (archive footage)
(2001)
Arbuckle & Keaton, Volume One
as Various
(2001)
Arbuckle & Keaton, Volume Two
as Various
(1992)
The Chaplin Puzzle
as (archive footage)
(1988)
(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)
(1933)
Buzzin' Around
as Cornelius
(1933)
Close Relations
as Wilbur Wart
(1933)
In the Dough
as Slim
(1933)
Tomalio
as Wilbur
(1932)
Hey, Pop!
as Fatty
(1931)
Stars of Yesterday
as Self
(1927)
Character Studies
as Self (uncredited)
(1927)
Listen Lena
as Fat man with strategically covered face (unconfirmed)
(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)
Brewster's Millions
as Monte Brewster
(1921)
Gasoline Gus
as Gasoline Gus
(1921)
Traveling Salesman
as Bob Blake
(1921)
Crazy to Marry
as Dr. Hobart Hupp
(1921)
Screen Snapshots (Series 1, No. 20)
as Himself
(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)
The Hayseed
as Mailman
(1919)
A Desert Hero
as The Sheriff, the Desert Hero
(1919)
Love
as Fatty
(1919)
Back Stage
as Stagehand
(1919)
(1919)
(1919)
(1918)
The Cook
as The Chef
(1918)
Out West
as Train Rider, Bartender
(1918)
The Bell Boy
as Bellboy, barber
(1918)
Good Night, Nurse!
as Fatty
(1918)
Moonshine
as Revenue Agent
(1918)
A Scrap of Paper
as Fatty
(1918)
The Sheriff
as Cook
(1917)
The Butcher Boy
as Fatty / Saccharine
(1917)
Oh, Doctor!
as Dr. Fatty Holepoke
(1917)
The Rough House
as Mr. Rough
(1917)
Coney Island
as Fatty
(1917)
His Wedding Night
as Gas station employee
(1917)
A Country Hero
as Village Blacksmith
(1917)
A Reckless Romeo
as The Husband
(1917)
The Late Lamented
as Cameo Appearance (unconfirmed)
(1916)
The Other Man
as Fatty the Tramp (dual role)
(1916)
He Did and He Didn’t
as The Doctor
(1916)
The Waiters' Ball
as The Cook
(1916)
Bright Lights
as Fatty
(1916)
Fatty and Mabel Adrift
as Fatty
(1916)
His Wife's Mistakes
as The Janitor
(1916)
(1915)
Fickle Fatty's Fall
as Fatty
(1915)
(1915)
That Little Band Of Gold
as Fatty - the Husband
(1915)
Fatty and Mabel’s Simple Life
as Roscoe
(1915)
Mabel and Fatty’s Married Life
as Fatty
(1915)
Wished on Mabel
as Fatty
(1915)
Fatty’s Plucky Pup
as Fatty
(1915)
Fatty’s Chance Acquaintance
as Fatty
(1915)
Fatty’s Reckless Fling
as Fatty
(1915)
Fatty's New Role
as Fatty
(1915)
A Glimpse of the San Diego Exposition
as Himself
(1915)
Hogan's Romance Upset
as Fight Spectator
(1915)
Fatty's Tintype Tangle
as Fatty
(1915)
Miss Fatty's Seaside Lovers
as Finnegan's Daughter
(1915)
Mabel and Fatty's Wash Day
as Fatty
(1915)
Mabel’s Wilful Way
as Fatty
(1915)
When Love Took Wings
as Reckless Fatty
(1915)
A Village Scandal
as Eddie - the Country Boy
(1915)
Mabel, Fatty and the Law
as Fatty
(1915)
Fatty’s Faithful Fido
as Fatty
(1915)
(1915)
Fatty and the Broadway Stars
as Fatty - Studio Janitor
(1915)
The Little Teacher
as Fat Unruly Student
(1914)
Tango Tangles
as Clarinetist
(1914)
The Knockout
as Pug (uncredited)
(1914)
The Rounders
as Mr. Fuller
(1914)
The Masquerader
as Film actor
(1914)
A Film Johnnie
as Self
(1914)
Zip, the Dodger
as Zip
(1914)
Fatty's Finish
as Fatty
(1914)
Lovers' Post Office
as Fatty
(1914)
Fatty's Wine Party
as Fatty
(1914)
Those Happy Days
as Fatty
(1914)
His New Profession
as Bartender Smoking Cigar
(1914)
A Suspended Ordeal
as The Cop
(1914)
The Under-Sheriff
as The Under-Sheriff
(1914)
A Robust Romeo
as Fatty
(1914)
Fatty and Minnie He-Haw
as Fatty
(1914)
A Flirt's Mistake
as Husband (uncredited)
(1914)
Caught in a Flue
as (unconfirmed)
(1914)
Fatty's Gift
as Fatty
(1914)
The Chicken Chaser
as The Hired Man
(1914)
Twixt Love and Fire
as The Iceman
(1914)
(1914)
Rebecca's Wedding Day
as Rebecca
(1914)
Love and Bullets
as Film Actor (uncredited)
(1914)
A Misplaced Foot
as Fatty
(1914)
The Sea Nymphs
as Fatty
(1914)
Their Ups and Downs
as Fatty
(1914)
The Sky Pirate
as The Heiress
(1914)
A Rowboat Romance
as (unconfirmed)
(1914)
A Bath House Beauty
as Fatty
(1914)
That Minstrel Man
as Belle
(1914)
(1914)
Those Country Kids
as Fatty
(1914)
Lover's Luck
as Fatty
(1914)
His Favorite Pastime
as Shabby Drunk
(1914)
Fatty Again
as Fatty Felix
(1914)
Fatty's Magic Pants
as Fatty
(1914)
(1914)
Leading Lizzie Astray
as Fatty
(1914)
Fatty and the Heiress
as Fatty
(1914)
Where Hazel Met the Villain
as Fatty
(1914)
Shotguns That Kick
as Fatty
(1914)
Fatty's Debut
as Fatty
(1914)
A Brand New Hero
as The Tramp
(1914)
Our Country Cousin
as The Country Boy (unconfirmed)
(1914)
Barnyard Flirtations
as The Cop
(1914)
(1914)
Fatty's Jonah Day
as Fatty
(1914)
The Water Dog
as Fatty
(1914)
The Baggage Smasher
as (unconfirmed)
(1914)
(1914)
Bombs and Bangs
as The Farmer's Daughter
(1914)
An Incompetent Hero
as Fatty
(1913)
The Waiters' Picnic
as Oscar - the Waiter
(1913)
A Bandit
as Bully
(1913)
Two Old Tars
as First Old Tar
(1913)
Peeping Pete
as Pete's Wife
(1913)
Mother's Boy
as Mother's Boy
(1913)
Fatty Joins the Force
as Fatty
(1913)
The Riot
as Cohen - Jewish Neighborhood Leader
(1913)
For the Love of Mabel
as Suitor
(1913)
Safe in Jail
as Neighbor Woman
(1913)
Help! Help! Hydrophobia!
as Jim Brown
(1913)
Fatty's Flirtation
as Fatty
(1913)
Murphy's I.O.U.
as (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
(1913)
Fatty at San Diego
as Fatty
(1913)
The Speed Kings
as Masher
(1913)
Professor Bean's Removal
as Man with Moustache
(1913)
Some Nerve
as The Jealous Man
(1913)
A Quiet Little Wedding
as Fatty
(1913)
He Would a Hunting Go
as Count Chicori
(1913)
Love and Rubbish
as Fat Boy
(1913)
The Gypsy Queen
as Fatty
(1913)
The Fatal Taxicab
as Mabel's Sweetheart
(1913)
Passions, He Had Three
as Henry
(1913)
Almost a Rescue
as Jimmie
(1913)
Rastus and the Game Cock
as Spectator
(1913)
Mabel's Dramatic Career
as Man in Audience
(1913)
His Sister's Kids
as Dr. J. Jacobs
(1913)
Love and Courage
as The Country Boy
(1913)
The Telltale Light
as Tom aka Fatty
(1913)
A Small Time Act
as Theatre Owner
(1913)
Mabel's New Hero
as Fatty
(1913)
A Noise from the Deep
as Bob
(1913)
The Woman Haters
as 1st Old Tar
(1913)
The Gangsters
as Cop
(1913)
A Ride for a Bride
as Fatty
(1913)
Wine
as The Waiter
(1913)
Fatty's Day Off
as Fatty
(1913)
The Milk We Drink
as The Dairy Farmer
(1913)
Alas! Poor Yorick!
as Player in Female Costume
(1913)
When Dreams Come True
as The Man
(1912)
A Voice from the Deep
as Minor Role (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
(1910)
The Sanitarium
as Charley Wise
(1909)
(1909)
Ben's Kid
as Fatty Carter
(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