Roscoe Arbuckle
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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
Credits
Character Studies (1927)
as Self (uncredited)
A Rural Demon (1914)
Actor
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema (2007)
as Self (archive footage)
Making a Living (1914)
as Tough Guy (uncredited)
Good Night, Nurse! (1918)
as Fatty
Wine (1913)
as The Waiter
A Voice from the Deep (1912)
as Minor Role (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
Tomalio (1933)
as Wilbur
The Rounders (1914)
as Mr. Fuller
The Knockout (1914)
as Pug (uncredited)
Coney Island (1917)
as Fatty
Go West (1925)
as Woman in Department Store (uncredited)
Oh, Doctor! (1917)
as Dr. Fatty Holepoke
Happy Times and Jolly Moments (1943)
as (archive footage)
Gasoline Gus (1921)
as Gasoline Gus
Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty (2020)
as archive footage
The Bell Boy (1918)
as Bellboy, barber
Hollywood (1923)
as Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle
Fatty’s Plucky Pup (1915)
as Fatty
The Cook (1918)
as The Chef
The Butcher Boy (1917)
as Fatty / Saccharine
The Masquerader (1914)
as Film actor
Love and Rubbish (1913)
as Fat Boy
The Parrott Chase (2009)
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
So Funny It Hurt: Buster Keaton & MGM (2004)
as Self (archive footage)
The Casting Couch (1995)
Actor
When Comedy Was King (1960)
as edited from 'Fatty & Mabel Adrift' (archive footage)
Wonder Dogs! Canine Stars of the Silent Era (1898-1928) (2025)
Actor
Fatty and Mabel at the San Diego Exposition (1915)
as Fatty
That Little Band Of Gold (1915)
as Fatty - the Husband
Mabel and Fatty’s Married Life (1915)
as Fatty
Wished on Mabel (1915)
as Fatty
He Did and He Didn’t (1916)
as The Doctor
Listen Lena (1927)
as Fat man with strategically covered face (unconfirmed)
Mabel's Dramatic Career (1913)
as Man in Audience
Ben's Kid (1909)
as Fatty Carter
My Stars (1926)
as Mailman (uncredited)
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies (1988)
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Fatty and Mabel’s Simple Life (1915)
as Roscoe
The Sanitarium (1910)
as Charley Wise
His Sister's Kids (1913)
as Dr. J. Jacobs
Fatty Joins the Force (1913)
as Fatty
Tango Tangles (1914)
as Clarinetist
Buzzin' Around (1933)
as Cornelius
Peeping Pete (1913)
as Pete's Wife
Fatty and Mabel Adrift (1916)
as Fatty
Barnyard Flirtations (1914)
as The Cop
Fatty's Tintype Tangle (1915)
as Fatty
Fatty's New Role (1915)
as Fatty
Love (1919)
as Fatty
The Alarm (1914)
Actor
Mabel and Fatty's Wash Day (1915)
as Fatty
Fatty’s Faithful Fido (1915)
as Fatty
Those Country Kids (1914)
as Fatty
Fatty at San Diego (1913)
as Fatty
The Hayseed (1919)
as Mailman
Buster Keaton: The Shorts Collection 1917-1923 (2016)
Actor
Fatty and Minnie He-Haw (1914)
as Fatty
The Gangsters (1913)
as Cop
The Round-Up (1920)
as Slim Hoover
A Brave Engineer: Buster Keaton's Last Ride (2026)
as Self (Archival)
Fickle Fatty's Fall (1915)
as Fatty
The Life of the Party (1920)
as Algernon Leary (as Roscoe Arbuckle)
A Flirt's Mistake (1914)
as Husband (uncredited)
A Bath House Beauty (1914)
as Fatty
Fatty's Jonah Day (1914)
as Fatty
An Incompetent Hero (1914)
as Fatty
Fatty’s Chance Acquaintance (1915)
as Fatty
Brewster's Millions (1921)
as Monte Brewster
Crazy Days (1962)
as Various (archive footage) (uncredited)
Days of Thrills and Laughter (1961)
as Self (archive footage)
A Quiet Little Wedding (1913)
as Fatty
Back Stage (1919)
as Stagehand
Hey, Pop! (1932)
as Fatty
His Wedding Night (1917)
as Gas station employee
The Waiters' Ball (1916)
as The Cook
Bright Lights (1916)
as Fatty
A Country Hero (1917)
as Village Blacksmith
Two Old Tars (1913)
as First Old Tar
The Garage (1920)
as Mechanic / Fireman
Arbuckle & Keaton, Volume Two (2001)
as Various
Leading Lizzie Astray (1914)
as Fatty
A Rowboat Romance (1914)
as (unconfirmed)
Miss Fatty's Seaside Lovers (1915)
as Finnegan's Daughter
The Under-Sheriff (1914)
as The Under-Sheriff
The Chaplin Puzzle (1992)
as (archive footage)
Rastus and the Game Cock (1913)
as Spectator
His Favorite Pastime (1914)
as Shabby Drunk
How've You Bean? (1933)
Actor
The Speed Kings (1913)
as Masher
Leap Year (1924)
as Stanley Piper
Fatty and the Broadway Stars (1915)
as Fatty - Studio Janitor
Chaplin Today: The Gold Rush (2003)
as Self (archive footage)
Alas! Poor Yorick! (1913)
as Player in Female Costume
A Robust Romeo (1914)
as Fatty
A Village Scandal (1915)
as Eddie - the Country Boy
A Bandit (1913)
as Bully
A Small Time Act (1913)
as Theatre Owner
His New Profession (1914)
as Bartender Smoking Cigar
Traveling Salesman (1921)
as Bob Blake
Hogan's Romance Upset (1915)
as Fight Spectator
The Waiters' Picnic (1913)
as Oscar - the Waiter
When Love Took Wings (1915)
as Reckless Fatty
The Water Dog (1914)
as Fatty
When Dreams Come True (1913)
as The Man
A Desert Hero (1919)
as The Sheriff, the Desert Hero
Passions, He Had Three (1913)
as Henry
For the Love of Mabel (1913)
as Suitor
Murders of Hollywood (2003)
as Self (archive footage)
The Rough House (1917)
as Mr. Rough
Moonshine (1918)
as Revenue Agent
Screen Snapshots (Series 1, No. 20) (1921)
as Himself
Love and Bullets (1914)
as Film Actor (uncredited)
He Would a Hunting Go (1913)
as Count Chicori
A Creampuff Romance (1916)
as Fatty
A Film Johnnie (1914)
as Self
Zip, the Dodger (1914)
as Zip
In the Clutches of the Gang (1914)
as Cop
A Brand New Hero (1914)
as The Tramp
Rebecca's Wedding Day (1914)
as Rebecca
Fatty’s Reckless Fling (1915)
as Fatty
In the Dough (1933)
as Slim
The Fast Freight (1922)
as Ras Berry
Out West (1918)
as Train Rider, Bartender
A Glimpse of the San Diego Exposition (1915)
as Himself
Fatty's Magic Pants (1914)
as Fatty
Looking for Mabel Normand (2015)
as Self (archive footage)
The Late Lamented (1917)
as Cameo Appearance (unconfirmed)
Lover's Luck (1914)
as Fatty
Fatty's Flirtation (1913)
as Fatty
Mabel’s Wilful Way (1915)
as Fatty
Murphy's I.O.U. (1913)
as (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
Safe in Jail (1913)
as Neighbor Woman
Mabel, Fatty and the Law (1915)
as Fatty
Fatty's Debut (1914)
as Fatty
Crazy to Marry (1921)
as Dr. Hobart Hupp
Arbuckle & Keaton, Volume One (2001)
as Various
Some Nerve (1913)
as The Jealous Man
His Wife's Mistakes (1916)
as The Janitor
The Other Man (1916)
as Fatty the Tramp (dual role)
The Sky Pirate (1914)
as The Heiress
A Reckless Romeo (1917)
as The Husband
The Little Teacher (1915)
as Fat Unruly Student
A Noise from the Deep (1913)
as Bob
The Chicken Chaser (1914)
as The Hired Man
Fatty's Wine Party (1914)
as Fatty
The Riot (1913)
as Cohen - Jewish Neighborhood Leader
Those Happy Days (1914)
as Fatty
The Dollar-a-Year Man (1921)
as Franklin Pinney
The Telltale Light (1913)
as Tom aka Fatty
Mabel's New Hero (1913)
as Fatty
Caught in a Flue (1914)
as (unconfirmed)
Mother's Boy (1913)
as Mother's Boy
Where Hazel Met the Villain (1914)
as Fatty
Help! Help! Hydrophobia! (1913)
as Jim Brown
The Sea Nymphs (1914)
as Fatty
Twixt Love and Fire (1914)
as The Iceman
The Woman Haters (1913)
as 1st Old Tar
Making It Pleasant for Him (1909)
Actor
Almost a Rescue (1913)
as Jimmie
Professor Bean's Removal (1913)
as Man with Moustache
The Milk We Drink (1913)
as The Dairy Farmer
A Suspended Ordeal (1914)
as The Cop
Shotguns That Kick (1914)
as Fatty
Their Ups and Downs (1914)
as Fatty
The Sheriff (1918)
as Cook
Lovers' Post Office (1914)
as Fatty
Stars of Yesterday (1931)
as Self
Close Relations (1933)
as Wilbur Wart
Mrs. Jones' Birthday (1909)
Actor
A Ride for a Bride (1913)
as Fatty
Mabel and Fatty Viewing the World's Fair at San Francisco (1915)
as Himself
Fatty's Day Off (1913)
as Fatty
Our Country Cousin (1914)
as The Country Boy (unconfirmed)
The Baggage Smasher (1914)
as (unconfirmed)
Fatty's Finish (1914)
as Fatty
Camping Out (1919)
Actor
Fatty's Gift (1914)
as Fatty
The Pullman Porter (1919)
Actor
How Old Are You? (1914)
Actor
A Scrap of Paper (1918)
as Fatty
Buster Keaton: From Silents to Shorts (2006)
as (archive footage)
Love and Courage (1913)
as The Country Boy
The Gypsy Queen (1913)
as Fatty
The Fatal Taxicab (1913)
as Mabel's Sweetheart
That Minstrel Man (1914)
as Belle
A Misplaced Foot (1914)
as Fatty
Bombs and Bangs (1914)
as The Farmer's Daughter
Fatty's Wild Night (1914)
Actor
Fatty and the Heiress (1914)
as Fatty
Fatty Again (1914)
as Fatty Felix
The Bank Clerk (1919)
Actor