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
The Casting Couch (1995)
Actor
Listen Lena (1927)
as Fat man with strategically covered face (unconfirmed)
Character Studies (1927)
as Self (uncredited)
Wonder Dogs! Canine Stars of the Silent Era (1898-1928) (2025)
Actor
The Masquerader (1914)
as Film actor
Go West (1925)
as Woman in Department Store (uncredited)
The Alarm (1914)
Actor
Fatty and Minnie He-Haw (1914)
as Fatty
Oh, Doctor! (1917)
as Dr. Fatty Holepoke
Love (1919)
as Fatty
Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty (2020)
as archive footage
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies (1995)
as Self (archive footage)
Making a Living (1914)
as Tough Guy (uncredited)
His Wife's Mistake (1916)
as The Janitor
The Life of the Party (1920)
as Algernon Leary (as Roscoe Arbuckle)
That Little Band Of Gold (1915)
as Fatty - the Husband
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema (2007)
as Self (archive footage)
Screen Snapshots (Series 1, No. 20) (1921)
as Himself
A Country Hero (1917)
as Village Blacksmith
Bright Lights (1916)
as Fatty
A Brave Engineer: Buster Keaton's Last Ride (2026)
as Self (Archival)
When Comedy Was King (1960)
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Good Night, Nurse! (1918)
as Fatty
A Film Johnnie (1914)
as Self
Fatty's Magic Pants (1914)
as Fatty
A Flirt's Mistake (1914)
as Husband (uncredited)
The Butcher Boy (1917)
as Fatty / Saccharine
He Did and He Didn’t (1916)
as The Doctor
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies (1988)
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hogan's Romance Upset (1915)
as Fight Spectator
Lover's Luck (1914)
as Fatty
Love and Bullets (1914)
as Film Actor (uncredited)
His Favorite Pastime (1914)
as Shabby Drunk
Fatty's Tintype Tangle (1915)
as Fatty
Hollywood (1923)
as Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle
His Sister's Kids (1913)
as Dr. J. Jacobs
Peeping Pete (1913)
as Pete's Wife
Fatty at San Diego (1913)
as Fatty
Mabel and Fatty's Wash Day (1915)
as Fatty
The Muppets Go to the Movies (1981)
as Keystone Kop (archive footage) (uncredited)
Murders of Hollywood (2003)
as Self (archive footage)
Tango Tangles (1914)
as Clarinetist
The Cook (1918)
as The Chef
Gasoline Gus (1921)
as Gasoline Gus
Looking for Mabel Normand (2015)
as Self (archive footage)
Chaplin Today: The Gold Rush (2003)
as Self (archive footage)
Wine (1913)
as The Waiter
Days of Thrills and Laughter (1961)
as Self (archive footage)
The Rough House (1917)
as Mr. Rough
The Sanitarium (1910)
as Charley Wise
The Chaplin Puzzle (1992)
as (archive footage)
Fatty's Jonah Day (1914)
as Fatty
The Parrott Chase (2009)
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Waiters' Ball (1916)
as The Cook
The Rounders (1914)
as Mr. Fuller
A Voice from the Deep (1912)
as Minor Role (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
A Glimpse of the San Diego Exposition (1915)
as Himself
Mabel's Dramatic Career (1913)
as Man in Audience
Those Country Kids (1914)
as Fatty
When Love Took Wings (1915)
as Reckless Fatty
Coney Island (1917)
as Fatty
The Knockout (1914)
as Pug (uncredited)
Fatty and the Broadway Stars (1915)
as Fatty - Studio Janitor
Fickle Fatty's Fall (1915)
as Fatty
In the Dough (1933)
as Slim
A Desert Hero (1919)
as The Sheriff, the Desert Hero
His New Profession (1914)
as Bartender Smoking Cigar
Fatty's Day Off (1913)
as Fatty
Fatty and Mabel’s Simple Life (1915)
as Roscoe
The Round-Up (1920)
as Slim Hoover
Happy Times and Jolly Moments (1943)
as (archive footage)
A Small Time Act (1913)
as Theatre Owner
Back Stage (1919)
as Stagehand
How've You Bean? (1933)
Actor
Miss Fatty's Seaside Lovers (1915)
as Finnegan's Daughter
Zip, the Dodger (1914)
as Zip
Some Nerve (1913)
as The Jealous Man
The Sky Pirate (1914)
as The Heiress
Fatty’s Plucky Pup (1915)
as Fatty
An Incompetent Hero (1914)
as Fatty
Alas! Poor Yorick! (1913)
as Player in Female Costume
Mabel and Fatty’s Married Life (1915)
as Fatty
A Quiet Little Wedding (1913)
as Fatty
Mother's Boy (1913)
as Mother's Boy
For the Love of Mabel (1913)
as Suitor
Tomalio (1933)
as Wilbur
Rastus and the Game Cock (1913)
as Spectator
Fatty Joins the Force (1913)
as Fatty
Caught in a Flue (1914)
as (unconfirmed)
Mabel’s Wilful Way (1915)
as Fatty
The Garage (1920)
as Mechanic / Fireman
Close Relations (1933)
as Wilbur Wart
Murphy's I.O.U. (1913)
as (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
Out West (1918)
as Train Rider, Bartender
The Other Man (1916)
as Fatty the Tramp (dual role)
My Stars (1926)
as Mailman (uncredited)
Wished on Mabel (1915)
as Fatty
The Water Dog (1914)
as Fatty
Barnyard Flirtations (1914)
as The Cop
Mabel and Fatty Viewing the World's Fair at San Francisco (1915)
as Himself
A Village Scandal (1915)
as Eddie - the Country Boy
Fatty's Wine Party (1914)
as Fatty
Fatty's Finish (1914)
as Fatty
So Funny It Hurt: Buster Keaton & MGM (2004)
as Self (archive footage)
A Brand New Hero (1914)
as The Tramp
Two Old Tars (1913)
as First Old Tar
Fatty's Flirtation (1913)
as Fatty
The Bell Boy (1918)
as Bellboy, barber
Mabel, Fatty and the Law (1915)
as Fatty
Buster Keaton: From Silents to Shorts (2006)
as (archive footage)
The Hayseed (1919)
as Mailman
Passions, He Had Three (1913)
as Henry
Fatty's New Role (1915)
as Fatty
Fatty’s Reckless Fling (1915)
as Fatty
Twixt Love and Fire (1914)
as The Iceman
Fatty and Mabel Adrift (1916)
as Fatty
Traveling Salesman (1921)
as Bob Blake
His Wedding Night (1917)
as Gas station employee
Their Ups and Downs (1914)
as Fatty
Fatty’s Faithful Fido (1915)
as Fatty
Fatty's Debut (1914)
as Fatty
Making It Pleasant for Him (1909)
Actor
The Milk We Drink (1913)
as The Dairy Farmer
Rebecca's Wedding Day (1914)
as Rebecca
The Pullman Porter (1919)
Actor
A Ride for a Bride (1913)
as Fatty
Professor Bean's Removal (1913)
as Man with Moustache
The Gypsy Queen (1913)
as Fatty
A Robust Romeo (1914)
as Fatty
A Reckless Romeo (1917)
as The Husband
Brewster's Millions (1921)
as Monte Brewster
Crazy Days (1962)
as Various (archive footage) (uncredited)
He Would a Hunting Go (1913)
as Count Chicori
Fatty and the Heiress (1914)
as Fatty
Shotguns That Kick (1914)
as Fatty
The Woman Haters (1913)
as 1st Old Tar
The Sheriff (1918)
as Cook
Buzzin' Around (1933)
as Cornelius
A Scrap of Paper (1918)
as Fatty
The Dollar-a-Year Man (1921)
as Franklin Pinney
A Noise from the Deep (1913)
as Bob
Crazy to Marry (1921)
as Dr. Hobart Hupp
Stars of Yesterday (1931)
as Self
Fatty’s Chance Acquaintance (1915)
as Fatty
Fatty's Wild Night (1914)
Actor
Mabel's New Hero (1913)
as Fatty
Love and Rubbish (1913)
as Fat Boy
Moonshine (1918)
as Revenue Agent
A Rowboat Romance (1914)
as (unconfirmed)
Fatty and Mabel at the San Diego Exposition (1915)
as Fatty
Ben's Kid (1909)
as Fatty Carter
A Suspended Ordeal (1914)
as The Cop
The Under-Sheriff (1914)
as The Under-Sheriff
Camping Out (1919)
Actor
When Dreams Come True (1913)
as The Man
Leading Lizzie Astray (1914)
as Fatty
The Late Lamented (1917)
as Cameo Appearance (unconfirmed)
Leap Year (1924)
as Stanley Piper
The Gangsters (1913)
as Cop
In the Clutches of the Gang (1914)
as Cop
How Old Are You? (1914)
Actor
The Little Teacher (1915)
as Fat Unruly Student
Hey, Pop! (1932)
as Fatty
A Bath House Beauty (1914)
as Fatty
Those Happy Days (1914)
as Fatty
A Creampuff Romance (1916)
as Fatty
The Fast Freight (1922)
as Ras Berry
A Misplaced Foot (1914)
as Fatty
Lovers' Post Office (1914)
as Fatty
Mrs. Jones' Birthday (1909)
Actor
Fatty's Gift (1914)
as Fatty
Bombs and Bangs (1914)
as The Farmer's Daughter
The Riot (1913)
as Cohen - Jewish Neighborhood Leader
The Sea Nymphs (1914)
as Fatty
Love and Courage (1913)
as The Country Boy
The Speed Kings (1913)
as Masher
Fatty Again (1914)
as Fatty Felix
Our Country Cousin (1914)
as The Country Boy (unconfirmed)
The Waiters' Picnic (1913)
as Oscar - the Waiter
Where Hazel Met the Villain (1914)
as Fatty
The Fatal Taxicab (1913)
as Mabel's Sweetheart
A Rural Demon (1914)
Actor
Safe in Jail (1913)
as Neighbor Woman
Help! Help! Hydrophobia! (1913)
as Jim Brown
A Bandit (1913)
as Bully
The Telltale Light (1913)
as Tom aka Fatty
That Minstrel Man (1914)
as Belle
The Baggage Smasher (1914)
as (unconfirmed)
The Bank Clerk (1919)
Actor
Almost a Rescue (1913)
as Jimmie
The Chicken Chaser (1914)
as The Hired Man