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