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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.
Movie | Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema | Self (archive footage) | 2007-05-23 |
Movie | Buster Keaton: From Silents to Shorts | (archive footage) | 2006-03-07 |
Movie | So Funny It Hurt: Buster Keaton & MGM | Self (archive footage) | 2004-12-07 |
Movie | Chaplin Today: 'The Gold Rush' | Self (archive footage) | 2003-07-01 |
Movie | Days of Thrills and Laughter | Self (archive footage) | 1961-03-21 |
Movie | When Comedy Was King | edited from 'Fatty & Mabel Adrift' (archive footage) | 1960-03-29 |
Movie | How've You Bean? | 1933-06-24 | |
Movie | Buzzin' Around | Cornelius | 1933-02-04 |
Movie | Close Relations | Wilbur Wart | 1933-09-30 |
Movie | In the Dough | Slim | 1933-11-15 |
Movie | Tomalio | Wilbur | 1933-11-30 |
Movie | Hey, Pop! | Fatty | 1932-11-12 |
Movie | Listen Lena | Fat man with strategically covered face (unconfirmed) | 1927-02-12 |
Movie | Character Studies | Himself (uncredited) | 1927-11-20 |
Movie | My Stars | Mailman (uncredited) | 1926-01-17 |
Movie | Go West | Woman in Department Store (uncredited) | 1925-11-01 |
Movie | Leap Year | Stanley Piper | 1924-01-11 |
Movie | Hollywood | Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle | 1923-08-19 |
Movie | The Fast Freight | Ras Berry | 1922-06-18 |
Movie | Brewster's Millions | Monte Brewster | 1921-01-28 |
Movie | Crazy to Marry | Dr. Hobart Hupp | 1921-08-28 |
Movie | The Dollar-a-Year Man | Franklin Pinney | 1921-04-02 |
Movie | Screen Snapshots (Series 1, No. 20) | Himself | 1921-02-22 |
Movie | Gasoline Gus | Gasoline Gus | 1921-08-20 |
Movie | Traveling Salesman | Bob Blake | 1921-06-05 |
Movie | The Garage | Mechanic / Fireman | 1920-01-11 |
Movie | The Life of the Party | Algernon Leary (as Roscoe Arbuckle) | 1920-11-21 |
Movie | The Round-Up | Slim Hoover | 1920-10-10 |
Movie | Love | Fatty | 1919-03-01 |
Movie | The Hayseed | Mailman | 1919-10-26 |
Movie | Out West | Train Rider, Bartender | 1918-01-20 |
Movie | A Scrap of Paper | Fatty | 1918-10-13 |
Movie | Moonshine | Revenue Agent | 1918-05-12 |
Movie | Good Night, Nurse! | Fatty | 1918-06-30 |
Movie | The Cook | The Chef | 1918-09-15 |
Movie | A Reckless Romeo | The Husband | 1917-05-21 |
Movie | The Rough House | Mr. Rough | 1917-06-25 |
Movie | The Butcher Boy | Fatty / Saccharine | 1917-04-23 |
Movie | His Wedding Night | Gas station employee | 1917-08-20 |
Movie | Oh, Doctor! | Dr. Fatty Holepoke | 1917-09-30 |
Movie | A Country Hero | Village Blacksmith | 1917-12-10 |
Movie | The Waiters' Ball | The Cook | 1916-06-25 |
Movie | He Did and He Didn’t | The Doctor | 1916-01-29 |
Movie | Fatty and Mabel Adrift | Fatty | 1916-01-09 |
Movie | His Wife's Mistakes | The Janitor | 1916-04-02 |
Movie | Bright Lights | Fatty | 1916-02-20 |
Movie | Fatty's New Role | Fatty | 1915-02-01 |
Movie | Mabel and Fatty’s Married Life | Fatty | 1915-02-10 |
Movie | Fatty’s Reckless Fling | Fatty | 1915-03-04 |
Movie | Fatty and Mabel at the San Diego Exposition | Fatty | 1915-01-23 |
Movie | Mabel and Fatty's Wash Day | Fatty | 1915-01-14 |
Movie | Fatty’s Chance Acquaintance | Fatty | 1915-03-07 |
Movie | Fatty and Mabel’s Simple Life | Roscoe | 1915-01-17 |
Movie | Mabel, Fatty and the Law | Fatty | 1915-01-18 |
Movie | A Glimpse of the San Diego Exposition | Himself | 1915-02-18 |
Movie | Miss Fatty's Seaside Lovers | Finnegan's Daughter | 1915-05-14 |
Movie | The Little Teacher | Fat Unruly Student | 1915-06-20 |
Movie | Fatty’s Plucky Pup | Fatty | 1915-06-27 |
Movie | That Little Band Of Gold | Fatty - the Husband | 1915-03-14 |
Movie | Mabel’s Wilful Way | Fatty | 1915-05-01 |
Movie | Fatty's Tintype Tangle | Fatty | 1915-07-26 |
Movie | Wished on Mabel | Fatty | 1915-04-19 |
Movie | Fatty’s Faithful Fido | Fatty | 1915-03-19 |
Movie | When Love Took Wings | Reckless Fatty | 1915-04-01 |
Movie | Twixt Love and Fire | The Iceman | 1914-02-23 |
Movie | A Film Johnnie | Self (uncredited) | 1914-03-02 |
Movie | Tango Tangle | Clarinetist | 1914-03-09 |
Movie | His Favorite Pastime | Shabby Drunk | 1914-03-16 |
Movie | A Robust Romeo | Fatty | 1914-02-12 |
Movie | A Rural Demon | 1914-03-19 | |
Movie | In the Clutches of the Gang | Cop | 1914-01-17 |
Movie | Barnyard Flirtations | The Cop | 1914-03-28 |
Movie | A Misplaced Foot | Fatty | 1914-01-01 |
Movie | The Under-Sheriff | The Under-Sheriff | 1914-01-08 |
Movie | A Flirt's Mistake | Husband (uncredited) | 1914-01-12 |
Movie | Rebecca's Wedding Day | Rebecca | 1914-01-24 |
Movie | Fatty's Magic Pants | Fatty | 1914-12-13 |
Movie | Lover's Luck | Fatty | 1914-09-15 |
Movie | The Rounders | Mr. Fuller | 1914-09-07 |
Movie | Fatty's Jonah Day | Fatty | 1914-11-15 |
Movie | Fatty and Minnie He-Haw | Fatty | 1914-12-20 |
Movie | The Chicken Chaser | The Hired Man | 1914-04-01 |
Movie | His New Profession | Bartender Smoking Cigar | 1914-08-31 |
Movie | Leading Lizzie Astray | Fatty | 1914-11-30 |
Movie | A Bath House Beauty | Fatty | 1914-04-12 |
Movie | Fatty's Gift | Fatty | 1914-08-24 |
Movie | Where Hazel Met the Villain | Fatty | 1914-04-22 |
Movie | The Knockout | Pug (uncredited) | 1914-06-11 |
Movie | Those Country Kids | Fatty | 1914-08-19 |
Movie | A Noise from the Deep | Bob | 1913-07-17 |
Movie | Love and Rubbish | Fat Boy | 1913-07-14 |
Movie | Love and Courage | The Country Boy | 1913-07-21 |
Movie | The Telltale Light | Tom aka Fatty | 1913-07-10 |
Movie | Almost a Rescue | Jimmie | 1913-08-08 |
Movie | Safe in Jail | Neighbor Woman | 1913-07-07 |
Movie | Mabel's New Hero | Fatty | 1913-08-27 |
Movie | The Riot | Cohen - Jewish Neighborhood Leader | 1913-08-07 |
Movie | Professor Bean's Removal | Man with Moustache | 1913-07-31 |
Movie | Passions, He Had Three | Henry | 1913-06-05 |
Movie | Help! Help! Hydrophobia! | Jim Brown | 1913-06-05 |
Movie | The Gangsters | Cop | 1913-05-29 |
Movie | Alas! Poor Yorick! | Player in Female Costume | 1913-04-21 |
Movie | Fatty's Day Off | Fatty | 1913-09-01 |
Movie | The Waiters' Picnic | Oscar - the Waiter | 1913-06-16 |
Movie | For the Love of Mabel | Suitor | 1913-06-30 |
Movie | Peeping Pete | Pete's Wife | 1913-06-22 |
Movie | A Bandit | Bully | 1913-06-22 |
Movie | Rastus and the Game Cock | Spectator | 1913-07-03 |
Movie | When Dreams Come True | The Man | 1913-09-22 |
Movie | The Woman Haters | 1st Old Tar | 1913-12-01 |
Movie | Mabel's Dramatic Career | Man in Audience | 1913-09-08 |
Movie | Wine | The Waiter | 1913-11-13 |
Movie | A Ride for a Bride | Fatty | 1913-12-08 |
Movie | His Sister's Kids | Dr. J. Jacobs | 1913-12-13 |
Movie | He Would a Hunting Go | Count Chicori | 1913-12-29 |
Movie | Some Nerve | The Jealous Man | 1913-12-25 |
Movie | Fatty's Flirtation | Fatty | 1913-12-18 |
Movie | The Milk We Drink | The Dairy Farmer | 1913-11-10 |
Movie | Fatty Joins the Force | Fatty | 1913-11-23 |
Movie | Mother's Boy | Mother's Boy | 1913-09-25 |
Movie | A Small Time Act | Theatre Owner | 1913-11-10 |
Movie | The Gypsy Queen | Fatty | 1913-09-11 |
Movie | Two Old Tars | First Old Tar | 1913-10-20 |
Movie | The Fatal Taxicab | Mabel's Sweetheart | 1913-09-18 |
Movie | Fatty at San Diego | Fatty | 1913-11-03 |
Movie | The Speed Kings | Masher | 1913-10-30 |
Movie | A Quiet Little Wedding | Fatty | 1913-10-23 |
Movie | A Voice from the Deep | Minor Role (uncredited) (unconfirmed) | 1912-03-21 |
Movie | The Sanitarium | Charley Wise | 1910-10-10 |
Movie | Ben's Kid | Fatty Carter | 1909-07-01 |
Movie | Making It Pleasant for Him | 1909-11-29 | |
Movie | Mrs. Jones' Birthday | 1909-08-30 |
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