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 (130 movies)
The Masquerader
1914
Hollywood
1923
Back Stage
1919
The Bell Boy
1918
Coney Island
1917
Good Night, Nurse!
1918
His Wedding Night
1917
Zip, the Dodger
1914
Out West
1918
The Hayseed
1919
The Rough House
1917
Oh, Doctor!
1917
Moonshine
1918
The Cook
1918
The Garage
1920
The Butcher Boy
1917
A Film Johnnie
1914
Tango Tangles
1914
His Favorite Pastime
1914
The Knockout
1914
The Rounders
1914
His New Profession
1914
Mabel and Fatty's Wash Day
1915
A Country Hero
1917
Stars of Yesterday
1931
When Comedy Was King
1960
Fatty and Mabel Adrift
1916
Fatty's Tintype Tangle
1915
Brewster's Millions
1921
Crazy Days
1962
A Flirt's Mistake
1914
Fatty Joins the Force
1913
Fatty and Mabel at the San Diego Exposition
1915
Leading Lizzie Astray
1914
Fatty's New Role
1915
Murphy's I.O.U.
1913
A Village Scandal
1915
Buzzin' Around
1933
Mabel's New Hero
1913
Peeping Pete
1913
A Bandit
1913
The Other Man
1916
A Creampuff Romance
1916
The Late Lamented
1917
My Stars
1926
Miss Fatty's Seaside Lovers
1915
Those Country Kids
1914
Fatty's Magic Pants
1914
Mabel’s Wilful Way
1915
Wished on Mabel
1915
A Glimpse of the San Diego Exposition
1915
Fatty’s Chance Acquaintance
1915
When Love Took Wings
1915
That Little Band Of Gold
1915
The Little Teacher
1915
Mabel, Fatty and the Law
1915
Fatty’s Reckless Fling
1915
Fatty and Mabel’s Simple Life
1915
Mabel and Fatty’s Married Life
1915
Fatty’s Plucky Pup
1915
Fatty’s Faithful Fido
1915
He Did and He Didn’t
1916
Love
1919
Leap Year
1924
Fatty and Minnie He-Haw
1914
His Wife's Mistakes
1916
Lover's Luck
1914
In the Dough
1933
The Gangsters
1913
Alas! Poor Yorick!
1913
The Sanitarium
1910
Ben's Kid
1909
Mrs. Jones' Birthday
1909
The Speed Kings
1913
The Waiters' Picnic
1913
A Noise from the Deep
1913
Love and Rubbish
1913
Safe in Jail
1913
For the Love of Mabel
1913
The Riot
1913
Mabel's Dramatic Career
1913
The Fatal Taxicab
1913
Fatty's Day Off
1913
The Gypsy Queen
1913
Fatty at San Diego
1913
A Ride for a Bride
1913
He Would a Hunting Go
1913
The Woman Haters
1913
Some Nerve
1913
In the Clutches of the Gang
1914
Twixt Love and Fire
1914
Go West
1925
A Reckless Romeo
1917
Chaplin Today: 'The Gold Rush'
2003
The Waiters' Ball
1916
Hey, Pop!
1932
The Chaplin Puzzle
1992
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
2007
The Round-Up
1920
Gasoline Gus
1921
Directing (133 movies)
The Lure of Hollywood
1931
Good Night, Nurse!
1918
His Wedding Night
1917
Back Stage
1919
Coney Island
1917
The Bell Boy
1918
Mabel and Fatty's Wash Day
1915
Out West
1918
The Rough House
1917
The Hayseed
1919
The Cook
1918
Oh, Doctor!
1917
Moonshine
1918
The Butcher Boy
1917
The Garage
1920
A Country Hero
1917
The Sky Pirate
1914
A Suspended Ordeal
1914
Fatty's Finish
1914
Love and Bullets
1914
Fatty and the Heiress
1914
A Rowboat Romance
1914
That Minstrel Man
1914
Those Happy Days
1914
Fatty's Gift
1914
Bombs and Bangs
1914
A Brand New Hero
1914
Fatty Again
1914
Their Ups and Downs
1914
Shotguns That Kick
1914
A Village Scandal
1915
Queenie of Hollywood
1931
A Creampuff Romance
1916
His First Car
1924
Special Delivery
1922
Cleaning Up
1925
The Tourist
1925
Peaceful Oscar
1927
One Sunday Morning
1926
Si Si Senor
1930
Marriage Rows
1931
Up a Tree
1930
Won by a Neck
1930
Pete and Repeat
1931
The Back Page
1931
Ex-Plumber
1931
That's My Line
1931
Beach Pajamas
1931
Up Pops the Duke
1931
Bridge Wives
1932
Keep Laughing
1932
It's a Cinch
1932
The Movies
1925
Mother's Holiday
1932
Niagara Falls
1932
Moonlight and Cactus
1932
The Tamale Vendor
1931
Smart Work
1931
Idle Roomers
1931
That's My Meat
1931
The Iron Mule
1925
Take 'em and Shake 'em
1931
One Quiet Night
1931
Fatty and Mabel Adrift
1916
The Waiters' Ball
1916
Fatty's Tintype Tangle
1915
Fool's Luck
1926
The Red Mill
1927
Fatty and Mabel at the San Diego Exposition
1915
Leading Lizzie Astray
1914
Fatty's New Role
1915
Windy Riley Goes Hollywood
1931
Honeymoon Trio
1931
He Did and He Didn’t
1916
Love
1919
No Loafing
1923
Miss Fatty's Seaside Lovers
1915
The Fighting Dude
1925
Curses
1925
A Reckless Romeo
1917
Those Country Kids
1914
Fatty's Magic Pants
1914
Mabel’s Wilful Way
1915
Wished on Mabel
1915
Fatty’s Reckless Fling
1915
When Love Took Wings
1915
Mabel, Fatty and the Law
1915
Fatty’s Chance Acquaintance
1915
That Little Band Of Gold
1915
Fatty and Mabel’s Simple Life
1915
Fatty’s Plucky Pup
1915
Fatty’s Faithful Fido
1915
Mabel and Fatty’s Married Life
1915
Fatty and Minnie He-Haw
1914
His Wife's Mistakes
1916
A Scrap of Paper
1918
Dynamite Doggie
1925
Fatty's Jonah Day
1914
Lover's Luck
1914
The Chicken Chaser
1914
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| The Alarm | 1914 | Writer |
| Fatty and Mabel Adrift | 1916 | Writer |
| Out West | 1918 | Writer |
| The Bell Boy | 1918 | Screenplay |
| Moonshine | 1918 | Screenplay |
| The Sheriff | 1918 | Writer |
| Camping Out | 1919 | Writer |
| The Pullman Porter | 1919 | Writer |
| The Bank Clerk | 1919 | Writer |
| A Desert Hero | 1919 | Writer |
| His First Car | 1924 | Writer |
| Dynamite Doggie | 1925 | Writer |
| Curses | 1925 | Writer |
| The Movies | 1925 | Writer |
| The Fighting Dude | 1925 | Writer |
| My Stars | 1926 | Writer |
| Fool's Luck | 1926 | Writer |
| His Private Life | 1926 | Writer |
| One Sunday Morning | 1926 | Writer |
| The Cuckoos | 1930 | Writer |
| Ex-Plumber | 1931 | Writer |
| That's My Line | 1931 | Writer |
| Beach Pajamas | 1931 | Writer |