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.
Personal info
Gender
Male
Birthday
1887-03-22
Place of birth
Smith Center, Kansas, USA
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Cast
The Masquerader
1914
5.68
Hollywood
1923
8.50
Back Stage
1919
6.36
The Bell Boy
1918
6.46
Coney Island
1917
5.93
Good Night, Nurse!
1918
5.68
His Wedding Night
1917
5.57
Zip, the Dodger
1914
0.00
Out West
1918
6.00
The Rough House
1917
5.53
The Hayseed
1919
5.85
The Garage
1920
6.10
The Cook
1918
6.34
The Butcher Boy
1917
6.10
Oh, Doctor!
1917
5.56
Moonshine
1918
5.63
Tango Tangles
1914
5.10
A Film Johnnie
1914
5.42
The Knockout
1914
5.69
His Favorite Pastime
1914
5.15
His New Profession
1914
5.80
The Rounders
1914
6.10
Mabel and Fatty's Wash Day
1915
5.40
A Country Hero
1917
5.50
Stars of Yesterday
1931
0.00
Fatty and Mabel Adrift
1916
5.95
When Comedy Was King
1960
6.70
Fatty's Tintype Tangle
1915
5.60
Brewster's Millions
1921
6.00
Crazy Days
1962
5.80
A Flirt's Mistake
1914
5.40
Fatty Joins the Force
1913
5.40
Fatty's New Role
1915
5.20
Leading Lizzie Astray
1914
4.20
Murphy's I.O.U.
1913
0.00
Caught in a Flue
1914
0.00
Love and Bullets
1914
0.00
Those Happy Days
1914
0.00
Fatty's Finish
1914
0.00
A Suspended Ordeal
1914
0.00
Our Country Cousin
1914
0.00
A Rowboat Romance
1914
0.00
The Sky Pirate
1914
0.00
Fatty's Gift
1914
0.00
Fatty and the Heiress
1914
0.00
That Minstrel Man
1914
0.00
The Baggage Smasher
1914
0.00
Fatty Again
1914
0.00
Their Ups and Downs
1914
0.00
A Brand New Hero
1914
0.00
Bombs and Bangs
1914
0.00
How Old Are You?
1914
0.00
Shotguns That Kick
1914
0.00
Fatty's Wild Night
1914
0.00
A Village Scandal
1915
0.00
Buzzin' Around
1933
6.00
Peeping Pete
1913
6.00
Mabel's New Hero
1913
5.10
A Bandit
1913
5.50
The Other Man
1916
0.00
A Creampuff Romance
1916
0.00
The Late Lamented
1917
0.00
Listen Lena
1927
6.00
My Stars
1926
5.70
Miss Fatty's Seaside Lovers
1915
4.50
Those Country Kids
1914
4.10
Fatty's Magic Pants
1914
5.40
Mabel’s Wilful Way
1915
4.90
Mabel, Fatty and the Law
1915
3.88
Wished on Mabel
1915
5.40
The Little Teacher
1915
5.70
That Little Band Of Gold
1915
5.10
Fatty’s Reckless Fling
1915
4.70
When Love Took Wings
1915
4.80
Mabel and Fatty’s Married Life
1915
4.90
Fatty’s Plucky Pup
1915
5.60
Fatty’s Faithful Fido
1915
5.70
Fatty’s Chance Acquaintance
1915
5.50
Fatty and Mabel’s Simple Life
1915
5.20
He Did and He Didn’t
1916
6.10
Love
1919
5.60
Leap Year
1924
4.80
Fatty and Minnie He-Haw
1914
5.00
A Scrap of Paper
1918
5.00
His Wife's Mistakes
1916
5.20
Fatty's Jonah Day
1914
4.50
Lover's Luck
1914
3.88
In the Dough
1933
5.30
The Gangsters
1913
6.00
A Voice from the Deep
1912
7.00
Ben's Kid
1909
6.00
The Sanitarium
1910
3.50
Passions, He Had Three
1913
0.00
Alas! Poor Yorick!
1913
5.00
Making It Pleasant for Him
1909
10.00
Mrs. Jones' Birthday
1909
10.00
Help! Help! Hydrophobia!
1913
8.00
The Waiters' Picnic
1913
5.00
The Speed Kings
1913
4.60
For the Love of Mabel
1913
0.00
Almost a Rescue
1913
0.00
Professor Bean's Removal
1913
0.00
Love and Courage
1913
0.00
Rastus and the Game Cock
1913
0.00
Safe in Jail
1913
8.00
A Noise from the Deep
1913
5.50
Love and Rubbish
1913
4.50
The Telltale Light
1913
0.00
Mabel's Dramatic Career
1913
5.50
The Fatal Taxicab
1913
0.00
The Riot
1913
0.00
Fatty's Day Off
1913
6.00
The Gypsy Queen
1913
0.00
When Dreams Come True
1913
0.00
A Quiet Little Wedding
1913
0.00
Mother's Boy
1913
0.00
A Small Time Act
1913
0.00
The Milk We Drink
1913
0.00
Fatty at San Diego
1913
0.00
Two Old Tars
1913
0.00
Wine
1913
0.00
A Ride for a Bride
1913
0.00
The Woman Haters
1913
0.00
Some Nerve
1913
0.00
Fatty's Flirtation
1913
0.00
His Sister's Kids
1913
0.00
He Would a Hunting Go
1913
0.00
A Misplaced Foot
1914
0.00
Rebecca's Wedding Day
1914
0.00
A Robust Romeo
1914
0.00
The Under-Sheriff
1914
0.00
In the Clutches of the Gang
1914
0.00
Twixt Love and Fire
1914
0.00
Where Hazel Met the Villain
1914
0.00
The Chicken Chaser
1914
0.00
A Bath House Beauty
1914
0.00
A Rural Demon
1914
0.00
Barnyard Flirtations
1914
0.00
Go West
1925
6.90
Chaplin Today: The Gold Rush
2003
5.00
A Reckless Romeo
1917
5.40
The Waiters' Ball
1916
6.10
Hey, Pop!
1932
9.00
The Chaplin Puzzle
1992
0.00
The Life of the Party
1920
5.20
Traveling Salesman
1921
0.00
The Round-Up
1920
5.80
The Dollar-a-Year Man
1921
0.00
Gasoline Gus
1921
0.00
Crazy to Marry
1921
8.50
The Fast Freight
1922
0.00
Days of Thrills and Laughter
1961
5.50
How've You Bean?
1933
0.00
Close Relations
1933
0.00
Tomalio
1933
2.00
Character Studies
1927
6.00
Fatty's Debut
1914
0.00
Fatty's Wine Party
1914
0.00
Happy Times and Jolly Moments
1943
0.00
Looking for Mabel Normand
2015
0.00
Fickle Fatty's Fall
1915
0.00
Arbuckle & Keaton, Volume One
2001
5.00
Arbuckle & Keaton, Volume Two
2001
5.00
Fatty and the Broadway Stars
1915
0.00
Camping Out
1919
5.00
The Pullman Porter
1919
0.00
The Bank Clerk
1919
0.00
A Desert Hero
1919
0.00
The Sheriff
1918
0.00
An Incompetent Hero
1914
0.00
The Sea Nymphs
1914
0.00
Lovers' Post Office
1914
0.00
Bright Lights
1916
0.00
The Alarm
1914
0.00
The Water Dog
1914
5.00
Hogan's Romance Upset
1915
5.00
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
1988
0.00
Murders of Hollywood
2003
2.00