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