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