Roscoe Arbuckle
Born in Smith Center, Kansas, USA — Mar 22 1887• Died Jun 29 1933
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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-…
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The Hayseed
Mailman
The Knockout
Pug (uncredited)
The Masquerader
Film actor
Hollywood
Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle
Fatty and Mabel at the San Diego Exposition
Fatty
When Comedy Was King
edited from 'Fatty & Mabel Adrift' (archive footage)
Day Dreams
Writing
A Film Johnnie
Self
Days of Thrills and Laughter
Self (archive footage)
The Round-Up
Slim Hoover
Good Night, Nurse!
Fatty
A Voice from the Deep
Minor Role (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
Peeping Pete
Pete's Wife
The Red Mill
Directing
The Rounders
Mr. Fuller
Crazy to Marry
Dr. Hobart Hupp
The Butcher Boy
Fatty / Saccharine
Tango Tangles
Clarinetist
Ben's Kid
Fatty Carter
A Bandit
Bully
Oh, Doctor!
Dr. Fatty Holepoke
So Funny It Hurt: Buster Keaton & MGM
Self (archive footage)
The Iron Mule
Directing
Home Cured
Directing
The Gangsters
Cop
Go West
Woman in Department Store (uncredited)
The Garage
Mechanic / Fireman
Love and Rubbish
Fat Boy
Cleaning Up
Directing
Those Country Kids
Fatty
Leap Year
Stanley Piper
That Little Band Of Gold
Fatty - the Husband
Zip, the Dodger
Zip
Mabel, Fatty and the Law
Fatty
The Cuckoos
Writing
The Sanitarium
Charley Wise
Fatty's Tintype Tangle
Fatty
Mabel and Fatty’s Married Life
Fatty
Chaplin Today: The Gold Rush
Self (archive footage)
Special Delivery
Directing
The Cook
The Chef
Safe in Jail
Neighbor Woman
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
Fool's Luck
Directing
Murders of Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
Tomalio
Wilbur
Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty
archive footage
Character Studies
Self (uncredited)
Hey, Pop!
Fatty
Happy Times and Jolly Moments
(archive footage)
Gasoline Gus
Gasoline Gus
Dynamite Doggie
Writing
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
Self (archive footage)
The Rough House
Mr. Rough
The Back Page
Directing
Two Old Tars
First Old Tar
Miss Fatty's Seaside Lovers
Finnegan's Daughter
Curses
Directing
Buzzin' Around
Cornelius
The Tourist
Directing
Crazy Days
Various (archive footage) (uncredited)
Moonshine
Revenue Agent
Hollywood Luck
Directing
His Wedding Night
Gas station employee
Love and Bullets
Film Actor (uncredited)
The Riot
Cohen - Jewish Neighborhood Leader
A Robust Romeo
Fatty
Passions, He Had Three
Henry
Mabel’s Wilful Way
Fatty
In the Dough
Slim
The Under-Sheriff
The Under-Sheriff
Once a Hero
Directing
Lovemania
Directing
A Bath House Beauty
Fatty
Bridge Wives
Directing
Stupid, but Brave
Directing
Idle Roomers
Directing
My Stars
Mailman (uncredited)
Love
Fatty
The Movies
Directing
Keep Laughing
Directing
Mabel's Dramatic Career
Man in Audience
His First Car
Directing
The Parrott Chase
Himself - archival footage
Fatty and the Broadway Stars
Fatty - Studio Janitor
A Rural Demon
Mabel and Fatty Viewing the World's Fair at San Francisco
Himself
Looking for Mabel Normand
Self (archive footage)
Smart Work
Directing
Three Hollywood Girls
Directing
The Fighting Dude
Directing
Brewster's Millions
Monte Brewster
A Flirt's Mistake
Husband (uncredited)
That's My Meat
Directing
Fatty’s Plucky Pup
Fatty
Fatty at San Diego
Fatty
An Incompetent Hero
Fatty
It's a Cinch
Directing
The Woman Haters
1st Old Tar
Mother's Boy
Mother's Boy
Murphy's I.O.U.
(uncredited) (unconfirmed)
His Favorite Pastime
Shabby Drunk
Ex-Plumber
Writing
Mrs. Jones' Birthday
Coney Island
Fatty
The Little Teacher
Fat Unruly Student
Queenie of Hollywood
Directing
His New Profession
Bartender Smoking Cigar
The Milk We Drink
The Dairy Farmer
The Other Man
Fatty the Tramp (dual role)
Wished on Mabel
Fatty
The Chaplin Puzzle
(archive footage)
When Love Took Wings
Reckless Fatty
Close Relations
Wilbur Wart
A Noise from the Deep
Bob
Fatty’s Faithful Fido
Fatty
A Glimpse of the San Diego Exposition
Himself
The Waiters' Picnic
Oscar - the Waiter
The Life of the Party
Algernon Leary (as Roscoe Arbuckle)
A Country Hero
Village Blacksmith
Help! Help! Hydrophobia!
Jim Brown
Lover's Luck
Fatty
Buster Keaton: The Shorts Collection 1917-1923
Fatty's New Role
Fatty
Moonlight and Cactus
Directing
Out West
Train Rider, Bartender
A Reckless Romeo
The Husband
Fatty Again
Fatty Felix
Leading Lizzie Astray
Fatty
The Waiters' Ball
The Cook
Buster Keaton: From Silents to Shorts
(archive footage)
Arbuckle & Keaton, Volume Two
Various
A Quiet Little Wedding
Fatty
Screen Snapshots (Series 1, No. 20)
Himself
The Fast Freight
Ras Berry
Fatty’s Reckless Fling
Fatty
Alas! Poor Yorick!
Player in Female Costume
Fatty and Mabel Adrift
Fatty
Fatty's Magic Pants
Fatty
Fatty and Mabel’s Simple Life
Roscoe
The Casting Couch
Fatty's Flirtation
Fatty
Fatty Joins the Force
Fatty
Niagara Falls
Directing
Stars of Yesterday
Self
His Sister's Kids
Dr. J. Jacobs
A Scrap of Paper
Fatty
The Chicken Chaser
The Hired Man
Crashing Hollywood
Directing
Where Hazel Met the Villain
Fatty
The Dollar-a-Year Man
Franklin Pinney
Arbuckle & Keaton, Volume One
Various
The Speed Kings
Masher
A Village Scandal
Eddie - the Country Boy
The Lure of Hollywood
Directing
Bright Lights
Fatty
The Alarm
He Would a Hunting Go
Count Chicori
A Desert Hero
The Sheriff, the Desert Hero
Hollywood Lights
Directing
The Bell Boy
Bellboy, barber
Wine
The Waiter
The Sea Nymphs
Fatty
Mabel's New Hero
Fatty
Windy Riley Goes Hollywood
Directing
Fatty and Minnie He-Haw
Fatty
Hogan's Romance Upset
Fight Spectator
Camping Out
His Private Life
Writing
Special Delivery
Directing
A Rowboat Romance
(unconfirmed)
Fickle Fatty's Fall
Fatty
The Sky Pirate
The Heiress
In the Clutches of the Gang
Cop
Back Stage
Stagehand
A Brand New Hero
The Tramp
The Water Dog
Fatty
For the Love of Mabel
Suitor
Fatty's Jonah Day
Fatty
Making It Pleasant for Him
Take 'em and Shake 'em
Directing
That's My Line
Writing
Won by a Neck
Directing
Mabel and Fatty's Wash Day
Fatty
Barnyard Flirtations
The Cop
Lovers' Post Office
Fatty
Fatty's Day Off
Fatty
Fatty's Wine Party
Fatty
The Bank Clerk
Gigolettes
Directing
When Dreams Come True
The Man
Rastus and the Game Cock
Spectator
Anybody's Goat
Directing
A Creampuff Romance
Bombs and Bangs
The Farmer's Daughter
Rebecca's Wedding Day
Rebecca
The Tamale Vendor
Directing
The Late Lamented
Cameo Appearance (unconfirmed)
One Sunday Morning
Writing
Professor Bean's Removal
Man with Moustache
Mother's Holiday
Directing
Listen Lena
Fat man with strategically covered face (unconfirmed)
Honeymoon Trio
Directing
Peaceful Oscar
Directing
Fatty's Finish
Fatty
The Sheriff
Cook
The Fatal Taxicab
Mabel's Sweetheart
How've You Bean?
Beach Pajamas
Directing
Fatty’s Chance Acquaintance
Fatty
His Wife's Mistakes
The Janitor
Traveling Salesman
Bob Blake
Marriage Rows
Directing
He Did and He Didn’t
The Doctor
Up Pops the Duke
Directing
Up a Tree
Directing
Pete and Repeat
Directing
Love and Courage
The Country Boy
Almost a Rescue
Jimmie
Twixt Love and Fire
The Iceman
One Quiet Night
Directing
Fatty's Debut
Fatty
The Baggage Smasher
(unconfirmed)
A Suspended Ordeal
The Cop
The Telltale Light
Tom aka Fatty
Our Country Cousin
The Country Boy (unconfirmed)
The Gypsy Queen
Fatty
A Small Time Act
Theatre Owner
Fatty and the Heiress
Fatty
A Misplaced Foot
Fatty
Si Si Senor
Directing
The Pullman Porter
Some Nerve
The Jealous Man
Fatty's Gift
Fatty
How Old Are You?
Their Ups and Downs
Fatty
Those Happy Days
Fatty
Caught in a Flue
(unconfirmed)
Fatty's Wild Night
A Ride for a Bride
Fatty
That Minstrel Man
Belle
Shotguns That Kick
Fatty
No Loafing
Directing