Roscoe Arbuckle
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.
192 acting credits · 133 directing credits
Acting · 192
Tango Tangles
1914
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
2007
Go West
1925
Hollywood
1923
Those Country Kids
1914
Making a Living
1914
Oh, Doctor!
1917
The Cook
1918
The Butcher Boy
1917
The Rounders
1914
Days of Thrills and Laughter
1961
Mabel's Dramatic Career
1913
Coney Island
1917
The Rough House
1917
Fatty Joins the Force
1913
Good Night, Nurse!
1918
A Film Johnnie
1914
The Masquerader
1914
The Waiters' Ball
1916
Peeping Pete
1913
Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty
2020
So Funny It Hurt: Buster Keaton & MGM
2004
The Casting Couch
1995
Chaplin Today: The Gold Rush
2003
Brewster's Millions
1921
The Bell Boy
1918
The Hayseed
1919
Out West
1918
Wine
1913
The Round-Up
1920
My Stars
1926
The Waiters' Picnic
1913
The Speed Kings
1913
A Bath House Beauty
1914
The Knockout
1914
The Riot
1913
Fatty's Tintype Tangle
1915
Buzzin' Around
1933
The Garage
1920
Back Stage
1919
A Country Hero
1917
Mabel and Fatty’s Married Life
1915
Love and Rubbish
1913
His Wedding Night
1917
Love
1919
Fatty and the Broadway Stars
1915
The Alarm
1914
A Voice from the Deep
1912
The Gangsters
1913
Mabel, Fatty and the Law
1915
Murders of Hollywood
2003
A Misplaced Foot
1914
A Reckless Romeo
1917
Leap Year
1924
Fatty’s Reckless Fling
1915
Fatty at San Diego
1913
Happy Times and Jolly Moments
1943
Fatty’s Faithful Fido
1915
A Bandit
1913
Wished on Mabel
1915
Safe in Jail
1913
Crazy Days
1962
Buster Keaton: The Shorts Collection 1917-1923
2016
A Flirt's Mistake
1914
Fatty and Mabel at the San Diego Exposition
1915
Moonshine
1918
Rastus and the Game Cock
1913
Close Relations
1933
Character Studies
1927
Miss Fatty's Seaside Lovers
1915
His Favorite Pastime
1914
His New Profession
1914
When Comedy Was King
1960
Screen Snapshots (Series 1, No. 20)
1921
The Chaplin Puzzle
1992
Traveling Salesman
1921
Looking for Mabel Normand
2015
Passions, He Had Three
1913
The Chicken Chaser
1914
Zip, the Dodger
1914
Lovers' Post Office
1914
Barnyard Flirtations
1914
Mrs. Jones' Birthday
1909
Fatty's Flirtation
1913
Two Old Tars
1913
The Parrott Chase
2009
In the Clutches of the Gang
1914
His Wife's Mistakes
1916
A Noise from the Deep
1913
A Brand New Hero
1914
Wonder Dogs! Canine Stars of the Silent Era (1898-1928)
2025
Fatty and Mabel’s Simple Life
1915
His Sister's Kids
1913
Fickle Fatty's Fall
1915
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
1988
Hey, Pop!
1932
Gasoline Gus
1921
Fatty's Gift
1914
A Rural Demon
1914
Some Nerve
1913
The Life of the Party
1920
The Sea Nymphs
1914
Camping Out
1919
A Rowboat Romance
1914
The Sky Pirate
1914
He Would a Hunting Go
1913
Arbuckle & Keaton, Volume Two
2001
Fatty and Mabel Adrift
1916
A Desert Hero
1919
Fatty’s Plucky Pup
1915
A Village Scandal
1915
Where Hazel Met the Villain
1914
Fatty's Wild Night
1914
The Little Teacher
1915
A Glimpse of the San Diego Exposition
1915
Lover's Luck
1914
Ben's Kid
1909
The Fast Freight
1922
The Milk We Drink
1913
Buster Keaton: From Silents to Shorts
2006
A Quiet Little Wedding
1913
Fatty's Magic Pants
1914
For the Love of Mabel
1913
Mabel and Fatty Viewing the World's Fair at San Francisco
1915
Fatty's Wine Party
1914
The Sanitarium
1910
Mabel and Fatty's Wash Day
1915
Love and Bullets
1914
Professor Bean's Removal
1913
Fatty's Debut
1914
Leading Lizzie Astray
1914
When Dreams Come True
1913
Help! Help! Hydrophobia!
1913
That Little Band Of Gold
1915
The Sheriff
1918
Murphy's I.O.U.
1913
Making It Pleasant for Him
1909
Crazy to Marry
1921
A Suspended Ordeal
1914
The Late Lamented
1917
How Old Are You?
1914
In the Dough
1933
He Did and He Didn’t
1916
Listen Lena
1927
The Under-Sheriff
1914
The Fatal Taxicab
1913
Mabel’s Wilful Way
1915
Bright Lights
1916
An Incompetent Hero
1914
The Gypsy Queen
1913
A Robust Romeo
1914
The Other Man
1916
Alas! Poor Yorick!
1913
Love and Courage
1913
The Woman Haters
1913
Arbuckle & Keaton, Volume One
2001
Their Ups and Downs
1914
Mabel's New Hero
1913
Stars of Yesterday
1931
Fatty's Day Off
1913
Hogan's Romance Upset
1915
The Telltale Light
1913
The Dollar-a-Year Man
1921
A Ride for a Bride
1913
The Water Dog
1914
A Small Time Act
1913
Twixt Love and Fire
1914
Tomalio
1933
Our Country Cousin
1914
How've You Bean?
1933
Fatty and Minnie He-Haw
1914
Almost a Rescue
1913
When Love Took Wings
1915
Fatty’s Chance Acquaintance
1915
Fatty Again
1914
Bombs and Bangs
1914
Shotguns That Kick
1914
A Brave Engineer: Buster Keaton's Last Ride
2026
Caught in a Flue
1914
Mother's Boy
1913
Rebecca's Wedding Day
1914
A Scrap of Paper
1918
The Pullman Porter
1919
Fatty's New Role
1915
Fatty and the Heiress
1914
Those Happy Days
1914
Fatty's Finish
1914
Fatty's Jonah Day
1914
The Baggage Smasher
1914
The Bank Clerk
1919
A Creampuff Romance
1916
That Minstrel Man
1914
Directing · 133
Those Country Kids
1914
Oh, Doctor!
1917
The Cook
1918
The Butcher Boy
1917
Coney Island
1917
The Rough House
1917
Good Night, Nurse!
1918
The Waiters' Ball
1916
Special Delivery
1927
The Iron Mule
1925
Bridge Wives
1932
The Bell Boy
1918
The Hayseed
1919
Out West
1918
My Stars
1926
The Movies
1925
A Bath House Beauty
1914
Fatty's Tintype Tangle
1915
The Garage
1920
Back Stage
1919
A Country Hero
1917
Mabel and Fatty’s Married Life
1915
His Wedding Night
1917
Dynamite Doggie
1925
Love
1919
Fatty and the Broadway Stars
1915
The Alarm
1914
Idle Roomers
1931
Mabel, Fatty and the Law
1915
A Reckless Romeo
1917
Fatty’s Reckless Fling
1915
Fatty’s Faithful Fido
1915
Wished on Mabel
1915
Fatty and Mabel at the San Diego Exposition
1915
Moonshine
1918
Honeymoon Trio
1931
Character Studies
1927
Miss Fatty's Seaside Lovers
1915
The Tamale Vendor
1931
The Red Mill
1927
The Chicken Chaser
1914
Zip, the Dodger
1914
Lovers' Post Office
1914
Barnyard Flirtations
1914
Niagara Falls
1932
Three Hollywood Girls
1931
His Wife's Mistakes
1916
Keep Laughing
1932
A Brand New Hero
1914
Fatty and Mabel’s Simple Life
1915
Anybody's Goat
1932
Cleaning Up
1925
Fickle Fatty's Fall
1915
Curses
1925
Stupid, but Brave
1924
Won by a Neck
1930
Fatty's Gift
1914
Home Cured
1926
Camping Out
1919
Beach Pajamas
1931
A Rowboat Romance
1914
The Tourist
1925
The Sky Pirate
1914
Windy Riley Goes Hollywood
1931
Hollywood Luck
1932
Fatty and Mabel Adrift
1916
It's a Cinch
1932
A Desert Hero
1919
Fatty’s Plucky Pup
1915
A Village Scandal
1915
Where Hazel Met the Villain
1914
Special Delivery
1922
Lover's Luck
1914
The Lure of Hollywood
1931
Crashing Hollywood
1931
Fatty's Magic Pants
1914
Mabel and Fatty Viewing the World's Fair at San Francisco
1915
Fatty's Wine Party
1914
Mabel and Fatty's Wash Day
1915
Queenie of Hollywood
1931
Love and Bullets
1914
Fatty's Debut
1914
Leading Lizzie Astray
1914
That Little Band Of Gold
1915
The Sheriff
1918
That's My Line
1931
The Back Page
1931
A Suspended Ordeal
1914
He Did and He Didn’t
1916
Pete and Repeat
1931
Mabel’s Wilful Way
1915
Bright Lights
1916
Take 'em and Shake 'em
1931
Gigolettes
1932
Up Pops the Duke
1931
An Incompetent Hero
1914
Mother's Holiday
1932
Moonlight and Cactus
1932
Si Si Senor
1930
No Loafing
1923
Their Ups and Downs
1914
That's My Meat
1931
Ex-Plumber
1931
Smart Work
1931
His First Car
1924
Lovemania
1924
The Water Dog
1914
Hollywood Lights
1932
One Quiet Night
1931
Fatty and Minnie He-Haw
1914
The Fighting Dude
1925
When Love Took Wings
1915
Fatty’s Chance Acquaintance
1915
Fatty Again
1914
Bombs and Bangs
1914
Shotguns That Kick
1914
A Scrap of Paper
1918
The Pullman Porter
1919
Fatty's New Role
1915
Once a Hero
1931
Fatty and the Heiress
1914
One Sunday Morning
1926
Peaceful Oscar
1927
Those Happy Days
1914
Fatty's Finish
1914
Marriage Rows
1931
His Private Life
1926
Up a Tree
1930
Fatty's Jonah Day
1914
The Bank Clerk
1919
A Creampuff Romance
1916
Fool's Luck
1926
That Minstrel Man
1914