Actor
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 mo ...

Known For
Acting
2016 -- Buster Keaton The Shorts Collection 1917-1923 |
2015 -- Looking for Mabel Normand | Self (archive footage)
2007 -- Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema | Self (archive footage)
2006 -- Buster Keaton: From Silents to Shorts | (archive footage)
2004 -- So Funny It Hurt: Buster Keaton & MGM | Self (archive footage)
2003 -- Chaplin Today: 'The Gold Rush' | Self (archive footage)
2001 -- Arbuckle & Keaton, Volume One | Various
2001 -- Arbuckle & Keaton, Volume Two | Various
1992 -- The Chaplin Puzzle | (archive footage)
1987 -- Hollywood's Hidden Secrets | (archive footage)
1962 -- Crazy Days | Various (archive footage) (uncredited)
1961 -- Days of Thrills and Laughter | Self (archive footage)
1960 -- When Comedy Was King | edited from 'Fatty & Mabel Adrift' (archive footage)
1943 -- Happy Times and Jolly Moments | (archive footage)
1933 -- Tomalio | Wilbur
1933 -- In the Dough | Slim
1933 -- Close Relations | Wilbur Wart
1933 -- How've You Bean? |
1933 -- Buzzin' Around | Cornelius
1932 -- Hey, Pop! | Fatty
1931 -- Stars of Yesterday | Self
1927 -- Character Studies | Self (uncredited)
1927 -- Listen Lena | Fat man with strategically covered face (unconfirmed)
1926 -- My Stars | Mailman (uncredited)
1925 -- Go West | Woman in Department Store (uncredited)
1924 -- Leap Year | Stanley Piper
1923 -- Hollywood | Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle
1922 -- The Fast Freight | Ras Berry
1921 -- Crazy to Marry | Dr. Hobart Hupp
1921 -- Gasoline Gus | Gasoline Gus
1921 -- Traveling Salesman | Bob Blake
1921 -- The Dollar-a-Year Man | Franklin Pinney
1921 -- Screen Snapshots (Series 1, No. 20) | Himself
1921 -- Brewster's Millions | Monte Brewster
1920 -- The Life of the Party | Algernon Leary (as Roscoe Arbuckle)
1920 -- The Round-Up | Slim Hoover
1920 -- The Garage | Mechanic / Fireman
1919 -- The Hayseed | Mailman
1919 -- Back Stage | Stagehand
1919 -- A Desert Hero | The Sheriff, the Desert Hero
1919 -- The Bank Clerk |
1919 -- Love | Fatty
1919 -- The Pullman Porter |
1919 -- Camping Out |
1918 -- The Sheriff | Cook
1918 -- A Scrap of Paper | Fatty
1918 -- The Cook | The Chef
1918 -- Good Night, Nurse! | Fatty
1918 -- Moonshine | Revenue Agent
1918 -- The Bell Boy | Bellboy, barber
1918 -- Out West | Train Rider, Bartender
1917 -- A Country Hero | Village Blacksmith
1917 -- Coney Island | Fatty
1917 -- Oh, Doctor! | Dr. Fatty Holepoke
1917 -- The Late Lamented | Cameo Appearance (unconfirmed)
1917 -- His Wedding Night | Gas station employee
1917 -- The Rough House | Mr. Rough
1917 -- A Reckless Romeo | The Husband
1917 -- The Butcher Boy | Fatty / Saccharine
1916 -- A Creampuff Romance |
1916 -- The Waiters' Ball | The Cook
1916 -- The Other Man | Fatty the Tramp (dual role)
1916 -- His Wife's Mistakes | The Janitor
1916 -- Bright Lights | Fatty
1916 -- He Did and He Didn’t | The Doctor
1916 -- Fatty and Mabel Adrift | Fatty
1915 -- Fatty and the Broadway Stars | Fatty - Studio Janitor
1915 -- A Village Scandal | Eddie - the Country Boy
1915 -- Fickle Fatty's Fall | Fatty
1915 -- Fatty's Tintype Tangle | Fatty
1915 -- Fatty’s Plucky Pup | Fatty
1915 -- The Little Teacher | Fat Unruly Student
1915 -- Miss Fatty's Seaside Lovers | Finnegan's Daughter
1915 -- Mabel’s Wilful Way | Fatty
1915 -- Mabel and Fatty Viewing the World's Fair at San Francisco | Himself
1915 -- Wished on Mabel | Fatty
1915 -- When Love Took Wings | Reckless Fatty
1915 -- Fatty’s Faithful Fido | Fatty
1915 -- That Little Band Of Gold | Fatty - the Husband
1915 -- Fatty’s Chance Acquaintance | Fatty
1915 -- Fatty’s Reckless Fling | Fatty
1915 -- A Glimpse of the San Diego Exposition | Himself
1915 -- Hogan's Romance Upset | Fight Spectator
1915 -- Mabel and Fatty’s Married Life | Fatty
1915 -- Fatty's New Role | Fatty
1915 -- Fatty and Mabel at the San Diego Exposition | Fatty
1915 -- Mabel, Fatty and the Law | Fatty
1915 -- Fatty and Mabel’s Simple Life | Roscoe
1915 -- Mabel and Fatty's Wash Day | Fatty
1914 -- Fatty and Minnie He-Haw | Fatty
1914 -- Fatty's Magic Pants | Fatty
1914 -- Shotguns That Kick | Fatty
1914 -- Leading Lizzie Astray | Fatty
1914 -- The Sea Nymphs | Fatty
1914 -- Fatty's Wine Party | Fatty
1914 -- Fatty's Jonah Day | Fatty
1914 -- An Incompetent Hero | Fatty
1914 -- Lovers' Post Office | Fatty
1914 -- Zip, the Dodger | Zip
1914 -- Their Ups and Downs | Fatty
1914 -- Fatty Again | Fatty Felix
1914 -- Fatty's Debut | Fatty
1914 -- Bombs and Bangs | The Farmer's Daughter
1914 -- Lover's Luck | Fatty
1914 -- The Rounders | Mr. Fuller
1914 -- A Brand New Hero | The Tramp
1914 -- The Baggage Smasher | (unconfirmed)
1914 -- His New Profession | Bartender Smoking Cigar
1914 -- The Masquerader | Film actor
1914 -- Fatty's Gift | Fatty
1914 -- Caught in a Flue | (unconfirmed)
1914 -- Those Country Kids | Fatty
1914 -- That Minstrel Man | Belle
1914 -- Those Happy Days | Fatty
1914 -- The Sky Pirate | The Heiress
1914 -- A Rowboat Romance | (unconfirmed)
1914 -- Love and Bullets | Film Actor (uncredited)
1914 -- Fatty's Finish | Fatty
1914 -- Fatty and the Heiress | Fatty
1914 -- The Knockout | Pug (uncredited)
1914 -- Our Country Cousin | The Country Boy (unconfirmed)
1914 -- The Alarm |
1914 -- A Suspended Ordeal | The Cop
1914 -- Where Hazel Met the Villain | Fatty
1914 -- A Bath House Beauty | Fatty
1914 -- The Chicken Chaser | The Hired Man
1914 -- Barnyard Flirtations | The Cop
1914 -- A Rural Demon |
1914 -- His Favorite Pastime | Shabby Drunk
1914 -- Tango Tangles | Clarinetist
1914 -- A Film Johnnie | Self (uncredited)
1914 -- Twixt Love and Fire | The Iceman
1914 -- A Robust Romeo | Fatty
1914 -- The Water Dog | Fatty
1914 -- Rebecca's Wedding Day | Rebecca
1914 -- In the Clutches of the Gang | Cop
1914 -- A Flirt's Mistake | Husband (uncredited)
1914 -- The Under-Sheriff | The Under-Sheriff
1914 -- A Misplaced Foot | Fatty
1914 -- Fatty's Wild Night |
1914 -- How Old Are You? |
1913 -- He Would a Hunting Go | Count Chicori
1913 -- Some Nerve | The Jealous Man
1913 -- Fatty's Flirtation | Fatty
1913 -- His Sister's Kids | Dr. J. Jacobs
1913 -- A Ride for a Bride | Fatty
1913 -- The Woman Haters | 1st Old Tar
1913 -- Fatty Joins the Force | Fatty
1913 -- Wine | The Waiter
1913 -- A Small Time Act | Theatre Owner
1913 -- The Milk We Drink | The Dairy Farmer
1913 -- Fatty at San Diego | Fatty
1913 -- The Speed Kings | Masher
1913 -- A Quiet Little Wedding | Fatty
1913 -- Two Old Tars | First Old Tar
1913 -- Mother's Boy | Mother's Boy
1913 -- When Dreams Come True | The Man
1913 -- The Fatal Taxicab | Mabel's Sweetheart
1913 -- The Gypsy Queen | Fatty
1913 -- Mabel's Dramatic Career | Man in Audience
1913 -- Fatty's Day Off | Fatty
1913 -- Mabel's New Hero | Fatty
1913 -- Almost a Rescue | Jimmie
1913 -- The Riot | Cohen - Jewish Neighborhood Leader
1913 -- Professor Bean's Removal | Man with Moustache
1913 -- Love and Courage | The Country Boy
1913 -- A Noise from the Deep | Bob
1913 -- Love and Rubbish | Fat Boy
1913 -- The Telltale Light | Tom aka Fatty
1913 -- Safe in Jail | Neighbor Woman
1913 -- Rastus and the Game Cock | Spectator
1913 -- For the Love of Mabel | Suitor
1913 -- A Bandit | Bully
1913 -- Peeping Pete | Pete's Wife
1913 -- The Waiters' Picnic | Oscar - the Waiter
1913 -- Help! Help! Hydrophobia! | Jim Brown
1913 -- Passions, He Had Three | Henry
1913 -- The Gangsters | Cop
1913 -- Alas! Poor Yorick! | Player in Female Costume
1913 -- Murphy's I.O.U. | (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
1912 -- A Voice from the Deep | Minor Role (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
1910 -- The Sanitarium | Charley Wise
1909 -- Making It Pleasant for Him |
1909 -- Mrs. Jones' Birthday |
1909 -- Ben's Kid | Fatty Carter
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