Actor
· Acting
Roscoe Arbuckle
Born 1887-03-22
Died 1933-06-29
📍 Smith Center, Kansas, USA
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.
Filmography 134
Wonder Dogs! Canine Stars of the Silent Era (1898-1928)
2025
Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty
as archive footage
2020
Buster Keaton: The Shorts Collection 1917-1923
2016
Looking for Mabel Normand
as Self (archive footage)
2015
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
as Self (archive footage)
2007
Buster Keaton: From Silents to Shorts
as (archive footage)
2006
So Funny It Hurt: Buster Keaton & MGM
as Self (archive footage)
2004
Chaplin Today: The Gold Rush
as Self (archive footage)
2003
Murders of Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
2003
Arbuckle & Keaton, Volume One
as Various
2001
Arbuckle & Keaton, Volume Two
as Various
2001
The Casting Couch
1995
The Chaplin Puzzle
as (archive footage)
1992
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
1988
Crazy Days
as Various (archive footage) (uncredited)
1962
Days of Thrills and Laughter
as Self (archive footage)
1961
When Comedy Was King
as edited from 'Fatty & Mabel Adrift' (archive footage)
1960
Happy Times and Jolly Moments
as (archive footage)
1943
Tomalio
as Wilbur
1933
In the Dough
as Slim
1933
Close Relations
as Wilbur Wart
1933
How've You Bean?
1933
Buzzin' Around
as Cornelius
1933
Hey, Pop!
as Fatty
1932
Stars of Yesterday
as Self
1931
Character Studies
as Self (uncredited)
1927
My Stars
as Mailman (uncredited)
1926
Go West
as Woman in Department Store (uncredited)
1925
Leap Year
as Stanley Piper
1924
Hollywood
as Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle
1923
The Fast Freight
as Ras Berry
1922
Crazy to Marry
as Dr. Hobart Hupp
1921
Gasoline Gus
as Gasoline Gus
1921
Traveling Salesman
as Bob Blake
1921
The Dollar-a-Year Man
as Franklin Pinney
1921
Screen Snapshots (Series 1, No. 20)
as Himself
1921
Brewster's Millions
as Monte Brewster
1921
The Life of the Party
as Algernon Leary (as Roscoe Arbuckle)
1920
The Round-Up
as Slim Hoover
1920
The Garage
as Mechanic / Fireman
1920
The Hayseed
as Mailman
1919
Back Stage
as Stagehand
1919
A Desert Hero
as The Sheriff, the Desert Hero
1919
Love
as Fatty
1919
Camping Out
1919
The Sheriff
as Cook
1918
The Cook
as The Chef
1918
Good Night, Nurse!
as Fatty
1918
Moonshine
as Revenue Agent
1918
The Bell Boy
as Bellboy, barber
1918
Out West
as Train Rider, Bartender
1918
A Country Hero
as Village Blacksmith
1917
Coney Island
as Fatty
1917
Oh, Doctor!
as Dr. Fatty Holepoke
1917
The Late Lamented
as Cameo Appearance (unconfirmed)
1917
His Wedding Night
as Gas station employee
1917
The Rough House
as Mr. Rough
1917
A Reckless Romeo
as The Husband
1917
The Butcher Boy
as Fatty / Saccharine
1917
A Creampuff Romance
as Fatty
1916
The Waiters' Ball
as The Cook
1916
The Other Man
as Fatty the Tramp (dual role)
1916
His Wife's Mistakes
as The Janitor
1916
Bright Lights
as Fatty
1916
He Did and He Didn’t
as The Doctor
1916
Fatty and Mabel Adrift
as Fatty
1916
Fatty and the Broadway Stars
as Fatty - Studio Janitor
1915
A Village Scandal
as Eddie - the Country Boy
1915
Fickle Fatty's Fall
as Fatty
1915
Fatty's Tintype Tangle
as Fatty
1915
Fatty’s Plucky Pup
as Fatty
1915
The Little Teacher
as Fat Unruly Student
1915
Miss Fatty's Seaside Lovers
as Finnegan's Daughter
1915
Mabel’s Wilful Way
as Fatty
1915
Mabel and Fatty Viewing the World's Fair at San Francisco
as Himself
1915
Wished on Mabel
as Fatty
1915
When Love Took Wings
as Reckless Fatty
1915
Fatty’s Faithful Fido
as Fatty
1915
That Little Band Of Gold
as Fatty - the Husband
1915
Fatty’s Chance Acquaintance
as Fatty
1915
Fatty’s Reckless Fling
as Fatty
1915
A Glimpse of the San Diego Exposition
as Himself
1915
Hogan's Romance Upset
as Fight Spectator
1915
Mabel and Fatty’s Married Life
as Fatty
1915
Fatty's New Role
as Fatty
1915
Fatty and Mabel at the San Diego Exposition
as Fatty
1915
Mabel, Fatty and the Law
as Fatty
1915
Fatty and Mabel’s Simple Life
as Roscoe
1915
Mabel and Fatty's Wash Day
as Fatty
1915
Fatty and Minnie He-Haw
as Fatty
1914
Fatty's Magic Pants
as Fatty
1914
Leading Lizzie Astray
as Fatty
1914
Zip, the Dodger
as Zip
1914
Lover's Luck
as Fatty
1914
The Rounders
as Mr. Fuller
1914
His New Profession
as Bartender Smoking Cigar
1914
The Masquerader
as Film actor
1914
Those Country Kids
as Fatty
1914
The Knockout
as Pug (uncredited)
1914
The Alarm
1914
His Favorite Pastime
as Shabby Drunk
1914
Tango Tangles
as Clarinetist
1914
A Film Johnnie
as Self
1914
Twixt Love and Fire
as The Iceman
1914
The Water Dog
as Fatty
1914
Making a Living
as Tough Guy (uncredited)
1914
In the Clutches of the Gang
as Cop
1914
A Flirt's Mistake
as Husband (uncredited)
1914
He Would a Hunting Go
as Count Chicori
1913
Some Nerve
as The Jealous Man
1913
A Ride for a Bride
as Fatty
1913
The Woman Haters
as 1st Old Tar
1913
Fatty Joins the Force
as Fatty
1913
Fatty at San Diego
as Fatty
1913
The Speed Kings
as Masher
1913
The Fatal Taxicab
as Mabel's Sweetheart
1913
The Gypsy Queen
as Fatty
1913
Mabel's Dramatic Career
as Man in Audience
1913
Fatty's Day Off
as Fatty
1913
Mabel's New Hero
as Fatty
1913
The Riot
as Cohen - Jewish Neighborhood Leader
1913
A Noise from the Deep
as Bob
1913
Love and Rubbish
as Fat Boy
1913
Safe in Jail
as Neighbor Woman
1913
For the Love of Mabel
as Suitor
1913
Peeping Pete
as Pete's Wife
1913
A Bandit
as Bully
1913
The Waiters' Picnic
as Oscar - the Waiter
1913
The Gangsters
as Cop
1913
Alas! Poor Yorick!
as Player in Female Costume
1913
Murphy's I.O.U.
as (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
1913
The Sanitarium
as Charley Wise
1910
Mrs. Jones' Birthday
1909
Ben's Kid
as Fatty Carter
1909