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Roscoe Arbuckle
Actor, Director, Writer, Additional Credits
Died June 29, 1933 (46 years)
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.
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
| 2020 | Disclosure · as (archive Footage) |
| 2020 | Charlie Chaplin, le génie de la liberté · as Cast |
| 2018 | The Great Buster · as Fatty |
| 2018 | Zaz: Beware of Your Tongue · as Fatty |
| 2016 | |
| 2005 | Filmmakers vs. Tycoons · as Cast |
| 2005 | |
| 1995 | The Casting Couch · as (archive Footage) |
| 1982 | Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter · as Actor - 'fatty Joins The Force' |
| 1980 | Charlie Chaplin: The Little Tramp · as Actor Mentioned In Several Films |
| 1979 | The Golden Age of Buster Keaton · as Cast |
| 1968 | The Great Stone Face · as Fatty |
| 1967 | Yerankyuni · as Cast |
| 1962 | Crazy Days · as Various (archive Footage) (uncredited) |
| 1960 | When Comedy Was King · as Edited From 'fatty & Mabel Adrift' (archive Footage) |
| 1925 | |
| 1924 | Leap Year · as Stanley Piper |
| 1923 | Hollywood · as Roscoe 'fatty' Arbuckle |
| 1921 | Brewster's Millions · as Monte Brewster |
| 1920 | The Life of the Party · as Algernon Leary (as Roscoe Arbuckle) |
| 1920 | The Round-up · as Slim Hoover |
| 1920 | The Garage · as Mechanic / Fireman |
| 1919 | The Hayseed · as Mailman |
| 1919 | Back Stage · as Stagehand |
| 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 |
| 1917 | Coney Island · as Fatty |
| 1917 | Oh Doctor! · as Dr. Fatty Holepoke |
| 1917 | His Wedding Night · as Gas Station Employee |
| 1917 | The Rough House · as Mr. Rough |
| 1917 | The Butcher Boy · as Fatty / Saccharine |
| 1915 | Mabel, Fatty and the Law · as Fatty |
| 1914 | Fatty's Magic Pants · as Fatty |
| 1914 | The Rounders · as Mr. Fuller |
| 1914 | His New Profession · as Bartender Smoking Cigar |
| 1914 | The Masquerader · as Film Actor |
| 1914 | The Knockout · as Pug (uncredited) |
| 1914 | His Favorite Pastime · as Shabby Drunk |
| 1914 | Tango Tangles · as Clarinetist |
| 1913 | Fatty Joins the Force · as Fatty |
| 1913 | The Speed Kings · as Masher |