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Roscoe Arbuckle

Roscoe 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 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.

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

360

Gender

Male

Birthday

1887-03-22

Place of Birth

Smith Center, Kansas, USA

Also Known As

'Fatty' Arbuckle, Fatty Arbuckle, Roscoe Arbuckle, William Goodrich, William B. Goodrich, روسكو آرباكل, רוסקו ארבוקל, ロスコー・アーバックル, 로스코 아버클, Роско «Фатти» Арбэкль, Roscoe Conkling Arbuckle, Роско Арбакль, Роско Арбэкль

Known For

The Masquerader Hollywood Back Stage The Bell Boy Coney Island Good Night, Nurse! His Wedding Night Zip, the Dodger Out West The Hayseed The Rough House Oh, Doctor! Moonshine The Cook The Garage The Butcher Boy A Film Johnnie Tango Tangles His Favorite Pastime The Knockout The Rounders His New Profession Mabel and Fatty's Wash Day A Country Hero Stars of Yesterday When Comedy Was King Fatty and Mabel Adrift Fatty's Tintype Tangle Brewster's Millions Crazy Days A Flirt's Mistake Fatty Joins the Force Fatty and Mabel at the San Diego Exposition Leading Lizzie Astray Fatty's New Role Murphy's I.O.U. Love and Bullets Fatty's Finish The Baggage Smasher Those Happy Days That Minstrel Man Caught in a Flue A Suspended Ordeal Our Country Cousin Fatty's Gift Fatty and the Heiress A Brand New Hero A Rowboat Romance The Sky Pirate Bombs and Bangs Their Ups and Downs Fatty Again How Old Are You? Shotguns That Kick A Village Scandal Fatty's Wild Night Buzzin' Around Mabel's New Hero Peeping Pete A Bandit The Other Man A Creampuff Romance The Late Lamented Listen Lena My Stars Miss Fatty's Seaside Lovers Those Country Kids Fatty's Magic Pants Mabel’s Wilful Way Wished on Mabel A Glimpse of the San Diego Exposition Fatty’s Chance Acquaintance When Love Took Wings That Little Band Of Gold The Little Teacher Mabel, Fatty and the Law Fatty’s Reckless Fling Fatty and Mabel’s Simple Life Mabel and Fatty’s Married Life Fatty’s Plucky Pup Fatty’s Faithful Fido He Did and He Didn’t Love Leap Year Fatty and Minnie He-Haw A Scrap of Paper His Wife's Mistake Fatty's Jonah Day Lover's Luck In the Dough The Gangsters A Voice from the Deep Alas! Poor Yorick! The Sanitarium Ben's Kid Mrs. Jones' Birthday Passions, He Had Three Making It Pleasant for Him The Speed Kings Help! Help! Hydrophobia! The Waiters' Picnic A Noise from the Deep Love and Rubbish Safe in Jail Professor Bean's Removal Love and Courage For the Love of Mabel Almost a Rescue Rastus and the Game Cock The Telltale Light The Riot Mabel's Dramatic Career The Fatal Taxicab Fatty's Day Off The Gypsy Queen When Dreams Come True Mother's Boy A Quiet Little Wedding Two Old Tars The Milk We Drink Fatty at San Diego A Small Time Act A Ride for a Bride Wine His Sister's Kids He Would a Hunting Go Fatty's Flirtation The Woman Haters Some Nerve In the Clutches of the Gang Twixt Love and Fire Rebecca's Wedding Day The Under-Sheriff A Robust Romeo A Misplaced Foot A Bath House Beauty The Chicken Chaser A Rural Demon Barnyard Flirtations Where Hazel Met the Villain Go West A Reckless Romeo Chaplin Today: The Gold Rush The Waiters' Ball Hey, Pop! The Chaplin Puzzle Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema The Round-Up Gasoline Gus The Life of the Party The Dollar-a-Year Man Traveling Salesman Crazy to Marry The Fast Freight So Funny It Hurt: Buster Keaton & MGM Buster Keaton: From Silents to Shorts Days of Thrills and Laughter How've You Bean? Close Relations Tomalio Character Studies Fatty's Debut Fatty's Wine Party Happy Times and Jolly Moments Looking for Mabel Normand Fickle Fatty's Fall Mabel and Fatty Viewing the World's Fair at San Francisco Fatty and the Broadway Stars Camping Out The Sheriff The Bank Clerk The Pullman Porter A Desert Hero An Incompetent Hero The Sea Nymphs Lovers' Post Office Bright Lights The Alarm The Water Dog Hogan's Romance Upset Screen Snapshots (Series 1, No. 20) Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies Murders of Hollywood The Parrott Chase Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty The Casting Couch Wonder Dogs! Canine Stars of the Silent Era (1898-1928) Making a Living A Brave Engineer: Buster Keaton's Last Ride The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies The Muppets Go to the Movies The Lure of Hollywood Queenie of Hollywood His First Car Special Delivery Dynamite Doggie Cleaning Up His Private Life The Tourist Peaceful Oscar One Sunday Morning Si Si Senor Marriage Rows Up a Tree Won by a Neck Pete and Repeat The Back Page Ex-Plumber That's My Line Beach Pajamas Up Pops the Duke Bridge Wives Keep Laughing It's a Cinch The Movies Mother's Holiday Niagara Falls Moonlight and Cactus The Tamale Vendor Smart Work Idle Roomers That's My Meat The Iron Mule Take 'em and Shake 'em One Quiet Night Fool's Luck The Red Mill Windy Riley Goes Hollywood Honeymoon Trio No Loafing The Fighting Dude Curses Special Delivery Lovemania Three Hollywood Girls The Cuckoos Gigolettes Stupid, but Brave Anybody's Goat Home Cured Crashing Hollywood Once a Hero Hollywood Luck Hollywood Lights
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