
Roscoe Arbuckle
Acting
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.

Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty
archive footage

Buster Keaton: The Shorts Collection 1917-1923

Looking for Mabel Normand
Self (archive footage)
The Parrott Chase
Himself - archival footage

Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
Self (archive footage)

Buster Keaton: From Silents to Shorts
(archive footage)

So Funny It Hurt: Buster Keaton & MGM
Self (archive footage)

Chaplin Today: The Gold Rush
Self (archive footage)

Murders of Hollywood
Self (archive footage)

Arbuckle & Keaton, Volume Two
Various

Arbuckle & Keaton, Volume One
Various

The Chaplin Puzzle
(archive footage)

Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies

Crazy Days
Various (archive footage) (uncredited)

Days of Thrills and Laughter
Self (archive footage)

When Comedy Was King
edited from 'Fatty & Mabel Adrift' (archive footage)

Happy Times and Jolly Moments
(archive footage)

Tomalio
Wilbur

In the Dough
Slim

Close Relations
Wilbur Wart

How've You Bean?

Buzzin' Around
Cornelius

Hey, Pop!
Fatty

Stars of Yesterday
Self

Character Studies
Self (uncredited)
Listen Lena
Fat man with strategically covered face (unconfirmed)

My Stars
Mailman (uncredited)

Go West
Woman in Department Store (uncredited)

Leap Year
Stanley Piper

Hollywood
Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle

The Fast Freight
Ras Berry

Crazy to Marry
Dr. Hobart Hupp

Gasoline Gus
Gasoline Gus

Traveling Salesman
Bob Blake

The Dollar-a-Year Man
Franklin Pinney

Screen Snapshots (Series 1, No. 20)
Himself

Brewster's Millions
Monte Brewster

The Life of the Party
Algernon Leary (as Roscoe Arbuckle)

The Round-Up
Slim Hoover

The Garage
Mechanic / Fireman

The Hayseed
Mailman

Back Stage
Stagehand

A Desert Hero
The Sheriff, the Desert Hero
The Bank Clerk

Love
Fatty
The Pullman Porter

Camping Out

The Sheriff
Cook
A Scrap of Paper
Fatty

The Cook
The Chef

Good Night, Nurse!
Fatty

Moonshine
Revenue Agent

The Bell Boy
Bellboy, barber

Out West
Train Rider, Bartender

A Country Hero
Village Blacksmith

Coney Island
Fatty

Oh, Doctor!
Dr. Fatty Holepoke

The Late Lamented
Cameo Appearance (unconfirmed)

His Wedding Night
Gas station employee

The Rough House
Mr. Rough

A Reckless Romeo
The Husband

The Butcher Boy
Fatty / Saccharine

A Creampuff Romance

The Waiters' Ball
The Cook

The Other Man
Fatty the Tramp (dual role)

His Wife's Mistakes
The Janitor

Bright Lights
Fatty

He Did and He Didn’t
The Doctor

Fatty and Mabel Adrift
Fatty

Fatty and the Broadway Stars
Fatty - Studio Janitor

A Village Scandal
Eddie - the Country Boy

Fickle Fatty's Fall
Fatty

Fatty's Tintype Tangle
Fatty

Fatty’s Plucky Pup
Fatty

The Little Teacher
Fat Unruly Student

Miss Fatty's Seaside Lovers
Finnegan's Daughter

Mabel’s Wilful Way
Fatty

Mabel and Fatty Viewing the World's Fair at San Francisco
Himself

Wished on Mabel
Fatty

When Love Took Wings
Reckless Fatty

Fatty’s Faithful Fido
Fatty

That Little Band Of Gold
Fatty - the Husband

Fatty’s Chance Acquaintance
Fatty

Fatty’s Reckless Fling
Fatty

A Glimpse of the San Diego Exposition
Himself

Hogan's Romance Upset
Fight Spectator

Mabel and Fatty’s Married Life
Fatty

Fatty's New Role
Fatty

Fatty and Mabel at the San Diego Exposition
Fatty

Mabel, Fatty and the Law
Fatty

Fatty and Mabel’s Simple Life
Roscoe

Mabel and Fatty's Wash Day
Fatty

Fatty and Minnie He-Haw
Fatty

Fatty's Magic Pants
Fatty
Shotguns That Kick
Fatty

Leading Lizzie Astray
Fatty
The Sea Nymphs
Fatty
Fatty's Wine Party
Fatty
Fatty's Jonah Day
Fatty
An Incompetent Hero
Fatty
Lovers' Post Office
Fatty

Zip, the Dodger
Zip
Their Ups and Downs
Fatty
Fatty Again
Fatty Felix
Fatty's Debut
Fatty
Bombs and Bangs
The Farmer's Daughter

Lover's Luck
Fatty

The Rounders
Mr. Fuller
A Brand New Hero
The Tramp
The Baggage Smasher
(unconfirmed)

His New Profession
Bartender Smoking Cigar

The Masquerader
Film actor
Fatty's Gift
Fatty
Caught in a Flue
(unconfirmed)

Those Country Kids
Fatty
That Minstrel Man
Belle
Those Happy Days
Fatty
The Sky Pirate
The Heiress
A Rowboat Romance
(unconfirmed)
Love and Bullets
Film Actor (uncredited)
Fatty's Finish
Fatty
Fatty and the Heiress
Fatty

The Knockout
Pug (uncredited)
Our Country Cousin
The Country Boy (unconfirmed)

The Alarm
A Suspended Ordeal
The Cop
Where Hazel Met the Villain
Fatty
A Bath House Beauty
Fatty
The Chicken Chaser
The Hired Man
Barnyard Flirtations
The Cop
A Rural Demon

His Favorite Pastime
Shabby Drunk

Tango Tangles
Clarinetist

A Film Johnnie
Self

Twixt Love and Fire
The Iceman
A Robust Romeo
Fatty

The Water Dog
Fatty
Rebecca's Wedding Day
Rebecca

In the Clutches of the Gang
Cop

A Flirt's Mistake
Husband (uncredited)
The Under-Sheriff
The Under-Sheriff
A Misplaced Foot
Fatty
Fatty's Wild Night
How Old Are You?

He Would a Hunting Go
Count Chicori

Some Nerve
The Jealous Man
Fatty's Flirtation
Fatty
His Sister's Kids
Dr. J. Jacobs

A Ride for a Bride
Fatty

The Woman Haters
1st Old Tar

Fatty Joins the Force
Fatty
Wine
The Waiter
The Milk We Drink
The Dairy Farmer
A Small Time Act
Theatre Owner

Fatty at San Diego
Fatty

The Speed Kings
Masher
A Quiet Little Wedding
Fatty
Two Old Tars
First Old Tar
Mother's Boy
Mother's Boy
When Dreams Come True
The Man

The Fatal Taxicab
Mabel's Sweetheart

The Gypsy Queen
Fatty

Mabel's Dramatic Career
Man in Audience

Fatty's Day Off
Fatty

Mabel's New Hero
Fatty
Almost a Rescue
Jimmie

The Riot
Cohen - Jewish Neighborhood Leader
Professor Bean's Removal
Man with Moustache
Love and Courage
The Country Boy

A Noise from the Deep
Bob

Love and Rubbish
Fat Boy
The Telltale Light
Tom aka Fatty

Safe in Jail
Neighbor Woman
Rastus and the Game Cock
Spectator

For the Love of Mabel
Suitor

A Bandit
Bully

Peeping Pete
Pete's Wife

The Waiters' Picnic
Oscar - the Waiter
Help! Help! Hydrophobia!
Jim Brown
Passions, He Had Three
Henry

The Gangsters
Cop

Alas! Poor Yorick!
Player in Female Costume

Murphy's I.O.U.
(uncredited) (unconfirmed)
A Voice from the Deep
Minor Role (uncredited) (unconfirmed)

The Sanitarium
Charley Wise
Making It Pleasant for Him

Mrs. Jones' Birthday

Ben's Kid
Fatty Carter







