Roscoe Arbuckle
ActingBorn
March 22, 1887
Died
June 29, 1933
Place of Birth
Smith Center, Kansas, USA
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…
Known For
Filmography
A Brave Engineer: Buster Keaton's Last Ride
2026
Wonder Dogs! Canine Stars of the Silent Era (1898-1928)
2025
Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty
2020
Buster Keaton: The Shorts Collection 1917-1923
2016
Looking for Mabel Normand
2015
The Parrott Chase
2009
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
2007
Buster Keaton: From Silents to Shorts
2006
So Funny It Hurt: Buster Keaton & MGM
2004
Chaplin Today: The Gold Rush
2003
Murders of Hollywood
2003
Arbuckle & Keaton, Volume One
2001
Arbuckle & Keaton, Volume Two
2001
The Casting Couch
1995
The Chaplin Puzzle
1992
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
1988
Crazy Days
1962
Days of Thrills and Laughter
1961
When Comedy Was King
1960
Happy Times and Jolly Moments
1943
Tomalio
1933
In the Dough
1933
Close Relations
1933
How've You Bean?
1933
Buzzin' Around
1933
Hey, Pop!
1932
Stars of Yesterday
1931
Character Studies
1927
Listen Lena
1927
My Stars
1926
Go West
1925
Leap Year
1924
Hollywood
1923
The Fast Freight
1922
Crazy to Marry
1921
Gasoline Gus
1921
Traveling Salesman
1921
The Dollar-a-Year Man
1921
Screen Snapshots (Series 1, No. 20)
1921
Brewster's Millions
1921
The Life of the Party
1920
The Round-Up
1920
The Garage
1920
The Hayseed
1919
Back Stage
1919
A Desert Hero
1919
The Bank Clerk
1919
Love
1919
The Pullman Porter
1919
Camping Out
1919
The Sheriff
1918
A Scrap of Paper
1918
The Cook
1918
Good Night, Nurse!
1918
Moonshine
1918
The Bell Boy
1918
Out West
1918
A Country Hero
1917
Coney Island
1917
Oh, Doctor!
1917
The Late Lamented
1917
His Wedding Night
1917
The Rough House
1917
A Reckless Romeo
1917
The Butcher Boy
1917
A Creampuff Romance
1916
The Waiters' Ball
1916
The Other Man
1916
His Wife's Mistakes
1916
Bright Lights
1916
He Did and He Didn’t
1916
Fatty and Mabel Adrift
1916
Fatty and the Broadway Stars
1915
A Village Scandal
1915
Fickle Fatty's Fall
1915
Fatty's Tintype Tangle
1915
Fatty’s Plucky Pup
1915
The Little Teacher
1915
Miss Fatty's Seaside Lovers
1915
Mabel’s Wilful Way
1915
Mabel and Fatty Viewing the World's Fair at San Francisco
1915
Wished on Mabel
1915
When Love Took Wings
1915
Fatty’s Faithful Fido
1915
That Little Band Of Gold
1915
Fatty’s Chance Acquaintance
1915
Fatty’s Reckless Fling
1915
A Glimpse of the San Diego Exposition
1915
Hogan's Romance Upset
1915
Mabel and Fatty’s Married Life
1915
Fatty's New Role
1915
Fatty and Mabel at the San Diego Exposition
1915
Mabel, Fatty and the Law
1915
Fatty and Mabel’s Simple Life
1915
Mabel and Fatty's Wash Day
1915
Fatty and Minnie He-Haw
1914
Fatty's Magic Pants
1914
Shotguns That Kick
1914
Leading Lizzie Astray
1914
The Sea Nymphs
1914
Fatty's Wine Party
1914
Fatty's Jonah Day
1914
An Incompetent Hero
1914
Lovers' Post Office
1914
Zip, the Dodger
1914
Their Ups and Downs
1914
Fatty Again
1914
Fatty's Debut
1914
Bombs and Bangs
1914
Lover's Luck
1914
The Rounders
1914
A Brand New Hero
1914
The Baggage Smasher
1914
His New Profession
1914
The Masquerader
1914
Fatty's Gift
1914
Caught in a Flue
1914
Those Country Kids
1914
That Minstrel Man
1914
Those Happy Days
1914
The Sky Pirate
1914
A Rowboat Romance
1914
Love and Bullets
1914
Fatty's Finish
1914
Fatty and the Heiress
1914
The Knockout
1914
Our Country Cousin
1914
The Alarm
1914
A Suspended Ordeal
1914
Where Hazel Met the Villain
1914
A Bath House Beauty
1914
The Chicken Chaser
1914
Barnyard Flirtations
1914
A Rural Demon
1914
His Favorite Pastime
1914
Tango Tangles
1914
A Film Johnnie
1914
Twixt Love and Fire
1914
A Robust Romeo
1914
The Water Dog
1914
Making a Living
1914
Rebecca's Wedding Day
1914
In the Clutches of the Gang
1914
A Flirt's Mistake
1914
The Under-Sheriff
1914
How Old Are You?
1914
Fatty's Wild Night
1914
A Misplaced Foot
1914
He Would a Hunting Go
1913
Some Nerve
1913
Fatty's Flirtation
1913
His Sister's Kids
1913
A Ride for a Bride
1913
The Woman Haters
1913
Fatty Joins the Force
1913
Wine
1913
A Small Time Act
1913
The Milk We Drink
1913
Fatty at San Diego
1913
The Speed Kings
1913
A Quiet Little Wedding
1913
Two Old Tars
1913
Mother's Boy
1913
When Dreams Come True
1913
The Fatal Taxicab
1913
The Gypsy Queen
1913
Mabel's Dramatic Career
1913
Fatty's Day Off
1913
Mabel's New Hero
1913
Almost a Rescue
1913
The Riot
1913
Professor Bean's Removal
1913
Love and Courage
1913
A Noise from the Deep
1913
Love and Rubbish
1913
The Telltale Light
1913
Safe in Jail
1913
Rastus and the Game Cock
1913
For the Love of Mabel
1913
Peeping Pete
1913
A Bandit
1913
The Waiters' Picnic
1913
Passions, He Had Three
1913
Help! Help! Hydrophobia!
1913
The Gangsters
1913
Alas! Poor Yorick!
1913
Murphy's I.O.U.
1913
A Voice from the Deep
1912
The Sanitarium
1910
Making It Pleasant for Him
1909
Mrs. Jones' Birthday
1909
Ben's Kid
1909