Roscoe Arbuckle
Known for: Acting
Born: March 22, 1887
Died: June 29, 1933
Place of birth: 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.
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Filmography
245 movies · 0 TV shows, newest first
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A Brave Engineer: Buster Keaton's Last Ride
2026
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Wonder Dogs! Canine Stars of the Silent Era (1898-1928)
2025
8.0
Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty
2020
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Looking for Mabel Normand
2015NR
The Parrott Chase
2009
4.3
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
2007
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Buster Keaton: From Silents to Shorts
2006
7.5
So Funny It Hurt: Buster Keaton & MGM
2004
5.3
Chaplin Today: The Gold Rush
2003
5.0
Murders of Hollywood
2003
8.0
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995
8.3
The Casting Couch
1995
10.0
The Chaplin Puzzle
1992
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Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
1988
7.0
The Muppets Go to the Movies
1981
5.8
Crazy Days
1962
6.0
Days of Thrills and Laughter
1961
6.5
When Comedy Was King
1960
7.5
Happy Times and Jolly Moments
1943
5.5
Tomalio
19336.5
In the Dough
19337.0
Close Relations
19338.0
How've You Bean?
1933
6.6
Buzzin' Around
1933
9.0
It's a Cinch
19329.0
Hey, Pop!
1932
8.0
Niagara Falls
19323.7
Gigolettes
1932
3.3
Hollywood Lights
19322.0
Mother's Holiday
19329.0
Hollywood Luck
1932
6.7
Bridge Wives
19329.0
Keep Laughing
19328.5
Anybody's Goat
19329.0
Moonlight and Cactus
1932
9.0
Stars of Yesterday
19318.0
Smart Work
1931NR
Idle Roomers
193110.0
The Tamale Vendor
1931NR
Once a Hero
1931
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Queenie of Hollywood
1931NR
One Quiet Night
1931NR
That's My Meat
193110.0
Take 'em and Shake 'em
19317.0
Beach Pajamas
19318.0
Up Pops the Duke
19315.5
Honeymoon Trio
1931
10.0
That's My Line
1931
4.0
The Lure of Hollywood
193110.0
The Back Page
1931
5.4
Windy Riley Goes Hollywood
19313.3
Crashing Hollywood
1931
3.7
Ex-Plumber
1931NR
Pete and Repeat
193110.0
Marriage Rows
1931
3.3
Three Hollywood Girls
19317.0
Up a Tree
19308.0
Won by a Neck
19309.0
Si Si Senor
1930
8.0
The Cuckoos
1930
6.2
Character Studies
1927
6.0
Special Delivery
19277.0
Listen Lena
19279.0
Peaceful Oscar
1927
6.6
The Red Mill
19277.0
One Sunday Morning
1926
7.0
His Private Life
1926
7.0
Fool's Luck
1926
10.0
Home Cured
19266.3
My Stars
1926
7.0
The Fighting Dude
1925
9.0
Cleaning Up
1925
6.9
Go West
1925
6.2
The Movies
1925
8.0
The Tourist
1925
6.4
Curses
1925
5.9
The Iron Mule
1925
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Dynamite Doggie
1925
7.3
Lovemania
1924
8.0
Stupid, but Brave
1924
7.0
His First Car
1924
5.2
Leap Year
1924NR
No Loafing
1923
9.0
Hollywood
1923
6.5
Day Dreams
1922
10.0
The Fast Freight
19227.0
Special Delivery
1922
7.8
Crazy to Marry
1921
8.0
Gasoline Gus
1921
8.0
Traveling Salesman
1921
7.0
The Dollar-a-Year Man
1921
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Screen Snapshots (Series 1, No. 20)
1921
6.5
Brewster's Millions
1921
5.6
The Life of the Party
1920
6.3
The Round-Up
1920
6.1
The Garage
1920
5.7
The Hayseed
1919
6.4
Back Stage
1919
7.0
A Desert Hero
1919NR
The Bank Clerk
1919
5.8
Love
1919NR
The Pullman Porter
1919
5.0
Camping Out
1919
10.0
The Sheriff
19186.7
A Scrap of Paper
1918
6.3
The Cook
1918
5.7
Good Night, Nurse!
1918
5.6
Moonshine
1918
6.4
The Bell Boy
1918
6.0
Out West
1918
5.5
A Country Hero
1917
5.9
Coney Island
1917
5.5
Oh, Doctor!
1917
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The Late Lamented
1917
5.6
His Wedding Night
1917
5.5
The Rough House
1917
5.3
A Reckless Romeo
1917
6.1
The Butcher Boy
1917
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A Creampuff Romance
1916
6.1
The Waiters' Ball
1916
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The Other Man
1916
5.2
His Wife's Mistake
1916
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Bright Lights
1916
6.0
He Did and He Didn’t
1916
6.0
Fatty and Mabel Adrift
1916
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Fatty and the Broadway Stars
1915
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A Village Scandal
1915
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Fickle Fatty's Fall
1915
5.7
Fatty's Tintype Tangle
1915
5.6
Fatty’s Plucky Pup
1915
5.7
The Little Teacher
1915
4.5
Miss Fatty's Seaside Lovers
1915
4.9
Mabel’s Wilful Way
1915
5.5
Mabel and Fatty Viewing the World's Fair at San Francisco
1915
5.3
Wished on Mabel
1915
4.8
When Love Took Wings
1915
5.7
Fatty’s Faithful Fido
1915
5.1
That Little Band Of Gold
19155.4
Fatty’s Chance Acquaintance
19154.7
Fatty’s Reckless Fling
1915
6.5
A Glimpse of the San Diego Exposition
1915
5.0
Hogan's Romance Upset
1915
4.9
Mabel and Fatty’s Married Life
19155.1
Fatty's New Role
1915
5.8
Fatty and Mabel at the San Diego Exposition
1915
3.9
Mabel, Fatty and the Law
1915
5.3
Fatty and Mabel’s Simple Life
1915
5.4
Mabel and Fatty's Wash Day
1915
5.3
Fatty and Minnie He-Haw
1914
5.5
Fatty's Magic Pants
1914NR
Shotguns That Kick
1914
4.4
Leading Lizzie Astray
1914NR
The Sea Nymphs
1914NR
Fatty's Wine Party
19144.5
Fatty's Jonah Day
1914NR
An Incompetent Hero
1914NR
Lovers' Post Office
1914
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Zip, the Dodger
1914NR
Their Ups and Downs
1914NR
Fatty Again
1914NR
Fatty's Debut
1914NR
Bombs and Bangs
1914
3.9
Lover's Luck
1914
6.1
The Rounders
1914NR
A Brand New Hero
1914NR
The Baggage Smasher
1914
5.9
His New Profession
1914
5.7
The Masquerader
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Fatty's Gift
1914NR
Caught in a Flue
1914
4.1
Those Country Kids
1914NR
That Minstrel Man
1914NR
Those Happy Days
1914NR
The Sky Pirate
1914NR
A Rowboat Romance
1914NR
Love and Bullets
1914NR
Fatty's Finish
1914NR
Fatty and the Heiress
1914
5.8
The Knockout
1914NR
Our Country Cousin
1914
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The Alarm
1914NR
A Suspended Ordeal
191410.0
Where Hazel Met the Villain
19149.0
A Bath House Beauty
1914NR
The Chicken Chaser
1914NR
Barnyard Flirtations
1914NR
A Rural Demon
1914
5.3
His Favorite Pastime
1914
5.2
Tango Tangles
1914
5.5
A Film Johnnie
1914
9.0
Twixt Love and Fire
1914NR
A Robust Romeo
1914
5.0
The Water Dog
1914
5.7
Making a Living
1914NR
Rebecca's Wedding Day
1914
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In the Clutches of the Gang
19145.3
A Flirt's Mistake
1914NR
The Under-Sheriff
1914NR
How Old Are You?
1914NR
Fatty's Wild Night
1914NR
A Misplaced Foot
1914
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He Would a Hunting Go
1913
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Some Nerve
1913NR
Fatty's Flirtation
191310.0
His Sister's Kids
1913
7.0
A Ride for a Bride
1913
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The Woman Haters
1913
5.3
Fatty Joins the Force
191310.0
Wine
191310.0
The Milk We Drink
1913NR
A Small Time Act
1913
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Fatty at San Diego
1913
4.3
The Speed Kings
1913NR
A Quiet Little Wedding
19138.0
Two Old Tars
1913NR
Mother's Boy
1913NR
When Dreams Come True
1913
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The Fatal Taxicab
1913
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The Gypsy Queen
1913
5.6
Mabel's Dramatic Career
1913
6.0
Fatty's Day Off
1913
5.1
Mabel's New Hero
19137.0
Almost a Rescue
1913
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The Riot
1913NR
Professor Bean's Removal
1913NR
Love and Courage
1913
5.5
A Noise from the Deep
1913
4.5
Love and Rubbish
1913NR
The Telltale Light
1913
8.0
Safe in Jail
1913NR
Rastus and the Game Cock
1913
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For the Love of Mabel
1913
6.0
Peeping Pete
1913
5.5
A Bandit
1913
5.0
The Waiters' Picnic
1913NR
Passions, He Had Three
19138.0
Help! Help! Hydrophobia!
1913
6.0
The Gangsters
1913
5.0
Alas! Poor Yorick!
1913
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Murphy's I.O.U.
19138.0
A Voice from the Deep
1912
5.3
The Sanitarium
191010.0
Making It Pleasant for Him
1909
9.5
Mrs. Jones' Birthday
1909
8.0
Ben's Kid
1909