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Roscoe Arbuckle

Roscoe Arbuckle

Acting·1887–1933·161 films

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.

As Actor

Go West
Go West (1925)Woman in Department Store (uncredited)
Making a Living
Making a Living (1914)Tough Guy (uncredited)
The Cook
The Cook (1918)The Chef
A Film Johnnie
A Film Johnnie (1914)Self
The Masquerader
The Masquerader (1914)Film actor
Coney Island
Coney Island (1917)Fatty
The Rough House
The Rough House (1917)Mr. Rough
The Rounders
The Rounders (1914)Mr. Fuller
The Butcher Boy
The Butcher Boy (1917)Fatty / Saccharine
The Garage
The Garage (1920)Mechanic / Fireman
His New Profession
His New Profession (1914)Bartender Smoking Cigar
His Wedding Night
His Wedding Night (1917)Gas station employee
Tango Tangles
Tango Tangles (1914)Clarinetist
Out West
Out West (1918)Train Rider, Bartender
The Bell Boy
The Bell Boy (1918)Bellboy, barber
Good Night, Nurse!
Good Night, Nurse! (1918)Fatty
Oh, Doctor!
Oh, Doctor! (1917)Dr. Fatty Holepoke
The Knockout
The Knockout (1914)Pug (uncredited)
Back Stage
Back Stage (1919)Stagehand
His Favorite Pastime
His Favorite Pastime (1914)Shabby Drunk
Moonshine
Moonshine (1918)Revenue Agent
The Hayseed
The Hayseed (1919)Mailman
Fatty's Tintype Tangle
Fatty's Tintype Tangle (1915)Fatty
Leap Year
Leap Year (1924)Stanley Piper
Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty
Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty (2020)archive footage
Fatty Joins the Force
Fatty Joins the Force (1913)Fatty
Character Studies
Character Studies (1927)Self (uncredited)
Fatty and Mabel’s Simple Life
Fatty and Mabel’s Simple Life (1915)Roscoe
When Comedy Was King
When Comedy Was King (1960)edited from 'Fatty & Mabel Adrift' (archive footage)
Chaplin Today: The Gold Rush
Chaplin Today: The Gold Rush (2003)Self (archive footage)
A Reckless Romeo
A Reckless Romeo (1917)The Husband
Fatty's Magic Pants
Fatty's Magic Pants (1914)Fatty
Fatty and Mabel Adrift
Fatty and Mabel Adrift (1916)Fatty
Those Country Kids
Those Country Kids (1914)Fatty
Mabel, Fatty and the Law
Mabel, Fatty and the Law (1915)Fatty
That Little Band Of Gold
That Little Band Of Gold (1915)Fatty - the Husband
He Did and He Didn’t
He Did and He Didn’t (1916)The Doctor
Mabel's Dramatic Career
Mabel's Dramatic Career (1913)Man in Audience
Mabel and Fatty’s Married Life
Mabel and Fatty’s Married Life (1915)Fatty
Mabel and Fatty's Wash Day
Mabel and Fatty's Wash Day (1915)Fatty
Fatty’s Plucky Pup
Fatty’s Plucky Pup (1915)Fatty
Mabel’s Wilful Way
Mabel’s Wilful Way (1915)Fatty
Love
Love (1919)Fatty
Fatty and Mabel at the San Diego Exposition
Fatty and Mabel at the San Diego Exposition (1915)Fatty
The Speed Kings
The Speed Kings (1913)Masher
Wished on Mabel
Wished on Mabel (1915)Fatty
Fatty’s Faithful Fido
Fatty’s Faithful Fido (1915)Fatty
Fatty's New Role
Fatty's New Role (1915)Fatty
A Flirt's Mistake
A Flirt's Mistake (1914)Husband (uncredited)
The Waiters' Ball
The Waiters' Ball (1916)The Cook
The Round-Up
The Round-Up (1920)Slim Hoover
Mabel's New Hero
Mabel's New Hero (1913)Fatty
Fatty’s Chance Acquaintance
Fatty’s Chance Acquaintance (1915)Fatty
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema (2007)Self (archive footage)
So Funny It Hurt: Buster Keaton & MGM
So Funny It Hurt: Buster Keaton & MGM (2004)Self (archive footage)
The Life of the Party
The Life of the Party (1920)Algernon Leary (as Roscoe Arbuckle)
His Wife's Mistakes
His Wife's Mistakes (1916)The Janitor
Buzzin' Around
Buzzin' Around (1933)Cornelius
Lover's Luck
Lover's Luck (1914)Fatty
My Stars
My Stars (1926)Mailman (uncredited)
Leading Lizzie Astray
Leading Lizzie Astray (1914)Fatty
In the Dough
In the Dough (1933)Slim
Miss Fatty's Seaside Lovers
Miss Fatty's Seaside Lovers (1915)Finnegan's Daughter
Hollywood
Hollywood (1923)Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle
Fatty’s Reckless Fling
Fatty’s Reckless Fling (1915)Fatty
The Sanitarium
The Sanitarium (1910)Charley Wise
Days of Thrills and Laughter
Days of Thrills and Laughter (1961)Self (archive footage)
The Casting Couch
The Casting Couch (1995)
Hey, Pop!
Hey, Pop! (1932)Fatty
The Little Teacher
The Little Teacher (1915)Fat Unruly Student
A Bandit
A Bandit (1913)Bully
Ben's Kid
Ben's Kid (1909)Fatty Carter
A Noise from the Deep
A Noise from the Deep (1913)Bob
Crazy Days
Crazy Days (1962)Various (archive footage) (uncredited)
Love and Rubbish
Love and Rubbish (1913)Fat Boy
Crazy to Marry
Crazy to Marry (1921)Dr. Hobart Hupp
A Glimpse of the San Diego Exposition
A Glimpse of the San Diego Exposition (1915)Himself
A Country Hero
A Country Hero (1917)Village Blacksmith
Brewster's Millions
Brewster's Millions (1921)Monte Brewster
Mrs. Jones' Birthday
Mrs. Jones' Birthday (1909)
Tomalio
Tomalio (1933)Wilbur
When Love Took Wings
When Love Took Wings (1915)Reckless Fatty
Fatty and Minnie He-Haw
Fatty and Minnie He-Haw (1914)Fatty
Murders of Hollywood
Murders of Hollywood (2003)Self (archive footage)
Mabel and Fatty Viewing the World's Fair at San Francisco
Mabel and Fatty Viewing the World's Fair at San Francisco (1915)Himself
Peeping Pete
Peeping Pete (1913)Pete's Wife
The Gangsters
The Gangsters (1913)Cop
Happy Times and Jolly Moments
Happy Times and Jolly Moments (1943)(archive footage)
The Waiters' Picnic
The Waiters' Picnic (1913)Oscar - the Waiter
A Desert Hero
A Desert Hero (1919)The Sheriff, the Desert Hero
Hogan's Romance Upset
Hogan's Romance Upset (1915)Fight Spectator
The Fast Freight
The Fast Freight (1922)Ras Berry
Gasoline Gus
Gasoline Gus (1921)Gasoline Gus
Camping Out
Camping Out (1919)
Safe in Jail
Safe in Jail (1913)Neighbor Woman
Fatty's Day Off
Fatty's Day Off (1913)Fatty
The Dollar-a-Year Man
The Dollar-a-Year Man (1921)Franklin Pinney
Traveling Salesman
Traveling Salesman (1921)Bob Blake
A Ride for a Bride
A Ride for a Bride (1913)Fatty
Alas! Poor Yorick!
Alas! Poor Yorick! (1913)Player in Female Costume
Arbuckle & Keaton, Volume Two
Arbuckle & Keaton, Volume Two (2001)Various
The Sheriff
The Sheriff (1918)Cook
The Chaplin Puzzle
The Chaplin Puzzle (1992)(archive footage)
Buster Keaton: The Shorts Collection 1917-1923
Buster Keaton: The Shorts Collection 1917-1923 (2016)
Twixt Love and Fire
Twixt Love and Fire (1914)The Iceman
The Water Dog
The Water Dog (1914)Fatty
Close Relations
Close Relations (1933)Wilbur Wart
Stars of Yesterday
Stars of Yesterday (1931)Self
How've You Bean?
How've You Bean? (1933)
Arbuckle & Keaton, Volume One
Arbuckle & Keaton, Volume One (2001)Various
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies (1988)(archive footage) (uncredited)
A Village Scandal
A Village Scandal (1915)Eddie - the Country Boy
Zip, the Dodger
Zip, the Dodger (1914)Zip
A Brave Engineer: Buster Keaton's Last Ride
A Brave Engineer: Buster Keaton's Last Ride (2026)Self (Archival)
The Other Man
The Other Man (1916)Fatty the Tramp (dual role)
For the Love of Mabel
For the Love of Mabel (1913)Suitor
The Riot
The Riot (1913)Cohen - Jewish Neighborhood Leader
He Would a Hunting Go
He Would a Hunting Go (1913)Count Chicori
The Fatal Taxicab
The Fatal Taxicab (1913)Mabel's Sweetheart
Fatty at San Diego
Fatty at San Diego (1913)Fatty
Murphy's I.O.U.
Murphy's I.O.U. (1913)(uncredited) (unconfirmed)
Bright Lights
Bright Lights (1916)Fatty
The Alarm
The Alarm (1914)
Fickle Fatty's Fall
Fickle Fatty's Fall (1915)Fatty
Some Nerve
Some Nerve (1913)The Jealous Man
The Woman Haters
The Woman Haters (1913)1st Old Tar
Screen Snapshots (Series 1, No. 20)
Screen Snapshots (Series 1, No. 20) (1921)Himself
Fatty and the Broadway Stars
Fatty and the Broadway Stars (1915)Fatty - Studio Janitor
Looking for Mabel Normand
Looking for Mabel Normand (2015)Self (archive footage)
In the Clutches of the Gang
In the Clutches of the Gang (1914)Cop
The Late Lamented
The Late Lamented (1917)Cameo Appearance (unconfirmed)
A Creampuff Romance
A Creampuff Romance (1916)Fatty
Wonder Dogs! Canine Stars of the Silent Era (1898-1928)
Wonder Dogs! Canine Stars of the Silent Era (1898-1928) (2025)
Buster Keaton: From Silents to Shorts
Buster Keaton: From Silents to Shorts (2006)(archive footage)
The Gypsy Queen
The Gypsy Queen (1913)Fatty

As Director

The Cook
The Cook (1918)
Coney Island
Coney Island (1917)
The Rough House
The Rough House (1917)
The Butcher Boy
The Butcher Boy (1917)
The Garage
The Garage (1920)
His Wedding Night
His Wedding Night (1917)
Out West
Out West (1918)
The Bell Boy
The Bell Boy (1918)
Good Night, Nurse!
Good Night, Nurse! (1918)
Oh, Doctor!
Oh, Doctor! (1917)
Back Stage
Back Stage (1919)
Moonshine
Moonshine (1918)
The Hayseed
The Hayseed (1919)
Fatty's Tintype Tangle
Fatty's Tintype Tangle (1915)
The Red Mill
The Red Mill (1927)
The Iron Mule
The Iron Mule (1925)
Character Studies
Character Studies (1927)
Fatty and Mabel’s Simple Life
Fatty and Mabel’s Simple Life (1915)
A Reckless Romeo
A Reckless Romeo (1917)
Fatty's Magic Pants
Fatty's Magic Pants (1914)
Fatty and Mabel Adrift
Fatty and Mabel Adrift (1916)
Those Country Kids
Those Country Kids (1914)
Mabel, Fatty and the Law
Mabel, Fatty and the Law (1915)
That Little Band Of Gold
That Little Band Of Gold (1915)
He Did and He Didn’t
He Did and He Didn’t (1916)
Mabel and Fatty’s Married Life
Mabel and Fatty’s Married Life (1915)
Mabel and Fatty's Wash Day
Mabel and Fatty's Wash Day (1915)
Fatty’s Plucky Pup
Fatty’s Plucky Pup (1915)
Mabel’s Wilful Way
Mabel’s Wilful Way (1915)
Love
Love (1919)
Fatty and Mabel at the San Diego Exposition
Fatty and Mabel at the San Diego Exposition (1915)
Wished on Mabel
Wished on Mabel (1915)
Fatty’s Faithful Fido
Fatty’s Faithful Fido (1915)
Fatty's New Role
Fatty's New Role (1915)
The Waiters' Ball
The Waiters' Ball (1916)
Fatty’s Chance Acquaintance
Fatty’s Chance Acquaintance (1915)
The Movies
The Movies (1925)
His Wife's Mistakes
His Wife's Mistakes (1916)
Lover's Luck
Lover's Luck (1914)
My Stars
My Stars (1926)
Leading Lizzie Astray
Leading Lizzie Astray (1914)
Windy Riley Goes Hollywood
Windy Riley Goes Hollywood (1931)
Special Delivery
Special Delivery (1927)
Curses
Curses (1925)
Miss Fatty's Seaside Lovers
Miss Fatty's Seaside Lovers (1915)
Bridge Wives
Bridge Wives (1932)
Fatty’s Reckless Fling
Fatty’s Reckless Fling (1915)
The Lure of Hollywood
The Lure of Hollywood (1931)
Three Hollywood Girls
Three Hollywood Girls (1931)
Hollywood Lights
Hollywood Lights (1932)
Fool's Luck
Fool's Luck (1926)
Lovemania
Lovemania (1924)
His First Car
His First Car (1924)
A Country Hero
A Country Hero (1917)
When Love Took Wings
When Love Took Wings (1915)
Fatty and Minnie He-Haw
Fatty and Minnie He-Haw (1914)
Mabel and Fatty Viewing the World's Fair at San Francisco
Mabel and Fatty Viewing the World's Fair at San Francisco (1915)
Cleaning Up
Cleaning Up (1925)
Home Cured
Home Cured (1926)
That's My Line
That's My Line (1931)
A Desert Hero
A Desert Hero (1919)
Stupid, but Brave
Stupid, but Brave (1924)
Niagara Falls
Niagara Falls (1932)
It's a Cinch
It's a Cinch (1932)
Camping Out
Camping Out (1919)
The Sheriff
The Sheriff (1918)
The Fighting Dude
The Fighting Dude (1925)
The Tourist
The Tourist (1925)
The Water Dog
The Water Dog (1914)
His Private Life
His Private Life (1926)
A Village Scandal
A Village Scandal (1915)
Zip, the Dodger
Zip, the Dodger (1914)
Dynamite Doggie
Dynamite Doggie (1925)
Bright Lights
Bright Lights (1916)
The Alarm
The Alarm (1914)
Fickle Fatty's Fall
Fickle Fatty's Fall (1915)
Fatty and the Broadway Stars
Fatty and the Broadway Stars (1915)
Queenie of Hollywood
Queenie of Hollywood (1931)
A Creampuff Romance
A Creampuff Romance (1916)

As Writer