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Roscoe Arbuckle

Acting · Born March 22, 1887 · 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.

Movies with Roscoe Arbuckle

• Bright Lights (1916) — Fatty
• The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies (1995) — Self (archive footage)
• Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty (2020) — archive footage
• Character Studies (1927) — Self (uncredited)
• The Alarm (1914)
• His Wife's Mistake (1916) — The Janitor
• The Knockout (1914) — Pug (uncredited)
• The Muppets Go to the Movies (1981) — Keystone Kop (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Wonder Dogs! Canine Stars of the Silent Era (1898-1928) (2025)
• Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema (2007) — Self (archive footage)
• Days of Thrills and Laughter (1961) — Self (archive footage)
• When Comedy Was King (1960) — (archive footage) (uncredited)