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 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.
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Filmography
Acting Credits (188)
Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty
archive footage
2020
Buster Keaton: The Shorts Collection 1917-1923
2016
Looking for Mabel Normand
Self (archive footage)
2015
The Parrott Chase
Himself - archival footage
2009
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
Self (archive footage)
2007