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.
190 movies
A Brave Engineer: Buster Keaton's Last Ride
2026·0.0
Wonder Dogs! Canine Stars of the Silent Era (1898-1928)
2025·0.0
Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty
2020·8.0
Looking for Mabel Normand
2015·0.0
The Parrott Chase
2009·0.0
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
2007·4.3
Buster Keaton: From Silents to Shorts
2006·0.0
So Funny It Hurt: Buster Keaton & MGM
2004·7.5
Chaplin Today: The Gold Rush
2003·5.3
Murders of Hollywood
2003·5.0
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995·8.0
The Casting Couch
1995·8.3
The Chaplin Puzzle
1992·10.0
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
1988·0.0
Crazy Days
1962·5.8
Days of Thrills and Laughter
1961·6.0
When Comedy Was King
1960·6.5
Happy Times and Jolly Moments
1943·7.5
Tomalio
1933·5.5
In the Dough
1933·6.5
Close Relations
1933·7.0
How've You Bean?
1933·8.0
Buzzin' Around
1933·6.6
Hey, Pop!
1932·9.0
Stars of Yesterday
1931·9.0
Character Studies
1927·6.2
Listen Lena
1927·7.0
My Stars
1926·6.3
Go West
1925·6.9
Leap Year
1924·5.2
Hollywood
1923·9.0
The Fast Freight
1922·10.0
Crazy to Marry
1921·7.8
Gasoline Gus
1921·8.0
Traveling Salesman
1921·8.0
The Dollar-a-Year Man
1921·7.0
Screen Snapshots (Series 1, No. 20)
1921·0.0
Brewster's Millions
1921·6.5
The Life of the Party
1920·5.6
The Round-Up
1920·6.3
The Garage
1920·6.1
The Hayseed
1919·5.9
Back Stage
1919·6.3
A Desert Hero
1919·7.0
The Bank Clerk
1919·0.0
Love
1919·5.9
The Pullman Porter
1919·0.0
Camping Out
1919·5.0
The Sheriff
1918·10.0
A Scrap of Paper
1918·6.7
The Cook
1918·6.3
Good Night, Nurse!
1918·5.7
Moonshine
1918·5.6
The Bell Boy
1918·6.4
Out West
1918·6.0
A Country Hero
1917·5.5
Coney Island
1917·5.9
Oh, Doctor!
1917·5.5
The Late Lamented
1917·0.0
His Wedding Night
1917·5.5
The Rough House
1917·5.5
A Reckless Romeo
1917·5.4
The Butcher Boy
1917·6.1
A Creampuff Romance
1916·0.0
The Waiters' Ball
1916·6.1
The Other Man
1916·0.0
His Wife's Mistakes
1916·5.2
Bright Lights
1916·0.0
He Did and He Didn’t
1916·6.0
Fatty and Mabel Adrift
1916·6.0
Fatty and the Broadway Stars
1915·0.0
A Village Scandal
1915·0.0
Fickle Fatty's Fall
1915·0.0
Fatty's Tintype Tangle
1915·5.7
Fatty’s Plucky Pup
1915·5.6
The Little Teacher
1915·5.7
Miss Fatty's Seaside Lovers
1915·4.5
Mabel’s Wilful Way
1915·4.9
Mabel and Fatty Viewing the World's Fair at San Francisco
1915·5.5
Wished on Mabel
1915·5.3
When Love Took Wings
1915·4.8
Fatty’s Faithful Fido
1915·5.7
That Little Band Of Gold
1915·5.1
Fatty’s Chance Acquaintance
1915·5.4
Fatty’s Reckless Fling
1915·4.7
A Glimpse of the San Diego Exposition
1915·6.5
Hogan's Romance Upset
1915·5.0
Mabel and Fatty’s Married Life
1915·4.9
Fatty's New Role
1915·5.1
Fatty and Mabel at the San Diego Exposition
1915·5.8
Mabel, Fatty and the Law
1915·3.9
Fatty and Mabel’s Simple Life
1915·5.3
Mabel and Fatty's Wash Day
1915·5.4
Fatty and Minnie He-Haw
1914·5.3
Fatty's Magic Pants
1914·5.5
Shotguns That Kick
1914·0.0
Leading Lizzie Astray
1914·4.4
The Sea Nymphs
1914·0.0
Fatty's Wine Party
1914·0.0
Fatty's Jonah Day
1914·4.5
An Incompetent Hero
1914·0.0
Lovers' Post Office
1914·0.0
Zip, the Dodger
1914·0.0
Their Ups and Downs
1914·0.0
Fatty Again
1914·0.0
Fatty's Debut
1914·0.0
Bombs and Bangs
1914·0.0
Lover's Luck
1914·3.9
The Rounders
1914·6.1
A Brand New Hero
1914·0.0
The Baggage Smasher
1914·0.0
His New Profession
1914·5.9
The Masquerader
1914·5.7
Fatty's Gift
1914·0.0
Caught in a Flue
1914·0.0
Those Country Kids
1914·4.1
That Minstrel Man
1914·0.0
Those Happy Days
1914·0.0
The Sky Pirate
1914·0.0
A Rowboat Romance
1914·0.0
Love and Bullets
1914·0.0
Fatty's Finish
1914·0.0
Fatty and the Heiress
1914·0.0
The Knockout
1914·5.8
Our Country Cousin
1914·0.0
The Alarm
1914·0.0
A Suspended Ordeal
1914·0.0
Where Hazel Met the Villain
1914·10.0
A Bath House Beauty
1914·9.0
The Chicken Chaser
1914·0.0
Barnyard Flirtations
1914·0.0
A Rural Demon
1914·0.0
His Favorite Pastime
1914·5.3
Tango Tangles
1914·5.2
A Film Johnnie
1914·5.5
Twixt Love and Fire
1914·9.0
A Robust Romeo
1914·0.0
The Water Dog
1914·5.0
Making a Living
1914·5.7
Rebecca's Wedding Day
1914·0.0
In the Clutches of the Gang
1914·0.0
A Flirt's Mistake
1914·5.3
The Under-Sheriff
1914·0.0
How Old Are You?
1914·0.0
Fatty's Wild Night
1914·0.0
A Misplaced Foot
1914·0.0
He Would a Hunting Go
1913·0.0
Some Nerve
1913·0.0
Fatty's Flirtation
1913·0.0
His Sister's Kids
1913·10.0
A Ride for a Bride
1913·7.0
The Woman Haters
1913·0.0
Fatty Joins the Force
1913·5.3
Wine
1913·10.0
A Small Time Act
1913·0.0
The Milk We Drink
1913·10.0
Fatty at San Diego
1913·0.0
The Speed Kings
1913·4.6
A Quiet Little Wedding
1913·0.0
Two Old Tars
1913·8.0
Mother's Boy
1913·0.0
When Dreams Come True
1913·0.0
The Fatal Taxicab
1913·0.0
The Gypsy Queen
1913·0.0
Mabel's Dramatic Career
1913·5.6
Fatty's Day Off
1913·6.0
Mabel's New Hero
1913·5.1
Almost a Rescue
1913·7.0
The Riot
1913·0.0
Professor Bean's Removal
1913·0.0
Love and Courage
1913·0.0
A Noise from the Deep
1913·5.5
Love and Rubbish
1913·4.5
The Telltale Light
1913·0.0
Safe in Jail
1913·8.0
Rastus and the Game Cock
1913·0.0
For the Love of Mabel
1913·0.0
Peeping Pete
1913·6.0
A Bandit
1913·5.5
The Waiters' Picnic
1913·5.0
Passions, He Had Three
1913·0.0
Help! Help! Hydrophobia!
1913·8.0
The Gangsters
1913·6.0
Alas! Poor Yorick!
1913·5.0
Murphy's I.O.U.
1913·0.0
A Voice from the Deep
1912·8.0
The Sanitarium
1910·5.3
Making It Pleasant for Him
1909·10.0
Mrs. Jones' Birthday
1909·9.5
Ben's Kid
1909·8.0