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Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle (1887–1933)


Roscoe Arbuckle, one of nine children, was the baby of the family who weighed a reported 16 pounds at birth. Born in Smith Center, Kansas, on March 24, 1887, his family moved to California when he was a year old. At age eight he appeared on the stage. His first part was with the Webster-Brown Stock Company... See full bio »

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Filmography

Hide HideActor (163 titles)
1933 Tomalio (short)
Wilbur
 
1933 In the Dough (short)
Slim
 
1933 Close Relations (short)
Wilbur Wart
 
1933 How've You Bean? (short)
Abner
 
1933 Buzzin' Around (short)
Cornelius
 
1932 Hey, Pop! (short)
Fatty/Chef
 
1931 The Back Page (short)
 
1927 Listen Lena (short)
Fat man with strategically covered face (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
 
1925 Go West
Woman in Department Store (uncredited)
 
1924 Leap Year
Stanley Piper (as Roscoe {Fatty} Arbuckle)
 
1921 Crazy to Marry
Dr. Hobart Hupp
 
1921 Gasoline Gus
Gasoline Gus
 
1921 Traveling Salesman
Bob Blake
 
1921 The Dollar-a-Year Man
Franklin Pinney
 
1920 Life of the Party
Algernon Leary (as Roscoe Arbuckle)
 
1920 The Round-Up
Slim Hoover
 
1920 The Garage (short)
Fatty - Mechanic / Fireman / Dog Catcher
 
1919 The Hayseed (short)
Mailman
 
1919 Back Stage (short)
Stagehand
 
1919 A Desert Hero (short)
The Sheriff, the Desert Hero
 
1919 The Bank Clerk (short)
 
1919 Love (short)
Fatty
 
1919 The Pullman Porter (short)
 
1919 Camping Out (short)
 
1918 The Sheriff (short)
Cook
 
1918 The Cook (short)
Chef
 
1918 Good Night, Nurse! (short)
Fatty
 
1918 Moonshine (short)
Revenue Agent
 
1918 The Bell Boy (short)
Bellboy, barber
 
1918 Out West (short)
Train Rider, Bartender
 
1918 A Scrap of Paper (short)
Fatty
 
1917 A Country Hero (short)
Village Blacksmith
 
1917 Coney Island (short)
Fatty
 
1917 Oh Doctor! (short)
Dr. Fatty Holepoke
 
1917 The Late Lamented (short)
Cameo Appearance (unconfirmed)
 
1917 His Wedding Night (short)
Drugstore soda clerk
 
1917 The Rough House (short)
Mr Rough
 
1917 A Reckless Romeo (short)
Husband
 
1917 The Butcher Boy (short)
Fatty (as 'Fatty' Arbuckle) / Saccharine (as 'Fatty' Arbuckle)
 
1916 A Creampuff Romance (short)
 
1916 The Waiters' Ball (short)
The Cook
 
1916 The Other Man (short) (as Roscoe Arbuckle)
 
1916 His Wife's Mistakes (short)
 
1916 Bright Lights (short)
 
1916/I He Did and He Didn't (short)
The Doctor (as Roscoe Arbuckle)
 
1916 Fatty and Mabel Adrift (short)
Fatty
 
1915 Fatty and the Broadway Stars (short)
Fatty - Studio janitor
 
1915 A Village Scandal (short)
Eddie - the Country Boy
 
1915 Fickle Fatty's Fall (short)
Fatty
 
1915 Fatty's Tintype Tangle (short)
Fatty
 
1915 Fatty's Plucky Pup (short)
Fatty
 
1915 The Little Teacher (short)
Fat Unruly Student
 
1915 Miss Fatty's Seaside Lovers (short)
Finnegan's Daughter
 
1915 Mabel's Wilful Way (short)
Fatty
 
1915 Wished on Mabel (short)
Fatty
 
1915 When Love Took Wings (short)
Reckless Fatty
 
1915 Fatty's Faithful Fido (short)
Fatty
 
1915 That Little Band of Gold (short)
Fatty - the Husband
 
1915 Fatty's Reckless Fling (short)
Fatty
 
1915 Hogan's Romance Upset (short)
Ringside Fight Spectator (uncredited)
 
1915 Mabel and Fatty's Married Life (short)
Fatty - Mabel's Husband
 
1915 Fatty's New Role (short)
Fatty
 
1915 Fatty and Mabel's Simple Life (short)
Roscoe
 
1914 Fatty and Minnie He-Haw (short)
Fatty
 
1914 Fatty's Magic Pants (short)
Fatty
 
1914 Shotguns That Kick (short)
Fatty
 
1914 Leading Lizzie Astray (short)
Fatty - a Farm Boy
 
1914 The Sea Nymphs (short)
Fatty
 
1914 Fatty's Wine Party (short)
Fatty
 
1914 Fatty's Jonah Day (short)
Fatty
 
1914 An Incompetent Hero (short)
Fatty
 
1914 Lovers' Post Office (short)
Fatty
 
1914 Zip, the Dodger (short)
Zip
 
1914/I Their Ups and Downs (short)
Fatty
 
1914 Fatty Again (short)
Fatty Felix
 
1914 Fatty's Debut (short)
Fatty
 
1914 Lover's Luck (short)
Fatty
 
1914 Bombs and Bangs (short)
The Farmer's Daughter
 
1914 The Rounders (short)
2nd Reveller - Charlie's Neighbor
 
1914 A Brand New Hero (short)
The Tramp
 
1914 The Baggage Smasher (short) (unconfirmed)
 
1914 His New Profession (short)
Bartender Smoking Cigar
 
1914/I The Masquerader (short)
Film Actor
 
1914 Fatty's Gift (short)
Fatty
 
1914 Caught in a Flue (short) (unconfirmed)
 
1914 Those Country Kids (short)
Fatty
 
1914 That Minstrel Man (short)
Belle
 
1914 Those Happy Days (short)
Fatty
 
1914 The Sky Pirate (short)
The Heiress
 
1914 A Rowboat Romance (short) (unconfirmed)
 
1914 Love and Bullets (short)
Film Actor (uncredited)
 
1914 Fatty's Finish (short)
Fatty
 
1914 Fatty and the Heiress (short)
Fatty
 
1914 The Knockout (short)
Pug (uncredited)
 
1914 Our Country Cousins (short)
The Country Boy (unconfirmed)
 
1914 The Alarm (short)
 
1914 The Water Dog (short)
Fatty
 
1914 A Suspended Ordeal (short)
The Cop
 
1914 The Bowery Boys (short)
The Heroine
 
1914 Where Hazel Met the Villain (short)
Fatty
 
1914 A Bathing Beauty (short)
Fatty
 
1914 Chicken Chaser (short)
The Hired Man
 
1914 Barnyard Flirtations
The Cop
 
1914 The Rival Demon (short)
 
1914 His Favorite Pastime (short)
Shabby Drunk
 
1914 Tango Tangles (short)
Clarinettist
 
1914 Twixt Love and Fire (short)
The Iceman
 
1914 A Robust Romeo (short)
Fatty
 
1914 Rebecca's Wedding Day (short)
Rebecca
 
1914 In the Clutches of the Gang (short)
Cop (uncredited)
 
1914 A Flirt's Mistake (short)
Husband (uncredited)
 
1914 The Under-Sheriff (short)
The Under-Sheriff
 
1914 A Misplaced Foot (short)
Fatty
 
1913 He Would a Hunting Go (short)
Count Chicori
 
1913 Some Nerve (short)
The Jealous Man
 
1913 His Sister's Kids (short)
Dr. J. Jacobs
 
1913 Fatty's Flirtation (short)
Fatty
 
1913 A Ride for a Bride (short)
Fatty
 
1913 The Woman Haters (short)
1st Old Tar
 
1913 Fatty Joins the Force (short)
Fatty (uncredited)
 
1913 Wine (short)
The Waiter
 
1913 A Small Time Act (short)
Theatre Owner
 
1913 The Milk We Drink (short)
The Dairy Farmer
 
1913 Fatty at San Diego (short)
Fatty
 
1913 The Speed Kings (short)
Masher
 
1913 A Quiet Little Wedding (short)
Fatty
 
1913 Two Old Tars (short)
First Old Tar
 
1913 Mother's Boy (short)
Mother's Boy
 
1913/I When Dreams Come True (short)
The Man
 
1913 The Fatal Taxicab (short)
Mabel's Sweetheart
 
1913 The Gypsy Queen (short)
Fatty
 
1913 Mabel's Dramatic Career (short)
Man in Audience
 
1913 Fatty's Day Off (short)
Fatty
 
1913 Mabel's New Hero (short)
Fatty
 
1913/I The Riot (short)
Cohen - Jewish Neighborhood Leader
 
1913 Almost a Rescue (short)
Jimmie
 
1913 Professor Bean's Removal (short)
Man with Moustache
 
1913 Love and Courage (short)
The Country Boy
 
1913 A Noise from the Deep (short)
Bob
 
1913 Love and Rubbish (short)
Fat Boy
 
1913 The Telltale Light (short)
Tom aka Fatty
 
1913 Safe in Jail (short)
Neighbor Woman
 
1913 Rastus and the Game Cock (short)
Spectator (uncredited)
 
1913 For the Love of Mabel (short)
Suitor
 
1913 A Bandit (short)
Bully
 
1913 Peeping Pete (short)
Pete's Wife
 
1913 The Waiters' Picnic (short)
Oscar - the Waiter
 
1913 Help! Help! Hydrophobia! (short)
Jim Brown
 
1913 Passions, He Had Three (short)
Henry
 
1913 The Gangsters (short)
Cop (uncredited)
 
1913 Alas! Poor Yorick! (short)
As player in female costume (as Roscoe Arbuckle)
 
1913 Murphy's I.O.U. (short) (unconfirmed - uncredited)
 
1912 A Voice from the Deep (short)
 
1910 The Sanitarium
Charley Wise (as Roscoe Arbuckle)
 
1909 Making It Pleasant for Him (short) (as Roscoe Arbuckle)
 
1909 Mrs. Jones' Birthday (short) (as Roscoe Arbuckle)
 
1909 Ben's Kid (short) (as Roscoe Arbuckle)
 
Show ShowDirector (130 titles)
1932 Niagara Falls (short) (as William Goodrich)
 
1932 Gigolettes (short) (as William Goodrich)
 
1932 Hollywood Lights (short) (as William Goodrich)
 
1932 Mother's Holiday (short) (as William Goodrich)
 
1932 Hollywood Luck (short) (as William Goodrich)
 
1932 Bridge Wives (short) (as William Goodrich)
 
1932 Anybody's Goat (as William Goodrich)
 
1932 Keep Laughing (short) (as William Goodrich)
 
1932 Moonlight and Cactus (short) (as William Goodrich)
 
1932 It's a Cinch (short) (as William Goodrich)
 
1931 Smart Work (short) (as William Goodrich)
 
1931 Idle Roomers (short) (as William Goodrich)
 
1931 The Tamale Vendor (short) (as William Goodrich)
 
1931 Once a Hero (short) (as William Goodrich)
 
1931 Queenie of Hollywood (short) (as William Goodrich)
 
1931 One Quiet Night (short) (as William Goodrich)
 
1931 That's My Meat (short) (as William Goodrich)
 
1931 Take 'em and Shake 'em (short) (as William Goodrich)
 
1931 Beach Pajamas (short) (as William Goodrich)
 
1931 Up Pops the Duke (short) (as William Goodrich)
 
1931 Honeymoon Trio (short) (as William Goodrich)
 
1931 That's My Line (short) (as William Goodrich)
 
1931 The Lure of Hollywood (short) (as William Goodrich)
 
1931 The Back Page (short) (as William Goodrich)
 
1931 Windy Riley Goes Hollywood (short) (as William Goodrich)
 
1931 Crashing Hollywood (short) (as William Goodrich)
 
1931 Ex-Plumber (short)
 
1931 Pete and Repeat (short) (as William Goodrich)
 
1931 Marriage Rows (short) (as William Goodrich)
 
1931 Three Hollywood Girls (short) (as William Goodrich)
 
1930 Up a Tree (short) (as William Goodrich)
 
1930 Won by a Neck (short) (as William Goodrich)
 
1930 Si Si Senor (short) (as William Goodrich)
 
1927 Special Delivery (as William Goodrich)
 
1927 Peaceful Oscar (short) (as William Goodrich)
 
1927 The Red Mill (as William Goodrich)
 
1926 One Sunday Morning (short)
 
1926 His Private Life (short) (as William Goodrich)
 
1926 Fool's Luck (short) (as William Goodrich)
 
1926 Home Cured (short) (as William Goodrich)
 
1926 My Stars (short) (uncredited)
 
1925 The Fighting Dude (short) (as William Goodrich)
 
1925 Cleaning Up (short) (as William Goodrich)
 
1925 The Movies (short) (as William Goodrich)
 
1925 The Tourist (short) (as William Goodrich)
 
1925 Curses (short) (as William Goodrich)
 
1925 The Iron Mule (short) (as William Goodrich)
 
1924 Stupid, But Brave (short) (as William Goodrich)
 
1924 Leap Year (uncredited)
 
1922 Special Delivery (short) (uncredited)
 
1920 The Garage (short)
 
1919 The Hayseed (short)
 
1919 Back Stage (short)
 
1919 A Desert Hero (short)
 
1919 The Bank Clerk (short)
 
1919 Love (short) (uncredited)
 
1919 The Pullman Porter (short)
 
1919 Camping Out (short)
 
1918 The Sheriff (short)
 
1918 The Cook (short)
 
1918 Good Night, Nurse! (short)
 
1918 Moonshine (short)
 
1918 The Bell Boy (short)
 
1918 Out West (short)
 
1918 A Scrap of Paper (short)
 
1917 A Country Hero (short)
 
1917 Coney Island (short) (uncredited)
 
1917 Oh Doctor! (short)
 
1917 His Wedding Night (short)
 
1917 The Rough House (short)
 
1917 A Reckless Romeo (short)
 
1917 The Butcher Boy (short)
 
1916 A Creampuff Romance (short)
 
1916 The Waiters' Ball (short) (as Roscoe Arbuckle)
 
1916 The Moonshiners (short)
 
1916 His Wife's Mistakes (short)
 
1916 Bright Lights (short)
 
1916/I He Did and He Didn't (short) (as Roscoe Arbuckle)
 
1916 Fatty and Mabel Adrift (short)
 
1915 A Village Scandal (short)
 
1915 Fickle Fatty's Fall (short)
 
1915 Fatty's Tintype Tangle (short)
 
1915 Fatty's Plucky Pup (short)
 
1915 Miss Fatty's Seaside Lovers (short)
 
1915 Mabel's Wilful Way (short)
 
1915 Wished on Mabel (short)
 
1915 When Love Took Wings (short)
 
1915 Fatty's Faithful Fido (short)
 
1915 That Little Band of Gold (short)
 
1915 Fatty's Chance Acquaintance (short)
 
1915 Fatty's Reckless Fling (short)
 
1915 Mabel and Fatty's Married Life (short) (uncredited)
 
1915 Fatty's New Role (short)
 
1915 Mabel, Fatty and the Law (short) (uncredited)
 
1915 Fatty and Mabel at the San Diego Exposition (short) (uncredited)
 
1915 Fatty and Mabel's Simple Life (short) (uncredited)
 
1915 Mabel and Fatty's Wash Day (short) (uncredited)
 
1914 Fatty and Minnie He-Haw (short) (uncredited)
 
1914 Fatty's Magic Pants (short) (uncredited)
 
1914 Shotguns That Kick (short) (uncredited)
 
1914 Leading Lizzie Astray (short) (uncredited)
 
1914 Fatty's Wine Party (short) (uncredited)
 
1914 Fatty's Jonah Day (short)
 
1914 An Incompetent Hero (short) (uncredited)
 
1914 Lovers' Post Office (short) (uncredited)
 
1914 Zip, the Dodger (short) (uncredited)
 
1914/I Their Ups and Downs (short) (uncredited)
 
1914 Fatty Again (short) (uncredited)
 
1914 Fatty's Debut (short) (uncredited)
 
1914 Lover's Luck (short) (uncredited)
 
1914 Bombs and Bangs (short) (uncredited)
 
1914 A Brand New Hero (short) (uncredited)
 
1914 Fatty's Gift (short)
 
1914 Those Country Kids (short) (uncredited)
 
1914 That Minstrel Man (short) (uncredited)
 
1914 Those Happy Days (short) (uncredited)
 
1914 The Sky Pirate (short) (uncredited)
 
1914 A Rowboat Romance (short)
 
1914 Love and Bullets (short) (unconfirmed - uncredited)
 
1914 Fatty's Finish (short) (uncredited)
 
1914 Fatty and the Heiress (short) (uncredited)
 
1914 The Alarm (short)
 
1914 The Water Dog (short)
 
1914 A Suspended Ordeal (short)
 
1914 Where Hazel Met the Villain (short)
 
1914 A Bathing Beauty (short)
 
1914 Chicken Chaser (short)
 
Show ShowWriter (36 titles)
1931 Beach Pajamas (short) (adaptation / as William Goodrich / story / as William Goodrich)
 
1931 That's My Line (short) (as William Goodrich)
 
1931 Ex-Plumber (short)
 
1931 Marriage Rows (short) (story / as William Goodrich)
 
1930 Up a Tree (short) (story / as William Goodrich)
 
1930 Half Shot at Sunrise (uncredited)
 
1930 The Cuckoos (uncredited)
 
1930 Match Play (short) (story / as William Goodrich)
 
1926 One Sunday Morning (short) (story / as William Goodrich)
 
1926 His Private Life (short) (story / as William Goodrich)
 
1926 Fool's Luck (short) (written by / as William Goodrich)
 
1926 My Stars (short) (written by - uncredited)
 
1925 The Fighting Dude (short) (as William Goodrich)
 
1925 The Movies (short) (written by / as William Goodrich)
 
1925 Curses (short) (written by / as William Goodrich)
 
1922 Day Dreams (short) (story - uncredited)
 
1919 A Desert Hero (short) (writer)
 
1919 The Bank Clerk (short) (writer)
 
1919 Love (short) (writer - uncredited)
 
1919 The Pullman Porter (short) (writer)
 
1919 Camping Out (short) (writer)
 
1918 The Sheriff (short)
 
1918 The Cook (short) (story)
 
1918 Good Night, Nurse! (short) (story)
 
1918 Moonshine (short) (screenplay / story)
 
1918 The Bell Boy (short) (screenplay / story)
 
1918 Out West (short) (writer)
 
1917 A Country Hero (short) (story)
 
1917 Coney Island (short) (story - uncredited)
 
1917 His Wedding Night (short) (story)
 
1917 The Rough House (short) (story)
 
1917 A Reckless Romeo (short) (story)
 
1917 The Butcher Boy (short) (story)
 
1916/I He Did and He Didn't (short) (uncredited)
 
1916 Fatty and Mabel Adrift (short)
 
1914 The Alarm (short)
 
Show ShowComposer (1 title)
1930 Honeymoon Zeppelin (short)
 
Show ShowSelf (9 titles)
1931 Stars of Yesterday (documentary short)
Himself
 
1927 Character Studies (short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1923 Hollywood
Himself
 
1921 Screen Snapshots, Series 2, No. 1-F (documentary short)
Himself
 
1916 Charlie's Life (documentary)
Various
 
1915 Mabel and Fatty Viewing the World's Fair at San Francisco (documentary short)
Himself
 
1915 A Glimpse of the San Diego Exposition (documentary short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1915 Fatty Arbuckle (documentary short)
Himself
 
1914 A Film Johnnie (short)
Himself, Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (32 titles)
2011 Birth of Hollywood (TV mini-series documentary)
 
2009 The Florence Henderson Show (TV series)
 
2007 City Confidential (TV series documentary)
 
2006 Buster Keaton: From Silents to Shorts (video documentary short)
 
2005 Censorship: Morgan's Creek vs. the Production Code (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2005 Filmmakers vs. Tycoons (documentary)
(uncredited)
 
2005 The Forgotten Films of Roscoe Fatty Arbuckle (video documentary)
 
2004 So Funny It Hurt: Buster Keaton & MGM (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2003 Chaplin Today: The Gold Rush (TV documentary short)
 
2002 Buster Keaton and Fatty Roscoe Arbuckle (TV documentary short)
Himself
 
2001 Slaphappy (TV series)
Himself (2001)
 
1998 Biography (TV series documentary)
 
1995 The Casting Couch (video documentary)
 
1992 Legends of Comedy (TV documentary)
 
1990 When the Applause Died (video documentary)
Himself
 
1988 Cinema Paradiso
Boxer (uncredited)
 
1980 Hollywood (TV mini-series documentary)
 
1980 Charlie Chaplin: The Little Tramp (TV documentary)
Actor Mentioned in Several Films
 
1975 The Golden Age of Buster Keaton (documentary)
 
1968 The Great Stone Face (documentary)
Fatty (uncredited)
 
1967 The Funniest Man in the World (documentary)
 
1961 Days of Thrills and Laughter (documentary)
Himself (as Fatty Arbuckle)
 
1960 When Comedy Was King (documentary)
edited from 'Fatty & Mabel Adrift' (as Fatty Arbuckle)
 
1951 ¡Qué tiempos aquéllos! (documentary)
 
1943 Flicker Flashbacks No. 1, Series 1 (short)
edited from 'Leading Lizzie Astray'
 
1943 Happy Times and Jolly Moments (short)
(uncredited)
 
1935 Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 4 (documentary short)
Himself
 
1934 Movie Memories (documentary short)
Himself
 

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Personal Details


Publicity Listings:

3 Biographical Movies  | 5 Print Biographies  | 1 Article  | See more »

Official Sites:

Official Site | See more »

Alternate Names:

'Fatty' Arbuckle | Fatty Arbuckle | Roscoe {Fatty} Arbuckle | Roscoe Arbuckle | William Goodrich

Height:

5' 10" (1.78 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

[during his sex-and-murder scandal in 1921] I don't understand it. One minute I'm the guy everybody loves, the next I'm the guy everybody loves to hate. See more »

Trivia:

An excellent breakdown of the rape/murder scandal is "Frame-Up!: the Untold Story of Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle", by Andy Edmonds. See more »

Trademark:

Remarkable agility and dexterity, especially for a man of his girth See more »

Nickname:

Fatty See more »

Star Sign:

Aries