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Overview
Mini Biography:
Roscoe, one of nine children, was the baby of the family who weighed a... moreTrivia:
In 1924, he hired Bob Hope as a "cheap act" for his traveling vaudeville show... moreAwards:
1 win moreAlternate Names:
'Fatty' Arbuckle | Fatty Arbuckle | Roscoe Arbuckle | William GoodrichUS TV Schedule:
| Mon. July 21 | 12:00 AM | TCM | Leap Year | |||
| Mon. July 21 | 1:00 AM | TCM | Fatty and Mabel's Simple Life | more |
Filmography
Actor:
- Tomalio (1933) .... Wilbur
- Close Relations (1933) .... Wilbur Wart
... aka Big V Comedies (USA: series title) - How've You Bean? (1933) .... Abner
- Buzzin' Around (1933) .... Cornelius
- In the Dough (1932)
- Hey, Pop! (1932) .... Fatty, chef
- The Back Page (1931)
- Listen Lena (1927) (uncredited) (unconfirmed) .... Fat man with strategically covered face
- Go West (1925) (uncredited) .... Woman in department store
- A Sainted Devil (1924)
- Crazy to Marry (1921) .... Dr. Hobart Hupp
... aka Three Miles Out (USA) - Gasoline Gus (1921) .... Gasoline Gus
- Traveling Salesman (1921) .... Bob Blake
- The Dollar-a-Year Man (1921) .... Franklin Pinney
- Brewster's Millions (1921) .... Monte Brewster
- The Fast Freight (1921)
... aka Freight Prepaid
... aka Via Fast Freight - Leap Year (1921) .... Stanley Piper
... aka Skirt Shy - Life of the Party (1920) (as Roscoe Arbuckle) .... Algernon Leary
... aka The Life of the Party - The Round-Up (1920) .... Slim Hoover
- The Garage (1920) .... Mechanic/Fireman
... aka Fire Chief - The Hayseed (1919) .... Mailman
- Back Stage (1919) .... Stagehand
- A Desert Hero (1919) .... The Sheriff, the Desert Hero
- The Bank Clerk (1919)
- Love (1919) .... Fatty
- The Pullman Porter (1919)
- Camping Out (1919)
- The Sheriff (1918/I) .... Cook
- The Cook (1918) .... Chef
- Good Night, Nurse! (1918) .... Fatty
- Moonshine (1918) .... Revenue Agent
- The Bell Boy (1918) .... Bellboy, barber
- Out West (1918) .... Train Rider, Bartender
... aka The Sheriff - A Scrap of Paper (1918) .... Fatty
- A Country Hero (1917) .... Village Blacksmith
- Coney Island (1917) .... Fatty
... aka Fatty at Coney Island - Oh Doctor! (1917) .... Dr. Fatty Holepoke
- The Late Lamented (1917) (unconfirmed) .... Cameo Appearance
- His Wedding Night (1917) .... Drugstore soda clerk
- The Rough House (1917) .... Mr Rough
- A Reckless Romeo (1917) .... Husband
... aka A Creampuff Romance (USA) - The Butcher Boy (1917) (as 'Fatty' Arbuckle) .... Fatty / Saccharine
- A Creampuff Romance (1916)
... aka His Alibi - The Waiters' Ball (1916) .... The Cook
- The Other Man (1916) (as Roscoe Arbuckle)
- His Wife's Mistakes (1916)
... aka His Wife's Mistake (USA)
... aka His Wife's Mistress - Bright Lights (1916)
... aka The Lure of Broadway - He Did and He Didn't (1916/I) .... The Doctor
- Fatty and Mabel Adrift (1916) .... Fatty
... aka Concrete Biscuits (USA: 8mm release title) - Fatty and the Broadway Stars (1915) .... Fatty - Studio janitor
- A Village Scandal (1915) .... Fatty
- Fickle Fatty's Fall (1915)
- Fatty's Tintype Tangle (1915) .... Fatty
... aka Fido's Tintype Tangle - Fatty's Plucky Pup (1915) (uncredited) .... Fatty
... aka Foiled by Fido - The Little Teacher (1915) .... Fat Student
... aka A Small Town Bully - Miss Fatty's Seaside Lovers (1915) .... Finnegan's Daughter
- Mabel's Wilful Way (1915) .... Fatty
- When Love Took Wings (1915) .... Reckless Fatty
- Fatty's Faithful Fido (1915) .... Fatty
... aka Fatty's Fatal Fido (USA) - Wished on Mabel (1915) .... Fatty
- That Little Band of Gold (1915) .... Hubby
... aka For Better or Worse - Fatty's Chance Acquaintance (1915) .... Fatty
- Fatty's Reckless Fling (1915) .... Fatty
- Hogan's Romance Upset (1915) (uncredited) .... Fight Spectator
- Mabel and Fatty's Married Life (1915) (uncredited) .... Fatty - Her Husband
- Fatty's New Role (1915) (uncredited) .... Hobo
- Mabel, Fatty and the Law (1915) .... Fatty
... aka Fatty's Spooning Day
... aka Fatty, Mabel and the Law (USA) - Fatty and Mabel at the San Diego Exposition (1915) .... Fatty
- Mabel and Fatty's Simple Life (1915) .... Roscoe
... aka Fatty and Mabel's Simple Life - Mabel and Fatty's Wash Day (1915) .... Fatty
- Rum and Wall Paper (1915)
- Fatty and Minnie He-Haw (1914) .... Fatty
- Fatty's Magic Pants (1914) .... Fatty
... aka Fatty's Suitless Day - Shotguns That Kick (1914)
- Leading Lizzie Astray (1914) .... A Farm Boy
- Among the Mourners (1914)
- The Sea Nymphs (1914)
... aka His Diving Beauty - Fatty's Wine Party (1914)
- Fatty's Jonah Day (1914)
... aka Fatty's Hoodoo Day (USA) - An Incompetent Hero (1914)
- Lovers' Post Office (1914)
- Zip, the Dodger (1914)
- Their Ups and Downs (1914/I)
- Fatty Again (1914)
... aka Fatty the Fourflusher - Killing Horace (1914)
... aka Killing Hearts (USA) - Fatty's Debut (1914)
... aka Fatty Butts In - Lover's Luck (1914) .... Fatty
- The Rounders (1914) .... Charlie's Neighbor
... aka Going Down (USA)
... aka Oh, What a Night (USA)
... aka Revelry
... aka The Love Thief (USA)
... aka Tip, Tap, Toe (USA)
... aka Two of a Kind - A Brand New Hero (1914)
- The Baggage Smasher (1914)
- His New Profession (1914) .... Bartender smoking cigar
... aka Helping Himself
... aka The Good for Nothing - The Masquerader (1914/I) .... Film Actor
... aka Putting One Over
... aka The Female
... aka The Female Impersonator (USA)
... aka The Perfumed Lady (USA)
... aka The Picnic (USA) - Fatty's Gift (1914)
- Caught in a Flue (1914)
- Those Country Kids (1914)
- That Minstrel Man (1914)
- Those Happy Days (1914)
- The Sky Pirate (1914)
- A Rowboat Romance (1914)
- Love and Bullets (1914)
... aka The Trouble Mender - Fatty's Finish (1914)
- Fatty and the Heiress (1914)
- The Knockout (1914) .... Pug
... aka Counted Out
... aka The Pugilist - Our Country Cousin (1914)
- The Alarm (1914)
... aka Fireman's Picnic (USA) - The Water Dog (1914)
... aka Fatty's Streak of Yellow (USA: reissue title)
... aka The Rescue (USA) - A Suspended Ordeal (1914)
- Where Hazel Met the Villain (1914)
- A Bath House Beauty (1914)
- Chicken Chaser (1914)
... aka New Yard Lovers (USA) - Barnyard Flirtations (1914)
- A Rural Demon (1914)
... aka The Rival Demon (USA) - His Favorite Pastime (1914) .... Shabby drunk
... aka Charlie Is Thirsty (USA)
... aka Charlie's Reckless Fling (USA)
... aka The Bonehead
... aka The Reckless Fling (USA) - Tango Tangles (1914) .... Clarinettist
... aka Charlie's Recreation
... aka Music Hall - Twixt Love and Fire (1914)
- A Robust Romeo (1914)
- Rebecca's Wedding Day (1914)
- In the Clutches of the Gang (1914)
- A Flirt's Mistake (1914) .... The Husband
- The Under-Sheriff (1914)
- A Misplaced Foot (1914)
- He Would a Hunting Go (1913)
- Some Nerve (1913)
- His Sister's Kids (1913)
- Fatty's Flirtation (1913)
- A Ride for a Bride (1913)
- The Woman Haters (1913)
- Fatty Joins the Force (1913) .... Fatty
- Wine (1913)
... aka Wine Making (USA) - Fatty at San Diego (1913) .... Fatty
- The Speed Kings (1913) .... Race track official
- A Quiet Little Wedding (1913)
- Two Old Tars (1913)
... aka The Sea Dogs (USA) - Mother's Boy (1913)
- When Dreams Come True (1913/I)
- The Faithful Taxicab (1913)
... aka The Fatal Taxicab - The Gypsy Queen (1913)
- Mabel's Dramatic Career (1913) .... Man in cinema audience
... aka Her Dramatic Debut - Fatty's Day Off (1913)
- Mabel's New Hero (1913)
... aka Fatty and the Bathing Beauties (USA)
... aka Fatty's Bathing Beauties (USA)
... aka Fatty's Bathing Cuties (USA) - The Riot (1913/I)
- Almost a Rescue (1913) .... Jimmie
- Professor Bean's Removal (1913)
- Love and Courage (1913)
- A Noise from the Deep (1913)
- The Telltale Light (1913)
- Safe in Jail (1913)
- For the Love of Mabel (1913)
- A Bandit (1913)
- Peeping Pete (1913) .... Pete's wife
- The Waiters' Picnic (1913)
- Help! Help! Hydrophobia! (1913) .... Jim Brown
- Passions, He Had Three (1913) .... Henry
... aka He Had Three (USA) - The Gangsters (1913)
- The Foreman of the Jury (1913)
- That Ragtime Band (1913)
... aka The Jazz Band
... aka The Jazz Band Leader (USA: reissue title) - The Bangville Police (1913) (unconfirmed) .... Policeman
... aka Farce Comedy (USA: subtitle) - Alas! Poor Yorick! (1913) (as Roscoe Arbuckle)
- Murphy's I.O.U. (1913)
- A Voice from the Deep (1912)
- The Sanitarium (1910) (as Roscoe Arbuckle)
- Making It Pleasant for Him (1909) (as Roscoe Arbuckle)
- Mrs. Jones' Birthday (1909) (as Roscoe Arbuckle)
- Ben's Kid (1909) (as Roscoe Arbuckle)
Director:
- Niagara Falls (1932) (as William Goodrich)
- Gigolettes (1932) (as William Goodrich)
- Hollywood Lights (1932) (as William Goodrich)
- Hollywood Luck (1932) (as William Goodrich)
- Bridge Wives (1932) (as William Goodrich)
- Anybody's Goat (1932) (as William Goodrich)
- Keep Laughing (1932) (as William Goodrich)
- Moonlight and Cactus (1932) (as William Goodrich)
- It's a Cinch (1932) (as William Goodrich)
- Smart Work (1931) (as William Goodrich)
- Idle Roomers (1931) (as William Goodrich)
- The Tamale Vendor (1931) (as William Goodrich)
- Once a Hero (1931) (as William Goodrich)
- Queenie of Hollywood (1931) (as William Goodrich)
- One Quiet Night (1931) (as William Goodrich)
- That's My Meat (1931) (as William Goodrich)
- Take 'em and Shake 'em (1931) (as William Goodrich)
- Beach Pajamas (1931) (as William Goodrich)
... aka Traveling Man #2: Beach Pajamas (USA: series title) - Up Pops the Duke (1931) (as William Goodrich)
- Honeymoon Trio (1931) (as William Goodrich)
- That's My Line (1931) (as William Goodrich)
... aka Traveling Man #1: That's My Line (USA: series title) - The Lure of Hollywood (1931) (as William Goodrich)
- The Back Page (1931) (as William Goodrich)
- Windy Riley Goes Hollywood (1931) (as William Goodrich)
... aka The Gas Bag (UK) - Crashing Hollywood (1931) (as William Goodrich)
- Ex-Plumber (1931)
- Pete and Repeat (1931) (as William Goodrich)
- Marriage Rows (1931) (as William Goodrich)
- Three Hollywood Girls (1931) (as William Goodrich)
- Up a Tree (1930) (as William Goodrich)
- Won by a Neck (1930) (as William Goodrich)
- Si Si Senor (1930) (as William Goodrich)
- Special Delivery (1927) (as William Goodrich)
- Peaceful Oscar (1927) (as William Goodrich)
- The Red Mill (1927) (as William Goodrich)
- One Sunday Morning (1926)
- His Private Life (1926) (as William Goodrich)
- Fool's Luck (1926) (as William Goodrich)
- Home Cured (1926) (as William Goodrich)
- My Stars (1926) (as William Goodrich)
- The Fighting Dude (1925) (as William Goodrich)
- Cleaning Up (1925) (as William Goodrich)
- The Movies (1925) (as William Goodrich)
- The Tourist (1925) (as William Goodrich)
- Curses! (1925) (unconfirmed)
- The Iron Mule (1925) (as William Goodrich)
- Stupid, But Brave (1924) (as William Goodrich)
- Special Delivery (1922) (uncredited)
- Leap Year (1921)
... aka Skirt Shy - The Garage (1920)
... aka Fire Chief - The Hayseed (1919)
- Back Stage (1919)
- A Desert Hero (1919)
- The Bank Clerk (1919)
- Love (1919)
- The Pullman Porter (1919)
- Camping Out (1919)
- The Sheriff (1918/I)
- The Cook (1918)
- Good Night, Nurse! (1918)
- Moonshine (1918)
- The Bell Boy (1918)
- Out West (1918)
... aka The Sheriff - A Scrap of Paper (1918)
- A Country Hero (1917)
- Coney Island (1917) (uncredited)
... aka Fatty at Coney Island - Oh Doctor! (1917)
- His Wedding Night (1917)
- The Rough House (1917)
- A Reckless Romeo (1917)
... aka A Creampuff Romance (USA) - The Butcher Boy (1917)
- A Creampuff Romance (1916)
... aka His Alibi - The Waiters' Ball (1916)
- The Moonshiners (1916)
- His Wife's Mistakes (1916)
... aka His Wife's Mistake (USA)
... aka His Wife's Mistress - Bright Lights (1916)
... aka The Lure of Broadway - He Did and He Didn't (1916/I)
- Fatty and Mabel Adrift (1916)
... aka Concrete Biscuits (USA: 8mm release title) - Fatty and the Broadway Stars (1915)
- A Village Scandal (1915)
- Fickle Fatty's Fall (1915)
- Fatty's Tintype Tangle (1915)
... aka Fido's Tintype Tangle - Fatty's Plucky Pup (1915) (uncredited)
... aka Foiled by Fido - Miss Fatty's Seaside Lovers (1915)
- Mabel and Fatty Viewing the World's Fair at San Francisco (1915)
- When Love Took Wings (1915)
- Fatty's Faithful Fido (1915)
... aka Fatty's Fatal Fido (USA) - That Little Band of Gold (1915)
... aka For Better or Worse - Fatty's Chance Acquaintance (1915)
- Fatty's Reckless Fling (1915)
- Mabel and Fatty's Married Life (1915) (uncredited)
- Fatty's New Role (1915) (uncredited)
- Mabel, Fatty and the Law (1915)
... aka Fatty's Spooning Day
... aka Fatty, Mabel and the Law (USA) - Fatty and Mabel at the San Diego Exposition (1915)
- Mabel and Fatty's Simple Life (1915)
... aka Fatty and Mabel's Simple Life - Mabel and Fatty's Wash Day (1915)
- Fatty and Minnie He-Haw (1914)
- Fatty's Magic Pants (1914)
... aka Fatty's Suitless Day - Shotguns That Kick (1914)
- Leading Lizzie Astray (1914)
- The Sea Nymphs (1914)
... aka His Diving Beauty - Fatty's Wine Party (1914)
- Fatty's Jonah Day (1914)
... aka Fatty's Hoodoo Day (USA) - An Incompetent Hero (1914)
- Lovers' Post Office (1914)
- Zip, the Dodger (1914)
- Their Ups and Downs (1914/I)
- Fatty Again (1914)
... aka Fatty the Fourflusher - Fatty's Debut (1914)
... aka Fatty Butts In - Lover's Luck (1914)
- A Brand New Hero (1914)
- Fatty's Gift (1914)
- Those Country Kids (1914)
- That Minstrel Man (1914)
- Those Happy Days (1914)
- The Sky Pirate (1914)
- A Rowboat Romance (1914)
- Love and Bullets (1914)
... aka The Trouble Mender - Fatty's Finish (1914)
- Fatty and the Heiress (1914)
- The Alarm (1914)
... aka Fireman's Picnic (USA) - The Water Dog (1914)
... aka Fatty's Streak of Yellow (USA: reissue title)
... aka The Rescue (USA) - A Suspended Ordeal (1914)
- Where Hazel Met the Villain (1914)
- A Bath House Beauty (1914)
- Chicken Chaser (1914)
... aka New Yard Lovers (USA) - Barnyard Flirtations (1914)
Writer:
- Beach Pajamas (1931) (writer) (as William Goodrich)
... aka Traveling Man #2: Beach Pajamas (USA: series title) - That's My Line (1931) (writer) (as William Goodrich)
... aka Traveling Man #1: That's My Line (USA: series title) - Ex-Plumber (1931) (writer)
- Marriage Rows (1931) (story) (as William Goodrich)
- Up a Tree (1930) (story) (as William Goodrich)
- Half Shot at Sunrise (1930) (uncredited)
- The Cuckoos (1930) (uncredited)
- Match Play (1930) (story) (as William Goodrich)
- His Private Life (1926) (writer) (as William Goodrich)
- Fool's Luck (1926) (writer) (as William Goodrich)
- The Fighting Dude (1925) (writer) (as William Goodrich)
- The Movies (1925) (writer)
- Curses! (1925) (writer) (as William Goodrich)
- Daydreams (1922) (story) (uncredited)
- A Desert Hero (1919) (writer)
- The Bank Clerk (1919) (writer)
- Love (1919) (writer)
- The Pullman Porter (1919) (writer)
- Camping Out (1919) (writer)
- The Sheriff (1918/I) (writer)
- The Cook (1918) (story)
- Good Night, Nurse! (1918) (story)
- Moonshine (1918) (screenplay) (story)
- The Bell Boy (1918) (screenplay) (story)
- Out West (1918) (writer)
... aka The Sheriff - A Country Hero (1917) (story)
- Coney Island (1917) (story) (uncredited)
... aka Fatty at Coney Island - His Wedding Night (1917) (story)
- The Rough House (1917) (story)
- A Reckless Romeo (1917) (story)
... aka A Creampuff Romance (USA) - The Butcher Boy (1917) (story)
- He Did and He Didn't (1916/I) (writer)
- Fatty and Mabel Adrift (1916) (writer)
... aka Concrete Biscuits (USA: 8mm release title) - The Alarm (1914) (writer)
... aka Fireman's Picnic (USA)
Composer:
- Honeymoon Zeppelin (1930)
Self:
- Stars of Yesterday (1931) .... Himself
- Character Studies (1927) (uncredited) .... Himself
... aka Carter DeHaven in Character Studies (USA) - Hollywood (1923) .... Himself, Cameo appearance
... aka Joligud - Charlie's Life (1916) .... Various
- Mabel and Fatty Viewing the World's Fair at San Francisco (1915) .... Himself
- A Glimpse of the San Diego Exposition (1915) (uncredited) .... Himself
- A Film Johnnie (1914) .... Himself, Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle
... aka Charlie at the Studio
... aka Charlie the Actor (USA)
... aka Film Johnny (UK)
... aka Million Dollar Job
... aka Movie Nut
Archive Footage:
- Old Hollywood: Silent Stars, Deadly Secrets (2007) (TV) (uncredited) .... Various Characters
- Buster Keaton: From Silents to Shorts (2006) (V)
- Cineastas contra magnates (2005) (uncredited)
- The Forgotten Films of Roscoe Fatty Arbuckle (2005) (V)
- So Funny It Hurt: Buster Keaton & MGM (2004) (TV) .... Himself
- Chaplin Today: The Gold Rush (2003) (TV)
- Buster Keaton and Fatty Roscoe Arbuckle (2002) (TV) .... Himself
- The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies (1995) (TV) .... Himself
- The Casting Couch (1995) (V)
- The Three Stooges 60th Anniversary Special (1990) (TV)
-
"Biography"
- Fatty Arbuckle: Betrayed by Hollywood (????) TV episode .... Himself - "Hollywood" (1980)
- The Golden Age of Buster Keaton (1975)
- The Great Stone Face (1968) (uncredited) .... Fatty
- The Funniest Man in the World (1967)
- Days of Thrills and Laughter (1961) (as Fatty Arbuckle) .... Himself, film clip
- When Comedy Was King (1960) (as Fatty Arbuckle) .... edited from 'fatty & mabel adrift'
- Screen Snapshots: Memories of Famous Hollywood Comedians (1952)
- ¡Qué tiempos aquéllos! (1951)
- Flicker Flashbacks No. 1, Series 1 (1943) .... edited from 'Leading Lizzie Astray'
- Happy Times and Jolly Moments (1943) (uncredited)
- Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 4 (1935) .... Himself
- Movie Memories (1935) .... Himself
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