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Roscoe Arbuckle
Acting
22 Mar 1887
† 29 Jun 1933
Smith Center, Kansas, USA
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 mo...
Also Known As
'Fatty' Arbuckle, Fatty Arbuckle, Roscoe Arbuckle, William Goodrich, William B. Goodrich





















