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Roscoe Arbuckle

Roscoe Arbuckle

Known for ActingBorn 1887-03-22Died 1933-06-29Smith Center, Kansas, USA
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.Read more

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The Chaplin Puzzle10.0
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The Chaplin Puzzle

1992 · Movie

Marriage Rows
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Marriage Rows

1931 · Movie

The Back Page
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The Back Page

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That's My Line10.0
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1931 · Movie

The Tamale Vendor
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The Tamale Vendor

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Take 'em and Shake 'em
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1931 · Movie

Home Cured10.0
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Home Cured

1926 · Movie

The Fast Freight10.0
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The Fast Freight

1922 · Movie

The Sheriff10.0
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The Sheriff

1918 · Movie

Where Hazel Met the Villain
10.0
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Where Hazel Met the Villain

1914 · Movie

The Milk We Drink
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The Milk We Drink

1913 · Movie

Wine
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Wine

1913 · Movie

His Sister's Kids
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His Sister's Kids

1913 · Movie

Making It Pleasant for Him
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Making It Pleasant for Him

1909 · Movie

Mrs. Jones' Birthday9.5
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Mrs. Jones' Birthday

1909 · Movie

Happy Times and Jolly Moments9.0
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Happy Times and Jolly Moments

1943 · Movie

Hey, Pop!9.0
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Hey, Pop!

1932 · Movie

Keep Laughing
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Keep Laughing

1932 · Movie

It's a Cinch9.0
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It's a Cinch

1932 · Movie

Moonlight and Cactus
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Moonlight and Cactus

1932 · Movie

Hollywood Luck
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Hollywood Luck

1932 · Movie

Stars of Yesterday9.0
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Stars of Yesterday

1931 · Movie

Si Si Senor
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Si Si Senor

1930 · Movie

The Casting Couch8.3
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The Casting Couch

1995 · Movie

Peaceful Oscar
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Peaceful Oscar

1927 · Movie

Cleaning Up9.0
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1925 · Movie

Hollywood9.0
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1923 · Movie

Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty8.0
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Twixt Love and Fire9.0
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Twixt Love and Fire

1914 · Movie

A Bath House Beauty
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A Bath House Beauty

1914 · Movie

Anybody's Goat
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Anybody's Goat

1932 · Movie

So Funny It Hurt: Buster Keaton & MGM7.6
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So Funny It Hurt: Buster Keaton & MGM

2004 · Movie

How've You Bean?8.0
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How've You Bean?

1933 · Movie

Niagara Falls8.0
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Niagara Falls

1932 · Movie

Up Pops the Duke
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Up Pops the Duke

1931 · Movie

Smart Work
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Smart Work

1931 · Movie

Won by a Neck
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Won by a Neck

1930 · Movie

The Cuckoos8.0
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The Cuckoos

1930 · Movie

The Tourist8.0
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The Tourist

1925 · Movie

Stupid, but Brave8.0
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Stupid, but Brave

1924 · Movie

Gasoline Gus8.0
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Gasoline Gus

1921 · Movie

Traveling Salesman8.0
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Traveling Salesman

1921 · Movie

Buster Keaton: The Shorts Collection 1917-19237.0
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Buster Keaton: The Shorts Collection 1917-1923

2016 · Movie

Help! Help! Hydrophobia!
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Help! Help! Hydrophobia!

1913 · Movie

Safe in Jail8.0
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Safe in Jail

1913 · Movie

Two Old Tars
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Two Old Tars

1913 · Movie

A Voice from the Deep
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A Voice from the Deep

1912 · Movie

Ben's Kid8.0
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Ben's Kid

1909 · Movie