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Roscoe Conkling "Fatty" Arbuckle was an American silent film actor, 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, signing a contract in 1920 with Paramount Pictures for $1,000,000 a year.
Curses! is a 1925 American silent comedy film directed by Roscoe Arbuckle as William Goodrich and Grover Jones. Although Arbuckle was acquitted in the third trial for the death of Virginia Rappe, he could not obtain work in Hollywood under his own name, so he adopted the pseudonym William Goodrich for directing the comedy shorts he made under his contract with Educational Film Exchanges.
These are the films of the American silent film actor, comedian, director, and screenwriter Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle. Films marked with a diamond (♦) were directed by and featured Arbuckle. He used the name William Goodrich on the films he directed from 1924 onward.
The Riot is a 1913 American short comedy film directed by Mack Sennett and starring Fatty Arbuckle.
Ben's Kid is a 1909 American short comedy film featuring Fatty Arbuckle. It was Arbuckle's film debut.
Making It Pleasant for Him is a 1909 short comedy film featuring Fatty Arbuckle. It was Arbuckle's third onscreen appearance.
The Sanitarium is a 1910 short comedy film featuring Fatty Arbuckle.
A Voice from the Deep is a 1912 American short comedy film featuring Roscoe Arbuckle and Mabel Normand.
The Gangsters is a 1913 American short comedy film featuring Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle as one of the Keystone Cops.
Passions, He Had Three is a 1913 American short comedy film featuring Roscoe Arbuckle and Mabel Normand.
A Bandit is a 1913 American short comedy film featuring Fatty Arbuckle. A print of the film survives.
For the Love of Mabel is a 1913 American short comedy film featuring Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle and directed by Henry Lehrman.
Mother's Boy is a 1913 short comedy film starring Fatty Arbuckle.
The Woman Haters is a 1913 American short silent comedy film featuring Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle.
Fatty and Minnie He-Haw is a 1914 American short comedy film directed by and starring Roscoe Arbuckle.
Fatty and Mabel's Simple Life is a 1915 American short comedy film directed by and starring Fatty Arbuckle.
Miss Fatty's Seaside Lovers is a 1915 American short comedy film directed by and starring Fatty Arbuckle and featuring Harold Lloyd.
Bright Lights is a 1916 American short comedy film directed by Roscoe Arbuckle and starring Arbuckle, Mabel Normand and Al St. John.
The Fast Freight is a 1922 American comedy film starring Fatty Arbuckle. The film was not released in the US, due to Arbuckle's involvement in the Virginia Rappe scandal. The film is considered to be lost. The film is also known as Via Fast Freight, Handle with Care and Freight Prepaid.
Mabel and Fatty Viewing the World's Fair at San Francisco is a 1915 American short comedy-documentary film both starring and directed by Roscoe Arbuckle and Mabel Normand.
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- ↑ "Progressive Silent Film List: Mrs. Jones' Birthday". Silent Era. Retrieved February 7, 2010.
