Roscoe Arbuckle

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Characters played by Roscoe Arbuckle

Fatty — Those Country Kids (1914)

Fatty is a suitor to Mabel, but her father does not want him to court her. He fights off a rival for her hand, making his effort to win Mabel's affection the central conflict described in the plot.

Mailman — The Hayseed (1919)

The protagonist and a hardworking post office employee who delivers letters throughout the provincial town. He is deeply devoted to his girlfriend and becomes the innocent victim of a theft and false accusation orchestrated by a corrupt official.

Franklin Pinney — The Dollar-a-Year Man (1921)

Franklin is a Yacht Club member who is not considered blue-blooded by the other members. They arrange for Kate to lure him to a haunted house so he will not disrupt the Prince's dinner. There, he fights Tipson Blair's gang and emerges as a hero; he loves Peggy and wins her.

Fatty / Saccharine — The Butcher Boy (1917)

The butcher boy and absolute protagonist who is deeply in love with Almondine. He repeatedly clashes with his rival Alum, disguises himself as a female cousin to infiltrate an all-girls boarding school, and ultimately escapes with Almondine to get married at a nearby parsonage.

Slim Hoover — The Round-Up (1920)

Slim Hoover is the sheriff who pursues Jack after Buck's accusations point to Jack as the robber and murderer of a local express agent. He follows Jack into the desert, becoming part of the search that leads the parties to the border, where they encounter Indian renegades and Mexican mounted police.

Fatty — Wished on Mabel (1915)

Fatty is Mabel's boyfriend and the film's male lead. He joins Mabel in the park, plays hide-and-seek with her, and finds the watch the thief dropped. He presents it to her as a gift, then rushes to help when the thief tries to take it back. At the end, he walks away happily with Mabel and her mother.

Fatty — Fatty's Tintype Tangle (1915)

Fatty is the central character, frustrated by his mother-in-law's constant nagging and leaving home in anger. After a photograph shows him beside a woman, he fears a confrontation with her jealous husband and leaves the city for several months, telling his wife he is traveling on business. On returning, he finds Edgar living in his house.

Mr. Fuller — The Rounders (1914)

Mr. Fuller is Mr. Full's equally intoxicated neighbor and the husband of Mrs. Fuller. After coming home, he fights with his wife and begins strangling her when she strikes him. He later teams up with Mr. Full to steal their wives' money, cause trouble at a cafe, and flee by boat.

Fatty — Mabel and Fatty's Wash Day (1915)

Fatty is a husband who glumly washes clothes while his wife refuses to assist. He meets Mabel while drying laundry, and her smock becomes caught in his drying tub, prompting her husband to confront him. Later, he joins Mabel at a cafe and fetches his wife's purse to pay for their drinks, before being pummeled by the police and his wife.

Train Rider, Bartender — Out West (1918)

A drifter who hides in a train water tank, gets thrown off, and is chased by Indians. He foils a robbery, becomes the bartender at the Last Chance Saloon, and repeatedly defeats the villain by tickling him.

Fatty — Leading Lizzie Astray (1914)

Fatty is the farm boy played by Roscoe Arbuckle, who directs and stars in the film. The cast identifies him as Lizzie's fiancé, placing him at the center of the stated relationship between the two leads; the available plot summary gives no further details about his actions.

Stanley Piper — Leap Year (1924)

Heir to a fortune living at Piper Hall. Prone to stuttering when excited, a condition relieved by drinking water. He attempts to prove his devotion to Nurse Brown but accidentally becomes engaged to three different women, trying to escape the commitments by feigning illness.

Career Overview

Roscoe Arbuckle has 361 screen credits in a career dating back to 1909. Signature works include Love, Bright Lights, When Love Took Wings. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

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Gender
male
Known Credits
361
Birth Date
1887-03-22
Birth Place
Smith Center, Kansas, USA

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