Portrait of Roscoe Arbuckle

Acting

Roscoe Arbuckle

Career

Active from 1909 to 2020, with a break from 1963 to 1991, busiest in 1914 with 48 main titles.

Leading roles
140
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score57/100
Highest rated
Poster for When Comedy Was King
When Comedy Was King
GoodWatch score74/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 21 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.5 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.7 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 4.2 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 4.2 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 3.9 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 4.7 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Roscoe Arbuckle Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    0.5, average 5.4
  • Psychological
    1.9, average 5.5
  • Mystery
    1.6, average 4.0
  • Social Commentary
    2.6, average 4.9

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Slapstick Comedy 13
  • Historical Setting 12
  • Early Cinema 12
  • Physical Humor 9
  • Silent Film 9
  • Nostalgic Charm 7
  • Physical Gags 7
  • Short Film 6
  • Nostalgic 6
  • Fast-Paced 6
  • Slapstick Humor 6
  • Family-Friendly 6

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

226
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

1 title
Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty
Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty (2020)

as archive footage

2000s

2 titles
The Parrott Chase
The Parrott Chase (2009)

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

Buster Keaton: From Silents to Shorts
Buster Keaton: From Silents to Shorts (2006)

as (archive footage)

1990s

1 title
The Chaplin Puzzle
The Chaplin Puzzle (1992)

as (archive footage)

1980s

2 titles · average score 70
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies (1988)

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Muppets Go to the Movies
The Muppets Go to the Movies (1981)
GoodWatch score 70

as Keystone Kop (archive footage) (uncredited)

1960s

2 titles · average score 74
Crazy Days
Crazy Days (1962)

as Various (archive footage) (uncredited)

When Comedy Was King
When Comedy Was King (1960)
GoodWatch score 74

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

1940s

1 title
Happy Times and Jolly Moments
Happy Times and Jolly Moments (1943)

as (archive footage)

1930s

39 titles · average score 61
In the Dough
In the Dough (1933)

as Slim

Buzzin' Around
Buzzin' Around (1933)
GoodWatch score 64

as Cornelius

Tomalio
Tomalio (1933)

as Wilbur

Bridge Wives
Bridge Wives (1932)

Director

Anybody's Goat
Anybody's Goat (1932)

Director

Hey, Pop!
Hey, Pop! (1932)

as Fatty

Windy Riley Goes Hollywood
Windy Riley Goes Hollywood (1931)
GoodWatch score 49

Director

Idle Roomers
Idle Roomers (1931)

Director

Queenie of Hollywood
Queenie of Hollywood (1931)

Director

Smart Work
Smart Work (1931)

Director

Three Hollywood Girls
Three Hollywood Girls (1931)

Director

The Cuckoos
The Cuckoos (1930)
GoodWatch score 70

Writer

1920s

35 titles · average score 63
Character Studies
Character Studies (1927)
GoodWatch score 64

Director

Special Delivery
Special Delivery (1927)

Director

The Red Mill
The Red Mill (1927)
GoodWatch score 67

Director

My Stars
My Stars (1926)

as Mailman (uncredited)

Curses
Curses (1925)
GoodWatch score 63

Writer, Director

The Movies
The Movies (1925)
GoodWatch score 61

Director, Writer

Cleaning Up
Cleaning Up (1925)

Director

Day Dreams
Day Dreams (1922)
GoodWatch score 67

Story

Gasoline Gus
Gasoline Gus (1921)

as Gasoline Gus

The Life of the Party
The Life of the Party (1920)
GoodWatch score 59

as Algernon Leary (as Roscoe Arbuckle)

The Garage
The Garage (1920)
GoodWatch score 65

as Mechanic / Fireman

The Round-Up
The Round-Up (1920)
GoodWatch score 62

as Slim Hoover

1910s

142 titles · average score 55
Love
Love (1919)
GoodWatch score 64

as Fatty

The Hayseed
The Hayseed (1919)
GoodWatch score 57

as Mailman

Good Night, Nurse!
Good Night, Nurse! (1918)
GoodWatch score 53

as Fatty

Oh, Doctor!
Oh, Doctor! (1917)
GoodWatch score 56

as Dr. Fatty Holepoke

Coney Island
Coney Island (1917)
GoodWatch score 51

as Fatty

The Butcher Boy
The Butcher Boy (1917)
GoodWatch score 58

as Fatty / Saccharine

Fatty's Tintype Tangle
Fatty's Tintype Tangle (1915)
GoodWatch score 59

as Fatty

Mabel and Fatty's Wash Day
Mabel and Fatty's Wash Day (1915)
GoodWatch score 55

as Fatty

The Masquerader
The Masquerader (1914)
GoodWatch score 53

as Film actor

A Flirt's Mistake
A Flirt's Mistake (1914)
GoodWatch score 52

as Husband (uncredited)

Tango Tangles
Tango Tangles (1914)
GoodWatch score 42

as Clarinetist

Peeping Pete
Peeping Pete (1913)

as Pete's Wife

1900s

1 title
Ben's Kid
Ben's Kid (1909)

as Fatty Carter