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Roscoe Arbuckle

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Who is Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle? Cinema bios in 3 minutes or less!

 

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The Vitaphone Comedy Collection: Volume 1 Roscoe "fatty" Arbuckle & Shemp Howard

 

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Roscoe Arbuckle - A CINEMA DAY (Laurel & Hardy)

 

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'Fatty' Arbuckle's big, purple, Pierce-Arrow

 

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Roscoe Fatty Arbuckle In London (1920)

Roscoe Conkling "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. He mentored Charlie Chaplin and discovered Buster Keaton and Bob Hope. He 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 $14,000.