Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle

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Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle was a pioneering American silent film comedian, actor, and director whose energetic slapstick performances made him one of early Hollywood’s biggest stars before his career was derailed by scandal.

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Roscoe Arbuckle 2
Fatty Arbuckle 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf comedian
film actor
film director
human
silent film actor
activeYearsEnd 1933
activeYearsStart 1900s
burialPlace Hollywood Forever Cemetery, Los Angeles, California, United States NERFINISHED
causeOfDeath heart attack
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1887-03-24
dateOfDeath 1933-06-29
directedUnderPseudonym William Goodrich NERFINISHED
employer Keystone Studios NERFINISHED
Paramount Pictures
ethnicGroup European American
genre slapstick comedy
industrySanction banned from appearing in films by Hollywood studios for many years
influenced Buster Keaton NERFINISHED
Charlie Chaplin NERFINISHED
movement silent film era
name Roscoe Conkling Arbuckle NERFINISHED
nickname Fatty NERFINISHED
notableFor being one of the highest-paid actors of the silent era
pioneering screen slapstick in early Hollywood
notableWork Coney Island NERFINISHED
Good Night, Nurse! NERFINISHED
Out West NERFINISHED
The Bell Boy NERFINISHED
The Butcher Boy NERFINISHED
The Round-Up NERFINISHED
numberOfTrials 3
occupation actor
comedian
film director
screenwriter
placeOfBirth Smith Center, Kansas, United States NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath New York City
surface form: New York City, New York, United States
religion raised in a Christian family
sexOrGender male
spouse Addie McPhail NERFINISHED
Doris Deane NERFINISHED
Minta Durfee NERFINISHED
stageName Fatty Arbuckle NERFINISHED
trialOutcome acquitted
wasAccusedOf manslaughter in the death of Virginia Rappe
workedWith Buster Keaton NERFINISHED
Mabel Normand NERFINISHED
Mack Sennett NERFINISHED

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Keystone Studios employed Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle
The Round-Up (1920 film) starring Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle
this entity surface form: Roscoe Arbuckle
The Round-Up (1920 film) hasCastMember Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle
this entity surface form: Roscoe Arbuckle
Mack Sennett workedWith Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle
this entity surface form: Fatty Arbuckle