Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle
(1887-1933)
American actor
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Roscoe Conkling "Fatty" Arbuckle (March 24, 1887 – June 29, 1933) 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, as well as with his nephew Al St. John. 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 (equivalent to $179,000 in 2019).
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Roscoe Conkling Arbuckle 24 March 1887 Smith Center, Kansas, United States
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| Died |
29 June 1933 (aged 46) Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States
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| Zodiac | Aries |
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