Fatty Arbuckle Quotes


How did I become a star? I don't know how it happened. When I look at my old pictures, I can't tell how it happened!


Citations

Yallop, David A. The Day the Laughter Stopped. St. Martin's Press, 1976.

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Fatty Arbuckle
Fatty Arbuckle
  • Born: March 24, 1887
  • Died: June 29, 1933
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Actor, Comedian, Director, Screenwriter

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 as well as with his nephew, Al St. John. He also mentored Charlie Chaplin and discovered Buster Keaton and Bob Hope. Arbuckle 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).