The first, presumably, being himself. He mentored both Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton. Though he married, he was known about town as a man of huge appetites, in booze, partying and women.

Arbuckle was the wildly successful silent film star who mentored Charlie Chaplin and discovered Buster Keaton and Bob Hope — but all anyone ever talks about is the rape charges.

The Skinny on the Fatty Arbuckle Trial When the million-dollar movie comedian faced a manslaughter charge, the jury was indeed scandalized—at how his reputation had been trashed ...

As his career flourished, such stars as Buster Keaton appeared with him in subordinate roles, and Arbuckle remained Charlie Chaplin's only rival in the affections of boy and girl movie fans.

Showtime documentary The Real Charlie Chaplin is a rarity, a biography that does justice to its topic, covering it from mop of curls to duck-toed boots, in two hours. Peter Middleton and James ...

"He's really up there with Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton and Harold Lloyd, and actually predates them. A misconception people have about Fatty Arbuckle is that his films were just about a guy in ...

This year, it features previously unseen outtakes from other Chaplin comedies, a tribute to Abbott and Costello and Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle’s first feature, a Western called “The Round Up ...

Silent films marked the roots of Hollywood, and among its biggest early stars — as big as Charlie Chaplin — was Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle, who headlined the first “trial of the century ...

‘The Real Charlie Chaplin’ Review: A Telling Look at the Tramp, Onscreen and Off A portrait of the great silent-screen comedian documents his celebrity and his frequently troubled offscreen ...

Few people today know of Fatty Arbuckle, much like few people 100 years from now will know of Tom Cruise, Eddie Murphy, Jon Stewart or Angelina Jolie. A century ago though, along with Chaplin ...