Andrew Arbuckle (September 5, 1887 – September 21, 1938) was an American stage and film actor. He was the brother of Maclyn Arbuckle and cousin of Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle.
Early life Arbuckle was born in Galveston, Texas, to a family of Scottish descent. His older brother Maclyn was also an actor.
Career Arbuckle was described as "a fat man of the first rank, and proud of it." He made his film debut in Little Mary Sunshine (1916), playing Bob's father. He went uncredited in ten of his 44 films, including his last appearance, in the 1935 film The Dark Angel, in the role of Mr. Gallop.
He is known for his appearances in The Girl That Didn't Care (1916) with Margaret Landis, The Matrimonial Martyr (1916) with Ruth Roland, Peggy Leads the Way (1917), and Happiness (1917) and Naughty, Naughty! (1918), both with Enid Bennett.
Personal life Arbuckle married Blanche Duquesne, an opera singer also known as Irma Guthrie Wright, in October 1915. He was severely beaten at a party in West Hollywood in 1931. He died on September 21, 1938, in Los Angeles, aged 51, of a suspected heart attack, as had his cousin, Roscoe, in 1933. Andrew Arbuckle was buried in an unmarked grave at Hollywood Memorial Park Cemetery Garden of Ancestors.
Filmography
Graft (1915) The Red Circle (1915) The Heart Breakers (1916) Little Mary Sunshine (1916) – Bob's Father The Girl That Didn't Care (1916) The Matrimonial Martyr (1916) – Prof. Stanley A Lucky Leap (1916) A Soul at Stake (1916) A Plumber's Waterloo (1916) Big Tremaine (1916) – Samuel Leavitt Should She Obey? (1917) – Uncle John Happiness (1917) – Nicodemus Peggy Leads the Way (1917) – H.E. Manners Naughty, Naughty! (1918) – Adam Miller The Family Skeleton (1918) – Dr. Griggs Confession (1918) – The governor His Own Home Town (1918) – Rev. John Duncan Denny from Ireland (1918) – Priest A Romance of Happy Valley (1919) – Clergyman The Love Hunger (1919) – Bob Clinton Common Clay (1919) – Mr. Neal A White Man's Chance (1919) – Valentino The Hoodlum (1919) – Pat O'Shaughnessy John Petticoats (1919) – Rameses Pinto (1920) – Guardian Darling Mine (1920) Unseen Forces (1920) – Mr. Leslie The Son of Wallingford (1921) – Talbot Curtis Mother o' Mine (1921) – Henry Godfrey Say Uncle (1921) The Light in the Clearing (1921) – Horace Dunkelberg The Deuce of Spades (1922) – Fat Ed Caught Bluffing (1922) – Ham Thomas Saved by Radio (1922) – Pat Quincy Adams Sawyer (1922) The Spider and the Rose (1923) – The Priest Name the Man (1924) – Vondy The Dangerous Coward (1924) – David McGuinn The Clean Heart (1924) – Bickers The Fighting Boob (1926) – Old Man Hawksby Hazardous Valley (1927) Jazz Mad (1928) – Schmidt Ex-Rooster (1932) The Dark Angel (Uncredited, 1935) – Mr. Gallop
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