Andrew Arbuckle (actor)

Andrew Arbuckle
Andrew Arbuckle
	Lobby card showing Arbuckle (center) in The Deuce of Spades (1922)
Born	September 5, 1887; Galveston, Texas, U.S.
Died	September 21, 1938 (aged 51); Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Spouse	Blanche Duquesne (m. 1915)
Relatives	Maclyn Arbuckle (brother); Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle (cousin);

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.^[1]

Career

Arbuckle was described as "a fat man of the first rank, and proud of it."^[1] 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,^[2] The Matrimonial Martyr (1916) with Ruth Roland,^[1] Peggy Leads the Way (1917), and Happiness (1917) and Naughty, Naughty! (1918), both with Enid Bennett.^[3]

Personal life

Arbuckle married Blanche Duquesne, an opera singer also known as Irma Guthrie Wright, in October 1915.^[4] He was severely beaten at a party in West Hollywood in 1931.^[5] 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

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Ruth Roland Starred in Pathe's 'A Matrimonial Martyr' at 'B.B.'". Freeborn County Standard. September 21, 1916. p. 3. Retrieved June 13, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Jewel Theatre Program". Santa Cruz Sentinel. October 24, 1916. p. 2. Retrieved June 13, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Enid Bennett--Sweetest Girl in Pictures--In Her New Thos. H. Ince Play, 'Happiness'". El Paso Times. May 20, 1917. p. 10. Retrieved June 13, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Mlle Duquesne, Titian Haired Opera Singer, to be Married to Andrew Arbuckle". The Long Beach Telegram and The Long Beach Daily News. October 12, 1915. p. 8. Retrieved June 13, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Quiz Begun on Beating Given Actor; Andrew Arbuckle Lies in Hospital as Officers Push Investigation". The Los Angeles Times. March 7, 1931. p. 19. Retrieved June 13, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.

External links

Andrew Arbuckle at IMDb
Andrew Arbuckle at Find a Grave

[:0-1] "Ruth Roland Starred in Pathe's 'A Matrimonial Martyr' at 'B.B.'". Freeborn County Standard. September 21, 1916. p. 3. Retrieved June 13, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.

[2] "Jewel Theatre Program". Santa Cruz Sentinel. October 24, 1916. p. 2. Retrieved June 13, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.

[3] "Enid Bennett--Sweetest Girl in Pictures--In Her New Thos. H. Ince Play, 'Happiness'". El Paso Times. May 20, 1917. p. 10. Retrieved June 13, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.

[4] "Mlle Duquesne, Titian Haired Opera Singer, to be Married to Andrew Arbuckle". The Long Beach Telegram and The Long Beach Daily News. October 12, 1915. p. 8. Retrieved June 13, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.

[5] "Quiz Begun on Beating Given Actor; Andrew Arbuckle Lies in Hospital as Officers Push Investigation". The Los Angeles Times. March 7, 1931. p. 19. Retrieved June 13, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.

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Andrew Arbuckle
Lobby card showing Arbuckle (center) in The Deuce of Spades (1922)
Born	(1887-09-05)September 5, 1887 Galveston, Texas, U.S.
Died	September 21, 1938(1938-09-21) (aged 51) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Spouse	Blanche Duquesne (m. 1915)
Relatives	Maclyn Arbuckle (brother) Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle (cousin)