Andrew Arbuckle (actor)

American actor

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)

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

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Arbuckle was born in Galveston, Texas, to a family of Scottish descent. His older brother Maclyn was also an actor.[1]

## Career

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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

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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

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* 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

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1. ^ 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.
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.

## External links

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* Biography portal

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Andrew Arbuckle (actor).

* Andrew Arbuckle at IMDb
* Andrew Arbuckle at Find a Grave

Authority control databases

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* United States

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*[m.]: married