Andrew Arbuckle (September 5, 1887 – September 21, 1938) was an American

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and

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. He was the brother of

Macklyn Arbuckle Maclyn Arbuckle (July 9, 1866 – March 31, 1931) was an American screen and stage actor. He was the brother of actor Andrew Arbuckle and cousin of comedian Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle. Early life Arbuckle was born in San Antonio, Texas, on July ...

and cousin of

Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle Roscoe Conkling "Fatty" Arbuckle (; March 24, 1887 – June 29, 1933) 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 w ...

Early life

Arbuckle was born in

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, to a family of

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descent. His brother Macklyn was 20 years old at the time of Andrew's birth.

Career

Arbuckle first made his film debut in ''

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'' (1916), playing Bob's father. In 1935, he made his last appearance in film '' The Dark Angel'' in an uncredited role as Mr. Gallop. He appeared in a total 44 films, uncredited in ten of them. He is known for his appearances in ''

Peggy Leads the Way ''Peggy Leads the Way'' is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by Lloyd Ingraham and starring Mary Miles Minter. It also features Andrew Arbuckle, Carl Stockdale, Allan Forrest, Emma Kluge, and Margaret Shelby, who is Minter's older siste ...

'', ''The Family Skeleton'' and ''

''.

Personal life

Arbuckle married Blanche Duquesne, daughter of

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immigrants, in October 1915. They had no children.

Death

Andrew Arbuckle died on September 21, 1938, in

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, aged 51, of a suspected

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, as had his cousin, Roscoe in 1933. Andrew Arbuckle was buried in an unmarked grave, plot #470, at Hollywood Memorial Park Cemetery Garden of Ancestors.

Filmography

* ''

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'' (1915) * '' The Red Circle'' (1915) * ''The Heart Breakers'' (1916) * ''

'' (1916) – Bob's Father * ''The Girl That Didn't Matter'' (1916) * ''The Matrimonial Martyr'' (1916) – Prof. Stanley * ''A Lucky Leap'' (1916) * ''

A Soul at Stake ''A Soul at Stake'' is a 1916 in film, 1916 United States, American silent film, silent short film, short Oriental drama based on a book written by John Fleming Wilson and scenarioized by Calder Johnstone. It was directed by and starring William G ...

'' (1916) * ''A Plumber's Waterloo'' (1916) * ''

Big Tremaine ''Big Tremaine'' is a 1916 American silent romantic drama film directed by Henry Otto and starring Harold Lockwood, May Allison, Lester Cuneo, Albert Ellis, Lillian Hayward, and William Ehfe. It is based on the 1914 novel of the same name by Mari ...

'' (1916) – Samuel Leavitt * ''Should She Obey?'' (1917) – Uncle John * ''

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'' (1917) – Nicodemus * ''

'' (1917) – H.E. Manners * '' Naughty, Naughty!'' (1918) – Adam Miller * '' The Family Skeleton'' (1918) – Dr. Griggs * ''Confession'' (1918) – The governor * ''

His Own Home Town ''His Own Home Town'' is a 1918 American silent drama film directed by Victor Schertzinger and written by Larry Evans. The film stars Charles Ray, Katherine MacDonald, Charles K. French, Otto Hoffman, Andrew Arbuckle, and Karl Formes. The film ...

'' (1918) – Rev. John Duncan * ''Denny from Ireland'' (1918) – Priest * ''

A Romance of Happy Valley ''A Romance of Happy Valley'' is a 1919 American drama film directed by D. W. Griffith and starring Lillian Gish. Believed lost for almost 50 years, a print was discovered in 1965 in the State Film Archives of the Soviet Union, which donated i ...

'' (1919) – Clergyman * ''

The Love Hunger ''The Love Hunger'' is a 1919 American silent comedy film directed by William P.S. Earle and starring Lillian Walker, Lee Shumway and Herbert Prior.Goble p.145 Cast * Lillian Walker as Fran * Lee Shumway as Abbott Ashton * Herbert Prior as Ham ...

'' (1919) – Bob Clinton * '' Common Clay'' (1919) – Mr. Neal * ''

A White Man's Chance ''A White Man's Chance'' is a 1919 American silent film, silent adventure film directed by Ernest C. Warde and starring J. Warren Kerrigan, Lillian Walker and Joseph J. Dowling.Goble p.1015 Synopsis A Boston lawyer heads to Mexico for work and so ...

'' (1919) – Valentino * '' The Hoodlum'' (1919) – Pat O'Shaughnessy * ''

John Petticoats ''John Petticoats'' is a 1919 American silent action film directed by Lambert Hillyer and written by C. Gardner Sullivan. The film stars William S. Hart, Walt Whitman, George Webb, Winifred Westover, Ethel Shannon, and Andrew Arbuckle. The film ...

'' (1919) – Rameses * ''

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'' (1920) – Guardian * ''Darling Mine'' (1920) * ''

Unseen Forces ''Unseen Forces'' is an extant 1920 silent film drama directed by Sidney Franklin and starring Sylvia Breamer and Conrad Nagel. It was long thought to be lost until a copy was located in New Zealand. It was produced by the same production company ...

'' (1920) – Mr. Leslie * ''

The Son of Wallingford ''The Son of Wallingford'' is a 1921 American silent comedy drama film directed by George Randolph Chester and Lillian Josephine Chester and starring Wilfrid North, Tom Gallery and Antrim Short.Connelly p.413 It is based on George Chester's nove ...

'' (1921) – Talbot Curtis * '' Mother o' Mine'' (1921) – Henry Godfrey * ''Say Uncle'' (1921) * ''

The Light in the Clearing ''The Light in the Clearing'' is a 1921 American silent drama film directed by T. Hayes Hunter and starring Eugenie Besserer, Clara Horton Clara Marie Horton (July 29, 1904 – December 4, 1976) was an American actress of the silent fil ...

'' (1921) – Horace Dunkelberg * ''

The Deuce of Spades ''The Deuce of Spades'' is a 1922 American comedy film directed by Charles Ray and written by Alfred W. Alley, Richard Andres and Edward Withers. The film stars Charles Ray, Peggy Prevost, Lincoln Plumer, Phil Dunham, Andrew Arbuckle, and Dick ...

'' (1922) – Fat Ed * ''

Caught Bluffing ''Caught Bluffing'' is a 1922 American drama film directed by Lambert Hillyer and written by Charles Sarver. The film stars Frank Mayo, Edna Murphy, Wallace MacDonald, Jack Curtis, Andrew Arbuckle, and Ruth Royce. The film was released on Sep ...

'' (1922) – Ham Thomas * ''Saved by Radio'' (1922) – Pat * ''

Quincy Adams Sawyer ''Quincy Adams Sawyer'' is a 1922 American silent drama film directed by Clarence G. Badger. Distributed by Metro Pictures, the film is written by Bernard McConville, based on the 1900 novel ''Quincy Adams Sawyer and Mason's Corner Folks'', wr ...

'' (1922) * ''

The Spider and the Rose ''The Spider and the Rose'' is a 1923 American silent historical drama film directed by John McDermott and starring Alice Lake, Richard Headrick and Gaston Glass.Munden p.755 Cast * Alice Lake as Paula * Richard Headrick as Don Marcello, as a c ...

'' (1923) – The Priest * ''

Name the Man ''Name the Man'' is a surviving 1924 American silent drama film directed by Victor Sjöström and starring Mae Busch. It was produced and distributed by Goldwyn Pictures in association with Cosmopolitan Productions. Plot Arriving home late one ...

'' (1924) – Vondy * ''

The Dangerous Coward ''The Dangerous Coward'' is a 1924 American silent Western sports film directed by Albert S. Rogell and starring Fred Thomson, Hazel Keener and Frank Hagney. Cast * Fred Thomson as Bob Trent ''aka'' The Lightning Kid * Hazel Keener as Hazel M ...

'' (1924) – David McGuinn * ''

The Clean Heart ''The Clean Heart'' is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by J. Stuart Blackton and starring Percy Marmont, Otis Harlan and Marguerite De La Motte.Munden p.131 Cast * Percy Marmont as Philip Wriford * Otis Harlan as Puddlebox * Marg ...

'' (1924) – Bickers * ''The Fighting Boob'' (1926) – Old Man Hawksby * ''

Hazardous Valley ''Hazardous Valley'' is a 1927 American silent drama film directed by Alan James and starring Sheldon Lewis, Virginia Brown Faire and David Torrence.Connelly p.104 Cast * Vincent Brownell * Virginia Brown Faire * Sheldon Lewis * Pat Harmon ...

'' (1927) * ''

Jazz Mad ''Jazz Mad'' is a 1928 American silent drama film directed by F. Harmon Weight and starring Jean Hersholt, Marian Nixon, and George J. Lewis. It was produced and released by Universal Pictures. Cast *Jean Hersholt as Franz Hausmann *Marian Nixon ...

'' (1928) – Schmidt * ''Ex-Rooster'' (1932) * '' The Dark Angel'' (Uncredited, 1935) – Mr. Gallop

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