Roscoe Arbuckle "Middle Man". Roscoe Arbuckle Roscoe Conkling "Fatty" Arbuckle (; March 24, 1887 – June 29, 1933) was an American silent film actor, comedian, director, and screenwriter. Starting at the Selig Polyscope Company he eventually moved to Keystone Studios, where he worked with Mabel Normand and Harold Lloyd. He mentored Charlie Chaplin and discovered Buster Keaton and Bob Hope. Arbuckle was one of the most popular silent stars of the 1910s, and soon became one of the highest paid actors in Hollywood, signing a contract in 1920 with Paramount Pictures for US$1 million (equivalent to approximately $ in dollars). Between November
Robert Ellis (actor, born 1933) Arts and Sciences awarded him a special certificate for his acting and dancing role as Buster Tyme in the movie "April Showers", which starred Ann Sothern and Jack Carson. He portrayed Ralph Grainger, a college friend of Ronnie Burns, on the final two seasons of "The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show". He died of kidney failure at the age of 40 in Los Angeles. At the time of his death, he was a producer of educational films. Robert Ellis (actor, born 1933) Robert Ellis (September 24, 1933 – November 23, 1973) was an American child actor in the 1940s