Roscoe Arbuckle 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 1921 and
Alfred Conkling Alfred Conkling Alfred Conkling (October 12, 1789 – February 5, 1874) was a lawyer, politician, statesman and United States Federal judge from New York. Alfred Conkling was born in Amagansett, East Hampton, Suffolk County, New York, the son of Benjamin Conkling and Esther Hand. He graduated from Union College in 1810. He was admitted to the bar in 1812, and practiced in Johnstown from 1812 to 1813, and in Canajoharie from 1813 to 1818. During this time he married Eliza Cockburn, and they had five children. From 1818 to 1821, Conkling was District Attorney of Montgomery County. Conkling was elected