When Comedy Was King (1960)

Roscoe Arbuckle as edited from 'Fatty & Mabel Adrift' (archive footage) Died 1933 · Smith Center, Kansas, USA Roscoe Arbuckle (March 24, 1887 - June 29, 1933), widely known to audiences as “Fatty” Arbuckle, was an American silent film actor, comedian, director, and screenwriter. He started at the Selig Polysc...

Wallace Beery as edited from 'Teddy at The throttle' (archive footage) Died 1949 · Clay County, Missouri, USA From Wikipedia Wallace Fitzgerald Beery (April 1, 1885 – April 15, 1949) was an American actor. He is best known for his portrayal of Bill in Min and Bill opposite Marie Dressler, his titular role in...

Charlie Chaplin as edited from 'His Trysting Place, ' 'The Masqurader, ' and 'Kid Auto at Venice.' (archive footage) Died 1977 · Walworth, London, England, UK Charles “Charlie” Chaplin (April 16, 1889 – December 25, 1977) was an English comic actor, film director and composer best-known for his work during the silent film era. He used mime, slapstick and ot...

Charley Chase as edited from 'Movie Night' (archive footage) Died 1940 · Baltimore, Maryland, USA Charles Joseph Parrott (October 20, 1893 – June 20, 1940), known professionally as Charley Chase, was an American comedian, actor, screenwriter and film director best known for his work in Hal Roach s...

Buster Keaton as edited from 'Cops' (archive footage) Died 1966 · Piqua, Kansas, USA Joseph Frank "Buster" Keaton (October 4, 1895 – February 1, 1966) was an American comic actor, filmmaker, producer and writer. He was best known for his silent films, in which his trademark was physic...

Edgar Kennedy as edited from 'A Pair of Tights' (archive footage) Died 1948 · Monterey, California, USA From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Edgar Livingston Kennedy (April 26, 1890 – November 9, 1948) was an American comedic film character actor, known as "Slow Burn". A slow burn is an exasperated fa...