Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle

Sadly, his success was short lived as he fell victim to one of the most infamous of Hollywood scandals. In late 1921, Arbuckle threw a party which was crashed by a starlet named Virginia Rappe who fell seriously ill and died a few days later. Arbuckle was accused of rape and charged with manslaughter for which he was acquitted in 1923. Nevertheless, the press made much of Arbuckle's supposed guilt, causing a public outcry of moral outrage. Worried for their future, Hollywood's powerful mogels started the Hays Office to protect the image of the film industry and used Arbuckle as their first "sacrifice." Several friends in the industry helped Arbuckle to find work as a director under a pseudonym. By 1932 he was allowed to make a comeback and starred in six comedy shorts for Warner Brothers before his death on June 29, 1933. ~ All Movie Guide