His father was far from supportive, so Roscoe supported himself working in hotels and was overheard singing on the job. This led to a turn at an amateur night. An impromptu dive into the orchestra pit won him the contest, paving his way into vaudeville.
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In 1908, he married the beautiful Minta Durfee and a year later he was in pictures, mainly bit parts in one-reelers, until the βKeystone Copsβ movies in 1913. He started making his own pictures for Paramount a year later and, a year after that, Comique studios began filming. His own studio! And thatβs where Buster Keaton steps in.
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A supposedly chance meeting saw Roscoe offer Buster a role in βThe Butcher Boy,β 1917, and they went on to make a further 14 shorts together before Roscoe moved on to three-reelers, and Buster took on his friend and mentorβs studio for his own.
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Roscoeβs career should have been on the up and up. He was the highest paid comedian in Hollywood, but scandal pulled the rug out from under him, and the death of actress Virginia Rappe at a party he was hosting led to his being blacklisted. Despite three court cases and an eventual exoneration, neither Roscoe, nor his career, were ever the same again.
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He worked with Buster on several projects under the name William Goodrich (he toyed with Will B. Goode at Busterβs suggestion) but, whilst remaining friends, they did not remain working partners. Roscoe signed with Warner Bros. in 1932, making a series of six two-reelers before signing to star in a full-length picture. He described it, that night, as the best day of his life. Very sadly, he didnβt make it to the next morning, passing away in his sleep, aged just 46.
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(Credit for the balancing act photo goes to Steve Stubbs!)
Followed a male (i think) boxer on Conkling st. To Odonell then lost it as he went cut over to Boston St. No collar, jumped in a drainage pool by the Five Guys so he likes water. Hope someone finds him.
Edit: full grown, brown and white, docked tail but floppy ears (if I remember correctly)
I think I may have dropped my wallet on South Conkling street. I was parked right here, the second to last parking spot before the intersection. I think it's in front of the barber shop and the Ecua Envios. I know that it's Baltimore and that I should probably assume it's long gone, but I figured I give it a shot. I live in DC but the ID is registered in Virginia. It's a black leather Ralph Lauren wallet. If it's not too much of an inconvenience, I would really appreciate it if someone could swing by the stores near the intersection and ask if someone turned in the wallet. There was a couple of hundred dollars inside, but I don't care about the money. The wallet was a gift.
