8Roscoe Arbuckle – $37 million
Roscoe Conkling Arbuckle, best known as Fatty Arbuckle, was an American silent film actor, director and comedian, who mentored Charlie Chaplin.
Nicknamed Fatty, Roscoe had an impressive weight of 300 pounds.
By signing a $1 million contract with Paramount Pictures in 1921, Fatty became one of the highest paid actors in Hollywood.
So why is he in this top list? In September, 1921, Fatty attended a party.
The actor and a young starlet disappeared into a room, when screams were heard, and we don’t think they were of pleasure.
Few days later, the woman died and some said that was because she was literally crushed to death under his massive weight.
From this accident, his acting career never recovered.
