- Country: USA
- Genres: Comedy, Short
- Release: 1917-12-10
- Director: Roscoe ‘Fatty’ Arbuckle
- Writers: Roscoe ‘Fatty’ Arbuckle
- Language: None | English
- Stars: Roscoe ‘Fatty’ Arbuckle , Buster Keaton , Al St. John , Alice Lake , Joe Keaton , Scott Pembroke , Natalie Talmadge
- Runtime: min
- Awards: N/A
- AKA: Fatty som Grovsmed (Denmark) , Fatty m'assiste (France, French Republic) , A Country Hero , Bohater ze wsi (Poland) , A Country Hero (United States of America)
- Plot: This was the film debut of Joe Keaton, Buster's dad. In one scene he kicks each of the principals into a horse trough. Roscoe owns a blacksmith shop and Joe a garage in the town of Jazzville. They are rivals for schoolteacher Alice but join forces against new arrival Al. Buster performs at a village ball.
- IMDB:tt0007825
A Country Hero Cast · · · ALL
Roscoe ‘Fatty’ Arbuckle
Director
Roscoe ‘Fatty’ Arbuckle
Village Blacksmith
Al St. John
City Gent
Alice Lake
Schoolteacher
Joe Keaton
Cy Klone, Garage Owner
Scott Pembroke
Natalie Talmadge
Bit Part (uncredited)