From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Al St. John (September 10, 1893 – January 21, 1963) in his persona of Fuzzy Q. Jones basically defined the role and concept of "comical sidekick" to cowboy heroes from 1930 to 1951. St. John also created a character, "Stoney," in the first of a continuing Western film series, The Three Mesquiteers, that was later played (at a low point in his own career) by John Wayne. Born in Santa Ana, California, St. John entered silent films around 1912 and soon rose to co-starring and starring roles in short comic films from a variety of studios. His uncle, Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, may have helped him in his early days at Mack Sennett Studios, but talent kept him working. He was slender, sandy-haired, handsome and a remarkable acrobat. St. John frequently appeared as Arbuckle's mischievously villainous rival for the attentions of leading ladies like Mabel Normand, and worked with Arbuckle and Charles Chaplin in The Rounders (1914). The most critically praised film from St. John's period with Arbuckle remains Fatty and Mabel Adrift (1916) with Normand. The name Fuzzy originally belonged to a different actor, John Forrest “Fuzzy“ Knight, who took on the role of cowboy sidekick before St. John. As the studio first intended to hire Knight for the western series but then gave the role to St. John instead, he took on the nickname of his rival for his screen character. In most of his films, screen time was set aside for St. John to do a sort of solo comedy act, emphasizing amazing pratfalls and acrobatics. He might "find" a bicycle on a fairground set, and do an astonishing sequence of acrobatic stunts on the cycle, or he might try to capture a rat, bat, skunk, gopher, or bug with hilarious and chaotic consequences. Another stunt which he used in nearly every Western was virtually his trademark: he would mount his horse in apparently the standard manner, but somehow wind up sitting facing backward, and often would ride off with the hero in this unusual orientation. When Crabbe left PRC (according to interviews, in disgust at their increasingly low budgets), St. John was paired with new star Lash LaRue. Ultimately, St. John made more than 80 Westerns as Fuzzy. His last film was released in 1952. From that time on until his death in 1963 in Lyons, Georgia, he made personal appearances at fairs and rodeos, and travelled with the Tommy Scott Wild West Show. Altogether, Al St. John acted in 346 movies, spanning four decades from 1912 to 1952. Description above from the Wikipedia article Al St. John, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Movie | Buster Keaton The Shorts Collection 1917-1923 | 2016-07-17 | |
Movie | Buster Keaton: From Silents to Shorts | (archive footage) | 2006-03-07 |
Movie | Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch | (archive footage) | 1976-05-01 |
Movie | Crazy Days | Various (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1962-07-12 |
Movie | Days of Thrills and Laughter | Self (archive footage) | 1961-03-21 |
Movie | The Golden Age of Comedy | archive footage | 1957-12-26 |
Movie | The Black Lash | Fuzzy Q. Jones | 1952-01-02 |
Movie | The Frontier Phantom | Fuzzy Q. Jones | 1952-02-02 |
Movie | The Vanishing Outpost | Fuzzy Q. Jones | 1951-11-01 |
Movie | The Thundering Trail | Fuzzy Q. Jones | 1951-07-02 |
Movie | The Daltons' Women | Fuzzy Q. Jones | 1950-02-25 |
Movie | King of the Bullwhip | Fuzzy Q. Jones | 1950-12-20 |
Movie | Son of Billy the Kid | Sheriff Fuzzy | 1949-04-02 |
Movie | Outlaw Country | Fuzzy Q. Jones | 1949-01-07 |
Movie | Son of a Badman | Fuzzy Q. Jones | 1949-04-15 |
Movie | Dead Man's Gold | Fuzzy Q. Jones | 1948-09-09 |
Movie | Mark of the Lash | Fuzzy Q. Jones | 1948-08-15 |
Movie | Frontier Revenge | Fuzzy Q. Jones | 1948-12-26 |
Movie | Pioneer Justice | Fuzzy Q. Jones | 1947-06-28 |
Movie | Border Feud | Fuzzy Q. Jones | 1947-05-10 |
Movie | Law of the Lash | Fuzzy | 1947-02-28 |
Movie | Ghost Town Renegades | Fuzzy Q. Jones | 1947-07-26 |
Movie | Stage to Mesa City | Fuzzy Jones | 1947-09-13 |
Movie | The Fighting Vigilantes | Fuzzy Q. Jones | 1947-11-15 |
Movie | Cheyenne Takes Over | Al 'Fuzzy' St. John | 1947-12-17 |
Movie | Return of the Lash | Fuzzy Q. Jones | 1947-10-10 |
Movie | Terrors on Horseback | Fuzzy Q. Jones | 1946-05-01 |
Movie | Gentlemen With Guns | Fuzzy Q. Jones | 1946-03-26 |
Movie | Lightning Raiders | Fuzzy Q. Jones | 1946-01-07 |
Movie | Ghost Of Hidden Valley | Fuzzy Q. Jones | 1946-06-04 |
Movie | Outlaws of the Plains | Fuzzy Q. Jones | 1946-09-22 |
Movie | Prairie Badmen | Fuzzy Q. Jones | 1946-07-16 |
Movie | My Dog Shep | Deputy Sheriff | 1946-11-01 |
Movie | Overland Riders | Fuzzy Jones | 1946-08-21 |
Movie | Shadows of Death | Fuzzy Q. Jones | 1945-04-19 |
Movie | His Brother's Ghost | Andy Jones / Jonathan Fuzzy Jones | 1945-02-03 |
Movie | Gangster's Den | Fuzzy Q. Jones | 1945-06-14 |
Movie | Stagecoach Outlaws | Fuzzy Jones | 1945-08-17 |
Movie | Prairie Rustlers | Fuzzy Jones | 1945-11-07 |
Movie | Border Badmen | Fuzzy Jones | 1945-10-10 |
Movie | Fighting Bill Carson | Fuzzy Q. Jones | 1945-10-31 |
Movie | Rustlers' Hideout | Fuzzy Jones | 1945-09-02 |
Movie | Valley Of Vengeance | Fuzzy Q. Jones | 1944-05-05 |
Movie | Thundering Gun Slingers | Doc Jones | 1944-03-25 |
Movie | The Drifter | Fuzzy Q. Jones | 1944-06-14 |
Movie | Frontier Outlaws | Fuzzy Jones | 1944-03-04 |
Movie | I'm from Arkansas | Fuzzy Q. Jones | 1944-10-31 |
Movie | Fuzzy Settles Down | Fuzzy Jones | 1944-06-25 |
Movie | Oath of Vengeance | Fuzzy Jones | 1944-12-09 |
Movie | Wild Horse Phantom | Fuzzy Jones | 1944-10-28 |
Movie | Death Rides the Plains | Fuzzy Q. Jones | 1943-05-06 |
Movie | Western Cyclone | Fuzzy Q. Jones | 1943-05-14 |
Movie | Fugitive of the Plains | Fuzzy Q. Jones | 1943-04-01 |
Movie | The Kid Rides Again | Fuzzy Q. Jones | 1943-01-27 |
Movie | Wolves of the Range | Fuzzy Q. Jones | 1943-06-21 |
Movie | Wild Horse Rustlers | Fuzzy Q. Jones | 1943-02-12 |
Movie | Dead Men Walk | Townsman Finding Kate's Body | 1943-04-12 |
Movie | Blazing Frontier | Fuzzy Q. Jones | 1943-09-04 |
Movie | Raiders of Red Gap | Fuzzy Q. Jones | 1943-09-30 |
Movie | The Renegade | Fuzzy Q. Jones | 1943-08-25 |
Movie | Law of the Saddle | Fuzzy Q. Jones | 1943-07-28 |
Movie | Devil Riders | Fuzzy Q. Jones | 1943-11-05 |
Movie | Cattle Stampede | Fuzzy Q. Jones | 1943-08-16 |
Movie | Stagecoach Express | Dusty Jenkins | 1942-03-06 |
Movie | Jesse James, Jr. | Pop Sawyer | 1942-03-25 |
Movie | Billy the Kid Trapped | Fuzzy Jones | 1942-02-27 |
Movie | The Lone Rider in Cheyenne | Fuzzy Q. Jones | 1942-03-20 |
Movie | The Lone Rider and the Bandit | Fuzzy Q. Jones | 1942-01-16 |
Movie | Billy the Kid's Smoking Guns | Fuzzy Q. Jones | 1942-05-01 |
Movie | Arizona Terrors | Hardtack | 1942-01-13 |
Movie | Valley of the Sun | Bearded Man Hurrying to Wedding | 1942-02-06 |
Movie | Texas Justice | Fuzzy Q. Jones | 1942-06-05 |
Movie | Along the Sundown Trail | Crandall - Lawyer (uncredited) | 1942-10-10 |
Movie | The Mysterious Rider | Fuzzy Q. Jones | 1942-11-20 |
Movie | Outlaws of Boulder Pass | Fuzzy Q. Jones | 1942-11-28 |
Movie | Border Roundup | Fuzzy Q. Jones | 1942-09-18 |
Movie | Overland Stagecoach | Fuzzy Q. Jones | 1942-10-10 |
Movie | Prairie Pals | Hank Stoner | 1942-09-04 |
Movie | Law and Order | Fuzzy Jones | 1942-08-21 |
Movie | Sheriff of Sage Valley | Fuzzy Jones | 1942-09-02 |
Movie | The Lone Rider in Ghost Town | Fuzzy | 1941-05-16 |
Movie | The Apache Kid | Stage Guard Dangle | 1941-04-11 |
Movie | Billy the Kid's Range War | Fuzzy | 1941-01-24 |
Movie | Billy the Kid in Santa Fe | Fuzzy Jones | 1941-07-11 |
Movie | The Lone Rider Rides On | Fuzzy | 1941-01-10 |
Movie | The Lone Rider Crosses the Rio | Fuzzy Jones | 1941-02-28 |
Movie | Billy The Kid's Fighting Pals | Fuzzy Q. Jones | 1941-04-17 |
Movie | The Lone Rider Fights Back | Fuzzy Jones | 1941-12-17 |
Movie | The Lone Rider in Frontier Fury | Fuzzy | 1941-08-08 |
Movie | A Missouri Outlaw | Dan Willoughby | 1941-11-25 |
Movie | Billy The Kid's Round-Up | Fuzzy Q. Jones | 1941-12-12 |
Movie | Billy the Kid Wanted | Fuzzy Q. Jones | 1941-10-03 |
Movie | The Lone Rider Ambushed | Fuzzy Jones | 1941-08-29 |
Movie | Billy the Kid in Texas | Fuzzy | 1940-09-29 |
Movie | Billy the Kid Outlawed | Fuzzy Jones | 1940-07-20 |
Movie | Murder on the Yukon | Bill Smithers | 1940-02-25 |
Movie | Marked Men | Gimpy - a thug | 1940-09-30 |
Movie | Li'l Abner | Joe Smithpan | 1940-11-09 |
Movie | Billy the Kid's Gun Justice | Fuzzy | 1940-12-27 |
Movie | Texas Terrors | Frosty Larson | 1940-11-22 |
Movie | Friendly Neighbors | Smokey | 1940-11-17 |
Movie | Trigger Pals | Fuzzy | 1939-01-13 |
Movie | Oklahoma Terror | Fuzzy Glass | 1939-08-24 |
Movie | Call of The Yukon | Joe | 1938-04-18 |
Movie | Start Cheering | Station Master | 1938-03-03 |
Movie | Knight of the Plains | Fuzzy | 1938-05-07 |
Movie | Exposed | Flophouse Bum | 1938-11-05 |
Movie | Songs and Bullets | Fuzzy Martin | 1938-05-14 |
Movie | Frontier Scout | Whiney Roberts | 1938-09-16 |
Movie | Gunsmoke Trail | Fuzzy | 1938-05-26 |
Movie | Melody of the Plains | Fuzzy | 1937-04-01 |
Movie | The Roaming Cowboy | Fuzzy | 1937-01-04 |
Movie | The Outcasts of Poker Flat | Uncle Billy | 1937-04-16 |
Movie | Love Nest on Wheels | Uncle Jed | 1937-03-26 |
Movie | Sing Cowboy Sing | Duke Evans | 1937-05-22 |
Movie | Moonlight on the Range | Fuzzy Jones | 1937-06-10 |
Movie | The Fighting Deputy | Fuzzy | 1937-12-05 |
Movie | A Lawman Is Born | Eli Root | 1937-06-21 |
Movie | The Millionaire Kid | Matthews | 1936-03-13 |
Movie | The Ex-Mrs. Bradford | Morgue Attendant (uncredited) | 1936-04-24 |
Movie | A Face in the Fog | Elmer | 1936-02-01 |
Movie | West of Nevada | Walla Walla Wiggins | 1936-07-21 |
Movie | Trail Dust | Al | 1936-12-11 |
Movie | Hopalong Cassidy Returns | Luke (credit only) | 1936-10-16 |
Movie | The Law of 45's | Stoney Martin | 1935-12-01 |
Movie | Midnight Phantom | Radio Officer Jones | 1935-11-26 |
Movie | Trigger Tom | Stub Macey | 1935-12-14 |
Movie | Bar 20 Rides Again | Cinco | 1935-12-06 |
Movie | Public Stenographer | Elmer | 1934-01-09 |
Movie | His Private Secretary | Tom - Garage Owner | 1933-06-10 |
Movie | Buzzin' Around | Al | 1933-02-04 |
Movie | Riders of Destiny | Bert - Henchman | 1933-10-10 |
Movie | From Headquarters | Detainee Touching Cigarette Pack (uncredited) | 1933-11-16 |
Movie | Bridge Wives | Al Smith | 1932-02-21 |
Movie | Harem Scarem | 1932-04-10 | |
Movie | Police Court | Skid | 1932-02-19 |
Movie | Riders of the Desert | Slim - A Ranger | 1932-04-23 |
Movie | Law of the North | Jailbird | 1932-05-30 |
Movie | Mlle. Irene The Great | 1931-04-15 | |
Movie | The Painted Desert | Buck | 1931-01-18 |
Movie | Aloha | Sailor | 1931-04-26 |
Movie | The Door Knocker | The Door Knocker | 1931-11-07 |
Movie | Western Knights | Al | 1930-04-20 |
Movie | Hell Harbor | Bunion | 1930-03-14 |
Movie | Two Fresh Eggs | 1930-07-05 | |
Movie | The Oklahoma Cyclone | Slim | 1930-08-08 |
Movie | The Land of Missing Men | Buckshot | 1930-10-14 |
Movie | She Goes to War | Bill | 1929-06-07 |
Movie | The Dance of Life | Bozo | 1929-08-16 |
Movie | Hello Cheyenne! | Zip Coon | 1928-05-13 |
Movie | Hot or Cold | 1928-12-01 | |
Movie | Painted Post | Joe Nimble | 1928-07-01 |
Movie | Listen Lena | Al Adams | 1927-02-12 |
Movie | Jungle Heat | 1927-04-24 | |
Movie | The Stunt Man | Second-Unit Director | 1927-10-22 |
Movie | Life in Hollywood No. 2 | Himself | 1927-08-25 |
Movie | American Beauty | Waiter | 1927-10-09 |
Movie | A Punch in the Nose | 1926-01-03 | |
Movie | His Taking Ways | 1926-02-02 | |
Movie | Skybound | 1926-03-28 | |
Movie | The General | Officer on Horseback (uncredited) | 1926-12-25 |
Movie | Red Pepper | Tom Katt | 1925-04-05 |
Movie | Dynamite Doggie | Al | 1925-03-21 |
Movie | The Iron Mule | The Engineer | 1925-04-12 |
Movie | Fair Warning | Jay Walker | 1925-09-26 |
Movie | Curses | Buttonshoe Bill | 1925-05-16 |
Movie | Fire Away | 1925-11-08 | |
Movie | Stupid, but Brave | The Bum | 1924-10-25 |
Movie | Lovemania | 1924-12-24 | |
Movie | A Studio Rube | 1922-03-19 | |
Movie | Out of Place | 1922-11-18 | |
Movie | All Wet | 1922-09-02 | |
Movie | The High Sign | Man On Beach | 1921-04-18 |
Movie | Trouble | 1920-03-08 | |
Movie | Ship Ahoy | 1920-04-11 | |
Movie | The Scarecrow | Man with Motorbike (uncredited) | 1920-11-07 |
Movie | Camping Out | 1919-01-05 | |
Movie | The Pullman Porter | 1919-02-16 | |
Movie | A Desert Hero | The Bad Man | 1919-06-15 |
Movie | Love | Al Clove - Fatty's Rival (uncredited) | 1919-03-01 |
Movie | Back Stage | Stagehand | 1919-09-07 |
Movie | Moonshine | Mountain Man | 1918-05-12 |
Movie | Out West | Wild Bill Hickup | 1918-01-20 |
Movie | The Bell Boy | Desk Clerk | 1918-03-18 |
Movie | Good Night, Nurse! | Surgeon's Assistant | 1918-06-30 |
Movie | A Scrap of Paper | The Crown Prince | 1918-10-13 |
Movie | The Cook | Holdup Man (uncredited) | 1918-09-15 |
Movie | A Reckless Romeo | The Pretty Girl's Boyfriend | 1917-05-21 |
Movie | The Butcher Boy | Alum | 1917-04-23 |
Movie | The Rough House | Cook | 1917-06-25 |
Movie | His Wedding Night | Rival employee | 1917-08-20 |
Movie | A Country Hero | City Gent | 1917-12-10 |
Movie | Coney Island | Old Friend of Fatty's Wife (uncredited) | 1917-10-29 |
Movie | Oh, Doctor! | Gambler | 1917-09-30 |
Movie | He Did and He Didn’t | The Bounding Burglar | 1916-01-29 |
Movie | Fatty and Mabel Adrift | Hiram Perkins' Son | 1916-01-09 |
Movie | Bright Lights | The Bartender | 1916-02-20 |
Movie | The Other Man | 1916-04-16 | |
Movie | His Wife's Mistakes | The Office Boy | 1916-04-02 |
Movie | The Waiters' Ball | The Waiter | 1916-06-25 |
Movie | A Creampuff Romance | 1916-07-05 | |
Movie | Hogan's Romance Upset | Second Row Fight Spectator (uncredited) | 1915-02-13 |
Movie | A Glimpse of the San Diego Exposition | 1915-02-18 | |
Movie | Mabel and Fatty’s Married Life | Lead Cop (uncredited) | 1915-02-10 |
Movie | A Bird's a Bird | 1915-02-08 | |
Movie | That Little Band Of Gold | Waiter (uncredited) | 1915-03-14 |
Movie | Fatty's New Role | Cop (uncredited) | 1915-02-01 |
Movie | Fatty and Mabel’s Simple Life | The Squire's Son | 1915-01-17 |
Movie | Mabel, Fatty and the Law | Cop in Park / Prisoner in Derby (uncredited) | 1915-01-18 |
Movie | Fickle Fatty's Fall | Butcher Boy | 1915-11-14 |
Movie | Fatty and the Broadway Stars | Studio Janitor | 1915-12-15 |
Movie | Fatty’s Faithful Fido | Fatty's Rival | 1915-03-19 |
Movie | Fatty’s Plucky Pup | Dog Catcher (uncredited) | 1915-06-27 |
Movie | A Village Scandal | Sword Swallower | 1915-12-12 |
Movie | When Love Took Wings | Hank Perkins, Fatty's Rival | 1915-04-01 |
Movie | Crossed Love and Swords | A Bosom Friend | 1915-05-12 |
Movie | Droppington's Family Tree | Waiter | 1915-04-11 |
Movie | The Knockout | Boxer - Pug's Rival / Desk Sergeant / Cop (uncredited) | 1914-06-11 |
Movie | Mabel's Busy Day | Policeman | 1914-06-13 |
Movie | Fatty's Finish | 1914-07-02 | |
Movie | The Alarm | 1914-05-28 | |
Movie | Mabel's Married Life | Delivery Boy (uncredited) | 1914-06-20 |
Movie | Won in a Closet | 1914-01-21 | |
Movie | Those Country Kids | Mr. Reddy | 1914-08-19 |
Movie | In the Clutches of the Gang | Cop | 1914-01-17 |
Movie | Mabel's Strange Predicament | Bellboy (uncredited) | 1914-02-09 |
Movie | Tango Tangle | Guest in Convict Costume (uncredited) | 1914-03-09 |
Movie | The Star Boarder | Boarder (uncredited) | 1914-04-04 |
Movie | Caught in a Cabaret | Singer (uncredited) | 1914-04-27 |
Movie | The New Janitor | Elevator boy | 1914-09-14 |
Movie | The Rounders | Bellhop / Waiter | 1914-09-07 |
Movie | Leading Lizzie Astray | Cafe Patron / Bouncer (uncredited) | 1914-11-30 |
Movie | The Plumber | 1914-12-09 | |
Movie | Fatty's Magic Pants | Party Guest (uncredited) | 1914-12-13 |
Movie | Tillie's Punctured Romance | Keystone Kop (uncredited) | 1914-12-21 |
Movie | Fatty's Jonah Day | Fatty's Rival | 1914-11-15 |
Movie | His Prehistoric Past | Caveman | 1914-12-07 |
Movie | An Incompetent Hero | The Burglar | 1914-11-12 |
Movie | Lover's Luck | Fatty's Rival | 1914-09-15 |
Movie | Mabel's Blunder | Mabel's Brother | 1914-09-12 |
Movie | Fatty's Debut | (unconfirmed) | 1914-09-26 |
Movie | Shot in the Excitement | The Daughter's Suitor | 1914-10-26 |
Movie | A Noise from the Deep | 1913-07-17 | |
Movie | Her Birthday Present | 1913-02-14 | |
Movie | Mother's Boy | Cop | 1913-09-25 |
Movie | His Sister's Kids | Cop | 1913-12-13 |
Movie | The Riot | Man in Pool Hall | 1913-08-07 |