Al St. John
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.
271 acting credits · 5 directing credits
Acting · 271
The General
1926
Riders of Destiny
1933
The Ex-Mrs. Bradford
1936
Tango Tangles
1914
Tillie's Punctured Romance
1914
Aloha
1931
Mabel's Strange Predicament
1914
Start Cheering
1938
Love Nest on Wheels
1937
The Scarecrow
1920
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
1976
The Painted Desert
1931
Mabel's Married Life
1914
The Roaming Cowboy
1937
The Cook
1918
The New Janitor
1914
Friendly Neighbors
1940
Dead Men Walk
1943
The Rounders
1914
Pioneer Justice
1947
Stagecoach Outlaws
1945
The High Sign
1921
The Butcher Boy
1917
Law of the Saddle
1943
Billy the Kid's Gun Justice
1940
Stagecoach Express
1942
Days of Thrills and Laughter
1961
Shadows of Death
1945
From Headquarters
1933
Midnight Phantom
1935
The Knockout
1914
Murder on the Yukon
1940
Li'l Abner
1940
The Golden Age of Comedy
1957
Caught in a Cabaret
1914
Exposed
1938
Valley of the Sun
1942
Riders of the Desert
1932
His Private Secretary
1933
The Lone Rider in Frontier Fury
1941
Oklahoma Terror
1939
Thundering Gun Slingers
1944
Oh, Doctor!
1917
Buzzin' Around
1933
Coney Island
1917
A Bird's a Bird
1915
Billy the Kid Wanted
1941
She Goes to War
1929
Border Badmen
1945
Frontier Revenge
1948
Wolves of the Range
1943
Prairie Rustlers
1945
Devil Riders
1943
Arizona Terrors
1942
Call of The Yukon
1938
Marked Men
1940
The Dance of Life
1929
Outlaw Country
1949
Border Roundup
1942
American Beauty
1927
Fatty’s Faithful Fido
1915
The Outcasts of Poker Flat
1937
Mabel and Fatty’s Married Life
1915
The Thundering Trail
1951
Police Court
1932
The Lone Rider Rides On
1941
Son of a Badman
1949
Cattle Stampede
1943
Trail Dust
1936
The Rough House
1917
The Vanishing Outpost
1951
Texas Justice
1942
Frontier Scout
1938
Those Country Kids
1914
Ghost Of Hidden Valley
1946
Moonshine
1918
Billy the Kid Trapped
1942
Trigger Pals
1939
Law of the Lash
1947
The Riot
1913
I'm from Arkansas
1944
Billy the Kid in Texas
1940
My Dog Shep
1946
The Star Boarder
1914
The Grab Bag Bride
1917
Blazing Frontier
1943
The Renegade
1943
Raiders of Red Gap
1943
The Lone Rider and the Bandit
1942
Frontier Outlaws
1944
Billy the Kid's Range War
1941
Billy the Kid in Santa Fe
1941
Gangster's Den
1945
Shot in the Excitement
1914
Pinto Rustlers
1936
Bridge Wives
1932
Back Stage
1919
His Wedding Night
1917
The Drifter
1944
Good Night, Nurse!
1918
Moonlight on the Range
1937
The Lone Rider in Cheyenne
1942
Along the Sundown Trail
1942
A Country Hero
1917
The Iron Mule
1925
Prairie Badmen
1946
Mark of the Lash
1948
His Prehistoric Past
1914
Lightning Raiders
1946
The Daltons' Women
1950
Fugitive of the Plains
1943
Public Stenographer
1934
Law and Order
1942
Crazy Days
1962
The Doctored Affair
1913
Billy The Kid's Fighting Pals
1941
Gunsmoke Trail
1938
Billy the Kid's Smoking Guns
1942
Mabel, Fatty and the Law
1915
Buster Keaton: The Shorts Collection 1917-1923
2016
Billy the Kid Outlawed
1940
The Lone Rider in Ghost Town
1941
The Black Lash
1952
Son of Billy the Kid
1949
In the Clutches of the Gang
1914
Oath of Vengeance
1944
A Missouri Outlaw
1941
Western Knights
1930
Mabel's Busy Day
1914
Knight of the Plains
1938
The Waiters' Ball
1916
Sing Cowboy Sing
1937
Sheriff of Sage Valley
1942
Fuzzy Settles Down
1944
King of the Bullwhip
1950
Dynamite Doggie
1925
Border Feud
1947
Cheyenne Takes Over
1947
Bombs!
1916
Overland Stagecoach
1942
Songs and Bullets
1938
Western Cyclone
1943
Out West
1918
The Garden of Weeds
1924
Love
1919
Jesse James, Jr.
1942
Painted Post
1928
Honeymoon Trio
1931
A Lawman Is Born
1937
The Oklahoma Cyclone
1930
The Fighting Vigilantes
1947
The Rangers' Round-Up
1938
A Face in the Fog
1936
The Mysterious Rider
1942
Red Pepper
1925
The Frontier Phantom
1952
Law of the North
1932
Dead Man's Gold
1948
Valley Of Vengeance
1944
Bar 20 Rides Again
1935
Gentlemen With Guns
1946
The Lone Rider Ambushed
1941
Who Hit Me?
1926
Mabel's Blunder
1914
A Village Scandal
1915
Fatty and the Broadway Stars
1915
Terrors on Horseback
1946
Hell Harbor
1930
Flaming Romance
1926
Rustlers' Hideout
1945
Won in a Closet
1914
Wild Horse Phantom
1944
The Voice of Hollywood
1930
His Brother's Ghost
1945
The Bell Boy
1918
All Wet
1922
Stupid, but Brave
1924
Droppington's Family Tree
1915
The Alarm
1914
Stage to Mesa City
1947
Outlaws of Boulder Pass
1942
Hello Cheyenne!
1928
The Apache Kid
1941
Casey Jones
1927
An Incompetent Hero
1914
West of Nevada
1936
Texas Terrors
1940
The Lone Rider Fights Back
1941
Lover's Luck
1914
Fatty and Mabel Adrift
1916
The Fighting Deputy
1937
The Lone Rider Crosses the Rio
1941
The Stunt Man
1927
Ghost Town Renegades
1947
Prairie Pals
1942
Special Delivery
1922
Spring Fever
1923
The Kid Rides Again
1943
Overland Riders
1946
Fatty's Debut
1914
Billy The Kid's Round-Up
1941
Fighting Bill Carson
1945
Skybound
1926
The Law of 45's
1935
The Land of Missing Men
1930
Her Birthday Present
1913
Return of the Lash
1947
The Door Knocker
1931
Curses
1925
High Sea Blues
1927
Life in Hollywood No. 2
1927
A Reckless Romeo
1917
Fair Warning
1925
Bright Lights
1916
Fickle Fatty's Fall
1915
His Sister's Kids
1913
Lovemania
1924
Wild Horse Rustlers
1943
Buster Keaton: From Silents to Shorts
2006
A Punch in the Nose
1926
A Noise from the Deep
1913
Death Rides the Plains
1943
Melody of the Plains
1937
Jungle Heat
1927
Mother's Boy
1913
Fatty’s Plucky Pup
1915
Camping Out
1919
Fire Away
1925
Fatty's New Role
1915
Fatty and Mabel’s Simple Life
1915
The Plumber
1914
The Anglers
1914
That Little Band Of Gold
1915
The Love Thief
1914
Trigger Tom
1935
Leading Lizzie Astray
1914
Crossed Love and Swords
1915
Listen Lena
1927
A Desert Hero
1919
Trouble
1920
His First Car
1924
His Taking Ways
1926
Ship Ahoy
1920
A Scrap of Paper
1918
High Spots
1927
The Other Man
1916
The Millionaire Kid
1936
His Wife's Mistakes
1916
Our Dare-Devil Chief
1915
The Sky Pirate
1914
He Did and He Didn’t
1916
Soldiers of Misfortune
1914
Marriage Rows
1931
Fatty's Magic Pants
1914
Stout Hearts But Weak Knees
1914
Fatty's Jonah Day
1914
Harem Scarem
1932
That's My Meat
1931
Out of Place
1922
A Studio Rube
1922
Hogan's Romance Upset
1915
Outlaws of the Plains
1946
When Love Took Wings
1915
The Pullman Porter
1919
Speed
1919
Two Fresh Eggs
1930
Fatty's Finish
1914
Unreal News Reel No. 2
1924
A Creampuff Romance
1916
Hot or Cold
1928
Mlle. Irene The Great
1931