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Personal Info

Birth date

1893-09-09 (131 Years)

Day of death

1963-01-21

Gender

Male

Known for

Acting

Place of birth

Santa Ana, California, USA

Also known as

Alfred St. John
Al St John
Fuzzy Q. Jones
'Fuzzy' St. John
Al "Fuzzy' St. John
Al 'Fuzzy' St. John
Al Fuzzy St. John
Al {Fuzzy} St. John
Al. 'Fuzzy' St. John
Fuzzy St. John
Al 'Fuzzy' St.John
Al Fuzzy St.John
Al St.John
Fuzzy St.John
Al {Fuzzy} St.John
Альфред Сент-Джон
Аль Ст. Джон

Al St. John

Biography

​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.

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Filmography

Acting

2016Buster Keaton The Shorts Collection 1917-1923 as Unknown

2006Buster Keaton: From Silents to Shorts as (archive footage)

1976Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch as (archive footage)

1962Crazy Days as Various (archive footage) (uncredited)

1961Days of Thrills and Laughter as Self (archive footage)

1957The Golden Age of Comedy as archive footage

1952The Frontier Phantom as Fuzzy Q. Jones

1952The Black Lash as Fuzzy Q. Jones

1951The Vanishing Outpost as Fuzzy Q. Jones

1951The Thundering Trail as Fuzzy Q. Jones

1950King of the Bullwhip as Fuzzy Q. Jones

1950The Daltons' Women as Fuzzy Q. Jones

1949Son of a Badman as Fuzzy Q. Jones

1949Son of Billy the Kid as Sheriff Fuzzy

1949Outlaw Country as Fuzzy Q. Jones

1948Frontier Revenge as Fuzzy Q. Jones

1948Mark of the Lash as Fuzzy Q. Jones

1948Dead Man's Gold as Fuzzy Q. Jones

1947Cheyenne Takes Over as Al 'Fuzzy' St. John

1947The Fighting Vigilantes as Fuzzy Q. Jones

1947Return of the Lash as Fuzzy Q. Jones

1947Stage to Mesa City as Fuzzy Jones

1947Ghost Town Renegades as Fuzzy Q. Jones

1947Pioneer Justice as Fuzzy Q. Jones

1947Border Feud as Fuzzy Q. Jones

1947Law of the Lash as Fuzzy

1946My Dog Shep as Deputy Sheriff

1946Outlaws of the Plains as Fuzzy Q. Jones

1946Overland Riders as Fuzzy Jones

1946Prairie Badmen as Fuzzy Q. Jones

1946Ghost Of Hidden Valley as Fuzzy Q. Jones

1946Terrors on Horseback as Fuzzy Q. Jones

1946Gentlemen With Guns as Fuzzy Q. Jones

1946Lightning Raiders as Fuzzy Q. Jones

1945Prairie Rustlers as Fuzzy Jones

1945Fighting Bill Carson as Fuzzy Q. Jones

1945Border Badmen as Fuzzy Jones

1945Rustlers' Hideout as Fuzzy Jones

1945Stagecoach Outlaws as Fuzzy Jones

1945Gangster's Den as Fuzzy Q. Jones

1945Shadows of Death as Fuzzy Q. Jones

1945His Brother's Ghost as Andy Jones / Jonathan Fuzzy Jones

1944Oath of Vengeance as Fuzzy Jones

1944I'm from Arkansas as Fuzzy Q. Jones

1944Wild Horse Phantom as Fuzzy Jones

1944Fuzzy Settles Down as Fuzzy Jones

1944The Drifter as Fuzzy Q. Jones

1944Valley Of Vengeance as Fuzzy Q. Jones

1944Thundering Gun Slingers as Doc Jones

1944Frontier Outlaws as Fuzzy Jones

1943Devil Riders as Fuzzy Q. Jones

1943Raiders of Red Gap as Fuzzy Q. Jones

1943Blazing Frontier as Fuzzy Q. Jones

1943The Renegade as Fuzzy Q. Jones

1943Cattle Stampede as Fuzzy Q. Jones

1943Law of the Saddle as Fuzzy Q. Jones

1943Wolves of the Range as Fuzzy Q. Jones

1943Western Cyclone as Fuzzy Q. Jones

1943Death Rides the Plains as Fuzzy Q. Jones

1943Dead Men Walk as Townsman Finding Kate's Body

1943Fugitive of the Plains as Fuzzy Q. Jones

1943Wild Horse Rustlers as Fuzzy Q. Jones

1943The Kid Rides Again as Fuzzy Q. Jones

1942Outlaws of Boulder Pass as Fuzzy Q. Jones

1942The Mysterious Rider as Fuzzy Q. Jones

1942Along the Sundown Trail as Crandall - Lawyer (uncredited)

1942Overland Stagecoach as Fuzzy Q. Jones

1942Border Roundup as Fuzzy Q. Jones

1942Prairie Pals as Hank Stoner

1942Sheriff of Sage Valley as Fuzzy Jones

1942Law and Order as Fuzzy Jones

1942Texas Justice as Fuzzy Q. Jones

1942Billy the Kid's Smoking Guns as Fuzzy Q. Jones

1942Jesse James, Jr. as Pop Sawyer

1942The Lone Rider in Cheyenne as Fuzzy Q. Jones

1942Stagecoach Express as Dusty Jenkins

1942Billy the Kid Trapped as Fuzzy Jones

1942Valley of the Sun as Bearded Man Hurrying to Wedding

1942The Lone Rider and the Bandit as Fuzzy Q. Jones

1942Arizona Terrors as Hardtack

1941The Lone Rider Fights Back as Fuzzy Jones

1941Billy The Kid's Round-Up as Fuzzy Q. Jones

1941A Missouri Outlaw as Dan Willoughby

1941Billy the Kid Wanted as Fuzzy Q. Jones

1941The Lone Rider Ambushed as Fuzzy Jones

1941The Lone Rider in Frontier Fury as Fuzzy

1941Billy the Kid in Santa Fe as Fuzzy Jones

1941The Lone Rider in Ghost Town as Fuzzy

1941Billy The Kid's Fighting Pals as Fuzzy Q. Jones

1941The Apache Kid as Stage Guard Dangle

1941The Lone Rider Crosses the Rio as Fuzzy Jones

1941Billy the Kid's Range War as Fuzzy

1941The Lone Rider Rides On as Fuzzy

1940Billy the Kid's Gun Justice as Fuzzy

1940Texas Terrors as Frosty Larson

1940Friendly Neighbors as Smokey

1940Li'l Abner as Joe Smithpan

1940Marked Men as Gimpy - a thug

1940Billy the Kid in Texas as Fuzzy

1940Billy the Kid Outlawed as Fuzzy Jones

1940Murder on the Yukon as Bill Smithers

1939Oklahoma Terror as Fuzzy Glass

1939Trigger Pals as Fuzzy

1938Exposed as Flophouse Bum

1938Frontier Scout as Whiney Roberts

1938Gunsmoke Trail as Fuzzy

1938Songs and Bullets as Fuzzy Martin

1938Knight of the Plains as Fuzzy

1938Call of The Yukon as Joe

1938Start Cheering as Station Master

1938The Rangers' Round-Up as Fuzzy

1937The Fighting Deputy as Fuzzy

1937A Lawman Is Born as Eli Root

1937Moonlight on the Range as Fuzzy Jones

1937Sing Cowboy Sing as Duke Evans

1937The Outcasts of Poker Flat as Uncle Billy

1937Melody of the Plains as Fuzzy

1937Love Nest on Wheels as Uncle Jed

1937The Roaming Cowboy as Fuzzy

1936Trail Dust as Al

1936West of Nevada as Walla Walla Wiggins

1936Pinto Rustlers as Mack

1936The Ex-Mrs. Bradford as Morgue Attendant (uncredited)

1936The Millionaire Kid as Matthews

1936A Face in the Fog as Elmer

1935Trigger Tom as Stub Macey

1935Bar 20 Rides Again as Cinco

1935The Law of 45's as Stoney Martin

1935Midnight Phantom as Radio Officer Jones

1934Public Stenographer as Elmer

1933From Headquarters as Detainee Touching Cigarette Pack (uncredited)

1933Riders of Destiny as Bert - Henchman

1933His Private Secretary as Tom - Garage Owner

1933Buzzin' Around as Al

1932Law of the North as Jailbird

1932Riders of the Desert as Slim - A Ranger

1932Harem Scarem as Unknown

1932Bridge Wives as Al Smith

1932Police Court as Skid

1931The Door Knocker as The Door Knocker

1931That's My Meat as Unknown

1931Honeymoon Trio as The Newlywed Husband

1931Aloha as Sailor

1931Mlle. Irene The Great as Unknown

1931Marriage Rows as Al

1931The Painted Desert as Buck

1930The Land of Missing Men as Buckshot

1930The Oklahoma Cyclone as Slim

1930Two Fresh Eggs as Unknown

1930The Voice of Hollywood as Unknown

1930Western Knights as Al

1930Hell Harbor as Bunion

1929The Dance of Life as Bozo

1929She Goes to War as Bill

1928Hot or Cold as Unknown

1928Painted Post as Joe Nimble

1928Hello Cheyenne! as Zip Coon

1927The Stunt Man as Second-Unit Director

1927American Beauty as Waiter

1927Life in Hollywood No. 2 as Himself

1927High Spots as The Clerk

1927Jungle Heat as Unknown

1927Listen Lena as Al Adams

1927High Sea Blues as Bill Brown

1926The General as Officer on Horseback (uncredited)

1926Flaming Romance as Al

1926Who Hit Me? as Al

1926Skybound as The Boy

1926His Taking Ways as Unknown

1926A Punch in the Nose as Unknown

1925Fire Away as Unknown

1925Fair Warning as Jay Walker

1925Curses as Buttonshoe Bill

1925The Iron Mule as The Engineer

1925Red Pepper as Tom Katt

1925Dynamite Doggie as Al

1924Lovemania as Unknown

1924The Garden of Weeds as Nat Barlow

1924Stupid, but Brave as The Bum

1924His First Car as 1st Camping Husband

1924Unreal News Reel No. 2 as Man on stationary bicycle

1923Spring Fever as Unknown

1922Out of Place as Unknown

1922All Wet as Unknown

1922Special Delivery as Unknown

1922A Studio Rube as Unknown

1921The High Sign as Man On Beach

1920The Scarecrow as Man with Motorbike (uncredited)

1920Ship Ahoy as Unknown

1920Trouble as Unknown

1919Speed as Unknown

1919Back Stage as Stagehand

1919A Desert Hero as The Bad Man

1919Love as Al Clove - Fatty's Rival (uncredited)

1919The Pullman Porter as Unknown

1919Camping Out as Unknown

1918A Scrap of Paper as The Crown Prince

1918The Cook as Holdup Man (uncredited)

1918Good Night, Nurse! as Surgeon's Assistant

1918Moonshine as Mountain Man

1918The Bell Boy as Desk Clerk

1918Out West as Wild Bill Hickup

1917A Country Hero as City Gent

1917Coney Island as Old Friend of Fatty's Wife, Old Friend of Fatty's Wife (uncredited)

1917Oh, Doctor! as Gambler

1917His Wedding Night as Rival employee

1917The Rough House as Cook

1917A Reckless Romeo as The Pretty Girl's Boyfriend

1917The Butcher Boy as Alum

1917The Grab Bag Bride as The Villain

1916Bombs! as Bicycle Messenger

1916A Creampuff Romance as Unknown

1916The Waiters' Ball as The Waiter

1916The Other Man as Unknown

1916His Wife's Mistakes as The Office Boy

1916Bright Lights as The Bartender

1916He Did and He Didn’t as The Bounding Burglar

1916Fatty and Mabel Adrift as Hiram Perkins' Son

1915Fatty and the Broadway Stars as Studio Janitor

1915A Village Scandal as Sword Swallower

1915Fickle Fatty's Fall as Butcher Boy

1915Fatty’s Plucky Pup as Dog Catcher (uncredited)

1915Crossed Love and Swords as A Bosom Friend

1915Our Dare-Devil Chief as Gang Leader's Accomplice

1915Droppington's Family Tree as Waiter

1915When Love Took Wings as Hank Perkins, Fatty's Rival

1915Fatty’s Faithful Fido as Fatty's Rival

1915That Little Band Of Gold as Waiter (uncredited)

1915Hogan's Romance Upset as Second Row Fight Spectator (uncredited)

1915Mabel and Fatty’s Married Life as Lead Cop (uncredited)

1915A Bird's a Bird as Unknown

1915Fatty's New Role as Cop (uncredited)

1915Mabel, Fatty and the Law as Cop in Park / Prisoner in Derby (uncredited)

1915Fatty and Mabel’s Simple Life as The Squire's Son

1914Tillie's Punctured Romance as Keystone Kop (uncredited)

1914Fatty's Magic Pants as Party Guest (uncredited)

1914The Plumber as Unknown

1914His Prehistoric Past as Caveman

1914Leading Lizzie Astray as Cafe Patron / Bouncer (uncredited)

1914Fatty's Jonah Day as Fatty's Rival

1914An Incompetent Hero as The Burglar

1914Shot in the Excitement as The Daughter's Suitor

1914Stout Hearts But Weak Knees as Unknown

1914The Love Thief as Unknown

1914The Anglers as Unknown

1914Fatty's Debut as (unconfirmed)

1914Lover's Luck as Fatty's Rival

1914The New Janitor as Elevator boy

1914Mabel's Blunder as Mabel's Brother

1914The Rounders as Bellhop / Waiter

1914Those Country Kids as Mr. Reddy

1914Soldiers of Misfortune as Unknown

1914The Sky Pirate as Unknown

1914Fatty's Finish as Unknown

1914Mabel's Married Life as Delivery Boy (uncredited)

1914Mabel's Busy Day as Policeman

1914The Knockout as Boxer - Pug's Rival / Desk Sergeant / Cop (uncredited)

1914The Alarm as Unknown

1914Caught in a Cabaret as Singer (uncredited)

1914The Star Boarder as Boarder (uncredited)

1914Tango Tangles as Guest in Convict Costume (uncredited)

1914Mabel's Strange Predicament as Bellboy (uncredited)

1914Won in a Closet as Unknown

1914In the Clutches of the Gang as Cop

1913His Sister's Kids as Cop

1913Mother's Boy as Cop

1913The Riot as Man in Pool Hall

1913A Noise from the Deep as Unknown

1913The Doctored Affair as Unknown

1913Her Birthday Present as Unknown

Writing

1928Run, Girl, Run ... Story

1924Lovemania ... Writer

1924Stupid, but Brave ... Writer

1922All Wet ... Writer

1919Speed ... Screenplay

Directing

1924Lovemania ... Director

1922Out of Place ... Director

1922All Wet ... Director

1920Ship Ahoy ... Director

1919Speed ... Director