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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 ...
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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Movies (Cast)
The Scarecrow
The General
Tango Tangles
The Rounders
Trail Dust
Pioneer Justice
Cattle Stampede
American Beauty
The Knockout
Public Stenographer
The High Sign
Western Cyclone
Buzzin' Around
Blazing Frontier
Midnight Phantom
Oklahoma Terror
Hell Harbor
The Cook
Coney Island
Coney Island
Son of Billy the Kid
Trigger Tom
Border Feud
Frontier Revenge
Back Stage
Trigger Pals
Billy the Kid in Santa Fe
Rustlers' Hideout
The Butcher Boy
Frontier Scout
Dead Men Walk
Ghost Town Renegades
His Private Secretary
The Star Boarder
The Ex-Mrs. Bradford
Moonshine
I'm from Arkansas
Stagecoach Express
Murder on the Yukon
The Plumber
The Dance of Life
Western Knights
Songs and Bullets
The Lone Rider in Frontier Fury
Tillie's Punctured Romance
Mabel's Busy Day
The Daltons' Women
Stage to Mesa City
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
Riders of Destiny
Our Dare-Devil Chief
Valley of the Sun
Billy the Kid Trapped
Marked Men
Border Badmen
Outlaw Country
From Headquarters
Jesse James, Jr.
Outlaws of Boulder Pass
The Lone Rider in Ghost Town
Sheriff of Sage Valley
Dead Man's Gold
Fugitive of the Plains
Oh, Doctor!
Mabel's Blunder
King of the Bullwhip
Mabel's Strange Predicament
Devil Riders
Outlaws of the Plains
The Rough House
Shadows of Death
She Goes to War
Prairie Badmen
Curses
A Reckless Romeo
The Painted Desert
Cheyenne Takes Over
Lovemania
Stagecoach Outlaws
Knight of the Plains
A Country Hero
Return of the Lash
Leading Lizzie Astray
The Bell Boy
Those Country Kids
The Rangers' Round-Up
Fatty's Magic Pants
The Renegade
The Kid Rides Again
That Little Band Of Gold
Billy The Kid's Round-Up
The Fighting Vigilantes
Wild Horse Rustlers
The Frontier Phantom
Mark of the Lash
His Brother's Ghost
A Face in the Fog
The Outcasts of Poker Flat
Crazy Days
West of Nevada
Caught in a Cabaret
Billy the Kid's Range War
Sing Cowboy Sing
The Millionaire Kid
Wolves of the Range
The Land of Missing Men
Billy the Kid Wanted
Fatty and Mabel Adrift
Fuzzy Settles Down
Overland Riders
Fatty and Mabel’s Simple Life
Frontier Outlaws
Death Rides the Plains
Mabel and Fatty’s Married Life
His First Car
Riders of the Desert
The New Janitor
Exposed
When Love Took Wings
Out West
Mabel, Fatty and the Law
Start Cheering
A Bird's a Bird
Lover's Luck
A Noise from the Deep
Fatty’s Faithful Fido
Fatty’s Plucky Pup
Mabel's Married Life
The Lone Rider Ambushed
The Lone Rider Crosses the Rio
Fatty's New Role
Bar 20 Rides Again
Prairie Rustlers
The Fighting Deputy
Wild Horse Phantom
The Iron Mule
The Voice of Hollywood
The Law of 45's
Gangster's Den
Love
Ghost Of Hidden Valley
Fatty's Jonah Day
Crossed Love and Swords
Listen Lena
Her Birthday Present
The Oklahoma Cyclone
His Prehistoric Past
Good Night, Nurse!
Valley Of Vengeance
A Lawman Is Born
Hello Cheyenne!
Fighting Bill Carson
Fire Away
Gentlemen With Guns
My Dog Shep
Trouble
Bridge Wives
Love Nest on Wheels
Li'l Abner
Camping Out
Hogan's Romance Upset
Raiders of Red Gap
He Did and He Didn’t
Call of The Yukon
The Lone Rider and the Bandit
The Waiters' Ball
Two Fresh Eggs
Hot or Cold
Oath of Vengeance
His Wife's Mistakes
Buster Keaton The Shorts Collection 1917-1923
The Stunt Man
The Mysterious Rider
Police Court
Bombs!
Texas Terrors
Gunsmoke Trail
Billy the Kid's Gun Justice
His Wedding Night
Billy the Kid in Texas
Law of the Lash
Billy The Kid's Fighting Pals
Honeymoon Trio
The Grab Bag Bride
Ship Ahoy
A Scrap of Paper
Droppington's Family Tree
Overland Stagecoach
Won in a Closet
Billy the Kid's Smoking Guns
The Thundering Trail
Unreal News Reel No. 2
Shot in the Excitement
Out of Place
Series (Cast)
Directed
Out of Place
Lovemania
Ship Ahoy
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