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.

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

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