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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 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
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Buster Keaton The Shorts Collection 1917-1923 (2016)
Buster Keaton: From Silents to Shorts (2006)
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch (1976)
Crazy Days (1962)
Days of Thrills and Laughter (1961)
The Golden Age of Comedy (1957)
The Frontier Phantom (1952)
The Black Lash (1952)
The Vanishing Outpost (1951)
The Thundering Trail (1951)
King of the Bullwhip (1950)
The Daltons' Women (1950)
Son of a Badman (1949)
Son of Billy the Kid (1949)
Outlaw Country (1949)
Frontier Revenge (1948)
Dead Man's Gold (1948)
Mark of the Lash (1948)
Cheyenne Takes Over (1947)
The Fighting Vigilantes (1947)
Return of the Lash (1947)
Stage to Mesa City (1947)
Ghost Town Renegades (1947)
Pioneer Justice (1947)
Border Feud (1947)
Law of the Lash (1947)
My Dog Shep (1946)
Outlaws of the Plains (1946)
Overland Riders (1946)
Prairie Badmen (1946)
Ghost Of Hidden Valley (1946)
Terrors on Horseback (1946)
Gentlemen With Guns (1946)
Lightning Raiders (1946)
Prairie Rustlers (1945)
Fighting Bill Carson (1945)
Border Badmen (1945)
Rustlers' Hideout (1945)
Stagecoach Outlaws (1945)
Gangster's Den (1945)
Shadows of Death (1945)
His Brother's Ghost (1945)
Oath of Vengeance (1944)
I'm from Arkansas (1944)
Wild Horse Phantom (1944)
Fuzzy Settles Down (1944)
The Drifter (1944)
Valley Of Vengeance (1944)
Thundering Gun Slingers (1944)
Frontier Outlaws (1944)
Devil Riders (1943)
Raiders of Red Gap (1943)
Blazing Frontier (1943)
The Renegade (1943)
Cattle Stampede (1943)
Law of the Saddle (1943)
Wolves of the Range (1943)
Western Cyclone (1943)
Death Rides the Plains (1943)
Dead Men Walk (1943)
Fugitive of the Plains (1943)
Wild Horse Rustlers (1943)
The Kid Rides Again (1943)
Outlaws of Boulder Pass (1942)
The Mysterious Rider (1942)
Overland Stagecoach (1942)
Along the Sundown Trail (1942)
Border Roundup (1942)
Prairie Pals (1942)
Sheriff of Sage Valley (1942)
Law and Order (1942)
Texas Justice (1942)
Billy the Kid's Smoking Guns (1942)
Jesse James, Jr. (1942)
The Lone Rider in Cheyenne (1942)
Stagecoach Express (1942)
Billy the Kid Trapped (1942)
Valley of the Sun (1942)
The Lone Rider and the Bandit (1942)
Arizona Terrors (1942)
The Lone Rider Fights Back (1941)
Billy The Kid's Round-Up (1941)
A Missouri Outlaw (1941)
Billy the Kid Wanted (1941)
The Lone Rider Ambushed (1941)
The Lone Rider in Frontier Fury (1941)
Billy the Kid in Santa Fe (1941)
The Lone Rider in Ghost Town (1941)
Billy The Kid's Fighting Pals (1941)
The Apache Kid (1941)
The Lone Rider Crosses the Rio (1941)
Billy the Kid's Range War (1941)
The Lone Rider Rides On (1941)
Billy the Kid's Gun Justice (1940)
Texas Terrors (1940)
Friendly Neighbors (1940)
Li'l Abner (1940)
Marked Men (1940)
Billy the Kid in Texas (1940)
Billy the Kid Outlawed (1940)
Murder on the Yukon (1940)
Oklahoma Terror (1939)
Trigger Pals (1939)
Exposed (1938)
Frontier Scout (1938)
Gunsmoke Trail (1938)
Songs and Bullets (1938)
Knight of the Plains (1938)
Call of The Yukon (1938)
Start Cheering (1938)
The Rangers' Round-Up (1938)
The Fighting Deputy (1937)
A Lawman Is Born (1937)
Moonlight on the Range (1937)
Sing Cowboy Sing (1937)
The Outcasts of Poker Flat (1937)
Melody of the Plains (1937)
Love Nest on Wheels (1937)
The Roaming Cowboy (1937)
Trail Dust (1936)
West of Nevada (1936)
Pinto Rustlers (1936)
The Ex-Mrs. Bradford (1936)
The Millionaire Kid (1936)
A Face in the Fog (1936)
Trigger Tom (1935)
Bar 20 Rides Again (1935)
The Law of 45's (1935)
Midnight Phantom (1935)
Public Stenographer (1934)
From Headquarters (1933)
Riders of Destiny (1933)
His Private Secretary (1933)
Buzzin' Around (1933)
Law of the North (1932)
Riders of the Desert (1932)
Harem Scarem (1932)
Bridge Wives (1932)
Police Court (1932)
The Door Knocker (1931)
That's My Meat (1931)
Honeymoon Trio (1931)
Aloha (1931)
Mlle. Irene The Great (1931)
The Painted Desert (1931)
Marriage Rows (1931)
The Land of Missing Men (1930)
The Oklahoma Cyclone (1930)
Two Fresh Eggs (1930)
The Voice of Hollywood (1930)
Western Knights (1930)
Hell Harbor (1930)
The Dance of Life (1929)
She Goes to War (1929)
Hot or Cold (1928)
Painted Post (1928)
Hello Cheyenne! (1928)
Run, Girl, Run (1928)
The Stunt Man (1927)
American Beauty (1927)
Life in Hollywood No. 2 (1927)
Jungle Heat (1927)
Listen Lena (1927)
The General (1926)
Skybound (1926)
His Taking Ways (1926)
A Punch in the Nose (1926)
Fire Away (1925)
Fair Warning (1925)
Curses (1925)
The Iron Mule (1925)
Red Pepper (1925)
Dynamite Doggie (1925)
Lovemania (1924)
The Garden of Weeds (1924)
Stupid, but Brave (1924)
His First Car (1924)
Unreal News Reel No. 2 (1924)
Spring Fever (1923)
Out of Place (1922)
All Wet (1922)
Special Delivery (1922)
A Studio Rube (1922)
The High Sign (1921)
The Scarecrow (1920)
Ship Ahoy (1920)
Trouble (1920)
Back Stage (1919)
At the Old Stage Door (1919)
A Desert Hero (1919)
Love (1919)
The Pullman Porter (1919)
Camping Out (1919)
A Scrap of Paper (1918)
The Cook (1918)
Good Night, Nurse! (1918)
Moonshine (1918)
The Bell Boy (1918)
Out West (1918)
A Country Hero (1917)
Coney Island (1917)
Oh, Doctor! (1917)
His Wedding Night (1917)
The Rough House (1917)
A Reckless Romeo (1917)
The Butcher Boy (1917)
The Grab Bag Bride (1917)
Bombs! (1916)
A Creampuff Romance (1916)
The Waiters' Ball (1916)
The Other Man (1916)
His Wife's Mistakes (1916)
Bright Lights (1916)
He Did and He Didn’t (1916)
Fatty and Mabel Adrift (1916)
Fatty and the Broadway Stars (1915)
A Village Scandal (1915)
Fickle Fatty's Fall (1915)
Fatty’s Plucky Pup (1915)
Crossed Love and Swords (1915)
Our Dare-Devil Chief (1915)
Droppington's Family Tree (1915)
When Love Took Wings (1915)
Fatty’s Faithful Fido (1915)
That Little Band Of Gold (1915)
Hogan's Romance Upset (1915)
Mabel and Fatty’s Married Life (1915)
A Bird's a Bird (1915)
Fatty's New Role (1915)
Hogan's Mussy Job (1915)
Mabel, Fatty and the Law (1915)
Fatty and Mabel’s Simple Life (1915)
Tillie's Punctured Romance (1914)
Fatty's Magic Pants (1914)
The Plumber (1914)
His Prehistoric Past (1914)
Leading Lizzie Astray (1914)
Fatty's Jonah Day (1914)
An Incompetent Hero (1914)
Shot in the Excitement (1914)
Stout Hearts But Weak Knees (1914)
The Love Thief (1914)
The Anglers (1914)
Fatty's Debut (1914)
He Loved the Ladies (1914)
Lover's Luck (1914)
The New Janitor (1914)
Mabel's Blunder (1914)
The Rounders (1914)
Those Country Kids (1914)
Soldiers of Misfortune (1914)
The Sky Pirate (1914)
Fatty's Finish (1914)
Fatty and the Heiress (1914)
Mabel's Married Life (1914)
Mabel's Busy Day (1914)
The Knockout (1914)
The Alarm (1914)
Caught in a Cabaret (1914)
The Star Boarder (1914)
Tango Tangle (1914)
Mabel's Strange Predicament (1914)
Double Crossed (1914)
Won in a Closet (1914)
In the Clutches of the Gang (1914)
His Sister's Kids (1913)
Mother's Boy (1913)
The Riot (1913)
A Noise from the Deep (1913)
The Gangsters (1913)
Murphy's I.O.U. (1913)
The Doctored Affair (1913)
Her Birthday Present (1913)
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GenderMale
Birthday1893-09-10
Deathday1963-01-21 (69 years old)
Birth PlaceSanta Ana, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsAlfred 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
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