Person Details

Birthday: 1893-09-10 07:29:06

Death: 1963-01-21 07:29:06

Aliases: 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

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Santa Ana, California, USA

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Movie Involvements: 145

TV Involvements: 0


Most Famous Work

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Al St. John, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Most Famous Work

His Brother's Ghost
Average
5

His Brother's Ghost

(1945) Andy Jones / Jonathan Fuzzy Jones
Billy the Kid in Santa Fe
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4

Billy the Kid in Santa Fe

(1941) Fuzzy Jones
The Law of 45's
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5

The Law of 45's

(1935) Stoney Martin
Oath of Vengeance
Average
5

Oath of Vengeance

(1944) Fuzzy Jones
Riders of Destiny
Average
5

Riders of Destiny

(1933) Bert - Henchman
Midnight Phantom
Average
5

Midnight Phantom

(1935) Radio Officer Jones
The Painted Desert
Average
5

The Painted Desert

(1931) Buck
Buster Keaton: From Silents to Shorts
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0

Buster Keaton: From Silents to Shorts

(2006) (archive footage)

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2016 N/A
2006 (archive footage)
1976 (archive footage)
1962 N/A
1961 archive footage
1957 archive footage
1952 Fuzzy Q. Jones
Fuzzy Q. Jones
1951 Fuzzy Q. Jones
Fuzzy Q. Jones
1950 Fuzzy Q. Jones
Fuzzy Q. Jones
1949 Fuzzy Q. Jones
Sheriff Fuzzy
Fuzzy Q. Jones
1948 Fuzzy Q. Jones
Fuzzy Q. Jones
Fuzzy Q. Jones
1947 Al 'Fuzzy' St. John
Fuzzy Q. Jones
Fuzzy Q. Jones
Fuzzy Jones
Fuzzy Q. Jones
Fuzzy Q. Jones
Fuzzy Q. Jones
Fuzzy
1946 Deputy Sheriff
Fuzzy Q. Jones
Fuzzy Jones
Fuzzy Q. Jones
Fuzzy Q. Jones
Fuzzy Q. Jones
Fuzzy Q. Jones
Fuzzy Q. Jones
1945 Fuzzy Jones
Fuzzy Q. Jones
Fuzzy Jones
Fuzzy Jones
Fuzzy Jones
Fuzzy Q. Jones
Fuzzy Q. Jones
Andy Jones / Jonathan Fuzzy Jones
1944 Fuzzy Jones
Fuzzy Q. Jones
Fuzzy Jones
Fuzzy Jones
Fuzzy Q. Jones
Fuzzy Q. Jones
Doc Jones
Fuzzy Jones
1943 Fuzzy Q. Jones
Fuzzy Q. Jones
Fuzzy Q. Jones
Fuzzy Q. Jones
Fuzzy Q. Jones
Fuzzy Q. Jones
Fuzzy Q. Jones
Fuzzy Q. Jones
Fuzzy Q. Jones
Townsman Finding Kate's Body
Fuzzy Q. Jones
Fuzzy Q. Jones
Fuzzy Q. Jones
1942 Fuzzy Q. Jones
Fuzzy Q. Jones
Fuzzy Q. Jones
Crandall - Lawyer (uncredited)
Fuzzy Q. Jones
Hank Stoner
Fuzzy Jones
Fuzzy Jones
Fuzzy Q. Jones
Fuzzy Q. Jones
Pop Sawyer
Fuzzy Q. Jones
Dusty Jenkins
Fuzzy Jones
Bearded Man Hurrying to Wedding
Fuzzy Q. Jones
Hardtack
1941 Fuzzy Jones
Fuzzy Q. Jones
Dan Willoughby
Fuzzy Q. Jones
Fuzzy Jones
Fuzzy
Fuzzy Jones
Fuzzy
Fuzzy Q. Jones
Stage Guard Dangle
Fuzzy Jones
Fuzzy
Fuzzy
1940 Fuzzy
Frosty Larson
Smokey
Joe Smithpan
Gimpy - a thug
Fuzzy
Fuzzy Jones
Bill Smithers
1939 Fuzzy Glass
Fuzzy
1938 Flophouse Bum
Whiney Roberts
Fuzzy
Fuzzy Martin
Fuzzy
Joe
Station Master
Fuzzy
1937 Fuzzy
Eli Root
Fuzzy Jones
Duke Evans
Uncle Billy
Fuzzy
Uncle Jed
Fuzzy
1936 Walla Walla Wiggins
Mack
Morgue Attendant (uncredited)
Matthews
Elmer
1935 Stub Macey
Cinco
Stoney Martin
Radio Officer Jones
1934 Elmer
1933 Detainee Touching Cigarette Pack (uncredited)
Bert - Henchman
Tom - Garage Owner
Al
1932 Jailbird
Slim - A Ranger
N/A
Al Smith
Skid
1931 The Door Knocker
N/A
The Newlywed Husband
Sailor
N/A
Buck
Al
1930 Buckshot
Slim
N/A
N/A
Al
Bunion
1929 Bozo
Bill
1928 N/A
Joe Nimble
Zip Coon
1927 Second-Unit Director
Waiter
Himself
N/A
Al Adams
1926 Officer on Horseback (uncredited)
N/A
N/A
N/A
1925 N/A
Jay Walker
Buttonshoe Bill
The Engineer
Tom Katt
Al
1924 N/A
Nat Barlow
The Bum
1st Camping Husband
Man on stationary bicycle
1923 N/A
1922 N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
1921 Man On Beach
1920 Man with Motorbike (uncredited)
N/A
N/A
1919 Stagehand
The Bad Man
Al Clove - Fatty's Rival (uncredited)
N/A
N/A
1918 The Crown Prince
Holdup Man (uncredited)
Surgeon's Assistant
Mountain Man
Desk Clerk
Wild Bill Hickup
1917 City Gent
Old Friend of Fatty's Wife
Old Friend of Fatty's Wife (uncredited)
Gambler
Rival employee
Cook
The Pretty Girl's Boyfriend
Alum
N/A
1916 Bicycle Messenger
N/A
The Waiter
N/A
The Office Boy
The Bartender
The Bounding Burglar
Hiram Perkins' Son
1915 Studio Janitor
Sword Swallower
Butcher Boy
Dog Catcher (uncredited)
A Bosom Friend
Waiter
Hank Perkins, Fatty's Rival
Fatty's Rival
Waiter (uncredited)
Second Row Fight Spectator (uncredited)
Lead Cop (uncredited)
N/A
Cop (uncredited)
Cop in Park / Prisoner in Derby (uncredited)
The Squire's Son
1914 Keystone Kop (uncredited)
Party Guest (uncredited)
N/A
Caveman
Cafe Patron / Bouncer (uncredited)
Fatty's Rival
The Burglar
The Daughter's Suitor
N/A
N/A
N/A
(unconfirmed)
Fatty's Rival
Elevator boy
Mabel's Brother
Bellhop / Waiter
Mr. Reddy
N/A
N/A
Delivery Boy (uncredited)
Policeman
Boxer - Pug's Rival / Desk Sergeant / Cop (uncredited)
N/A
Singer (uncredited)
Boarder (uncredited)
Guest in Convict Costume (uncredited)
Bellboy (uncredited)
N/A
Cop
1913 Cop
Cop
Man in Pool Hall
N/A
N/A
Year Character Movie/Tv

Writing

Directing

Year Role Movie/Tv
1924 Director
1922 Director
Director
1920 Director
Year Role Movie/Tv

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