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
Homepage:
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
(1945) Andy Jones / Jonathan Fuzzy JonesBilly the Kid in Santa Fe
(1941) Fuzzy JonesThe Law of 45's
(1935) Stoney MartinOath of Vengeance
(1944) Fuzzy JonesRiders of Destiny
(1933) Bert - HenchmanMidnight Phantom
(1935) Radio Officer JonesThe Painted Desert
(1931) BuckBuster Keaton: From Silents to Shorts
(2006) (archive footage)Acting
Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
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2016 | N/A | |
2006 | (archive footage) | |
1976 | (archive footage) | |
1962 | N/A | |
1961 | archive footage | |
1957 | archive footage | |
1952 | Fuzzy Q. Jones | |
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1951 | Fuzzy Q. Jones | |
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1950 | Fuzzy Q. Jones | |
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1949 | Fuzzy Q. Jones | |
Sheriff Fuzzy | ||
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1948 | Fuzzy Q. Jones | |
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1947 | Al 'Fuzzy' St. John | |
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1946 | Deputy Sheriff | |
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1945 | Fuzzy Jones | |
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Andy Jones / Jonathan Fuzzy Jones | ||
1944 | Fuzzy Jones | |
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Doc Jones | ||
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1943 | Fuzzy Q. Jones | |
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Townsman Finding Kate's Body | ||
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1942 | Fuzzy Q. Jones | |
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Crandall - Lawyer (uncredited) | ||
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Hank Stoner | ||
Fuzzy Jones | ||
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Pop Sawyer | ||
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Dusty Jenkins | ||
Fuzzy Jones | ||
Bearded Man Hurrying to Wedding | ||
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Hardtack | ||
1941 | Fuzzy Jones | |
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Dan Willoughby | ||
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Stage Guard Dangle | ||
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1940 | Fuzzy | |
Frosty Larson | ||
Smokey | ||
Joe Smithpan | ||
Gimpy - a thug | ||
Fuzzy | ||
Fuzzy Jones | ||
Bill Smithers | ||
1939 | Fuzzy Glass | |
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1938 | Flophouse Bum | |
Whiney Roberts | ||
Fuzzy | ||
Fuzzy Martin | ||
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Joe | ||
Station Master | ||
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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 | |
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The Newlywed Husband | ||
Sailor | ||
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Buck | ||
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1930 | Buckshot | |
Slim | ||
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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) | |
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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 | |
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1921 | Man On Beach | |
1920 | Man with Motorbike (uncredited) | |
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1919 | Stagehand | |
The Bad Man | ||
Al Clove - Fatty's Rival (uncredited) | ||
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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 | ||
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1916 | Bicycle Messenger | |
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The Waiter | ||
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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 | ||
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(unconfirmed) | ||
Fatty's Rival | ||
Elevator boy | ||
Mabel's Brother | ||
Bellhop / Waiter | ||
Mr. Reddy | ||
N/A | ||
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Delivery Boy (uncredited) | ||
Policeman | ||
Boxer - Pug's Rival / Desk Sergeant / Cop (uncredited) | ||
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Singer (uncredited) | ||
Boarder (uncredited) | ||
Guest in Convict Costume (uncredited) | ||
Bellboy (uncredited) | ||
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Cop | ||
1913 | Cop | |
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Man in Pool Hall | ||
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