Al St. John
Acting • Born 1893-09-09 – Died 1963-01-21
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.
Filmography
271 credits
Arizona Terrors
Movie • 1942
Hardtack
Mabel's Busy Day
Movie • 1914
Policeman
The New Janitor
Movie • 1914
Elevator boy
The Voice of Hollywood
Movie • 1930
Back Stage
Movie • 1919
Stagehand
The Bell Boy
Movie • 1918
Desk Clerk
Coney Island
Movie • 1917
Old Friend of Fatty's Wife
His Wedding Night
Movie • 1917
Rival employee
Good Night, Nurse!
Movie • 1918
Surgeon's Assistant
The High Sign
Movie • 1921
Man On Beach
A Punch in the Nose
Movie • 1926
The Garden of Weeds
Movie • 1924
Nat Barlow
Sing Cowboy Sing
Movie • 1937
Duke Evans
Billy the Kid Trapped
Movie • 1942
Fuzzy Jones
Soldiers of Misfortune
Movie • 1914
The Anglers
Movie • 1914
The Love Thief
Movie • 1914
Stout Hearts But Weak Knees
Movie • 1914
The Plumber
Movie • 1914
Mabel, Fatty and the Law
Movie • 1915
Cop in Park / Prisoner in Derby (uncredited)
Stagecoach Outlaws
Movie • 1945
Fuzzy Jones
Fuzzy Settles Down
Movie • 1944
Fuzzy Jones
Out West
Movie • 1918
Wild Bill Hickup
The Rough House
Movie • 1917
Cook
The Scarecrow
Movie • 1920
Man with Motorbike (uncredited)
Love Nest on Wheels
Movie • 1937
Uncle Jed
Moonshine
Movie • 1918
Mountain Man
The Cook
Movie • 1918
Holdup Man (uncredited)
Oh, Doctor!
Movie • 1917
Gambler
The Butcher Boy
Movie • 1917
Alum
The Knockout
Movie • 1914
Boxer - Pug's Rival / Desk Sergeant / Cop (uncredited)
The Rounders
Movie • 1914
Bellhop / Waiter
His Prehistoric Past
Movie • 1914
Caveman
Mabel's Married Life
Movie • 1914
Delivery Boy (uncredited)
Mabel's Blunder
Movie • 1914
Mabel's Brother
A Country Hero
Movie • 1917
City Gent
The Kid Rides Again
Movie • 1943
Fuzzy Q. Jones
Bridge Wives
Movie • 1932
Al Smith
The Iron Mule
Movie • 1925
The Engineer
Along the Sundown Trail
Movie • 1942
Crandall - Lawyer (uncredited)
The Ex-Mrs. Bradford
Movie • 1936
Morgue Attendant (uncredited)
Won in a Closet
Movie • 1914
Frontier Scout
Movie • 1938
Whiney Roberts
Devil Riders
Movie • 1943
Fuzzy Q. Jones
Crazy Days
Movie • 1962
Various (archive footage) (uncredited)
Lightning Raiders
Movie • 1946
Fuzzy Q. Jones
Billy the Kid's Range War
Movie • 1941
Fuzzy
Fatty's Finish
Movie • 1914
Fatty's Debut
Movie • 1914
(unconfirmed)
Law of the Lash
Movie • 1947
Fuzzy
A Village Scandal
Movie • 1915
Sword Swallower
Buzzin' Around
Movie • 1933
Al
His Brother's Ghost
Movie • 1945
Andy Jones / Jonathan Fuzzy Jones
Trigger Tom
Movie • 1935
Stub Macey
Midnight Phantom
Movie • 1935
Radio Officer Jones
The Law of 45's
Movie • 1935
Stoney Martin
The Land of Missing Men
Movie • 1930
Buckshot
Two Fresh Eggs
Movie • 1930
Hell Harbor
Movie • 1930
Bunion
Curses
Movie • 1925
Buttonshoe Bill
Harem Scarem
Movie • 1932
The Other Man
Movie • 1916
A Creampuff Romance
Movie • 1916
Coney Island
Movie • 1917
Old Friend of Fatty's Wife (uncredited)
The Grab Bag Bride
Movie • 1917
The Villain
Special Delivery
Movie • 1922
His First Car
Movie • 1924
1st Camping Husband
The Outcasts of Poker Flat
Movie • 1937
Uncle Billy
Fighting Bill Carson
Movie • 1945
Fuzzy Q. Jones
Marriage Rows
Movie • 1931
Al
Honeymoon Trio
Movie • 1931
The Newlywed Husband
Overland Riders
Movie • 1946
Fuzzy Jones
Mlle. Irene The Great
Movie • 1931
That's My Meat
Movie • 1931
The Stunt Man
Movie • 1927
Second-Unit Director
Those Country Kids
Movie • 1914
Mr. Reddy
Fatty and Mabel’s Simple Life
Movie • 1915
The Squire's Son
Fatty’s Faithful Fido
Movie • 1915
Fatty's Rival
Trouble
Movie • 1920
Listen Lena
Movie • 1927
Al Adams
Hot or Cold
Movie • 1928
King of the Bullwhip
Movie • 1950
Fuzzy Q. Jones
West of Nevada
Movie • 1936
Walla Walla Wiggins
A Face in the Fog
Movie • 1936
Elmer
The Millionaire Kid
Movie • 1936
Matthews
The Door Knocker
Movie • 1931
The Door Knocker
Western Knights
Movie • 1930
Al
Border Feud
Movie • 1947
Fuzzy Q. Jones
Stage to Mesa City
Movie • 1947
Fuzzy Jones
Oath of Vengeance
Movie • 1944
Fuzzy Jones
Frontier Outlaws
Movie • 1944
Fuzzy Jones
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
Movie • 1976
(archive footage)
A Scrap of Paper
Movie • 1918
The Crown Prince
The Lone Rider and the Bandit
Movie • 1942
Fuzzy Q. Jones
His Wife's Mistakes
Movie • 1916
The Office Boy
Law and Order
Movie • 1942
Fuzzy Jones
Out of Place
Movie • 1922
A Lawman Is Born
Movie • 1937
Eli Root
The Fighting Deputy
Movie • 1937
Fuzzy
Fire Away
Movie • 1925
Dynamite Doggie
Movie • 1925
Al
Lover's Luck
Movie • 1914
Fatty's Rival
Fatty's Jonah Day
Movie • 1914
Fatty's Rival
Knight of the Plains
Movie • 1938
Fuzzy
Exposed
Movie • 1938
Flophouse Bum
Crossed Love and Swords
Movie • 1915
A Bosom Friend
Droppington's Family Tree
Movie • 1915
Waiter
Billy the Kid Outlawed
Movie • 1940
Fuzzy Jones
Border Badmen
Movie • 1945
Fuzzy Jones
Wild Horse Phantom
Movie • 1944
Fuzzy Jones
Unreal News Reel No. 2
Movie • 1924
Man on stationary bicycle
Cheyenne Takes Over
Movie • 1947
Al 'Fuzzy' St. John
A Noise from the Deep
Movie • 1913
The Riot
Movie • 1913
Man in Pool Hall
Mother's Boy
Movie • 1913
Cop
His Sister's Kids
Movie • 1913
Cop
In the Clutches of the Gang
Movie • 1914
Cop
Tango Tangles
Movie • 1914
Guest in Convict Costume (uncredited)
Raiders of Red Gap
Movie • 1943
Fuzzy Q. Jones
Her Birthday Present
Movie • 1913
Call of The Yukon
Movie • 1938
Joe
The Frontier Phantom
Movie • 1952
Fuzzy Q. Jones
I'm from Arkansas
Movie • 1944
Fuzzy Q. Jones
The Painted Desert
Movie • 1931
Buck
The Mysterious Rider
Movie • 1942
Fuzzy Q. Jones
The Lone Rider in Frontier Fury
Movie • 1941
Fuzzy
Billy the Kid in Texas
Movie • 1940
Fuzzy
Billy the Kid in Santa Fe
Movie • 1941
Fuzzy Jones
The General
Movie • 1926
Officer on Horseback (uncredited)
Shot in the Excitement
Movie • 1914
The Daughter's Suitor
A Bird's a Bird
Movie • 1915
The Rangers' Round-Up
Movie • 1938
Fuzzy
A Reckless Romeo
Movie • 1917
The Pretty Girl's Boyfriend
Fatty and Mabel Adrift
Movie • 1916
Hiram Perkins' Son
She Goes to War
Movie • 1929
Bill
His Taking Ways
Movie • 1926
Caught in a Cabaret
Movie • 1914
Singer (uncredited)
Mabel's Strange Predicament
Movie • 1914
Bellboy (uncredited)
Tillie's Punctured Romance
Movie • 1914
Keystone Kop (uncredited)
The Star Boarder
Movie • 1914
Boarder (uncredited)
Fatty's New Role
Movie • 1915
Cop (uncredited)
Fatty’s Plucky Pup
Movie • 1915
Dog Catcher (uncredited)
Love
Movie • 1919
Al Clove - Fatty's Rival (uncredited)
Mabel and Fatty’s Married Life
Movie • 1915
Lead Cop (uncredited)
Leading Lizzie Astray
Movie • 1914
Cafe Patron / Bouncer (uncredited)
When Love Took Wings
Movie • 1915
Hank Perkins, Fatty's Rival
The Waiters' Ball
Movie • 1916
The Waiter
He Did and He Didn’t
Movie • 1916
The Bounding Burglar
That Little Band Of Gold
Movie • 1915
Waiter (uncredited)
Jungle Heat
Movie • 1927
Gunsmoke Trail
Movie • 1938
Fuzzy
The Dance of Life
Movie • 1929
Bozo
Songs and Bullets
Movie • 1938
Fuzzy Martin
Thundering Gun Slingers
Movie • 1944
Doc Jones
Lovemania
Movie • 1924
Start Cheering
Movie • 1938
Station Master
Trail Dust
Movie • 1936
Al
Oklahoma Terror
Movie • 1939
Fuzzy Glass
Trigger Pals
Movie • 1939
Fuzzy
The Drifter
Movie • 1944
Fuzzy Q. Jones
His Private Secretary
Movie • 1933
Tom - Garage Owner
Bar 20 Rides Again
Movie • 1935
Cinco
Painted Post
Movie • 1928
Joe Nimble
Outlaws of the Plains
Movie • 1946
Fuzzy Q. Jones
All Wet
Movie • 1922
The Daltons' Women
Movie • 1950
Fuzzy Q. Jones
A Studio Rube
Movie • 1922
Shadows of Death
Movie • 1945
Fuzzy Q. Jones
Billy the Kid Wanted
Movie • 1941
Fuzzy Q. Jones
Prairie Badmen
Movie • 1946
Fuzzy Q. Jones
Overland Stagecoach
Movie • 1942
Fuzzy Q. Jones
Jesse James, Jr.
Movie • 1942
Pop Sawyer
Murder on the Yukon
Movie • 1940
Bill Smithers
Death Rides the Plains
Movie • 1943
Fuzzy Q. Jones
Buster Keaton: From Silents to Shorts
Movie • 2006
(archive footage)
Frontier Revenge
Movie • 1948
Fuzzy Q. Jones
A Missouri Outlaw
Movie • 1941
Dan Willoughby
The Apache Kid
Movie • 1941
Stage Guard Dangle
Outlaws of Boulder Pass
Movie • 1942
Fuzzy Q. Jones
Dead Man's Gold
Movie • 1948
Fuzzy Q. Jones
Wild Horse Rustlers
Movie • 1943
Fuzzy Q. Jones
Days of Thrills and Laughter
Movie • 1961
Self (archive footage)
Rustlers' Hideout
Movie • 1945
Fuzzy Jones
Stagecoach Express
Movie • 1942
Dusty Jenkins
Wolves of the Range
Movie • 1943
Fuzzy Q. Jones
The Lone Rider Crosses the Rio
Movie • 1941
Fuzzy Jones
High Sea Blues
Movie • 1927
Bill Brown
Mark of the Lash
Movie • 1948
Fuzzy Q. Jones
Outlaw Country
Movie • 1949
Fuzzy Q. Jones
Speed
Movie • 1919
Police Court
Movie • 1932
Skid
Gangster's Den
Movie • 1945
Fuzzy Q. Jones
Terrors on Horseback
Movie • 1946
Fuzzy Q. Jones
Prairie Rustlers
Movie • 1945
Fuzzy Jones
Son of a Badman
Movie • 1949
Fuzzy Q. Jones
Son of Billy the Kid
Movie • 1949
Sheriff Fuzzy
The Roaming Cowboy
Movie • 1937
Fuzzy
Marked Men
Movie • 1940
Gimpy - a thug
Billy the Kid's Gun Justice
Movie • 1940
Fuzzy
The Lone Rider in Ghost Town
Movie • 1941
Fuzzy
Aloha
Movie • 1931
Sailor
Ghost Town Renegades
Movie • 1947
Fuzzy Q. Jones
Blazing Frontier
Movie • 1943
Fuzzy Q. Jones
Li'l Abner
Movie • 1940
Joe Smithpan
Friendly Neighbors
Movie • 1940
Smokey
Melody of the Plains
Movie • 1937
Fuzzy
The Thundering Trail
Movie • 1951
Fuzzy Q. Jones
The Renegade
Movie • 1943
Fuzzy Q. Jones
From Headquarters
Movie • 1933
Detainee Touching Cigarette Pack (uncredited)
Fair Warning
Movie • 1925
Jay Walker
Red Pepper
Movie • 1925
Tom Katt
The Vanishing Outpost
Movie • 1951
Fuzzy Q. Jones
Texas Terrors
Movie • 1940
Frosty Larson
Billy The Kid's Fighting Pals
Movie • 1941
Fuzzy Q. Jones
The Black Lash
Movie • 1952
Fuzzy Q. Jones
Cattle Stampede
Movie • 1943
Fuzzy Q. Jones
Billy the Kid's Smoking Guns
Movie • 1942
Fuzzy Q. Jones
Border Roundup
Movie • 1942
Fuzzy Q. Jones
Texas Justice
Movie • 1942
Fuzzy Q. Jones
Sheriff of Sage Valley
Movie • 1942
Fuzzy Jones
The Lone Rider Ambushed
Movie • 1941
Fuzzy Jones
Billy The Kid's Round-Up
Movie • 1941
Fuzzy Q. Jones
Fugitive of the Plains
Movie • 1943
Fuzzy Q. Jones
Law of the Saddle
Movie • 1943
Fuzzy Q. Jones
The Lone Rider Fights Back
Movie • 1941
Fuzzy Jones
The Lone Rider Rides On
Movie • 1941
Fuzzy
The Lone Rider in Cheyenne
Movie • 1942
Fuzzy Q. Jones
Dead Men Walk
Movie • 1943
Townsman Finding Kate's Body
Western Cyclone
Movie • 1943
Fuzzy Q. Jones
Valley Of Vengeance
Movie • 1944
Fuzzy Q. Jones
The Fighting Vigilantes
Movie • 1947
Fuzzy Q. Jones
Ghost Of Hidden Valley
Movie • 1946
Fuzzy Q. Jones
Gentlemen With Guns
Movie • 1946
Fuzzy Q. Jones
Pioneer Justice
Movie • 1947
Fuzzy Q. Jones
Return of the Lash
Movie • 1947
Fuzzy Q. Jones
Valley of the Sun
Movie • 1942
Bearded Man Hurrying to Wedding (uncredited)
Prairie Pals
Movie • 1942
Hank Stoner
My Dog Shep
Movie • 1946
Deputy Sheriff
Stupid, but Brave
Movie • 1924
The Bum
Fatty's Magic Pants
Movie • 1914
Party Guest (uncredited)
Skybound
Movie • 1926
The Boy
American Beauty
Movie • 1927
Waiter
Buster Keaton: The Shorts Collection 1917-1923
Movie • 2016
Ship Ahoy
Movie • 1920
Hello Cheyenne!
Movie • 1928
Zip Coon
The Golden Age of Comedy
Movie • 1957
archive footage
Spring Fever
Movie • 1923
Moonlight on the Range
Movie • 1937
Fuzzy Jones
Riders of Destiny
Movie • 1933
Bert - Henchman
Fickle Fatty's Fall
Movie • 1915
Butcher Boy
Public Stenographer
Movie • 1934
Elmer
The Oklahoma Cyclone
Movie • 1930
Slim
Bombs!
Movie • 1916
Bicycle Messenger
Fatty and the Broadway Stars
Movie • 1915
Studio Janitor
Pinto Rustlers
Movie • 1936
Mack
Camping Out
Movie • 1919
A Desert Hero
Movie • 1919
The Bad Man
The Pullman Porter
Movie • 1919
An Incompetent Hero
Movie • 1914
The Burglar
Bright Lights
Movie • 1916
The Bartender
The Alarm
Movie • 1914
Riders of the Desert
Movie • 1932
Slim - A Ranger
Life in Hollywood No. 2
Movie • 1927
Himself
Hogan's Romance Upset
Movie • 1915
Second Row Fight Spectator (uncredited)
Law of the North
Movie • 1932
Jailbird
Our Dare-Devil Chief
Movie • 1915
Gang Leader's Accomplice
Who Hit Me?
Movie • 1926
Al
High Spots
Movie • 1927
The Clerk
Flaming Romance
Movie • 1926
Al
The Doctored Affair
Movie • 1913
The Sky Pirate
Movie • 1914