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.
271 movies
Buster Keaton: From Silents to Shorts
2006·0.0
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
1976·8.5
Crazy Days
1962·5.8
Days of Thrills and Laughter
1961·6.0
The Golden Age of Comedy
1957·7.1
The Frontier Phantom
1952·5.2
The Black Lash
1952·9.0
The Vanishing Outpost
1951·7.0
The Thundering Trail
1951·5.3
King of the Bullwhip
1950·6.3
The Daltons' Women
1950·4.5
Son of a Badman
1949·9.0
Son of Billy the Kid
1949·6.5
Outlaw Country
1949·4.5
Frontier Revenge
1948·6.7
Mark of the Lash
1948·6.5
Dead Man's Gold
1948·6.0
Cheyenne Takes Over
1947·6.0
The Fighting Vigilantes
1947·6.0
Return of the Lash
1947·6.5
Stage to Mesa City
1947·7.5
Ghost Town Renegades
1947·4.6
Pioneer Justice
1947·6.5
Border Feud
1947·6.5
Law of the Lash
1947·5.5
My Dog Shep
1946·6.3
Outlaws of the Plains
1946·6.3
Overland Riders
1946·5.0
Prairie Badmen
1946·5.7
Ghost Of Hidden Valley
1946·7.5
Terrors on Horseback
1946·9.0
Gentlemen With Guns
1946·6.5
Lightning Raiders
1946·10.0
Prairie Rustlers
1945·7.0
Fighting Bill Carson
1945·6.0
Border Badmen
1945·6.5
Rustlers' Hideout
1945·6.3
Stagecoach Outlaws
1945·7.0
Gangster's Den
1945·5.7
Shadows of Death
1945·6.2
His Brother's Ghost
1945·6.0
Oath of Vengeance
1944·4.5
I'm from Arkansas
1944·6.0
Wild Horse Phantom
1944·5.6
Fuzzy Settles Down
1944·6.2
The Drifter
1944·8.0
Valley Of Vengeance
1944·6.7
Thundering Gun Slingers
1944·9.0
Frontier Outlaws
1944·6.8
Devil Riders
1943·4.7
Raiders of Red Gap
1943·7.3
Blazing Frontier
1943·5.8
The Renegade
1943·7.5
Cattle Stampede
1943·5.8
Law of the Saddle
1943·9.0
Wolves of the Range
1943·5.8
Western Cyclone
1943·5.3
Death Rides the Plains
1943·6.5
Dead Men Walk
1943·4.6
Fugitive of the Plains
1943·5.3
Wild Horse Rustlers
1943·7.5
The Kid Rides Again
1943·6.2
Outlaws of Boulder Pass
1942·5.5
The Mysterious Rider
1942·5.8
Along the Sundown Trail
1942·8.0
Overland Stagecoach
1942·6.5
Border Roundup
1942·8.0
Prairie Pals
1942·10.0
Sheriff of Sage Valley
1942·5.7
Law and Order
1942·7.5
Texas Justice
1942·9.0
Billy the Kid's Smoking Guns
1942·6.3
Jesse James, Jr.
1942·5.5
The Lone Rider in Cheyenne
1942·8.0
Stagecoach Express
1942·6.3
Billy the Kid Trapped
1942·5.5
Valley of the Sun
1942·6.3
The Lone Rider and the Bandit
1942·5.0
Arizona Terrors
1942·7.0
The Lone Rider Fights Back
1941·0.0
Billy The Kid's Round-Up
1941·7.0
A Missouri Outlaw
1941·7.0
Billy the Kid Wanted
1941·5.6
The Lone Rider Ambushed
1941·5.0
The Lone Rider in Frontier Fury
1941·6.5
Billy the Kid in Santa Fe
1941·6.0
The Lone Rider in Ghost Town
1941·5.0
Billy The Kid's Fighting Pals
1941·7.0
The Apache Kid
1941·9.0
The Lone Rider Crosses the Rio
1941·6.5
Billy the Kid's Range War
1941·6.7
The Lone Rider Rides On
1941·9.0
Billy the Kid's Gun Justice
1940·5.2
Texas Terrors
1940·5.5
Friendly Neighbors
1940·8.0
Li'l Abner
1940·6.1
Marked Men
1940·5.6
Billy the Kid in Texas
1940·6.0
Billy the Kid Outlawed
1940·10.0
Murder on the Yukon
1940·5.7
Oklahoma Terror
1939·8.0
Trigger Pals
1939·5.8
Exposed
1938·6.7
Frontier Scout
1938·6.0
Gunsmoke Trail
1938·6.0
Songs and Bullets
1938·7.0
Knight of the Plains
1938·6.0
Call of The Yukon
1938·6.0
Start Cheering
1938·6.9
The Rangers' Round-Up
1938·6.5
The Fighting Deputy
1937·6.0
A Lawman Is Born
1937·4.5
Moonlight on the Range
1937·8.0
Sing Cowboy Sing
1937·4.4
The Outcasts of Poker Flat
1937·6.3
Melody of the Plains
1937·8.0
Love Nest on Wheels
1937·6.1
The Roaming Cowboy
1937·10.0
Trail Dust
1936·5.3
West of Nevada
1936·7.5
Pinto Rustlers
1936·8.0
The Ex-Mrs. Bradford
1936·6.2
The Millionaire Kid
1936·6.0
A Face in the Fog
1936·6.0
Trigger Tom
1935·6.0
Bar 20 Rides Again
1935·6.7
The Law of 45's
1935·5.3
Midnight Phantom
1935·5.1
Public Stenographer
1934·5.7
From Headquarters
1933·6.1
Riders of Destiny
1933·5.3
His Private Secretary
1933·5.1
Buzzin' Around
1933·6.6
Law of the North
1932·7.0
Riders of the Desert
1932·6.0
Harem Scarem
1932·0.0
Bridge Wives
1932·6.7
Police Court
1932·5.8
The Door Knocker
1931·0.0
That's My Meat
1931·0.0
Honeymoon Trio
1931·5.5
Aloha
1931·8.0
Mlle. Irene The Great
1931·0.0
Marriage Rows
1931·10.0
The Painted Desert
1931·5.2
The Land of Missing Men
1930·5.5
Beyond the Law
1930·10.0
The Oklahoma Cyclone
1930·5.0
Two Fresh Eggs
1930·7.0
The Voice of Hollywood
1930·3.0
Western Knights
1930·6.0
Hell Harbor
1930·6.1
The Dance of Life
1929·5.8
She Goes to War
1929·6.4
Hot or Cold
1928·6.0
Painted Post
1928·9.0
Hello Cheyenne!
1928·9.0
Casey Jones
1927·10.0
The Stunt Man
1927·7.5
American Beauty
1927·3.0
Life in Hollywood No. 2
1927·9.0
High Spots
1927·8.0
Jungle Heat
1927·7.0
Listen Lena
1927·7.0
High Sea Blues
1927·7.0
The General
1926·7.9
Flaming Romance
1926·8.0
Who Hit Me?
1926·10.0
Skybound
1926·0.0
His Taking Ways
1926·8.0
A Punch in the Nose
1926·10.0
Fire Away
1925·6.5
Fair Warning
1925·10.0
Curses
1925·6.4
The Iron Mule
1925·5.9
Red Pepper
1925·10.0
Dynamite Doggie
1925·0.0
Lovemania
1924·7.3
The Garden of Weeds
1924·8.0
Stupid, but Brave
1924·8.0
His First Car
1924·7.0
Unreal News Reel No. 2
1924·6.0
Spring Fever
1923·9.0
Out of Place
1922·6.0
All Wet
1922·7.0
Special Delivery
1922·7.0
A Studio Rube
1922·0.0
The High Sign
1921·7.2
The Scarecrow
1920·7.5
Ship Ahoy
1920·5.0
Trouble
1920·3.0
Speed
1919·8.0
Back Stage
1919·6.3
A Desert Hero
1919·7.0
Love
1919·5.9
The Pullman Porter
1919·0.0
Camping Out
1919·5.0
A Scrap of Paper
1918·6.7
The Cook
1918·6.3
Good Night, Nurse!
1918·5.7
Moonshine
1918·5.6
The Bell Boy
1918·6.4
Out West
1918·6.0
A Country Hero
1917·5.5
Coney Island
1917·5.9
Oh, Doctor!
1917·5.5
His Wedding Night
1917·5.5
The Rough House
1917·5.5
A Reckless Romeo
1917·5.4
The Butcher Boy
1917·6.1
The Grab Bag Bride
1917·5.5
Bombs!
1916·5.0
A Creampuff Romance
1916·0.0
The Waiters' Ball
1916·6.1
The Other Man
1916·0.0
His Wife's Mistakes
1916·5.2
Bright Lights
1916·0.0
He Did and He Didn’t
1916·6.0
Fatty and Mabel Adrift
1916·6.0
Fatty and the Broadway Stars
1915·0.0
A Village Scandal
1915·0.0
Fickle Fatty's Fall
1915·0.0
Fatty’s Plucky Pup
1915·5.6
Crossed Love and Swords
1915·4.8
Our Dare-Devil Chief
1915·5.5
Droppington's Family Tree
1915·5.0
When Love Took Wings
1915·4.8
Fatty’s Faithful Fido
1915·5.7
That Little Band Of Gold
1915·5.1
Hogan's Romance Upset
1915·5.0
Mabel and Fatty’s Married Life
1915·4.9
A Bird's a Bird
1915·5.0
Fatty's New Role
1915·5.1
Mabel, Fatty and the Law
1915·3.9
Fatty and Mabel’s Simple Life
1915·5.3
Tillie's Punctured Romance
1914·6.2
Fatty's Magic Pants
1914·5.5
The Plumber
1914·0.0
His Prehistoric Past
1914·5.7
Leading Lizzie Astray
1914·4.4
Fatty's Jonah Day
1914·4.5
An Incompetent Hero
1914·0.0
Shot in the Excitement
1914·5.3
Stout Hearts But Weak Knees
1914·0.0
The Love Thief
1914·0.0
The Anglers
1914·0.0
Fatty's Debut
1914·0.0
Lover's Luck
1914·3.9
The New Janitor
1914·6.2
Mabel's Blunder
1914·5.2
The Rounders
1914·6.1
Those Country Kids
1914·4.1
Soldiers of Misfortune
1914·0.0
The Sky Pirate
1914·0.0
Fatty's Finish
1914·0.0
Mabel's Married Life
1914·5.9
Mabel's Busy Day
1914·5.7
The Knockout
1914·5.8
The Alarm
1914·0.0
Caught in a Cabaret
1914·5.8
The Star Boarder
1914·5.3
Tango Tangles
1914·5.2
Mabel's Strange Predicament
1914·5.4
Won in a Closet
1914·4.4
In the Clutches of the Gang
1914·0.0
His Sister's Kids
1913·10.0
Mother's Boy
1913·0.0
The Riot
1913·0.0
A Noise from the Deep
1913·5.5
The Doctored Affair
1913·0.0
Her Birthday Present
1913·7.5