Al St. John
Acting
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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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Media of
Al St. John
Photos (21)
Filmography of
Al St. John
(archive footage)
... 2006
(archive footage)
... 1976
... 1961
... 1957
Fuzzy Q. Jones
... 1952
Fuzzy Q. Jones
... 1952
Fuzzy Q. Jones
... 1951
Fuzzy Q. Jones
... 1951
Fuzzy Q. Jones
... 1950
Fuzzy Q. Jones
... 1950
Fuzzy Q. Jones
... 1949
Sheriff Fuzzy
... 1949
Fuzzy Q. Jones
... 1949
Fuzzy Q. Jones
... 1948
Fuzzy Q. Jones
... 1948
Fuzzy Q. Jones
... 1948
Al 'Fuzzy' St. John
... 1947
Fuzzy Q. Jones
... 1947
Fuzzy Q. Jones
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Fuzzy Jones
... 1947
Fuzzy Q. Jones
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Fuzzy Q. Jones
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Fuzzy Q. Jones
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Fuzzy
... 1947
Deputy Sheriff
... 1946
Fuzzy Q. Jones
... 1946
Fuzzy Jones
... 1946
Fuzzy Q. Jones
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Fuzzy Q. Jones
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Fuzzy Q. Jones
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Fuzzy Q. Jones
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Fuzzy Q. Jones
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Fuzzy Q. Jones
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Fuzzy Jones
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Fuzzy Jones
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Fuzzy Jones
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Fuzzy Q. Jones
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Fuzzy Q. Jones
... 1945
Andy Jones / Jonathan Fuzzy Jones
... 1945
Fuzzy Jones
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Fuzzy Q. Jones
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Fuzzy Jones
... 1944
Fuzzy Jones
... 1944
Fuzzy Q. Jones
... 1944
Fuzzy Q. Jones
... 1944
Doc Jones
... 1944
Fuzzy Jones
... 1944
Fuzzy Q. Jones
... 1943
Fuzzy Q. Jones
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Fuzzy Q. Jones
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Fuzzy Q. Jones
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Fuzzy Q. Jones
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Fuzzy Q. Jones
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Fuzzy Q. Jones
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Fuzzy Q. Jones
... 1943
Townsman Finding Kate's Body
... 1943
Fuzzy Q. Jones
... 1943
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Fuzzy Q. Jones
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Fuzzy Q. Jones
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Fuzzy Q. Jones
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Fuzzy Q. Jones
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Hank Stoner
... 1942
Fuzzy Jones
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Fuzzy Jones
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Pop Sawyer
... 1942
Fuzzy Q. Jones
... 1942
Dusty Jenkins
... 1942
Fuzzy Jones
... 1942
Bearded Man Hurrying to Wedding
... 1942
Fuzzy Q. Jones
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Fuzzy Jones
... 1941
Fuzzy Q. Jones
... 1941
Dan Willoughby
... 1941
Fuzzy Q. Jones
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Fuzzy Jones
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Fuzzy Jones
... 1941
... 1941
Fuzzy Q. Jones
... 1941
Stage Guard Dangle
... 1941
Fuzzy Jones
... 1941
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Fuzzy
... 1941
... 1940
Frosty Larson
... 1940
Smokey
... 1940
Joe Smithpan
... 1940
Gimpy - a thug
... 1940
Fuzzy
... 1940
Fuzzy Jones
... 1940
Bill Smithers
... 1940
Fuzzy Glass
... 1939
Fuzzy
... 1939
Flophouse Bum
... 1938
Whiney Roberts
... 1938
Fuzzy
... 1938
Fuzzy Martin
... 1938
Fuzzy
... 1938
... 1938
Station Master
... 1938
Fuzzy
... 1937
Eli Root
... 1937
Fuzzy Jones
... 1937
Duke Evans
... 1937
Uncle Billy
... 1937
Fuzzy
... 1937
Uncle Jed
... 1937
Fuzzy
... 1937
Walla Walla Wiggins
... 1936
Matthews
... 1936
Elmer
... 1936
Stub Macey
... 1935
Cinco
... 1935
Stoney Martin
... 1935
Radio Officer Jones
... 1935
Elmer
... 1934
Detainee Touching Cigarette Pack (uncredited)
... 1933
Bert - Henchman
... 1933
Tom - Garage Owner
... 1933
... 1933
... 1932
Al Smith
... 1932
Skid
... 1932
The Door Knocker
... 1931
Sailor
... 1931
... 1931
Buckshot
... 1930
Slim
... 1930
... 1930
... 1930
Bunion
... 1930
Bozo
... 1929
Bill
... 1929
... 1928
Joe Nimble
... 1928
Zip Coon
... 1928
Waiter
... 1927
... 1927
Al Adams
... 1927
Officer on Horseback (uncredited)
... 1926
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... 1925
Jay Walker
... 1925
Buttonshoe Bill
... 1925
The Engineer
... 1925
Tom Katt
... 1925
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The Bum
... 1924
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Man On Beach
... 1921
Man with Motorbike (uncredited)
... 1920
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Machiniste / Stagehand
... 1919
Al Clove - Fatty's Rival (uncredited)
... 1919
The Crown Prince
... 1918
Holdup Man
... 1918
Surgeon's Assistant
... 1918
Mountain Man
... 1918
Desk Clerk
... 1918
Wild Bill Hickup
... 1918
City Gent
... 1917
Old Friend of Fatty's Wife
... 1917
Gambler
... 1917
Rival employee
... 1917
Cook
... 1917
The Pretty Girl's Boyfriend
... 1917
Alum
... 1917
Bicycle Messenger
... 1916
The Waiter
... 1916
... 1916
The Bounding Burglar
... 1916
Hiram Perkins' Son
... 1916
Butcher Boy
... 1915
Dog Catcher (uncredited)
... 1915
A Bosom Friend
... 1915
Waiter
... 1915
Hank Perkins, Fatty's Rival
... 1915
Fatty's Rival
... 1915
Waiter (uncredited)
... 1915
Lead Cop (uncredited)
... 1915
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Cop (uncredited)
... 1915
The Squire's Son
... 1915
Party Guest (uncredited)
... 1914
Caveman
... 1914
Cafe Patron / Bouncer (uncredited)
... 1914
Fatty's Rival
... 1914
The Keystone "Kops"
... 1914
The Daughter's Suitor
... 1914
Fatty's Rival
... 1914
Elevator boy
... 1914
Bellhop / Waiter
... 1914
Mr. Reddy
... 1914
Mabel's Brother
... 1914
Delivery Boy (uncredited)
... 1914
Policeman
... 1914
Boxer, Pug's Rival
... 1914
Singer (uncredited)
... 1914
Boarder (uncredited)
... 1914
Guest in Convict Costume (uncredited)
... 1914
Bellboy (uncredited)
... 1914
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... 1913
Cop
... 1913
Man in Pool Hall
... 1913
... 1913
... 1913