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Al St. John

Al St. John

Actor · Born 1893-09-09 · Santa Ana, California, USA

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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…

Movies & TV Shows

  1. The General (1926) — Officer on Horseback (uncredited)
  2. The Scarecrow (1920) — Man with Motorbike (uncredited)
  3. The High Sign (1921) — Man On Beach
  4. Mabel's Strange Predicament (1914) — Bellboy (uncredited)
  5. The Cook (1918) — Holdup Man (uncredited)
  6. Tillie's Punctured Romance (1914) — Keystone Kop (uncredited)
  7. Coney Island (1917) — Old Friend of Fatty's Wife
  8. Mabel's Married Life (1914) — Delivery Boy (uncredited)
  9. The Rough House (1917) — Cook
  10. The Rounders (1914) — Bellhop / Waiter
  11. The Butcher Boy (1917) — Alum
  12. Tango Tangles (1914) — Guest in Convict Costume (uncredited)
  13. His Wedding Night (1917) — Rival employee
  14. Caught in a Cabaret (1914) — Singer (uncredited)
  15. The New Janitor (1914) — Elevator boy
  16. The Bell Boy (1918) — Desk Clerk
  17. Good Night, Nurse! (1918) — Surgeon's Assistant
  18. Out West (1918) — Wild Bill Hickup
  19. The Knockout (1914) — Boxer - Pug's Rival / Desk Sergeant / Cop (uncredited)
  20. Oh, Doctor! (1917) — Gambler
  21. His Prehistoric Past (1914) — Caveman
  22. Back Stage (1919) — Stagehand
  23. The Star Boarder (1914) — Boarder (uncredited)
  24. Mabel's Busy Day (1914) — Policeman
  25. Moonshine (1918) — Mountain Man
  26. The Ex-Mrs. Bradford (1936) — Morgue Attendant (uncredited)
  27. Riders of Destiny (1933) — Bert - Henchman
  28. Dead Men Walk (1943) — Townsman Finding Kate's Body
  29. Mabel's Blunder (1914) — Mabel's Brother
  30. His Private Secretary (1933) — Tom - Garage Owner
  31. The Painted Desert (1931) — Buck
  32. The Iron Mule (1925) — The Engineer
  33. Li'l Abner (1940) — Joe Smithpan
  34. The Golden Age of Comedy (1957) — archive footage
  35. Fatty and Mabel’s Simple Life (1915) — The Squire's Son
  36. The Dance of Life (1929) — Bozo
  37. Law of the Lash (1947) — Fuzzy
  38. Hell Harbor (1930) — Bunion
  39. A Reckless Romeo (1917) — The Pretty Girl's Boyfriend
  40. Fatty and Mabel Adrift (1916) — Hiram Perkins' Son

Directed

  1. Lovemania (1924) — Director
  2. Out of Place (1922) — Director
  3. All Wet (1922) — Director
  4. Speed (1919) — Director
  5. Ship Ahoy (1920) — Director