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Al St. John
Conocido por: InterpretaciónFrom 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.
Filmografía 92
Border Roundup
como Fuzzy Q. Jones
Rustlers' Hideout
como Fuzzy Jones
Charlot en el cabaret
como Singer (uncredited)
Jinetes del destino
Lightning Raiders
como Fuzzy Q. Jones
Border Badmen
como Fuzzy Jones
Call of The Yukon
The Lone Rider Ambushed
como Fuzzy Jones
Wolves of the Range
Charlot en el baile
como Guest in Convict Costume (uncredited)
El espantapájaros
El romance de Charlot
The Lone Rider Rides On
como Fuzzy
Aventuras extraordinarias de Mabel
como Bellboy (uncredited)
El puerto infernal
como Bunion
El guardaespaldas
Billy The Kid's Round-Up
como Fuzzy Q. Jones
Moonlight on the Range
The Dance of Life
Murder on the Yukon
como Bill Smithers
Texas Justice
como Fuzzy Q. Jones
Law of the Saddle
Prairie Rustlers
como Fuzzy Jones
Los muertos andan
The Lone Rider in Frontier Fury
Riders of the Desert
Mabel, vendedora ambulante
como Policeman
Oath of Vengeance
Oklahoma Terror
Ghost of Hidden Valley
como Fuzzy Q. Jones
Marked Men
Fatty's Magic Pants
como Party Guest (uncredited)
Death Rides the Plains
como Fuzzy Q. Jones
The Land of Missing Men
como Buckshot
Law of the Lash
Fighting Bill Carson
como Fuzzy Q. Jones
Raiders of Red Gap
The Lone Rider in Ghost Town
Knight of the Plains
Ella se va a la guerra
como Bill
Billy the Kid's Gun Justice
como Fuzzy
My Dog Shep
The Rangers' Round-Up
como Fuzzy
Billy the Kid Wanted
como Fuzzy Q. Jones
Law of the North
como Jailbird
The Lone Rider in Cheyenne
Secretaria particular
Stagecoach Outlaws
como Fuzzy Jones
Fuzzy Settles Down
Charlot, en la vida conyugal
como Delivery Boy (uncredited)
Blazing Frontier
Outlaws of Boulder Pass
Fugitive of the Plains
Love Nest on Wheels
como Uncle Jed
Buenas noches, enfermera
como Surgeon's Assistant
Frontier Outlaws
Thundering Gun Slingers
como Doc Jones
The Kid Rides Again
The Golden Age of Comedy
Sheriff of Sage Valley
Billy the Kid Trapped
The Lone Rider Fights Back
como Fuzzy Jones
Return of the Lash
como Fuzzy Q. Jones
Bar 20 Rides Again
Mabel, Fatty y la Ley
como Cop in Park / Prisoner in Derby (uncredited)
Valley Of Vengeance
como Fuzzy Q. Jones
A Lawman Is Born
Western Cyclone
como Fuzzy Q. Jones
Outlaws of the Plains
como Fuzzy Q. Jones
From Headquarters
como Detainee Touching Cigarette Pack (uncredited)
Overland Riders
como Fuzzy Jones
His Brother's Ghost
The Lone Rider Crosses the Rio
Risas y sensaciones de antaño
como Self (archive footage)
Billy the Kid's Range War
Shadows of Death
como Fuzzy Q. Jones
Charlot, huesped ideal
como Boarder (uncredited)
Devil Riders
Law and Order
como Fuzzy Jones
The Lone Rider and the Bandit
como Fuzzy Q. Jones
The Mysterious Rider
Overland Stagecoach
como Fuzzy Q. Jones
Billy the Kid's Smoking Guns
como Fuzzy Q. Jones
Wild Horse Rustlers
como Fuzzy Q. Jones
Gangster's Den
como Fuzzy Q. Jones
Wild Horse Phantom
The Drifter
como Fuzzy Q. Jones
The Renegade
como Fuzzy Q. Jones
Gentlemen With Guns
como Fuzzy Q. Jones
Terrors on Horseback
como Fuzzy Q. Jones
Cattle Stampede
como Fuzzy Q. Jones
Prairie Badmen
como Fuzzy Q. Jones