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Al St. John

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​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.

Filmografía 92

Border Roundup 1942Película como Fuzzy Q. Jones
Charlot en el cabaret 1914Película como Singer (uncredited)
Charlot en el baile 1914Película como Guest in Convict Costume (uncredited)
El espantapájaros 1920Película Artiflix como Man with Motorbike (uncredited)
El romance de Charlot 1914Película ArtiflixTubi TV como Keystone Kop (uncredited)
Texas Justice 1942Película como Fuzzy Q. Jones
Los muertos andan 1943Película BloodstreamTubi TVPlex como Townsman Finding Kate's Body
Marked Men 1940Película JustWatch TVTubi TV como Gimpy - a thug
Fatty's Magic Pants 1914Película como Party Guest (uncredited)
My Dog Shep 1946Película Artiflix como Deputy Sheriff
Charlot, en la vida conyugal 1914Película como Delivery Boy (uncredited)
Mabel, Fatty y la Ley 1915Película como Cop in Park / Prisoner in Derby (uncredited)
From Headquarters 1933Película como Detainee Touching Cigarette Pack (uncredited)
His Brother's Ghost 1945Película Tubi TV como Andy Jones / Jonathan Fuzzy Jones
Charlot, huesped ideal 1914Película como Boarder (uncredited)
Devil Riders 1943Película Tubi TV como Fuzzy Q. Jones
Gangster's Den 1945Película como Fuzzy Q. Jones
The Drifter 1944Película como Fuzzy Q. Jones
The Renegade 1943Película como Fuzzy Q. Jones
Prairie Badmen 1946Película como Fuzzy Q. Jones