Al St. John
American film actor (1892-1963) · United States · On the map · Actors · Died at 70
Alfred St. John was an early American motion-picture comedian. He was a nephew of silent film star Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, with whom he often performed on screen.
Al St. John is read about 96 times a day, in 21 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 9 November 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 111 days, one point a day.
Something wrong?A life in dates
The Golden Age of ComedyFilm, archive footage1943
Dead Men WalkFilm, Townsman Finding Kate's Body1940
Li'l AbnerFilm, Joe Smithpan1933
His Private SecretaryFilm, Tom - Garage Owner1931
The Painted DesertFilm, Buck1930
Hell HarborFilm, Bunion1926
The GeneralFilm, Officer on Horseback (uncredited)1925
The Iron MuleFilm, The Engineer1921
The High SignFilm, Man On Beach1919
Back StageFilm, Stagehand1918
Good Night, Nurse!Film, Surgeon's Assistant1915
Fatty and Mabel's Simple LifeFilm, The Squire's Son1914
Caught in a CabaretFilm, Singer (uncredited)1892Born10 September 1892Known for
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The General 1926
The Scarecrow 1920
The High Sign 1921
Back Stage 1919
The Cook 1918
People around Al
Close ties
Charlie Chaplin Directed The New Janitor and Mabel's Busy Day
Buster Keaton Directed The High Sign and The Scarecrow
Mack Sennett Produced The New Janitor (1914)
Roscoe Arbuckle Directed The Butcher Boy and Coney Island
Mabel Normand Directed Mabel's Strange Predicament (1914)
Chester Conklin Also in Mabel's Strange Predicament (1914)
Mack Swain Also in Tillie's Punctured Romance (1914)
Ford Sterling Also in Tango Tangles and A Bandit
Alice Lake Also in Coney Island and A Country Hero
Charley Chase Also in Tillie's Punctured Romance (1914)
Edgar Kennedy Also in Tillie's Punctured Romance (1914)
Henry Lehrman Directed Murphy's I.O.U. and Mother's Boy
Joseph M. Schenck Produced The General, Coney Island and The Cook
Minta Durfee Also in The New Janitor (1914)
Alice Davenport Also in Mabel's Strange Predicament (1914)
Hank Mann Also in Mabel's Strange Predicament (1914)
Harry McCoy Also in Mabel's Strange Predicament (1914)
Glen Cavender Also in The General (1927)- Joe Bordeaux Also in Tillie's Punctured Romance (1914)
William Hauber Also in Mabel's Strange Predicament (1914)
Sam Newfield Directed Valley of Vengeance (1944)
Edward F. Cline Directed The High Sign and The Scarecrow
Fred Mace Also in Mabel at the Wheel and Murphy's I.O.U.
Nick Cogley Also in Tillie's Punctured Romance (1914)
Filmography 40
283 credits on file
Media & music
Photos 6
Barney Oldfield's A Race for a Life (1913) with left to right: Hank Mann, Ford Sterling, Al St. John and in the foreground Mabel Normand
Left: Ford Sterling as Keystone Cops Police chief [seated}; 4th from right: Al St John in In the Clutches of the Gang (1914)
St. John (right) with Buster Keaton and Roscoe Arbuckle in Out West (1918)
As Fatty's rival "Al Clove" in Love (1919)
Buster Crabbe (left) with St. John in Shadows of Death (1945)Awards
About this person
Also credited as Al Saint John and "Fuzzy" St. John, he was employed by Mack Sennett and also worked with many other leading players such as Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton and Mabel Normand. His film career successfully transitioned from the silent era into sound, and by the late 1930s and 1940s he was working predominantly in Westerns, often portraying the scruffy comedy-relief character "Fuzzy Q. Jones". Among his notable performances in that role are in the Billy the Kid series of films released by the Producers Releasing Corporation from 1940 to 1946 and in that company's Lone Rider series from 1941 to 1943.
