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Fuzzy Knight

Fuzzy Knight
Fuzzy Knight
Born: May 09, 1901 in Fairmont, West Virginia
Died: Feb 23, 1976 in Hollywood, California
Occupation: Actor
Active: '30s-'50s
Major Genres: Western, Action
Career Highlights: Rimfire, Frontier Gal, The Silver Bullet
First Major Screen Credit: The Last Round-Up (1934)
8 Videos for Fuzzy Knight
Oklahoma Annie (1951) My Little Chickadee (1940) Born to Dance (1936)
Show Boat (1951) The Oregon Trail [Serial] (1939) She Done Him Wrong (1933)
Rimfire (1949) The Plainsman (1937)
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Biography:

To western fans, the nickname Fuzzy invokes fond memories of two first-rate comedy sidekicks: Al Fuzzy St. John and John Forest Fuzzy Knight. Knight inaugurated his career at age 15 with a tent minstrel troupe. His skill as a musician enabled him to work his way through West Virginia University, after which he headed his own band.

Among Knight's theatrical credits in the '20s was the 1927 edition of {~Earl Carroll's Vanities} and the 1928 book musical {~Here's How}. Mae West caught Knight's act on the Keith vaudeville circuit and cast the bucolic entertainer in her 1933 film vehicle She Done Him Wrong; he would later show up playing West's country cousin in the actress' last important film, My Little Chickadee (1940).

Usually essaying comedy roles, Knight was effective in the his dramatic scenes in Paramount's Trail of the Lonesome Pine (1936), wherein he tearfully sings a mountain ballad at the funeral of little Spanky McFarland. Knight's B-western comedy sidekick activity peaked in the mid '40s (he appeared most often with Johnny Mack Brown), after which his film roles diminished as his fondness for the bottle increased.

Promising to behave himself (at least during filming), Fuzzy Knight signed on in 1955 for Buster Crabbe's popular TV adventure series Captain Gallant of the Foreign Legion; for the next two years, Knight played a semi-serious legionnaire -- named Private Fuzzy Knight. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide.