Al St. John
Actor

Al St. John Net Worth

Al St. John was an American actor, director, and writer born on September 10, 1892 in Santa Ana, California. He was best known for his roles in Billy the Kid Trapped (1942), The Roaming Cowboy (1937), and The Rangers' Round-Up (1938). He was married four times, to Flo-Bell Moore, June Price Pearce, Lillian Marion Ball, and Yvonne. He passed away on January 21, 1963 in Lyons, Georgia.
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Age, Biography and Wiki

Who is it? Actor, Director, Writer
Birth Day September 10, 1892
Birth Place  Santa Ana, California, United States
Age 127 YEARS OLD
Died On January 21, 1963(1963-01-21) (aged 70)\nLyons, Georgia, U.S.
Birth Sign Libra
Cause of death Heart attack
Occupation Actor, stunt performer, director, writer
Years active 1912-1962
Spouse(s) Lillian Marion Ball (October 5, 1914–March 19, 1923; divorced); 1 child June Price Pearce (1926–19??) Yvonne St. John (maiden name unknown; 19??–19??) Flo-Bell Moore (19??–1963; his death)
Parent(s) Walter St. John Nora Arbuckle

💰 Net worth: $100K - $1M

Biography/Timeline

1912

Born in Santa Ana, California to Walter St. John and Nora Arbuckle, he 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 on his mother's side, Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, may have helped him in his early days at Mack Sennett Studios, but talent kept him working. He was also an acrobat.

1914

St. John frequently appeared as Arbuckle's mischievously villainous rival for the attentions of leading ladies such as Mabel Normand and Minta Durfee. He worked with Arbuckle and Charles Chaplin in The Rounders (1914), although his most critically praised film during this period with Arbuckle remains Fatty and Mabel Adrift (1916).

1925

When Arbuckle formed his own production company, he brought St. John with him and recruited stage star Buster Keaton into his films, creating a formidable roughhouse trio. After Arbuckle was victimized by a trumped-up scandal that prevented him from appearing in movies, he pseudonymously directed his nephew Al as a comic leading man in silent and sound films such as The Iron Mule (1925) and Bridge Wives (1932). Dozens of St. John's early films were screened during the 56-film Arbuckle retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City in 2006.

1937

During the sound era St. John was mainly seen as an increasingly scruffy and bearded comic character. He played this rube role in Buster Keaton's 1937 comedy Love Nest on Wheels. That same year he began supporting Cowboy stars Fred Scott and later Jack Randall, but most of his films were made for Poverty Row studio Producers Releasing Corporation (PRC). For that studio, he played "Fuzzy Q. Jones" in the Billy the Kid series starring Bob Steele, the Lone Rider series (starring George Houston and later Bob Livingston), and the Billy the Kid/Billy Carson series starring Buster Crabbe.

1952

St. John's 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 traveled with the Tommy Scott Wild West Show. Altogether, Al St. John acted in 346 movies, spanning five decades from 1912-52. He was working with a traveling Wild West show in Georgia and was waiting to go on when he suffered a massive heart attack and died at age 70.

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