Al St. John

born: 10 September 1892
Santa Ana, California,
United States of America
died: 21 January 1963
Lyons, Georgia,
United States of America
(heart attack, age 70)

American silent screen comedian who started as a supporting actor to Charlie Chaplin and Fatty Arbuckle. His one film credit for Hal Roach was a 1926 "All-Stars" short with Lucien Littlefield.
Real name: Alfred St. John
Height: 5'8"
Films listed on this page: complete Hal Roach filmography;
plus all films with Charley Chase.

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1926
A Punch In The Nose
[?]
[*image is from a still]
NON-HAL ROACH FILMS

1914
The Knockout
Desk sergeant

1914
Mabel's Busy Day
Policeman

1914
Those Country Kids
Mr. Reddy

1914
The Rounders
Bellhop

1914
Mabel's Blunder
Mabel's brother

1914
Hello, Mabel
Man in lobby

1914
Stout Hearts But Weak Knees
[?]

1914
Leading Lizzie Astray
Cafe patron/Bouncer

1914
Fatty's Magic Pants
Party guest

1914
Tillie's Punctured Romance
Water policeman

1915
That Little Band Of Gold
Waiter

1915
Fatty's Faithful Fido
Fatty's rival

Acknowledgements:
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-267-12386-180268-28?cc=1325221 (1900 Census, line 9)
https://archive.org/stream/13thcensus1910po0084unit#page/n728/mode/1up (1910 Census, line 5 - 19 Apr 1910, Al is about 5 months away from turning 18)
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1971-29950-573-53?cc=1804002 (first marriage - 5 Oct 1914, Al's 22nd birthday was previous month)
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1951-26581-7930-41?cc=1968530 (WWI draft registration card)
https://archive.org/stream/14thcensusofpopu107unit#page/n807/mode/1up (1920 Census, line 73 - 13 Jan 1920, Al turned 27 the previous Sept [1919])
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1971-29946-16959-78?cc=1804002 (second marriage - 28 June 1926, Al is a couple months away from his 34th birthday)
https://archive.org/stream/californiacensus00reel160#page/n70/mode/1up (1930 Census, line 11 - 9 Apr 1930, Al is 5 months from turning 38)
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-16385-65950-5?cc=1861144 (WWII draft registration card)
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V3LF-FNG (Social Security Death Index)
http://www.b-westerns.com/pals-asj.htm (B-Westerns.com; good write-up)
Jesse Brisson (help and information)
Annichen Skaren (still)

This page was last updated on: 10 September 2023