--- name: "Fuzzy Knight" canonical: "https://film.one/person/fuzzy-knight" roles: [] born: "9 May 1901" died: "23 February 1976" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-19T22:20:26.803598+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Fuzzy Knight Actor. Born 9 May 1901 in Fairmont, West Virginia, USA. Died 23 February 1976. ## Details - **Born:** 9 May 1901, Fairmont, West Virginia, USA - **Died:** 23 February 1976 - **Also known as:** John Forrest "Fuzzy" Knight, John Forrest Knight - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuzzy_Knight, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3091328, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0460906/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/103619 ## Biography John Forrest "Fuzzy" Knight was an American actor and singer. Born in Fairmont, West Virginia, he attended West Virginia University before joining a travelling minstrel show as a musician. He performed with big bands and appeared in vaudeville and on Broadway before moving to Hollywood, where he featured in musical short films from the late 1920s. Knight's first notable film role was as Rag Time Kelly in *She Done Him Wrong* (1933). He appeared in more than 180 films between 1928 and 1967, frequently as the comic sidekick to cowboy heroes in Westerns. Among his credits were roles in *Union Pacific* (1939), *The Shepherd of the Hills* (1941) and *The Egg and I* (1947). In the 1950s he gained a new audience as Private Fuzzy Knight in the television series *Captain Gallant of the Foreign Legion* (1955–1957). He died in Woodland Hills, California, in 1976. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *She Done Him Wrong* (1933), Fi1m 78, as Rag Time Kelly — [page](https://film.one/film/she-done-him-wrong.md) ## Complete filmography (177) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Hostile Guns* (1967), as Buck - *Waco* (1966), as Telegraph Operator - *The 10 from Texas* (1961), as (archive footage) - *Outlaws* (1960), series, Actor - *The Tall Man* (1960), series, Actor - *The Notorious Mr. Monks* (1958), as Tom - *The Naked Hills* (1956), as Pitch Man - *Captain Gallant of the Foreign Legion* (1955), series, as Pvt. Fuzzy Knight - *Lassie* (1954), series, Actor - *Vigilante Terror* (1953), as Strummer Jones - *Topeka* (1953), as Pop Harrison - *Feudin' Fools* (1952), as The Tow-mule Driver - *Fargo* (1952), as Tad Sloan - *Kansas Territory* (1952), as Cap - *Rancho Notorious* (1952), as The Barber (uncredited), Barber (uncredited) - *Oklahoma Annie* (1952), as Larry - *Rodeo* (1952), as Jazbo Davis - *Night Raiders* (1952), as Tex - *The Gunman* (1952), as Blinkey - *Stage to Blue River* (1951), as Texas - *Lawless Cowboys* (1951), as Horace Greeley Smithers - *Gold Raiders* (1951), as Sheriff - *Stagecoach Driver* (1951), as Texas McGillicudy - *Nevada Badmen* (1951), as Texas - *Skipalong Rosenbloom* (1951), as Sneaky Pete - *The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok* (1951), series, Actor - *Canyon Raiders* (1951), as Texas Milburn - *Wanted: Dead or Alive* (1951), as Texas - U. S. Marshal - *Life with Buster Keaton* (1951), Actor - *The Gene Autry Show* (1950), series, Actor - *Fast on the Draw* (1950), as Deacon - *Crooked River* (1950), as Deacon - *West of the Brazos* (1950), as Judge Deacon - *Hills of Oklahoma* (1950), as Jiggs Endicott - *Colorado Ranger* (1950), as Deacon - *Marshal of Heldorado* (1950), as The Mayor - *Hostile Country* (1950), as Deacon Hall - *Apache Chief* (1949), as Sergeant Nevada - *Feudin' Rhythm* (1949), as Horseshoe - *Rimfire* (1949), as Porky Hodges - *Adventures of Gallant Bess* (1948), as Woody - *The Egg and I* (1947), as Ed Miller - *Lawless Breed* (1946), as Tumbleweed - *Rustler's Round-up* (1946), as Pinkerton J. 'Pinky' Pratt - *Gunman's Code* (1946), as Bosco O'Toole - *Her Adventurous Night* (1946), as Cudgeons - *Movieland Magic* (1946), as (archive footage) - *Gun Town* (1946), as Ivory - *Girl on the Spot* (1946), as Bim - *Frontier Gal* (1945), as Fuzzy - *Senorita from the West* (1945), as Rosebud - *Code of the Lawless* (1945), as Bonanza Featherstone - *Bad Men of the Border* (1945), as Mortimer P. Rockabye Jones - *Renegades of the Rio Grande* (1945), as Ranger Trigger Bidwell - *Trail to Vengeance* (1945), as Hungry Huggins - *Swing Out, Sister* (1945), as Clutch - *Beyond the Pecos* (1945), as Barnacle Pete Finnegan - *Song of the Sarong* (1945), as Pete McGillicutty - *Frisco Sal* (1945), as Hallelujah - *The Old Texas Trail* (1944), as H. Pinkerton 'Pinky' Pinkley - *Riders of the Santa Fe* (1944), as Bullseye Johnson - *The Singing Sheriff* (1944), as Fuzzy - *Trail to Gunsight* (1944), as Horatius Van Sickle - *Allergic to Love* (1944), as Charlie - *Trigger Trail* (1944), as Echo - *Take It Big* (1944), as Cowboy Joe - *Boss of Boomtown* (1944), as Corporal Chatter-Box - *Cowboy and the Senorita* (1944), as Fuzzy - *The Great Alaskan Mystery* (1944), as 'Grit' Hartman - *Hi, Good Lookin'!* (1944), as Joe Smedley - *Oklahoma Raiders* (1944), as Banjo Bonner - *Marshal of Gunsmoke* (1944), as Glowworm Johnson - *Corvette K-225* (1943), as Cricket - *Arizona Trail* (1943), as 'Kansas' Cobb - *The Lone Star Trail* (1943), as Angus MacAngus - *Frontier Law* (1943), as Ramblin' Rufe Randel - *Raiders of San Joaquin* (1943), as Eustace Clairmont - *Cheyenne Roundup* (1943), as Cal Calkins - *He's My Guy* (1943), as Sparks - *Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground* (1943), as Si Dugan - *The Old Chisholm Trail* (1942), as Alvin Pendergast aka Polario - *Little Joe, the Wrangler* (1942), as Little Joe Smith - *Deep in the Heart of Texas* (1942), as 'Happy' T. Snodgrass - *Apache Trail* (1942), as Juke - *Boss of Hangtown Mesa* (1942), as Dr. J. Wellington Dingle - *The Silver Bullet* (1942), as Wild Bill Jones - *Lady in a Jam* (1942), as Government Man's Cabbie (uncredited) - *Juke Girl* (1942), as Ike Harper - *Butch Minds the Baby* (1942), as Wyoming Bill - *Stagecoach Buckaroo* (1942), as Clem Clemmons - *Fighting Bill Fargo* (1941), as Scoop - *Arizona Cyclone* (1941), as Muleshoe - *New York Town* (1941), as Gus Nelson - *The Masked Rider* (1941), as Patches McQuilt - *Badlands of Dakota* (1941), as Hurricane Harry - *Man from Montana* (1941), as Deputy Grubby - *The Shepherd of the Hills* (1941), as Mr. Palestrom - *Rawhide Rangers* (1941), as Porky Blake - *Law of the Range* (1941), as Chap - *The Cowboy and the Blonde* (1941), as Skeeter - *Horror Island* (1941), as Stuff Oliver - *Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie* (1941), as Lem Fielding - *Pony Post* (1940), as Shorty - *Law and Order* (1940), as Deadwood - *Brigham Young* (1940), as Pete - *Ragtime Cowboy Joe* (1940), as Joe Bushberry - *Son of Roaring Dan* (1940), as Tick Belden - *Bad Man from Red Butte* (1940), as Spud - *Johnny Apollo* (1940), as Cellmate - *Riders of Pasco Basin* (1940), as Luther - *Boss of Bullion City* (1940), as Burt Pennypacker - *My Little Chickadee* (1940), as Cousin Zeb - *Remember the Night* (1940), as Bandleader at Barn Dance (uncredited) - *West of Carson City* (1940), as Banjo - *Chip of the Flying U* (1939), as 'Weary' - *Oklahoma Frontier* (1939), as Frosty - *Desperate Trails* (1939), as Cousin Willie Strong - *The Oregon Trail* (1939), as Deadwood Hawkins - *Union Pacific* (1939), as Cookie - *The Cowboy and the Lady* (1938), as Buzz - *Spawn of the North* (1938), as Lefty Jones - *Joy of Living* (1938), as Sideshow Pianist & Singer (Uncredited) - *The Last Stand* (1938), Actor - *Border Wolves* (1938), as Clem Barrett - *Where the West Begins* (1938), as Buzz, Jack's Sidekick - *Everybody's Doing It* (1938), as Softy's Henchman - *The Singing Outlaw* (1937), as Longhorn - *Quick Money* (1937), as Peter Piper Potter - *Amateur Crook* (1937), as Jape, the Gas-Station Attendant - *Courage of the West* (1937), as Hank Givens - *County Fair* (1937), as Whitey - *Flying Fists* (1937), as Spider - *Mountain Music* (1937), as Amos Burnside - *Mountain Justice* (1937), as Clem Biggers - *The Gold Racket* (1937), as Scotty Summers - *Silks and Saddles* (1936), as Bottsie Botsworth - *With Love and Kisses* (1936), as Butch - *Song of the Gringo* (1936), as Slim - *The Plainsman* (1936), as Dave - *Sea Spoilers* (1936), as Hogan - *Kelly of the Secret Service* (1936), as Lefty Hogan - *Wildcat Trooper* (1936), as Constable Pat O'Hearne - RCMP - *And Sudden Death* (1936), as Steve Bartlett - *Palm Springs* (1936), Actor - *Song of the Trail* (1936), as Pudge - *The Trail of the Lonesome Pine* (1936), as Tater - *Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs* (1936), Actor - *Top Flat* (1935), as Fuzzy, Patsy's friend - *Mary Burns, Fugitive* (1935), as Dance hall attendant - *Bars of Hate* (1935), as Montague - *The Old Homestead* (1935), as Lem - *Wanderer of the Wasteland* (1935), as Deputy Scott - *Danger Ahead* (1935), as Fred Klein - *Trails of the Wild* (1935), as RCMP Windy Cameron - *The Murder Man* (1935), as 'Buck' Hawkins - *Dizzy Dames* (1935), as Buzz - *Vagabond Lady* (1935), as Swan (uncredited) - *George White's 1935 Scandals* (1935), as Sam Fogel (uncredited) - *Home on the Range* (1935), as Cracker - *Music in the Air* (1934), as Nick - *Night Alarm* (1934), as Dinner Club Comedian - *She Had to Choose* (1934), as Wally - *Operator 13* (1934), as Sweeney - *I Hate Women* (1934), as Cookie Smith - *The Last Round-up* (1934), as Charles Bunko McGee - *Come On, Marines!* (1934), as Wimpy - *Moulin Rouge* (1934), as Eddie - *To the Last Man* (1933), as Jeff Morley - *This Day and Age* (1933), as Max - *Her Bodyguard* (1933), as Danny Dare - *Sunset Pass* (1933), as Willy Willard - *Under the Tonto Rim* (1933), as Tex - *She Done Him Wrong* (1933), as Rag Time Kelly — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/she-done-him-wrong.md) - *Speed Demon* (1932), as Lefty - *Vanity Street* (1932), as Drunk (uncredited) - *Night Parade* (1929), as Party Guest - *Fuzzy Knight and His Little Piano* (1928), Actor ## Gallery - ![Fuzzy Knight](https://film.one/media/person/1226583/gallery-c18f07ecae36.jpg) Fuzzy Knight — Film screenshot (Crestview Productions), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2a/Fuzzy_Knight.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Fuzzy Knight in American film Amateur Crook (1937)](https://film.one/media/person/1226583/gallery-59749d3389a2.jpg) Fuzzy Knight in American film Amateur Crook (1937) — Victory Picture Company, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Fuzzy_Knight_in_Amateur_Crook_%281937%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Fuzzy Knight](https://film.one/media/person/1226583/gallery-2b331028a2ec.jpg) Fuzzy Knight — Image via TMDB --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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