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Fuzzy Knight
Actor 1901 - 1976

Fuzzy Knight

Fairmont, West Virginia, USA

John Forrest "Fuzzy" Knight was an American film and television actor. He was also a singer, especially in his early career. He appeared in more than 180 films between 1928 and 1967, usually as a cowboy hero's comic sidekick.

Filmography

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24 titles
Rancho Notorious

Rancho Notorious

Fritz Lang 1952 1h 26m 7.0

A cowboy infiltrates a bandit hideout in search of his girlfriend''s killer.

Feudin' Fools

Feudin' Fools

William Beaudine 1952 1h 3m

Sach discovers that he is heir to a farm in rural hillbilly country. He and the boys go to the farm to check it out, and find themselves mixed up with feuding hillbillies and a gang of bank robbers.

Rimfire

Rimfire

B. Reeves Eason 1949 1h 3m

An undercover Army captain (James Millican) links missing gold and murder to a gambler's (Reed Hadley) ghost.

Apache Chief

Apache Chief

Frank McDonald 1949 1h

When his tribesmen begin killing off white settlers, Young Eagle is opposed to the carnage. In order to assure a lasting peace, however, the chief must deal with renegade Apache Black Wolf.

The Egg and I

The Egg and I

Chester Erskine 1947 1h 48m 7.0

World War II veteran Bob MacDonald surprises his new wife, Betty, by quitting his city job and moving them to a dilapidated farm in the country. While Betty gamely struggles with managing the crumbling house and holding off nosy neighbors and a recalcitrant pig, Bob makes plans for crops and livestock.

Corvette K-225

Corvette K-225

Richard Rosson 1943 1h 38m 6.0

The story of a Canadian WWII naval vessel, with a dramatic subplot concerning her first captain.

The Shepherd of the Hills

The Shepherd of the Hills

Henry Hathaway 1941 1h 38m 6.0

A mysterious but pleasant stranger arrives in the Missouri hills and befriends a young backwoods girl, which doesn't sit well with her moonshiner fiancé who has vowed to find and kill his own father.

Horror Island

Horror Island

George Waggner 1941 1h 6.3

A down-on-his luck businessman organizes an excursion to Sir Henry Morgan's Island for a treasure hunt only to encounter a mysterious phantom and murder.

Badlands of Dakota

Badlands of Dakota

Alfred E. Green 1941 1h 14m

In the Dakotas during the days of the Great Gold Boom, brothers Jim and Bob Holliday are bumping heads over the affections of pretty Anne Grayson. While all this is going on, Wild Bill Hickok does his best to neutralize the local criminal element-and to fend off the romantic overtures of boisterous Calamity Jane.

My Little Chickadee

My Little Chickadee

Edward F. Cline 1940 1h 23m 5.0

After a scandal runs a gold-digger out of town, she meets a con artist and becomes embroiled in a string of petty deceits.

Johnny Apollo

Johnny Apollo

Henry Hathaway 1940 1h 34m 7.0

Wall Street broker Robert Cain, Sr., is jailed for embezzling. His college graduate son Bob then turns to crime to raise money for his father's release. As assistant to mobster Mickey Dwyer, then falls for Dwyer's girl Lucky. He winds up in the same prison as his father.

Brigham Young

Brigham Young

Henry Hathaway 1940 1h 54m 6.0

In 1844, after the assassination of Mormon leader Joseph Smith by an angry mob in Illinois, the Mormons choose Brigham Young as their new leader and follow him to a new promised land in Utah.

Union Pacific

Union Pacific

Cecil B. DeMille 1939 2h 15m 7.5

In 1862, Central Pacific and Union Pacific Railroads compete westward across the wilderness toward California. A crooked politician tries to stop construction of the transcontinental railroad.

Remember the Night

Remember the Night

Mitchell Leisen 1939 1h 34m 7.0

Love blooms between a sympathetic attorney and the comely shoplifter he has taken home for the Christmas holiday.

Spawn of the North

Spawn of the North

Henry Hathaway 1938 1h 50m 7.0

Friends since childhood, two men are on opposite sides in a salmon fishing conflict.

Joy of Living

Joy of Living

Tay Garnett 1938 1h 31m

Falling in love with the voice of Broadway chanteuse Margaret Garret, cocksure young tycoon Daniel Brewster decides to rescue the star from her hectic lifestyle of frenzied fans and mooching relatives. When Margaret has her ardent suitor arrested, the judge appoints her as Daniel's probation officer, forcing the duo to spend time together.

Border Wolves

Border Wolves

Joseph H. Lewis 1938 56m 7.0

Just after Carson's gang murder members of a wagon train, Rusty and Clem come along and are arrested. Knowing they are innocent Judge Coleman breaks them out and sends them after Carson. They join Carson's gang to learn of their next raid but the Marshal arrests them for the wagon train murders.

The Gold Racket

The Gold Racket

Louis J. Gasnier, Joseph H. Lewis 1937 1h 6m 7.0

At the request of the Mexican government, a federal agent and a lady reporter team up to catch a gang that has been smuggling gold from Mexico to the U.S. and then selling it to the U.S. government.

The Trail of the Lonesome Pine

The Trail of the Lonesome Pine

Henry Hathaway 1936 1h 36m

A well-established tale of a long-running feud between two mountain clans. The features of this production were the new three-strip Technicolor process showing the outdoor Californian settings and an energetic young cast. It is said that Li'l Abner was based on Henry Fonda's performance.

The Plainsman

The Plainsman

Cecil B. DeMille 1936 1h 53m 6.5

Wild Bill Hickok and Buffalo Bill Cody attempt to stop an Indian uprising that was started by white gun-runners.

Song of the Trail

Song of the Trail

Russell Hopton 1936 59m

A cowboy realizes too late that his girlfriend's father had been cheated out of everything in a crooked card game. He sets out to get revenge on the crooks.

Song of the Gringo

Song of the Gringo

John P. McCarthy 1936 1h 2m 5.0

Tex is sent to investigate miners being killed and their mines confiscated. The culprit is Evans and after Tex joins the gang, he is sent to kill two more miners. When Estaban is killed, Tex is put on trial for all three murders.

Danger Ahead

Danger Ahead

Albert Herman 1935 1h 5m 7.0

Captain Matthews is paid 40,000 dollars in cash by Nick Conrad for his shipment of silk from China. About 15 seconds after he gets the cash, he's lured away on a false pretence and robbed by Conrad's henchmen. Newspaper reporter Jerry Mason witnesses the robbery and steals the cash from Conrad.

She Done Him Wrong

She Done Him Wrong

Lowell Sherman 1933 1h 5m 7.0

New York singer and nightclub owner Lady Lou has more men friends than you can imagine. Unfortunately one of them is a vicious criminal who's escaped and is on the way to see "his" girl, not realising she hasn't exactly been faithful in his absence. Help is at hand in the form of young Captain Cummings a local temperance league leader though.

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