John Forrest Knight Net Worth
John Forrest Knight Net Worth is
$15 Million
John Forrest Knight Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
American character actor primarily of Western "sidekick" roles. Born John Forest Knight in Fairmont, West Virginia, Knight joined a traveling minstrel show as a musician at age 15. He attended The University of West Virginia as a law student, supporting himself as the drummer in his own band. Finding music more rewarding, he left school and played... | Full Name | Fuzzy Knight |
| Date Of Birth | May 9, 1901 |
| Died | 1976-02-23 |
| Place Of Birth | Fairmont, West Virginia, USA |
| Height | 5' 8" (1.73 m) |
| Profession | Actor, Soundtrack, Composer |
| Education | West Virginia University |
| Nationality | American |
| Spouse | Thelma de Long |
| Parents | Olive Knight, James A. Knight |
| Movies | The Trail of the Lonesome Pine, The Cowboy and the Lady, She Done Him Wrong, The Shepherd of the Hills, The Bounty Killer, My Little Chickadee, Frontier Gal, Adventures of Gallant Bess, To the Last Man, The Lone Star Trail, Renegades of the Rio Grande, Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie, Night Raiders,... |
| TV Shows | Captain Gallant of the Foreign Legion |
| Star Sign | Taurus |
| # | Fact |
|---|---|
| 1 | Provided sidekick comedy relief in scores of late 30s and 40s "B" westerns opposite sagebrush stars Tex Ritter and Johnny Mack Brown. |
| 2 | Got into show business on his musicianship, appearing on vaudeville and in stage musicals, and once even led his own band. He broke solidly into films after Mae West caught his act and put him in a couple of her vehicles -- She Done Him Wrong (1933) and My Little Chickadee (1940). |
Actor
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Naked Hills | 1956 | Pitch Man | |
| Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok | 1955 | TV Series | Reb Johnson / Zeke |
| Geraldine | 1953 | Song Plugger (uncredited) | |
| Vigilante Terror | 1953 | Strummer Jones | |
| Topeka | 1953 | Pop Harrison | |
| Feudin' Fools | 1952 | Traps | |
| Fargo | 1952 | Tad Sloan | |
| Kansas Territory | 1952 | Cap | |
| The Gunman | 1952 | Blinkey | |
| Oklahoma Annie | 1952 | Larry | |
| Rodeo | 1952 | Jazbo Davis | |
| Rancho Notorious | 1952 | The Barber (uncredited) | |
| Night Raiders | 1952 | Tex | |
| Life with Buster Keaton | 1951 | TV Series | Barfly |
| Stage to Blue River | 1951 | Texas | |
| Lawless Cowboys | 1951 | Horace Greeley Smithers | |
| Honeychile | 1951 | Ice Cream Vendor | |
| Gold Raiders | 1951 | Sheriff | |
| Show Boat | 1951 | Trocadero Piano Player (uncredited) | |
| Stagecoach Driver | 1951 | Texas McGillicudy | |
| Nevada Badmen | 1951 | Texas | |
| Skipalong Rosenbloom | 1951 | Sneaky Pete | |
| The Gene Autry Show | 1950-1951 | TV Series | Sagebrush - Sidekick |
| Canyon Raiders | 1951 | Texas Milburn | |
| Wanted: Dead or Alive | 1951 | Texas, U. S. Marshal | |
| Fast on the Draw | 1950 | Deacon | |
| West of the Brazos | 1950 | Judge Deacon | |
| Hills of Oklahoma | 1950 | Jiggs Endicott | |
| Colorado Ranger | 1950 | Deacon | |
| Crooked River | 1950 | Deacon | |
| Marshal of Heldorado | 1950 | The Mayor | |
| Hostile Country | 1950 | Deacon Hall | |
| Apache Chief | 1949 | Sergeant Nevada | |
| Feudin' Rhythm | 1949 | Horseshoe | |
| Rimfire | 1949 | Porky Hodges | |
| Down to the Sea in Ships | 1949 | Lern Sykes (uncredited) | |
| Adventures of Gallant Bess | 1948 | Woody | |
| The Egg and I | 1947 | Cab Driver | |
| Lawless Breed | 1946 | Tumbleweed | |
| Gunman's Code | 1946 | Bosco O'Toole | |
| Rustler's Round-up | 1946 | Pinkerton J. 'Pinky' Pratt | |
| Her Adventurous Night | 1946 | Cudgeons | |
| Gun Town | 1946 | Ivory Keys | |
| Girl on the Spot | 1946 | Bim | |
| Frontier Gal | 1945 | Fuzzy | |
| Senorita from the West | 1945 | Rosebud | |
| Code of the Lawless | 1945 | Bonanza Featherstone | |
| Bad Men of the Border | 1945 | Mortimer P. Rockabye Jones | |
| Renegades of the Rio Grande | 1945 | Ranger Trigger Bidwell | |
| Trail to Vengeance | 1945 | Hungry Huggins | |
| Swing Out, Sister | 1945 | Clutch | |
| Beyond the Pecos | 1945 | Barnacle Pete Finnegan | |
| Song of the Sarong | 1945 | Pete McGillicutty | |
| Frisco Sal | 1945 | Hallelujah | |
| The Old Texas Trail | 1944 | H. Pinkerton 'Pinky' Pinkley | |
| Riders of the Santa Fe | 1944 | Bullseye Johnson | |
| The Singing Sheriff | 1944 | Fuzzy | |
| Trail to Gunsight | 1944 | Horatius Van Sickle | |
| Allergic to Love | 1944 | Charlie | |
| Trigger Trail | 1944 | Echo | |
| Take It Big | 1944 | Cowboy Joe | |
| Boss of Boomtown | 1944 | Corporal Chatter-Box | |
| Cowboy and the Senorita | 1944 | Fuzzy | |
| The Great Alaskan Mystery | 1944 | 'Grit' Hartman [Chs. 4-13] | |
| Hi, Good Lookin'! | 1944 | Joe Smedley | |
| Oklahoma Raiders | 1944 | Banjo Bonner | |
| Marshal of Gunsmoke | 1944 | Glowworm Johnson | |
| Corvette K-225 | 1943 | Cricket | |
| Arizona Trail | 1943 | Kansas | |
| The Lone Star Trail | 1943 | Angus MacAngus | |
| Frontier Law | 1943 | Ramblin' Rufe Randel | |
| Raiders of San Joaquin | 1943 | Eustace Clairmont | |
| Cheyenne Roundup | 1943 | Cal Calkins | |
| He's My Guy | 1943 | Sparks | |
| Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground | 1943 | Si Dugan | |
| The Old Chisholm Trail | 1942 | Alvin Pendergast aka Polario | |
| Little Joe, the Wrangler | 1942 | Little Joe Smith | |
| Deep in the Heart of Texas | 1942 | 'Happy' T. Snodgrass | |
| Apache Trail | 1942 | Juke | |
| Boss of Hangtown Mesa | 1942 | Dr. J. Wellington Dingle | |
| The Silver Bullet | 1942 | Wild Bill Jones | |
| Lady in a Jam | 1942 | Govt. Man's Cabbie (uncredited) | |
| Juke Girl | 1942 | Ike Harper | |
| Butch Minds the Baby | 1942 | Wyoming | |
| Stagecoach Buckaroo | 1942 | Clem | |
| Fighting Bill Fargo | 1941 | Scoop | |
| Arizona Cyclone | 1941 | Muleshoe | |
| New York Town | 1941 | Gus Nelson | |
| The Masked Rider | 1941 | Patches McQuilt | |
| Badlands of Dakota | 1941 | Hurricane Harry | |
| Man from Montana | 1941 | Deputy Grubby | |
| Rawhide Rangers | 1941 | Porky Blake | |
| The Shepherd of the Hills | 1941 | Mr. Palestrom | |
| Law of the Range | 1941 | Chap | |
| The Cowboy and the Blonde | 1941 | Skeeter | |
| Horror Island | 1941 | Stuff Oliver | |
| Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie | 1941 | Lem Fielding | |
| Bagdad Daddy | 1941 | Short | |
| Pony Post | 1940 | Shorty | |
| Law and Order | 1940 | Deadwood | |
| Ragtime Cowboy Joe | 1940 | Joe Bushberry | |
| Brigham Young | 1940 | Pete | |
| Son of Roaring Dan | 1940 | Tick Belden | |
| Bad Man from Red Butte | 1940 | Spud | |
| Riders of Pasco Basin | 1940 | Luther | |
| The Singing Dude | 1940 | Short | Bingo |
| Johnny Apollo | 1940 | Cellmate | |
| Boss of Bullion City | 1940 | Burt Pennypacker | |
| My Little Chickadee | 1940 | Cousin Zeb | |
| West of Carson City | 1940 | Banjo | |
| Remember the Night | 1940 | Bandleader at Barn Dance (uncredited) | |
| Chip of the Flying U | 1939 | 'Weary' | |
| Oklahoma Frontier | 1939 | Frosty (Windy Day in credits) | |
| Desperate Trails | 1939 | Cousin Willie Strong | |
| The Oregon Trail | 1939 | Deadwood Hawkins | |
| Union Pacific | 1939 | Cookie | |
| The Cowboy and the Lady | 1938 | Buzz | |
| Spawn of the North | 1938 | Lefty Jones | |
| Joy of Living | 1938 | Sideshow Pianist & Singer (uncredited) | |
| The Last Stand | 1938 | Pepper | |
| Border Wolves | 1938 | Clem Barrett | |
| Where the West Begins | 1938 | Buzz, Jack's Sidekick | |
| Everybody's Doing It | 1938 | Softy's Henchman (uncredited) | |
| The Singing Outlaw | 1937 | Longhorn | |
| Amateur Crook | 1937 | Jape - Gas-Station Attendant | |
| Quick Money | 1937 | Peter Piper Potter | |
| Courage of the West | 1937 | Hank Givens | |
| County Fair | 1937 | Whitey the Trainer | |
| Flying Fists | 1937 | Spider | |
| Mountain Music | 1937 | Amos Burnside | |
| Mountain Justice | 1937 | Clem Biggers | |
| The Gold Racket | 1937 | Scotty Summers | |
| Her Husband Lies | 1937 | Ears Norris (uncredited) | |
| Silks and Saddles | 1936 | Bottsie Botsworth | |
| With Love and Kisses | 1936 | Butch | |
| Song of the Gringo | 1936 | Zony | |
| The Plainsman | 1936 | Dave | |
| Sea Spoilers | 1936 | Hogan | |
| Kelly of the Secret Service | 1936 | Lefty Hogan | |
| Wildcat Trooper | 1936 | Constable Pat O'Hearne - RCMP | |
| Put on the Spot | 1936 | Elmer | |
| And Sudden Death | 1936 | Steve Bartlett | |
| Palm Springs | 1936 | Bit Part (uncredited) | |
| Rio Grande Romance | 1936 | Elmer | |
| Song of the Trail | 1936 | Pudge | |
| The Trail of the Lonesome Pine | 1936 | Tater | |
| Top Flat | 1935 | Short | Fuzzy, Patsy's friend |
| Mary Burns, Fugitive | 1935 | Dance hall attendant | |
| Bars of Hate | 1935 | Montague | |
| Hot Off the Press | 1935 | ||
| The Old Homestead | 1935 | Lem | |
| Wanderer of the Wasteland | 1935 | Deputy Scott | |
| Trails of the Wild | 1935 | RCMP Windy Cameron | |
| Danger Ahead | 1935 | Fred Klein | |
| The Murder Man | 1935 | 'Buck' Hawkins | |
| Dizzy Dames | 1935 | Buzz | |
| Vagabond Lady | 1935 | Swan - Man with Pat (uncredited) | |
| George White's 1935 Scandals | 1935 | Sam Fogel (uncredited) | |
| Home on the Range | 1935 | Cracker | |
| Music in the Air | 1934 | Nick | |
| Night Alarm | 1934 | Dinner Club Comedian | |
| Behold My Wife! | 1934 | Photographer (uncredited) | |
| She Had to Choose | 1934 | Wally | |
| Belle of the Nineties | 1934 | Comedian | |
| The Girl from Missouri | 1934 | Photographer with O'Sullivan (uncredited) | |
| The Cat's-Paw | 1934 | Stuttering Gangster | |
| Operator 13 | 1934 | Private Sweeney | |
| I Hate Women | 1934 | Cookie Smith | |
| The Last Round-Up | 1934 | Charles Bunko McGee | |
| Morocco Nights | 1934 | Short | Fuzzy Knight |
| Come On, Marines! | 1934 | Wimpy | |
| Moulin Rouge | 1934 | Eddie | |
| Sitting Pretty | 1933 | Stock Clerk (uncredited) | |
| To the Last Man | 1933 | Jeff Morley | |
| This Day and Age | 1933 | Max | |
| Her Bodyguard | 1933 | Danny Dare | |
| Sunset Pass | 1933 | Willy Willard | |
| Under the Tonto Rim | 1933 | Tex | |
| She Done Him Wrong | 1933 | Rag Time Kelly | |
| Billion Dollar Scandal | 1933 | Piano Entertainer (uncredited) | |
| Speed Demon | 1932 | Lefty | |
| Vanity Street | 1932 | Drunk (uncredited) | |
| Hell's Highway | 1932 | Society Red | |
| Fighting for Justice | 1932 | Piano Player Fuzzy Knight (uncredited) | |
| Night Parade | 1929 | Party Guest (uncredited) | |
| Hostile Guns | 1967 | Buck, Reno Cowboy | |
| Batman | 1966 | TV Series | Blind Man |
| Waco | 1966 | Telegraph Operator | |
| The Bounty Killer | 1965 | Captain Luther | |
| The Joey Bishop Show | 1962 | TV Series | Charles Porter |
| Lassie | 1962 | TV Series | Judge Fred J. Beaber |
| The Tall Man | 1962 | TV Series | Johnny Red |
| Lawman | 1961 | TV Series | Mr. Morris |
| Lock Up | 1961 | TV Series | Fire Chief Carson |
| Outlaws | 1960 | TV Series | Isaac Miller |
| The Man and the Challenge | 1959 | TV Series | Burro Charlie |
| These Thousand Hills | 1959 | Jacob Smith (uncredited) | |
| The Notorious Mr. Monks | 1958 | Tom | |
| Captain Gallant of the Foreign Legion | 1955-1957 | TV Series | Private Fuzzy Knight Pvt. Fuzzy Knight |
Soundtrack
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lawless Breed | 1946 | performer: "Bananas Make Me Tough", "Sittin' On The Inside" | |
| Gunman's Code | 1946 | performer: "Those Happy Days" | |
| Rustler's Round-up | 1946 | performer: "That's the Way I Am", "Vote For Cal Dixon" | |
| Movieland Magic | 1946 | Short performer: "We're Heading for the Rodeo" - uncredited | |
| Gun Town | 1946 | performer: "A Cowboy is Happy" | |
| Bad Men of the Border | 1945 | performer: "And Then I Got Married" | |
| Trail to Vengeance | 1945 | performer: "Huckleberry Pie" | |
| Beyond the Pecos | 1945 | performer: "Blow the Man Down" | |
| Song of the Sarong | 1945 | performer: "Pied Pipers From Swingtown" - uncredited | |
| The Old Texas Trail | 1944 | performer: "Polly Waddle Doodle" | |
| Riders of the Santa Fe | 1944 | performer: "The Defective Detective From Deadwood" | |
| Trail to Gunsight | 1944 | performer: "Slumbertime Out On the Prairie" | |
| Hi, Good Lookin'! | 1944 | performer: "Buckwheat Cakes" | |
| Oklahoma Raiders | 1944 | performer: "Hi Nellie, Ho Nellie" | |
| Arizona Trail | 1943 | performer: "The Devil's Gonna Laugh" | |
| Frontier Law | 1943 | performer: "The Bears Give Me the Bird", "Call of the Range" | |
| Raiders of San Joaquin | 1943 | performer: "Oh My Darling Clementine" uncredited, "The Hatches and the Morgans" | |
| Cheyenne Roundup | 1943 | performer: "Ain't Got Nothin' and Nothin' Worries Me" | |
| Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground | 1943 | performer: "The Drinks Are on the House" | |
| Little Joe, the Wrangler | 1942 | performer: "Little Joe, the Wrangler" | |
| Deep in the Heart of Texas | 1942 | performer: "Sweet Genevieve", "Deep In The Heart Of Texas" | |
| Boss of Hangtown Mesa | 1942 | performer: "Pappy Was A Gunman", "Ain't Got Nothin'" - uncredited | |
| The Silver Bullet | 1942 | performer: "My Gal, She Works In A Laundry" | |
| Stagecoach Buckaroo | 1942 | performer: "Don't Ever Be a Cowboy", "Just Too Gosh Darn Bashful", "Red River Valley" | |
| Arizona Cyclone | 1941 | performer: "Wooden Leg Pete" | |
| Man from Montana | 1941 | performer: "Bananas Make Me Tough" | |
| Rawhide Rangers | 1941 | performer: "Huckleberry Pie" | |
| Law of the Range | 1941 | performer: "I Plumb Forgot" | |
| Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie | 1941 | performer: "The Bears Give Me the Bird" | |
| Pony Post | 1940 | performer: "I Don't Milk No Cows" | |
| Law and Order | 1940 | performer: "Happy Old Days" | |
| Ragtime Cowboy Joe | 1940 | performer: "Do the Ooh La La", "Cross-Eyed Kate" | |
| Brigham Young | 1940 | performer: "Shimalong Joe" - uncredited | |
| Son of Roaring Dan | 1940 | performer: "And Then I Got Married" - uncredited | |
| Bad Man from Red Butte | 1940 | performer: "Gabby the Lawyer's Come to Town" | |
| The Singing Dude | 1940 | Short performer: "We're Heading for the Rodeo" - uncredited | |
| West of Carson City | 1940 | performer: "Let's Go" | |
| Chip of the Flying U | 1939 | performer: "Aches and Pains" - uncredited | |
| Oklahoma Frontier | 1939 | performer: "My Cincinnati" | |
| Desperate Trails | 1939 | performer: "Oh, Suzanna" - uncredited | |
| The Cowboy and the Lady | 1938 | performer: "Er-ru-ti-tu-ti" 1938 - uncredited | |
| Spawn of the North | 1938 | performer: "Mother Machree" - uncredited | |
| Joy of Living | 1938 | performer: "A Heavenly Party" 1938 - uncredited | |
| Border Wolves | 1938 | performer: "Wyoming Moon", "Bowlegged Bill", "Riding the Trail Again" | |
| Where the West Begins | 1938 | performer: "That's My Idea of Fun" | |
| The Gold Racket | 1937 | writer: "Broken Down Mama" | |
| Silks and Saddles | 1936 | performer: "I Took My Girl to the Races" | |
| Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs | 1936 | Short performer: "Minnehaha" | |
| Song of the Trail | 1936 | performer: "Nell Was the Belle of the Prairie" | |
| The Trail of the Lonesome Pine | 1936 | performer: "Twilight on the Trail", "A Melody from the Sky" | |
| The Old Homestead | 1935 | performer: "When Our Old Age Pension Check Comes To the Door", "Honey Dat I Love So Well", "That Old White Mule of Mine" | |
| Danger Ahead | 1935 | performer: "Eloise" | |
| Dizzy Dames | 1935 | performer: "Let's Be Frivolous" | |
| Operator 13 | 1934 | performer: "Join the Cavalry" ca 1862 - uncredited | |
| She Done Him Wrong | 1933 | performer: "After the Ball" 1892 - uncredited |
Composer
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Top Flat | 1935 | Short uncredited |
Self
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs | 1936 | Short | Himself |
| Fuzzy Knight and His Little Piano | 1928 | Short | Himself |
Archive Footage
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Masters | 1997 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| I 10 del Texas | 1961 | ||
| Prairie Pirates | 1949 | Short uncredited | |
| Blazing Guns | 1949 | Short | Pinky |
| Western Feud! | 1949 | Short | Tick |
| Movieland Magic | 1946 | Short |
Known for movies
Captain Gallant of the Foreign Legion (1955-1957)
as Private Fuzzy Knight / Pvt. Fuzzy Knight
The Cowboy and the Lady (1938)
as Buzz
She Done Him Wrong (1933)
as Rag Time Kelly
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (1936)
as Tater