Fuzzy Knight

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 1929 and 1967, usually as a cowboy heros comic sidekick.

Knight was born in Fairmont, West Virginia the third child and son of James A. and Olive Knight, and attended nearby West Virginia University where he was a cheerleader and law student. He wrote a pep song, Fight Mountaineers, which is still frequently used by the Mountaineer Marching Band 90 years later. He also wrote the melody for a WVU song entitled To Thee Our Alma Mater, with words by fellow graduate David A. Christopher. He formed his own band in college and played drums, eventually leaving school to perform in vaudeville and in big bands such as Irving Aaronsons and George Olsens.

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