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Fuzzy Knight
(Deceased)
Fuzzy Knight, comic cowboy actor, was born John Forrest Knight on May 9, 1901 in Fairmont, WV. He did a little work in minstrel shows, then attended the University of West Virginia...where he continued playing piano in various dance bands until he graduated.
Although he had studied law, Fuzzy (so named because of his raspy, "fuzzy" voice) liked entertaining better. He worked his way into vaudeville and eventually onto the bright lights of Broadway in New York City.
In 1933 he made his first film, with film goddess Mae West, in "She Done Him Wrong." He went on to appear in 181 movies. He found his nitch as a comic sidekick to such Western stars as Bob Baker, Whip Wilson, William Elliott, Rod Cameron, Kirby Grant, Rex Allen, Tex Ritter and Johnny Mack Brown.
However, he was actually one of the "singing cowboys." He sang the song "Twilight on the Trail" in the movie "Trail of the Lonesome Pine" (1936; with Fred MacMurry and Henry Fonda).
Fuzzy Knight was known as a heavy drinker during much of his life, but had to give it up later on. Fuzzy Knight died of a heart attack on Feb. 23, 1976 in Hollywood, CA.
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Will C. Knott
William Cecil Knott was born on Aug. 7, 1927, in Boston, Mass. He served in the U.S. Air Force from 1946 to 1947. And it was after being discharged from the Air Force that he began to write in earnest. And although he wrote in earnest for the next 15 years, his only sale was one short story. One.Will C. Knott received his A.A. in 1949 and his B.S. in 1951, both from Boston University. He earned his M.A. in 1966 from State University of New York (Oswego). He taught English to junior high students in schools in Connecticut, West Virginia, New Jersey and New York from 1951 to 1967. From 1967-1982 he made his living as an English professor at the State University of New York (Potsdam). He served as president of the WWA in 1981-82.
Under his own name and those of Bill Knott, Bill J. Carol, Tabor Evans and Bryan Swift, Will C. Knott has written children's fiction, adventure, crime, suspense, mystery and Western novels.
His books include Junk Pitcher (1963), Backboard Scrambler (1963), Circus Catch (1963), Scatback (1964), Danger at Half Moon Lake (1968), Journey Across the Third Planet, Vengeance Seaker, 3 Vols., Caulder's Badge, Kiowa Blood, Stampede; The Golden Mountain (Ace Books, 1984), Red Skies Over Wyoming, Killer's Canyon; The Return of Zach Stuart (Ace Books, 1984), Lyncher's Moon (Ace Books, 1984), Longarm and the Avenging Angels, Longarm and the Loggers, Longarm and the Hatchet Men, Longarm in Lincoln County, Mission Code: King's Pawn, Mission Code: Minotaur, Mission Code: Springboard, Golden Hawk (New American Library, 1986).
Will C. Knott has also written such nonfiction books as Craft of Fiction (1973), Craft of Non-Fiction (1974), and How to Write and Publish Your Novel (Reston, 1982).
Ernie Kovacs
(Deceased)
Ernie Kovacs, comedian and actor, was born on January 23, 1919 at Trenton, NJ. He had a leading role in John Wayne's movie, "North to Alaska" as the devious gambler and saloon owner.
Ernie Kovacs died from injuries in a car accident on January 13, 1962. His is buried in the Forest Lawn Cemetery (Hollywood Hills) in Los Angeles, CA. 
Nancy Kovats
Nancy Kovats has had many articles published in such magazines as Saturday Evening Post. She has taught creative writing at Colorado State University and other colleges. She is the author of Passion's Gold (Zebra).
Louis Kraft
Louis Kraft has earned his living doing various jobs over the years, but the main emphasis has been in film and the theatre. It was while he was performing at a dinner theatre in Texas, in 1976, that Kraft first became interested in writing. And he interest soon focused on writing about the Old West.Louis Kraft is a member of the Little Big Horn Associates, the Custer Battlefield Historical and Museum Association, and the Order of the Indian Wars.
Kraft's credits include articles such as "The Hidden Lure of Canyon De Chelley" (Footprints, May, 1986), "Ned Wynkoop, The Tall Chief of the Cheyenne," (Wild_West, Oct., 1988), and "Edward W. Wynkoop: A Forgotten Hero" (Research Review: The Journal of the Little Big Horn Associates, (June, 1987).
Louis Kraft's book credits include The Final Showdown (Walker and Company, 1992); Custer and the Cheyenne: George Armstrong Custer's 1868-1869 Winter Campaign on the Southern Plains (Upton and Sons, 1995); Gatewood & Geronimo (University of New Mexico Press, 2000); and Bay-chen-daysen: Lt. Charles Gatewood and His Memoir of the Apache Wars (University of Nebraska Press, 2005).
He also has written a play dealing with Cheyenne Indian agent Edward Wynkoop. It is entitled "Ned Wynkoop: A Matter of Conscience."
Steven M. Krauzer
Steven M. Krauzer was born in New Hampshire. He read books by Ray Bradbury and Raymond Chandler in his early years, and got hands-on writing experience in junior high school by writing a column for the school newspaper. He received his bachelor's degree from Yale University, where he worked as a disc jockey and ad salesman for the student radio station. And he received his master's degree from the University of New Hampshire.Steve Krauzer worked for a radio station in Boston, Mass., then moved to Missoula and worked as a technician for a local TV station. And he has taught creative writing and various English classes at the University of Montana. In 1980 he became a full-time freelance writer.
In 1975, Krauzer and his friend William Kittredge began writing together under the joint pseudonym of "Owen Rountree". They now have more than a dozen Cord novels in print.
Krauzer also writes the Dennison's War series for Bantam Books, under the pen name of "Adam Lassiter". His work, Cocaine Wars, was made into a movie starring John Schneider. And he wrote four of the "Executioner" novels. (See Jean Mead's profile of Krauzer in the March, 1985 issue of The Roundup).
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