| St. John retired from film-making in the early 1950s, and then did frequent performances at circuses, fairs and rodeos. He passed away in 1963 from a heart attack while working with the Tommy Scott Wild West show. Bill Russell, in his March, 2001 Western Revue magazine, included an interview with Doc Tommy Scott --- St. John worked on the show for about 5 years, and his death was in Lyons, Georgia (not the oft reported Vidalia, Georgia). |  |  (Courtesy of Les Adams) |
 | | Fuzzy tightens up the last knot on the well-tied Buster Crabbe In THE DRIFTER (PRC, 1944). This is another of those "hero plays dual role" oaters, with Crabbe in his normal job as 'Billy Carson' as well as a baddie. Naturally, poor ol' Fuzzy gets confused and tries to restrain the evil 'Drifter' from mixing it up with his pal Billy ... but the 'Drifter' convinces Fuzz that he's really Billy Carson ... got the plot??? |
 Above from L-to-R are: Hal Price, Al 'Fuzzy' St. John, Frank Hagney and George Houston as Tom Cameron, the 'Lone Rider', in THE LONE RIDER FIGHTS BACK (PRC, 1941).  (Courtesy of Les Adams) Above from L-to-R are Fuzzy St. John, I. Stanford Jolley, and stage driver Frank Ellis in a lobby card from BLAZING FRONTIER (PRC, 1943), one of the Buster Crabbe oaters.  In the late 1940s, Fuzzy and Lash were still working together in DEAD MAN'S GOLD (Western Adventure, 1948), and other films for producer Ron Ormond and his low-budget Western Adventure Production company. Their last film together was released in 1951. |
There's some early photos of Al 'Fuzzy' St. John during his silent film days at David B. Pearson's Silent-Movies website: http://silentgents.com/PStJohn.html
Although some of the data is incomplete or inaccurate, the Internet Movie Database (IMDB) has information on Al 'Fuzzy' St. John. Click HERE.
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