Earl Scruggs
Acting
1924-01-06 · Cleveland County, North Carolina, USA
Earl Eugene Scruggs was an American musician noted for popularizing a three-finger banjo picking style, now called "Scruggs style", which is a defining characteristic of bluegrass music. His three-finger style of playing was radically different from the traditional way the five-string banjo had previously been played.
Filmography(18)
movieBig Family: The Story of Bluegrass Music
as Self (archive footage) · 2019 · 0.0
movieGive Me the Banjo
as Self · 2011 · 7.2
movieOpry Video Classics: Pioneers
as Self (archive footage) · 2007 · 10.0
movieThe Best of the Flatt and Scruggs TV Show, Vol. 1
as Self · 2007 · 0.0
movieCMT Most Wanted Live: "A Very Special Acoustic Christmas"
as Self · 2003 · 0.0
movieThe Three Pickers
as Self · 2003 · 5.7
tvLate Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Musical Guest · 1993 · 7.3
movieBill Monroe: Father of Bluegrass Music
as Self · 1993 · 9.5
movieHigh Lonesome: The Story of Bluegrass Music
as Self · 1992 · 7.0
tvAmerican Music Shop
as Self · 1990 · 7.0
movieThe Return of the Beverly Hillbillies
as Self · 1981 · 5.8
tvAustin City Limits
as Self · 1975 · 6.3
tvThe Midnight Special
as Self · 1972 · 8.1
movieBluegrass Country Soul
as Self · 1972 · 0.0
movieScruggs: A Festival of Music
as Self · 1972 · 0.0
movieCountry Music on Broadway
as Self · 1965 · 9.0
tvThe Beverly Hillbillies
as Self · 1962 · 6.9
tvThe Mike Douglas Show
as Self · 1961 · 5.8