Earl Scruggs
Acting
January 6, 1924
Died March 28, 2012 (88 years old)
Cleveland County, North Carolina, USA
19
Acting Credits
Biography
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.
Known For
Filmography
Big Family: The Story of Bluegrass Music
2019
as Self (archive footage)
Give Me the Banjo
2011
as Self
7.2
Opry Video Classics: Pioneers
2007
as Self (archive footage)
10
The Best of the Flatt and Scruggs TV Show, Vol. 1
2007
as Self
The Three Pickers
2003
as Self
5.7
CMT Most Wanted Live: "A Very Special Acoustic Christmas"
2003
as Self
Bill Monroe: Father of Bluegrass Music
1993
as Self
9.5
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Musical Guest
7.3
High Lonesome: The Story of Bluegrass Music
1992
as Self
7
American Music Shop
1990
as Self
7
The Return of the Beverly Hillbillies
1981
as Self
5.8
50 Years of Country Music
1978
as Self
5
Austin City Limits
1975
as Self
6.3
Scruggs: A Festival of Music
1972
as Self
Bluegrass Country Soul
1972
as Self
The Midnight Special
1972
as Self
8.1
Country Music on Broadway
1965
as Self
9
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962
as Self
6.9
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
5.8