Earl Scruggs
Actor
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.
Filmography
High Lonesome: The Story of Bluegrass Music
as Self 1991
The Return of the Beverly Hillbillies
as Self 1981
The Three Pickers
as Self 2003
Bill Monroe: Father of Bluegrass Music
as Self 1993
Opry Video Classics: Pioneers
as Self (archive footage) 2007
Country Music on Broadway
as Self 1965
Scruggs: A Festival of Music
as Self 1972
Big Family: The Story of Bluegrass Music
as Self (archive footage) 2019
CMT Most Wanted Live: "A Very Special Acoustic Christmas"
as Self 2003
Bluegrass Country Soul
as Self 1972