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Earl Scruggs

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: Acting

Born: Cleveland County, North Carolina, USA, 1924-01-06

Died: 2012-03-28

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1965	Country Music on Broadway	Self	0
2	1972	Scruggs: A Festival of Music	Self	0
3	1972	Bluegrass Country Soul	Self	0
4	1981	The Return of the Beverly Hillbillies	Self	50
5	1991	High Lonesome: The Story of Bluegrass Music	Self	70
6	1993	Bill Monroe: Father of Bluegrass Music	Self	100
7	2003	The Three Pickers	Self	57
8	2003	CMT Most Wanted Live: "A Very Special Acoustic Christmas"	Self	0
9	2007	The Best of the Flatt and Scruggs TV Show, Vol. 1	Self	0
10	2007	Opry Video Classics: Pioneers	Self (archive footage)	100
11	2011	Give Me the Banjo	Self	72
12	2019	Big Family: The Story of Bluegrass Music	Self (archive footage)	0

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1962	The Beverly Hillbillies	Self	69
2	1972	The Midnight Special	Self	78
3	1975	Austin City Limits	Self	62
4	1990	American Music Shop	Self	0
5	1993	Late Night with Conan O'Brien	Self - Musical Guest	72