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

The Mike Douglas Show
1968
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
2003
The Beverly Hillbillies
1963
Austin City Limits
2000
The Midnight Special
1973
50 Years of Country Music
1978
The Return of the Beverly Hillbillies
1981
Where the Lilies Bloom
1974
Give Me the Banjo
2011
Big Family: The Story of Bluegrass Music
2019
Opry Video Classics: Pioneers
2007
Bill Monroe: Father of Bluegrass Music
1993

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
19
Sound
2
2019
Big Family: The Story of Bluegrass Music
as Self (archive footage)
2011
Give Me the Banjo
as Self
2007
Opry Video Classics: Pioneers
as Self (archive footage)
2007
The Best of the Flatt and Scruggs TV Show, Vol. 1
as Self
2003
The Three Pickers
as Self
2003
CMT Most Wanted Live: "A Very Special Acoustic Christmas"
as Self
2003
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Musical Guest
2000
Austin City Limits
as Self
1993
Bill Monroe: Father of Bluegrass Music
as Self
1992
High Lonesome: The Story of Bluegrass Music
as Self
1990
American Music Shop
as Self
1981
The Return of the Beverly Hillbillies
as Self
1978
50 Years of Country Music
as Self
1973
The Midnight Special
as Self
1972
Scruggs: A Festival of Music
as Self
1972
Bluegrass Country Soul
as Self
1968
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1965
Country Music on Broadway
as Self
1963
The Beverly Hillbillies
as Self