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Shug Fisher (1907–1984)

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This country singing-and-playing perennial earned the nickname of "Shug" early in life from his mother, who used to call him "sugar" as an infant. The native Oklahoman was born George Clinton Fisher in 1907, the son of a Scots-Irish father and part Choctaw mother. He learned how to play the mandolin... See full bio »

Born:

George Clinton Fisher
in Grady County, Oklahoma, USA

Died:

(age 76) in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
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1982 Harper Valley P.T.A. (TV series)
Harry Haldeen
– Grizzly Gap (1982) … Harry Haldeen
 
1981 The Return of the Beverly Hillbillies (TV movie)
Judge Gillum (as George 'Shug' Fisher)
 
1979-1980 The Dukes of Hazzard (TV series)
Homer / Newtie
– Return of the Ridge Raiders (1980) … Newtie
– Days of Shine and Roses (1979) … Homer
 
1979 ABC Weekend Specials (TV series)
Farmer #2
– The Revenge of Red Chief (1979) … Farmer #2
 
1979 The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again
Bartender
 
1979 The Sacketts (TV movie)
Purgatorie Barkeep
 
1978 Lucan (TV series)
Prospector
– Thunder God Gold (1978) … Prospector
 
1978 Starsky and Hutch (TV series)
Sam Ivers
– Moonshine (1978) … Sam Ivers
 
1978 How the West Was Won (TV mini-series)
Ziggy
 
1977 The 3,000 Mile Chase (TV movie)
Biker (as George 'Shug' Fisher)
 
1977 The Ghost of Cypress Swamp (TV movie)
Sherman Prather
 
1970-1977 Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (TV series)
Leroy / Ropejon / Capt. Rob / …
– The Ghost of Cypress Swamp (1977) … Sherman Prather
– Hog Wild: Part 2 (1974) … Ropejon
– Hog Wild: Part 1 (1974) … Ropejon
– The High Flying Spy: Part 1 (1972) … Capt. Rob
– Smoke: Part 2 (1970) … Leroy
See all 6 episodes »
 
1976 City of Angels (TV series)
Whitey Hedges
– The House on Orange Grove Avenue (1976) … Whitey Hedges
 
1975 Huckleberry Finn (TV movie)
Old Doc (as George 'Shug' Fisher)
 
1975 Petrocelli (TV series)
Toot Gannon
– Four the Hard Way (1975) … Toot Gannon
 
1975 Kolchak: The Night Stalker (TV series)
Pop Stenvold
– The Knightly Murders (1975) … Pop Stenvold
 
1962-1974 Gunsmoke (TV series)
Obie / Barkeep / Jed Rascoe / …
– The Guns of Cibola Blanca: Part 2 (1974) … Mule Skinner
– The Guns of Cibola Blanca: Part 1 (1974) … Mule Skinner
– A Quiet Day in Dodge (1973) … Dobie Crimps
– Waste: Part 2 (1971) … Jed Rascoe
– Waste: Part 1 (1971) … Jed Rascoe
See all 27 episodes »
 
1974 The Castaway Cowboy
Capt. Cary
 
1974 Hog Wild (TV movie)
Ropejon
 
1973 Key West (TV movie)
Sam Olsen (as George 'Shug' Fisher)
 
1973 Guns of a Stranger
Shug Meadows
 
1972 Love, American Style (TV series)
Abner
– Love and Dear Old Mom and Dad/Love and the High School Sweetheart/Love and the Spaced Out Chick/Love and the Country Girl (1972) … Abner
 
1965-1971 The Virginian (TV series)
Desk Clerk / Mr. Peterson / Pony Bill Steele / …
– The Animal (1971) … Tinker
– The Fortress (1967) … Desk Clerk
– An Echo of Thunder (1966) … Telegrapher
– The Laramie Road (1965) … Mr. Peterson
– Legend for a Lawman (1965) … Pony Bill Steele
 
1969-1970 The Beverly Hillbillies (TV series)
Shorty Kellems / Scraggly Farmer
– Shorty to the Rescue (1970) … Shorty Kellems (as George 'Shug' Fisher)
– Welcome to the Family (1970) … Shorty Kellems (as George 'Shug' Fisher)
– Hotel for Women (1970) … Shorty Kellems (as George 'Shug' Fisher)
– Annul That Marriage (1970) … Shorty Kellems (as George 'Shug' Fisher)
– The Wedding (1970) … Shorty Kellems (as George 'Shug' Fisher)
See all 17 episodes »
 
1961-1970 Bonanza (TV series)
Driver / Gibson's Partner / Jeff / …
– El Jefe (1970) … Toler
– Stage Door Johnnies (1968) … Driver
– Square Deal Sam (1964) … Gibson's Partner (uncredited)
– The Infernal Machine (1961) … Jeff
 
1970 Cutter's Trail (TV movie)
Tuttle
 
1970 Smoke (TV movie)
Leroy
 
1969 The Reivers
Cousin Zack
 
1967-1968 Cimarron Strip (TV series)
Pinky / Smitty
– The Greeners (1968) … Pinky
– Journey to a Hanging (1967) … Smitty
 
1967 Iron Horse (TV series)
Amos
– Steel Chain to a Music Box (1967) … Amos
 
1966-1967 The Wild Wild West (TV series)
Jeremiah / Sheriff Blayne Cord
– The Night of the Cut-Throats (1967) … Jeremiah
– The Night of the Poisonous Posey (1966) … Sheriff Blayne Cord
 
1967 You've Got to Be Smart
 
1967 The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin
Short Cowboy (uncredited)
 
1965-1967 Laredo (TV series)
1st Fighter / Old Charlie / Old Prospector
– The Small Chance Ghost (1967) … Old Charlie
– A Double Shot of Nepenthe (1966) … Old Prospector
– The Land Grabbers (1965) … 1st Fighter
 
1966 The Monroes (TV series)
Zeph
– Lost in the Wilderness (1966) … Zeph (as George C. Fisher)
 
1965-1966 Daniel Boone (TV series)
Jake Tench / Blacksmith / Second Man / …
– Goliath (1966) … Tolliver
– The Fifth Man (1966) … Jake Tench (as George C. 'Shug' Fisher)
– Perilous Journey (1965) … Blacksmith (as George 'Shug' Fisher)
– The Thanksgiving Story (1965) … Second Man
– The Tortoise and the Hare (1965) … Blacksmith
See all 7 episodes »
 
1966 The Cat
Bill Krim (as George 'Shug' Fisher)
 
1965 The Legend of Jesse James (TV series)
Barber
– The Celebrity (1965) … Barber
 
1965 Tammy (TV series)
Uncle Cully
– Still Waters (1965) … Uncle Cully
 
1965 Git!
Sam Lewis
 
1964 Cheyenne Autumn
Skinny (uncredited)
 
1963 Petticoat Junction (TV series)
Salesman
– A Night at the Hooterville Hilton (1963) … Salesman
 
1963 Temple Houston (TV series)
Augie Wren
– The Siege at Thayer's Bluff (1963) … Augie Wren
 
1961-1963 Have Gun - Will Travel (TV series)
Altman - Insurance Agent / Harry Kessler - Hotel Clerk / Kroll - Townsman / …
– Brotherhood (1963) … Kroll - Townsman
– The Fifth Bullet (1962) … Harry Kessler - Hotel Clerk
– Silent Death, Secret Death (1962) … Wilhoit
– The Revenger (1961) … Altman - Insurance Agent
 
1961-1963 Ripcord (TV series)
Charlie Kern
– Expose (1963) … Charlie Kern
– Jump or Die (1963) … Charlie Kern
– Semper Paratus Any Time (1963) … Charlie Kern
– The Inventor (1963) … Charlie Kern
– Aerial Backfire (1962) … Charlie Kern
See all 14 episodes »
 
1962 The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Kaintuck (uncredited)
 
1960 Sergeant Rutledge
Mr. Owens (uncredited)
 
1959 The Giant Gila Monster
Old Man Harris
 
1955 Pecos Pest (short)
Uncle Pecos (uncredited)
 
1955 Mister Roberts
Johnson
 
1951 Fighting Coast Guard
'Shug' - Member Sons of the Pioneers
 
1951 Silver City Bonanza
Bassist (uncredited)
 
1950 Rio Grande
Regimental Singer/Bugler (uncredited)
 
1950 Everybody's Dancin'
'Shug' - Member Sons of the Pioneers (as Sons of the Pioneers)
 
1949 Stallion Canyon
Red
 
1949 Riders of the Pony Express
'Doc' Baker
 
1949 Susanna Pass
Jailbird with Guitar (uncredited)
 
1947 The Last Round-up
Shug (uncredited)
 
1947 On the Old Spanish Trail
Spectator (uncredited)
 
1947 Springtime in the Sierras
Musician (uncredited)
 
1946 Heldorado
Stable Foreman (uncredited)
 
1946 Roll on Texas Moon
'Shug' - Member Sons of the Pioneers (uncredited)
 
1946 Under Nevada Skies
Musician (as The Sons of the Pioneers)
 
1946 My Pal Trigger
'Shug' - Member Sons of the Pioneers (uncredited)
 
1946 Rainbow Over Texas
'Shug' - Member Sons of the Pioneers (as the Sons of the Pioneers)
 
1946 Home on the Range
'Shug'- Member Sons of the Pioneers (uncredited)
 
1946 Ding Dong Williams
'Shug' - Member Sons of the Pioneers (uncredited)
 
1946 Song of Arizona
'Shug' - Member Sons of the Pioneers (uncredited)
 
1945 Don't Fence Me In
'Shug' - Member Sons of the Pioneers (uncredited)
 
1945 Sunset in El Dorado
'Shug' - Member Sons of the Pioneers (uncredited)
 
1945/I Along the Navajo Trail
'Shug' - Member Sons of the Pioneers (uncredited)
 
1945 Man from Oklahoma
'Shug' - Member Sons of the Pioneers (uncredited)
 
1945 Bells of Rosarita
Member, Sons of the Pioneers (uncredited)
 
1945 Utah
'Shug' - Member Sons of the Pioneers (uncredited)
 
1944 Lights of Old Santa Fe
'Shug' - Member Sons of the Pioneers (uncredited)
 
1944 San Fernando Valley
'Shug' - Member Sons of the Pioneers (uncredited)
 
1944 Song of Nevada
Shug - Sons of the Pioneers (uncredited)
 
1944 The Yellow Rose of Texas
Shug (uncredited)
 
1944 Jamboree
George 'Shug' Fisher (as George 'Shug' Fisher)
 
1943 Hoosier Holiday
Shug' Fishet
 
1943/I Swing Your Partner
Shug (as George 'Shug' Fisher)
 
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1955 Pecos Pest (short) (writer: "Froggie Went A-Courtin'" / arranger: "Froggie Went A-Courtin'")
 
1943/I Swing Your Partner (writer: "Shug Shug Yodel")
 
Show ShowMusic Department (1 title)
1955 Pecos Pest (short) (music arranger: "Froggie Went A-Courtin" - uncredited, musician: guitar improvisation on "Froggie Went A-Courtin" - uncredited)
 
Show ShowSelf (1 title)
1972 This Is Your Life (TV series)
Himself
– Ken Curtis (1972) … Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (1 title)
1977-1982 Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (TV series)
 

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Member of the band Sons of the Pioneers

Alternate Names:

George 'Shug' Fisher | George C. 'Shug' Fisher | George C. Fisher | George Shug Fisher | Leroy Fisher | Sons of the Pioneers | the Sons of the Pioneers | The Sons of the Pioneers
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Trivia:

Character actor/singer, supporting player in countless film and TV westerns over a 40 year career. He began his career as a member of the legendary western vocal group Sons of the Pioneers. See more »

Trademark:

Chronic stutter, bemused expression See more »

Star Sign:

Libra