Recherchez un film ou une personnalité :
FacebookConnexionInscription
Shug Fisher est un Acteur Américain né le 26 septembre 1907

Shug Fisher

Shug Fisher
  • Infos
  • Photos
  • Meilleurs films
  • Famille
  • Personnages
  • Récompenses
Si vous aimez cette personne, faites-le savoir !
Nom de naissance George Clinton Fisher, Jr.
Nationalité Etats-Unis
Naissance 26 septembre 1907
Mort 16 février 1984 (à 76 ans) à Woodland Hills (Etats-Unis)

Shug Fisher (September 26, 1907–March 16, 1984), born George Clinton Fisher, Jr., was an American character actor, singer, songwriter, musician and comedian. During a 50-year career, he appeared in many Western films, often as a member of the Sons of the Pioneers in Roy Rogers serials. Fisher also had supporting roles on many TV shows, most frequently on Gunsmoke and The Beverly Hillbillies. His comic trademarks included his ability to stutter at will and his bemused facial expressions.

Biographie

Childhood and early years
Fisher was born in Grady County, Oklahoma in Tabler (near Chickasha) into a farming family, the son of a Scots-Irish father and part-Choctaw mother and the youngest of four children. He gained the nickname "Shug" (short for sugar) at a young age, which he explained as, "My mama gave it to me 'cause I was such a sweet baby." In 1917, the family moved by covered wagon to Pittsburg County, Oklahoma, near Indianola. Soon thereafter, Fisher was drawn to the mandolin and the fiddle. His father refreshed his own fiddling ability and Fisher learned guitar to back him, and at age 16, he was playing with his father at local square dances. He could not afford a fiddle case and instead protected his instrument with a pillow case tied to the saddle horn.

After watching a comedian with a traveling medicine show in 1924, he decided to pursue a career in entertainment. The following year, Fisher, his father, and a friend drove a Ford Model T to California's San Joaquin Valley, where he worked as a fruit-picker and a cable and tool dresser in oil fields. He continued to perform, playing fiddle at social events and square dances. In 1927, he was asked to appear on The Fresno Bee's radio station, KMJ-AM, but only for the publicity. He later said "publicity was fine, but you can’t eat it...My motto was, pay me something, or I don’t play."


Los Angeles calls
In 1931, Tom Murray, who had recently left the Beverly Hill Billies, offered Fisher a spot with his new group, the Hollywood Hillbillies, based in Los Angeles. Fisher learned to play the bass fiddle with the group and claimed he was one of the first to play the instrument in a country band. The Hillbillies appeared on the Hollywood Breakfast Club radio show and were fairly popular around Los Angeles but had little income to show for it.

In late 1933, Fisher and Ken Carson left the group to join several members of the Beverly Hill Billies who had moved to San Francisco. The original group was the brainchild of the general manager of KPMC-AM, who promoted the members as authentic "hillbilly" musicians who he'd "discovered." As part of the ruse, the members always adopted hillbilly names, so Fisher became Aaron Judd and Carson was Kaleb Winbush. After a short time, Fisher returned to Los Angeles, appearing on Stuart Hamblen's Covered Wagon Jubilee program.


Ohio Valley radio career
In 1935, Fisher took an extended road tour with Roy Faulkner, The Lonesome Cowboy, from XERA-AM in Del Rio, Texas. During an appearance in Council Bluffs, Iowa, Fisher was approached by Hugh Cross to join him, under sponsorship of the Georgie Porgie Breakfast Food Company, as an act for WWVA Jamboree. Fisher agreed and the two went to Wheeling, West Virginia. Under the moniker of Hugh and Shug’s Radio Pals, a reflection of their frequent radio appearances, they performed with Mary Ann Vestes and recorded for Decca for four years, enjoying a faithful radio audience.

In 1939, the two moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, where they appeared on WLW-AM's Boone County Jamboree and where Fisher met and married Peggy Summers of Bolivar, Missouri. At the station, he also became friends with a young Merle Travis.


Sons of the Pioneers
When the U.S. entered World War II in 1941, Fisher returned to Los Angeles to work in defense jobs, primarily at Lockheed Aircraft in Burbank. Art Rush, head of the Hollywood Victory Committee, requested his help arranging entertainment for defense workers during the war.

In 1943, Fisher and Ken Carson were invited to join the Sons of the Pioneers after the group’s Pat Brady and Lloyd Perryman were drafted into the service. Replacing Brady as bassist and comedian, Fisher eagerly joined Carson, Tim Spencer, Bob Nolan, and Hugh and Karl Farr late that year, having appreciated the band's music and personally known its members prior to the group's inception. During this tenure, the group appeared in a string of Roy Rogers movies, recorded songs for the John Ford movies Wagon Master in 1949 and Rio Grande in 1950, and performed the theme song for The Searchers in 1956.

Fisher wrote a number of songs for the Pioneers, including "Out On The Open Range", "Ridin' Down To Santa Fe", later recorded by Merle Travis, and "Forgive And Forget". In 1946, Fisher and Travis co-wrote "Cincinnati Lou". Fisher also wrote "That's My Paradise", "I'm Not Foolin' Now", "A Million Memories", "Pooey On You, Little Darlin'", a novelty song later recorded by Ken Curtis; "Lonesome Train Blues"; and recorded "Gooseberry Pie" using his fake stuttering as a comedy device.

Fisher left the group in early 1946 when Brady returned from the war. In 1948, Capitol Transcriptions issued the album, Cowboy Jubilee, by Shug Fisher & his Ranchmen Trio. Fisher rejoined the Pioneers in 1949 when Brady left. The highlight of this era came in 1951 when they appeared at Carnegie Hall, making them the first country band to perform there. They would also be the first to play at lavish nightclubs in Las Vegas and starred on Mutual Radio's Lucky U Ranch program. In 1953, Fisher left to join friend Ken Curtis in television and motion pictures but again returned to the Pioneers in 1955, replacing Deuce Spriggens. He left the Pioneers for the last time in 1959, and welcomed the break to "kinda take it easy, and do a lot of hunting and fishing."


Film and television career
A member of the John Ford Stock Company, Fisher had an extensive career as a character actor in Western B-movies and feature films starting in 1943. Many of his early roles were as a performer with the Sons of the Pioneers in Roy Rogers' singing cowboy movies. He was also the voice of Uncle Pecos, an animated mouse, in the 1955 Tom and Jerry short, Pecos Pest, and is uncredited with the guitar improvisation on the cartoon’s version of "Froggie Went A-Courtin".
Fisher also had many supporting roles during a 27-year television career. From 1955–60, he made regular appearances on ABC-TV’s country music variety show, Ozark Jubilee, as a comedian and singer. Then he joined Curtis’ first-run syndicated TV adventure series, Ripcord between 1962 and 1963 portraying airplane pilot Charlie Kern. He made 22 appearances on Gunsmoke from 1962–74 in various minor roles, and played Shorty Kellums in 19 episodes of The Beverly Hillbillies from 1969–70. Fisher also appeared repeatedly on Bonanza, The Virginian, Daniel Boone and The Dukes of Hazzard.


Death
Shug Fisher spent his final years living in Studio City, California. He died on March 16, 1984 after a lingering illness, with old friend Ken Curtis by his side in Woodland Hills in Los Angeles. He was buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park.

Le plus souvent avec

John Ford
John Ford
(5 films)
Chuck Hayward
Chuck Hayward
(3 films)
William Henry
William Henry
(4 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmographie de Shug Fisher (18 films)

Afficher la filmographie sous forme de liste

Acteur

Sultan and the Rock Star
Genres Drame, Aventure
Thèmes Mise en scène d'un animal, Films pour enfants
Acteurs Timothy Hutton, Kenneth C. Swofford, Bruce Glover, Shug Fisher
Rôle Motel Owner
Note55% 2.7842852.7842852.7842852.7842852.784285
Une rock star célèbre devient amie avec un tigre sur une île apparemment paradisiaque et apprend que le cruel propriétaire de l'île pourchasse le tigre pour le sport. Ce programme vous est présenté tel qu’il a été réalisé. Il peut contenir des représentations culturelles obsolètes.
The Sacketts, 2h50
Réalisé par Robert Totten
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Western
Acteurs Sam Elliott, Tom Selleck, Glenn Ford, Ben Johnson, Gilbert Roland, John Vernon
Rôle Purgatorie Barkeeper
Note78% 3.9290653.9290653.9290653.9290653.929065
Three brothers from Tennessee, Tell, Orrin, and Tyrel Sackett, are brought together by the tragic events that occur at Orrin's wedding. Tell (Sam Elliott) is a mountain man who hasn't seen his family in almost ten years, Orrin (Tom Selleck) is a former lawman now looking to settle down with his family, and Tyrel (Jeff Osterhage) is the youngest brother who is very good with a revolver. At the wedding, the brother of a man Orrin had previously killed arrives in the middle of the ceremony and holds Orrin at gunpoint. The man pulls the trigger, but Orrin's fiancée gets in the way and is shot and killed. Tyrel arrives and shoots the man dead.
Le Retour du gang des chaussons aux pommes, 1h29
Réalisé par Vincent McEveety
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Comédie, Western
Thèmes Films pour enfants
Acteurs Tim Conway, Don Knotts, Tim Matheson, Kenneth Mars, Jack Elam, Elyssa Davalos
Rôle Barman
Note60% 3.0033853.0033853.0033853.0033853.003385
Le gang des chaussons aux pommes, alias, Theodore et Amos, est de retour. Leur maladresse légendaire les plonge à nouveau dans des situations pour le moins explosives. Accusé à tort du vol de la Banque principale puis enrôlés dans l'armée, ils se retrouvent finalement mêlés à une affaire de grand banditisme...
Un cowboy à Hawaï, 1h31
Réalisé par Vincent McEveety, Christopher Hibler
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Comédie, Aventure, Western
Thèmes La mer, Transport, Films pour enfants
Acteurs James Garner, Vera Miles, Eric Shea, Robert Culp, Manu Tupou, Gregory Sierra
Rôle Capt. Cary
Note58% 2.9073452.9073452.9073452.9073452.907345
Le cowboy texan Lincoln Costain est emmené de force à San Francisco puis dans un navire qui le dépose sur les rives de l'île hawaïen de Kauai. Là il est accueilli par Henrietta MacAvoy, une veuve, et son fils qui essayent de survivre comme agriculteurs. Un troupeau de vaches sauvages détruit régulièrement les plantations des MacAvoy ce qui donne à Lincoln l'idée d'en faire des vaches domestiques dans un ranch. La population locale n'est pas très réceptive à la culture cowboy ammenée par Costain tandis que le banquier Calvin Bryson est plus intéressé par les terres d'Henrietta voir la veuve elle-même.
Cutter's Trail
Réalisé par Vincent McEveety
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Western
Acteurs John Gavin, Marisa Pavan, Joseph Cotten, Manuel Padilla, Jr., Beverly Garland, J. Carrol Naish
Rôle Tuttle
Note69% 3.4762953.4762953.4762953.4762953.476295
A marshall returns to his home town to find it has been taken over by outlaws.
Reivers
Reivers (1969)
, 1h52
Réalisé par Mark Rydell
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Drame, Comédie, Comédie dramatique, Action
Thèmes Mise en scène d'un animal, Sport, Transport, Automobile, Les chevaux, Road movie, Equitation
Acteurs Steve McQueen, Sharon Farrell, Mitch Vogel, Burgess Meredith, Will Geer, Michael Constantine
Rôle Cousin Zack
Note65% 3.2979253.2979253.2979253.2979253.297925
Lucius, enfant de douze ans vivant dans une riche famille du Sud des États-Unis au début du XX siècle, est en admiration devant la voiture neuve que son grand-père vient d'acheter. Un domestique un peu rustre, Boon (Steve McQueen), l'entraîne dans une escapade vers Memphis, où il compte retrouver son amie Corrie qui vit dans une maison close. Lucius, Boon et Ned, un domestique noir, arrivent à Memphis au volant de la voiture volée qui est revendue, à l'insu de Boon et Lucius, par Ned, pour acquérir un cheval. Pour pouvoir racheter le véhicule et rentrer au bercail, ils organisent une course de chevaux avec paris, à laquelle Lucius participera en montant le cheval de Ned.
L'Honorable Griffin, 1h45
Réalisé par James Neilson, Arthur J. Vitarelli
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Drame, Comédie, Action, Aventure, Western
Thèmes Films pour enfants
Acteurs Roddy McDowall, Suzanne Pleshette, Karl Malden, Harry Guardino, Richard Haydn, Mike Mazurki
Note63% 3.1980153.1980153.1980153.1980153.198015
Griffin est le majordome très propre sur lui d'un habitant de Boston, Jack Flagg. Mais lorsque Flagg décide de déménager pour la Californie lors de la Ruée vers l'or de 1949, Griffin le suit docilement.
Cyborg 2087, 1h26
Réalisé par Franklin Adreon
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Drame, Science-fiction
Thèmes Voyage dans le temps, Le futur, Mise en scène d'un robot
Acteurs Michael Rennie, Karen Steele, Wendell Corey, Warren Stevens, Harry Carey, Jr., Eduard Franz
Rôle Short Station Attendant
Note52% 2.6163652.6163652.6163652.6163652.616365
En 2087, les Cyborgs, êtres mi-humains, mi-machines, se révoltent contre la dictature et envoient l'un des leurs, Garth A7, en 1966, dans l'intention de changer l'avenir. Il doit empêcher le professeur Sigmund Marx, inventeur de la radiotélépathie, de révéler sa nouvelle invention qui, plus de 120 ans plus tard, plongera le monde dans le chaos total. Pour arriver à ses fins, Garth s'entoure des docteurs Sharon Mason et du docteur Zeller qui l’aideront notamment à se débarrasser d’un système de traceur implanté en lui. Car Garth A7 est traqué par deux « Traceurs », deux méchants cyborgs programmés par la dictature du futur pour l'éliminer avant qu'il ne réussisse sa mission.
Les Cheyennes, 2h34
Réalisé par John Ford
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Drame, Action, Western
Acteurs Richard Widmark, Carroll Baker, James Stewart, Dolores del Río, Edward G. Robinson, Karl Malden
Rôle Skinny (uncredited)
Note66% 3.349083.349083.349083.349083.34908
Depuis leur reddition, les Cheyennes végètent dans une réserve administrée par le bureau des affaires indiennes, quelque part dans une région aride de l'Oklahoma. La population souffre d'un manque de vivres et de soins qui, selon l'accord conclu avec le gouvernement, devaient pourtant être fournis. Fatigués des promesses non tenues, les Cheyennes décident de quitter leur réserve pour rejoindre leurs terres dans le Wyoming. Ils entament alors un long périple à travers le pays, traqués par des troupes de l'armée américaine totalisant 10 000 hommes.
L'Homme qui tua Liberty Valance, 2h3
Réalisé par John Ford
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Thriller, Action, Western
Acteurs John Wayne, James Stewart, Vera Miles, Lee Marvin, Edmond O'Brien, Woody Strode
Rôle Kaintuck (uncredited)
Note80% 4.047874.047874.047874.047874.04787
En 1910, le sénateur Stoddard et sa femme Hallie, un couple âgé, reviennent à Shinbone, dans l'Ouest, pour l'enterrement de Tom Doniphon. Le journaliste local, intrigué, interroge le sénateur sur sa présence aux obsèques d'un cow-boy inconnu. Stoddard, d'abord réticent, finit par accepter de lui expliquer. Il évoque l'époque où fraîchement diplômé en droit, il débarqua avec l'idéal d'apporter la légalité dans l'Ouest.
Le Sergent Noir, 1h51
Réalisé par John Ford
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Drame, Action, Policier, Western
Thèmes Le racisme
Acteurs Woody Strode, Jeffrey Hunter, Constance Towers, Billie Burke, Juano Hernández, Willis Bouchey
Rôle Mr. Owens (uncredited)
Note73% 3.69493.69493.69493.69493.6949
Arizona, 1881. Le Sergent Rutledge, soldat noir, est accusé du viol d'une jeune fille blanche et du meurtre de son père. Il passe alors en cour martiale. Qui de l'accusation, qui brosse un portrait accablant et raciste du sergent, ou de Mary Beecher, seul témoin à décharge, que le sergent Rutledge a sauvée d'une attaque apache, saura convaincre le juge et faire éclater la vérité ?
Le géant Monstre de Gila, 1h14
Réalisé par Edgar Ray Kellogg
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Science-fiction, Horreur
Thèmes La musique, Monstre géant, Musique, Film catastrophe
Acteurs Fred Graham, Shug Fisher
Rôle Old Man Harris
Note36% 1.8072051.8072051.8072051.8072051.807205
Un lézard géant terrorise une communauté rurale du Texas et aa adolescent héroïque tente de détruire la créature.