George "Shug" Fisher
Born: September 26, 1907 (as George Clinton Fisher, Jr.) (in Tabler, OK)
Died: March 16, 1984 (in Los Angeles, CA)
Spouse(s): Peggy Summers (married 1935 - ?)
Child(ren): ?
Parents: George Clinton Fisher, Sr.,
Movies:*
1943
Hoosier Holiday
I Swing Your Partner
1944
Lights of Old Santa Fe (uncredited)
San Fernando Valley (uncredited)
Song of Nevada (uncredited)
The Yellow Rose of Texas (uncredited)
Jamboree
1945
Don't Fence Me In (uncredited)
Sunset in El Dorado (uncredited)
Along the Navajo Trail (uncredited)
Man from Oklahoma (uncredited)
Bells of Rosarita (uncredited)
Utah (uncredited)
Grissly's Millions (uncredited)
1946
Heldorado (uncredited)
Roll on Texas Moon (uncredited)
Under Nevada Skies (uncredited)
My Pal Trigger (uncredited)
Rainbow Over Texas (uncredited)
Home on the Range (uncredited)
Ding Dong Williams (uncredited)
Song of Arizona (uncredited)
1947
The Last Round-up (uncredited)
On the Old Spanish Trail(uncredited)
Springtime in the Sierras (uncredited)
1949
Stallion Canyon
Riders of the Pony Express
Susanna Pass (uncredited)
1950
Rio Grande (uncredited)
Everybody's Dancin'
1951
Fighting Coast Guard
Silver City Bonanza (uncredited)
1955
Mister Roberts
1959
The Giant Gila Monster
1960
Sergeant Rutledge (uncredited)
1962
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (uncredited)
1964
Cheyenne Autumn (uncredited)
1965
Git!
1966
Cyborg 2087
The Cat
1967
You've Got to Be Smart
The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin (uncredited)
1969
The Reivers
1970
The Murdocks and the McClays
Cutter's Trail
Smoke
1973
Key West
Guns of a Stranger
1974
The Castaway Cowboy
Hog Wild
1975
Huckleberry Finn
1977
The 3,000 Mile Chase
The Ghost of Cypress Swamp
The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again
1981
The Return of the Beverly Hillbillies
TV Shows:
ABC Weekend Specials
- The Revenge of Red Chief (1979)
Arthur Murray Party
- (December 10, 1950) ("playing for an exhibition square dance" according to a Pioneer newsletter from that time.)
The Beverly Hillbillies
- The Hills of Home (1969)
- Silver Dollar City Fair (1969)
- Jane Finds Elly a Man (1969)
- Wedding Plans (1969)
- Jed Buys Central Park (1969)
- Shorty Kellems Moves West (1969)
- Midnight Shorty (1969)
- Shorty Go Home (1969)
- What Happened to Shorty? (1970)
- Marry Me, Shorty (1970)
- Shorty Spits the Hook (1970)
- Three-Day Reprieve (1970)
- The Wedding (1970)
- Annul That Marriage (1970)
- Hotel for Women (1970)
- Welcome to the Family (1970)
- Shorty to the Rescue (1970)
Bonanza
- The Infernal Machine (1961)
- Square Deal Sam (1964) (uncredited)
- Stage Door Johnnies (1968)
- El Jefe (1970)
Cimarron Strip
- Journey to a Hanging (1967)
- The Greeners (1968)
City of Angels
- The House on Orange Grove Avenue (1976)
Daniel Boone
- Cain's Birthday: Part 1 (1965)
- The Tortoise and the Hare (1965)
- The Thanksgiving Story (1965)
- Perilous Journey (1965)
- The Fifth Man (1966)
- Goliath (1966)
The Dukes of Hazzard
- Days of Shine and Roses (1979)
- Return of the Ridge Raiders (1980)
Gunsmoke
- The Do-Badder (1962)
- The Summons (1962)
- The Dreamers (1962)
- Chester's Indian (1962)
- Quint's Indian (1963)
- The Quest for Asa Janin (1963) (uncredited)
- Easy Come (1963)
- No Hands (1964)
- Kitty Cornered (1964)
- The Promoter (1964)
- Deputy Festus (1965)
- Honey Pot (1965) (uncredited)
- The Storm (1965)
- Sweet Billy, Singer of Songs (1966)
- The Good People (1966)
- Fandango (1967)
- A Noose for Dobie Price (1968)
- Railroad (1968)
- Johnny Cross (1968)
- The Still (1969)
- Gentry's Law (1970)
- The Tycoon (1971)
- Waste: Part 1 (1971)
- Waste: Part 2 (1971)
- A Quiet Day in Dodge (1973)
- The Guns of Cibola Blanca: Part 1 (1974)
- The Guns of Cibola Blanca: Part 2 (1974)
Harper Valley P.T.A.
- Grizzly Gap (1982)
Have Gun - Will Travel
- The Revenger (1961)
- Silent Death, Secret Death (1962)
- The Fifth Bullet (1962)
- Brotherhood (1963)
How the West Was Won
- The Judge (1978)
- Brothers (1978)
Iron Horse
- Steel Chain to a Music Box (1967)
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
- The Knightly Murders (1975)
Laredo
- The Land Grabbers (1965)
- A Double Shot of Nepenthe (1966)
- The Small Chance Ghost (1967)
The Legend of Jesse James
- The Celebrity (1965)
Love, American Style
- 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) (segment "Love and the Country Girl")
Lucan
- Thunder God Gold (1978)
Lucky U Ranch, regular
The Monroes
- Lost in the Wilderness (1966)
Ozark Jubilee,
regular
The Perry Como Show
- Episode dated December 18 (1950)
Petrocelli
- Four the Hard Way (1975)
Petticoat Junction
- A Night at the Hooterville Hilton (1963)
The Purina Grande Ole Opry
- (1956)
Ranch Party
- (1958)
Ripcord,
regular
The Sacketts
- Episode #1.1 (1979)
- Part II (1979)
Starsky and Hutch
- Moonshine (1978)
The Steve Allen Show
- (1950) (?)
Tammy
- Still Waters (1965)
Temple Houston
- The Siege at Thayer's Bluff (1963)
This Is Your Life
- Ken Curtis (1972)
The Virginian
- Legend for a Lawman (1965)
- The Laramie Road (1965)
- An Echo of Thunder (1966)
- The Fortress (1967)
- The Animal (1971)
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color
- Smoke: Part 1 (1970)
- Smoke: Part 2 (1970)
- The High Flying Spy: Part 1 (1972)
- Hog Wild: Part 1 (1974)
- Hog Wild: Part 2 (1974)
- The Ghost of Cypress Swamp (1977)
The Wild Wild West
- The Night of the Poisonous Posey (1966)
- The Night of the Cut-Throats (1967)
Other film work:
1933
Hollywood on Parade No. A-3 (Short) (uncredited)
1955
Pecos Pest (Tom and Jerry cartoon short) (uncredited)
Regular Shows:
Lucky U Ranch
From November, 1951 to February, 1953, the Sons of the Pioneers had their own radio show, and for a shorter period of time they had their own television show as well; both ran five days a week.
Little is known about the lost television episodes, but the radio shows are still available, and the TV show apparently ran along the same lines as the radio program. Betty Taylor, and Frankie Messina joined the Pioneers. The Pioneers at this time consisted of Lloyd Perryman, Tommy Doss, Ken Curtis, Hugh Farr, Karl Farr, and Shug Fisher.
Shug, who is in charge of the chuck wagon, affects a stutter and is the ranch comedian. He even sometimes gets to solo on songs like "Too Old to Cut the Mustard," and "Crambone," but the boys aren't too fond of Shug's singing, so most the time, he sticks to stuttering and playing his bass fiddle.
The Lucky U Ranch maintained a unique balance of fact and fiction, and listener participation was encouraged. Every day on the radio show, an acre of land was given away to a "good deed doer" someone had written in about, and every show, near the end, Hugh reads an inspirational thought aloud.
Ozark Jubilee (
Jan. 1955 - Sept. 1960, 297 episodes)
Ozark Jubilee was a country music variety show hosted by
Red Foley, and also known as
Jubilee USA and
Country Music Jubilee. Many artists appeared regularly on the show, including
Webb Pierce, Wanda Jackson, Brenda Lee, Lennie Aleshire, Smiley Burnette, Shug Fisher (seven episodes)
, Carl Smith, and many, many more.
Guest stars like Rex Allen, the Carter Sisters, Faron Young, and Jimmy Wakely appeared on the O
zark Jubilee. It was tough competition for the
Grand Ole Opry.
Ripcord (
Jun. 1961 - Sept. 1963, 76 episodes)
Larry Pennell and
Ken Curtis star in
Ripcord as Ted McKeever and Jim Buckley, two men involved in the exciting sport of skydiving. Using their knowledge to help people, they frequently make rescue-jumps to save someone who cannot be reached by any other means. For season one,
Paul Comi played the pilot of their private Cessna airplane; he was replaced in season two by
Shug Fisher.
The show was fairly popular, and today many people remember watching real skydiving footage with a story woven around it as children.
Ripcord
on DVD:
Season One
Season Two
* Shug played bass fiddle, and was the comedian for, the Sons of the Pioneers at various times in his career. The films in which he appeared with the Pioneers are in blue font.
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