Bruce M. "Bear" Fischer was born on March 20, 1936, in Greensboro, North Carolina. He was an American actor, best known for playing prisoner and rapist Wolf Grace in the 1979 film “Escape from Alcatraz”. He also played a rapist in Clint Eastwood's “The Outlaw Josey Wales” (1976), and Mr. Cooger in the film “Something Wicked This Way Comes” (1983). His other film credits include “The Journey of Natty Gann” (1985) and “Grim Prairie Tales” (1990) as an undead gunman. He also had several guest roles playing villains on ‘The Dukes of Hazzard’.
Married to wife actress Jane Ann Fischer, he remained active in the entertainment industry from 1971 to 2014.
Fischer started his career as an Actor in 1971 when was 35 Years old, his first screen appearance coming on the big screen Robert Shaw / Telly Savalas Spaghetti western film “A Town Called Hell” (1971), going on to appear in numerous movies right up till his retirement in 2014. His first TV screen credit came in a small part in an episode of the long running, ‘Gunsmoke’ (1975), and through to the early 1990s he appeared in many prominent shows, including ‘Gunsmoke’, ‘Cannon’, ‘Charlie's Angels’, ‘Starsky & Hutch’, and Conrad Janis's previous show 'Quark'.
Bruce died in Mason City, Iowa on April 11, 2018. He was 82 years old.
FISCHER, Bruce M. (aka Bruce Discher,
Bruce Fischer) (Bruce Mark Fischer) [3/20/1936, Greensboro, North
Carolina, U.S.A. – 4/11/2018, Mason City, Iowa, USA U.S.A.] – film, TV actor,
married to Edith Lurlaine Menzie [1941-2021] (1960-1963), actress Jane Ann
Fischer [1946- ] (19??-2018)
Captain Apache –
1970 (deputy)
‘Doc’ – 1970 (Billy
Clanton)
The Man Called Noon
– 1971 (ranch hand) [as Bruce Fischer]
Man in the
Wilderness – 1971 (Wiser)
A Town Called Hell –
1971 (Miguel)
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