Bruce M. Fischer

{{Short description|American actor (1936–2018)}}

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| name = Bruce Fischer

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| birthname = Bruce M. Fischer

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1936|03|20}}

| birth_place = Greensboro, North Carolina, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2018|04|11|1936|03|20}}

| othername="Bear"

| occupation = Actor

| spouse = Jane Fischer

| yearsactive = 1971–2014

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Bruce M. "Bear" Fischer (March 20, 1936 – April 11, 2018){{cite web|url=http://digital.copcomm.com/i/1157135-summer-2019/57?|title=SAG-AFTRA In Memoriam|publisher=SAG-AFTRA|accessdate=August 28, 2019}} 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.