Hank Patterson
Born in Springville, Alabama, USA — Oct 09 1888• Died Aug 23 1975
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Hank Patterson (born Elmer Calvin Patterson; October 9, 1888 – August 23, 1975) was an American actor and musician. He is known foremost for playing two recurring characters on three television series: the stableman Hank Miller on Gunsmoke and farmer Fred Ziffel on both Petticoat Junction and Green Acres. Patterson found plenty of movie work, mainly playing cantankerous types as well as blacksmiths, hotel clerks, farmers, shopkeepers and other townsmen, usually bit roles and character parts in Republic Pictures westerns, and then in popular juvenile TV…
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Perry Mason
Jack Gilly
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
Bonanza
Blacksmith
The Andy Griffith Show
Hobo
Have Gun, Will Travel
The Twilight Zone
Old Man
Love, American Style
Farmer
The Virginian
Old Man
The Beverly Hillbillies
Petticoat Junction
Fred Ziffell
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Slim Baker
The Rifleman
Burke's Law
Lukey Slade
Rawhide
Simpson
Daniel Boone
Jed Harper (uncredited)
Green Acres
Fred Ziffel
Mister Ed
Bat Masterson
Prospector
The Lone Ranger
Calico
Trackdown
Sea Hunt
Black Saddle
Harvey Morgan
The Mod Squad
Gunsmoke
Jake
The Texan
Bronco
Laredo
The Abbott and Costello Show
The Tramp
Johnny Ringo
Old Man
Highway Patrol
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
The Tall Man
Lock-Up
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
Mr. Phillips
The Guns of Will Sonnett
Navy Log
City Detective
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
The Loner
The Bartender
Riverboat
Rare
The Alaskans
Cimarron Strip
87th Precinct
Hopalong Cassidy
Custer
The Westerner
Sample
The Legend of Jesse James
Porter
Straightaway
Sergeant Preston of the Yukon
Death Valley Days
Phi Jones
The New Adventures of Spin and Marty
Pete Duggan
Gang Busters
Miami Undercover
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Buffalo Bill Jr.
The Gunfighter
Jake (uncredited)
Duel in the Sun
Man (uncredited)
No Name on the Bullet
Ed - Chess Player (uncredited)
Tarantula
Josh
Gunmen from Laredo
Panhandle
Old Timer (uncredited)
The Return of Jesse James
Clay County Marshal
Abilene Town
Doug Neil
Beginning of the End
Dave
The Absent-Minded Professor
Fisherman Spectator (uncredited)
Attack of the Puppet People
Night Manager
Lone Texan
Jack Stone (uncredited)
The Saga of Hemp Brown
Gil Henry
Gunsight Ridge
George Clark (uncredited)
No Sad Songs for Me
Night Construction Workman (uncredited)
The Arizona Kid
Townsman
Julie
Ellis
Canadian Mounties vs. Atomic Invaders
Jed Larson
Phantom Trails
Jess Morgan
Night Time in Nevada
Tramp
Sabotage
(uncredited)
Relentless
Bob Pliny (uncredited)
The Storm Rider
Milstead
Blades of the Musketeers
The Old Fisherman
California Conquest
The Denver Kid
Sergeant Cooper
Terror in a Texas Town
Brady
The Cowboy and the Indians
Tom
The First Traveling Saleslady
Courtroom Spectator
The Amazing Colossal Man
Henry
Springtime in the Sierras
Old-Timer
Jack Slade
Old Tom
Santa Fe Uprising
Deputy Jake
Southwest Passage
Barstow
Code of the Silver Sage
Sergeant Woods
Bells of San Angelo
Deaf bus passenger
The Decks Ran Red
Moody
Gunfighters of Abilene
Andy Ferris
Three Faces West
Pool Player
Earth vs. the Spider
Hugo
Desperadoes of the West
Hardrock Haggerty
Oklahoma Badlands
Postmaster Fred
The James Brothers of Missouri
Duffy [Ch. 4] / Duffy [11]
Under Colorado Skies
Slim
Monster on the Campus
Townsend - Night Watchman
Silver City Bonanza
Postman
Robin Hood Of Texas
Guest
The El Paso Kid
Jeff Winters
Don Daredevil Rides Again
Buck Bender
Strange Intruder
Knife Grinder