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Hank Patterson

Hank Patterson

Actor · Born 1888-10-09 · Springville, Alabama, USA

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Biography

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 westerns such as The Cisco Kid, The Adventures of Kit Carson, The Lone Ranger, and Annie Oakley. Patterson played recurring or different roles in adult/family TV westerns, including the role of "Hank Miller" in 33 episodes of Gunsmoke from 1962 through 1972, on Have Gun-Will Travel (eleven episodes), Death Valley Days (nine episodes), Tales of Wells Fargo (seven episodes), Maverick (four episodes), Cheyenne (four episodes), Wagon Train (three episodes), Daniel Boone (three episodes), The Virginian (two episodes), The Rifleman, Bonanza, and in episodes of Lawman, Bat Masterson, The Restless Gun, and many others. He made additional …

Movies & TV Shows

  1. The Twilight Zone (1959) — Old Man
  2. Bonanza (1959) — Blacksmith
  3. Tarantula (1955) — Josh
  4. The Gunfighter (1950) — Jake (uncredited)
  5. The Absent-Minded Professor (1961) — Fisherman Spectator (uncredited)
  6. Duel in the Sun (1946) — Man (uncredited)
  7. The Andy Griffith Show (1960) — Hobo
  8. Perry Mason (1957) — Jack Gilly
  9. The Beverly Hillbillies (1962)
  10. Gunsmoke (1955) — Jake
  11. No Name on the Bullet (1959) — Ed - Chess Player (uncredited)
  12. Green Acres (1965) — Fred Ziffel
  13. Earth vs. the Spider (1958) — Hugo
  14. Attack of the Puppet People (1958) — Night Manager
  15. Mister Ed (1961)
  16. Monster on the Campus (1958) — Townsend - Night Watchman
  17. The Rifleman (1958)
  18. Rawhide (1959) — Simpson
  19. The Amazing Colossal Man (1957) — Henry
  20. Terror in a Texas Town (1958) — Brady
  21. Have Gun, Will Travel (1957)
  22. Beginning of the End (1957) — Dave
  23. Petticoat Junction (1963) — Fred Ziffell
  24. The Lone Ranger (1949) — Calico
  25. Julie (1956) — Ellis
  26. The Virginian (1962) — Old Man
  27. Daniel Boone (1964) — Jed Harper (uncredited)
  28. The Mod Squad (1968)
  29. Abilene Town (1946) — Doug Neil
  30. Cheyenne (1955) — Sunset
  31. Woman They Almost Lynched (1953) — Townsman (uncredited)
  32. The Abbott and Costello Show (1952) — The Tramp
  33. The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1955)
  34. Love, American Style (1969) — Farmer
  35. Sea Hunt (1958)
  36. Three Faces West (1940) — Pool Player
  37. Panhandle (1948) — Old Timer (uncredited)
  38. Bat Masterson (1958) — Prospector
  39. The Decks Ran Red (1958) — Moody
  40. Laredo (1965)