Hank Patterson
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1888-10-09 (87 years old)
Deathday
1975-08-23
Place of Birth
Springville, Alabama, USA
Also known As
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Hank Patterson
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 O...
Acting
1948
as Old Timer (uncredited)
1958
as Gil Henry
1959
as Jack Stone (uncredited)
1954
as Barstow
1958
as Brady
1958
as Night Manager
1960
as Andy Ferris
1949
as Ranch hand Tom
1939
as Townsman
1957
as George Clark (uncredited)
1946
as Man (uncredited)
1950
as Clay County Marshal
1957
as Henry
1956
as Knife Grinder
1956
as Ellis
1950
as Sergeant Woods
1955
as Josh
1947
as Old-Timer
1958
as Hugo
1957
as Milstead
1948
as Tramp
1947
as Deaf bus passenger
1961
as Fisherman Spectator (uncredited)
1958
as Theater Janitor
1957
as Dave
1953
as Old Tom
1958
as Moody
1958
as Townsend - Night Watchman
1950
as Jake (uncredited)
1946
as Doug Neil
1940
as Pool Player
1947
as Taxi Driver
1947
as Guest
1950
as Hardrock Haggerty
1951
as Buck Bender
1951
as Postman
1946
as Deputy Jake
1939
as (uncredited)
1946
as Jeff Winters
1947
as Slim
1949
as Duffy [Ch. 4] / Duffy [11]
1948
as Sergeant Cooper
1948
as Postmaster Fred
1948
as Bob Pliny (uncredited)
1950
as The Old Fisherman
1955
as Jess Morgan
1953
as Jed Larson
1950
as Night Construction Workman (uncredited)
1956
as Courtroom Spectator
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