Hank Patterson
Birthday
1888/10/09
Day of death
1975/08/23 (86 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Springville, Alabama, USA
Also know as
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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 ...Read more
Acting
(1948) Panhandle
as Old Timer (uncredited)
(1958) The Saga of Hemp Brown
as Gil Henry
(1959) Lone Texan
as Jack Stone (uncredited)
(1954) Southwest Passage
as Barstow
(1952) California Conquest
as ---
(1958) Terror in a Texas Town
as Brady
(1958) Attack of the Puppet People
as Night Manager
(1959) Gunmen from Laredo
as ---
(1960) Gunfighters of Abilene
as Andy Ferris
(1949) The Cowboy and the Indians
as Ranch hand Tom
(1939) The Arizona Kid
as Townsman
(1957) Gunsight Ridge
as George Clark (uncredited)
(1946) Duel in the Sun
as Man (uncredited)
(1950) The Return of Jesse James
as Clay County Marshal
(1961) The Absent-Minded Professor
as Fisherman Spectator (uncredited)
(1958) The Decks Ran Red
as Moody
(1958) The Spider
as Hugo
(1958) Attack of the Puppet People
as Theater Janitor
(1957) Beginning of the End
as Dave
(1957) The Storm Rider
as Milstead
(1957) The Amazing Colossal Man
as Henry
(1956) Julie
as Ellis
(1956) Strange Intruder
as Knife Grinder
(1955) Tarantula
as Josh
(1953) Jack Slade
as Old Tom
(1950) Code of the Silver Sage
as Sergeant Woods
(1948) Night Time in Nevada
as Tramp
(1947) Springtime in the Sierras
as Old-Timer
(1947) Bells of San Angelo
as Deaf bus passenger
(1958) Monster on the Campus
as Townsend - Night Watchman
(1950) The Gunfighter
as Jake (uncredited)
(1946) Abilene Town
as Doug Neil
(1940) Three Faces West
as Pool Player
(1947) Robin Hood Of Texas
as Guest
(1947) Robin Hood Of Texas
as Taxi Driver
(1950) Desperadoes of the West
as Hardrock Haggerty
(1951) Don Daredevil Rides Again
as Buck Bender
(1951) Silver City Bonanza
as Postman
(1946) Santa Fe Uprising
as Deputy Jake
(1939) Sabotage
as (uncredited)
(1946) The El Paso Kid
as Jeff Winters
(1947) Under Colorado Skies
as Slim
(1949) The James Brothers of Missouri
as Duffy [Ch. 4] / Duffy [11]
(1948) The Denver Kid
as Sergeant Cooper
(1948) Oklahoma Badlands
as Postmaster Fred
(1948) Relentless
as Bob Pliny (uncredited)
(1950) Blades of the Musketeers
as The Old Fisherman
(1955) Phantom Trails
as Jess Morgan
(1953) Canadian Mounties vs. Atomic Invaders
as Jed Larson
(1950) No Sad Songs for Me
as Night Construction Workman (uncredited)
(1956) The First Traveling Saleslady
as Courtroom Spectator
(1961) Mister Ed
as ---
(1960) The Andy Griffith Show
as Hobo
(1963) Burke's Law
as Lukey Slade
(1957) Trackdown
as ---
(1965) Green Acres
as Fred Ziffel
(1962) The Beverly Hillbillies
as ---
(1963) Petticoat Junction
as Fred Ziffell
(1968) The Mod Squad
as ---
(1955) Gunsmoke
as Jake
(1957) Perry Mason
as Jack Gilly
(1959) The Twilight Zone
as Old Man
(1958) Sea Hunt
as ---
(1960) The Tall Man
as ---
(1965) Laredo
as ---
(1961) Straightaway
as ---
(1961) 87th Precinct
as ---
(1958) Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
as ---
(1959) Rawhide
as Simpson
(1957) Have Gun, Will Travel
as ---
(1955) Highway Patrol
as ---
(1967) Cimarron Strip
as ---
(1964) Daniel Boone
as Jed Harper (uncredited)
(1962) The Virginian
as Old Man
(1951) Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as ---
(1955) The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
as ---
(1965) The Loner
as The Bartender
(1958) Bronco
as ---
(1951) The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
as ---
(1959) The Alaskans
as ---
(1955) Navy Log
as ---
(1959) Black Saddle
as Harvey Morgan
(1959) Lock-Up
as ---
(1958) The Rifleman
as ---
(1958) Bat Masterson
as Prospector
(1967) The Guns of Will Sonnett
as ---
(1959) Riverboat
as Rare
(1958) The Texan
as ---
(1955) Buffalo Bill Jr.
as ---
(1955) Sergeant Preston of the Yukon
as ---
(1956) Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Slim Baker
(1957) The New Adventures of Spin and Marty
as ---
(1965) The Legend of Jesse James
as Porter
(1967) Custer
as ---
(1960) The Westerner
as Sample
(1953) City Detective
as ---
(1959) The DuPont Show with June Allyson
as Mr. Phillips
(1952) Gang Busters
as ---
(1952) Hopalong Cassidy
as ---
(1959) Johnny Ringo
as Old Man
(1961) Miami Undercover
as ---
(1959) Riverboat
as Johnny Mullins (uncredited)
(1955) Gunsmoke
as Carl
(1955) Gunsmoke
as Crowbait
(1955) Gunsmoke
as Judge
(1955) Gunsmoke
as Carl Miller
(1955) Gunsmoke
as Cowboy
(1955) Gunsmoke
as Hank Miller
(1955) Gunsmoke
as Hank
(1955) Gunsmoke
as Hank Miller (uncredited)
(1955) Gunsmoke
as Livery Man
(1956) Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Jonas Mulvey
(1964) Daniel Boone
as Fiddler
(1964) Daniel Boone
as Gray
(1958) Bat Masterson
as Soda Smith
(1958) Bat Masterson
as Warren T. 'Soda' Smith
(1959) The Twilight Zone
as Mr. Gentry
(1959) The Twilight Zone
as Freitag