1888Born, Springville
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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 westerns such as The Cisco Kid, The Adventures of Kit Carson, The Lone Ranger, and Annie Oakley. Patterson played recurring or different…
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The Twilight ZoneOld Man
BonanzaBlacksmith
TarantulaJosh
The Absent-Minded ProfessorFisherman Spectator (uncredited)
The Andy Griffith ShowHobo1969Love, American StyleFarmer · 1 episodeShow
1968The Mod Squad1 episodeShow
1967The Guns of Will Sonnett1 episodeShow
1967Cimarron Strip1 episodeShow
1967Custer1 episodeShow
1965The LonerThe Bartender · 1 episodeShow
1965Laredo1 episodeShow
1965Green AcresFred Ziffel · 31 episodesShow
1965The Legend of Jesse JamesPorter · 1 episodeShow
1964Daniel BooneJed Harper (uncredited), Gray, Fiddler · 1 episodeShow
1963Petticoat JunctionFred Ziffell · 11 episodesShow
1963Burke's LawLukey Slade · 1 episodeShow
1962The Beverly Hillbillies1 episodeShow
1962The VirginianOld Man · 1 episodeShow
1961Straightaway1 episodeShow
196187th Precinct1 episodeShow
1961Miami Undercover1 episodeShow
1961The Absent-Minded ProfessorFisherman Spectator (uncredited)Movie
1961Mister Ed1 episodeShow
1960The Andy Griffith ShowHobo · 1 episodeShow
1960The WesternerSample · 1 episodeShow
1960The Tall Man2 episodesShow
1960Gunfighters of AbileneAndy FerrisMovie
1959The Alaskans1 episodeShow
1959Johnny RingoOld Man · 1 episodeShow
1959Lock-Up1 episodeShow
1959The DuPont Show with June AllysonMr. Phillips · 1 episodeShow
1959RiverboatRare, Johnny Mullins (uncredited) · 1 episodeShow
1959BonanzaBlacksmith · 1 episodeShow
1959Lone TexanJack Stone (uncredited)Movie
1959Gunmen from LaredoMovie
1959No Name on the BulletEd - Chess Player (uncredited)Movie
1959Black SaddleHarvey Morgan · 1 episodeShow
1959RawhideSimpson · 1 episodeShow
1958Monster on the CampusTownsend - Night WatchmanMovie
1958The Decks Ran RedMoodyMovie
1958Bat MastersonProspector, Soda Smith, Warren T. 'Soda' Smith · 1 episodeShow
1958Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse1 episodeShow
1958The Texan1 episodeShow
1958BroncoRailroad Costigan · 1 episodeShow
1958The Saga of Hemp BrownGil HenryMovie
1958Terror in a Texas TownBrady (uncredited)Movie
1958Earth vs. the SpiderHugoMovie
1958Attack of the Puppet PeopleNight Manager, Theater JanitorMovie
1958Sea Hunt1 episodeShow
1957The New Adventures of Spin and MartyPete Duggan · 1 episodeShow
1957The Amazing Colossal ManHenryMovie
1957Trackdown1 episodeShow
1957Have Gun, Will Travel9 episodesShow
1957Gunsight RidgeGeorge Clark (uncredited)Movie
1957Beginning of the EndDaveMovie
1957The Storm RiderMilsteadMovie
1956JulieEllisMovie
1956Dick Powell's Zane Grey TheatreSlim Baker, Jonas Mulvey · 1 episodeShow
1956Strange IntruderKnife GrinderMovie
1956The First Traveling SalesladyCourtroom SpectatorMovie
1955TarantulaJoshMovie
1955Highway Patrol1 episodeShow
1955Sergeant Preston of the Yukon1 episodeShow
1955Navy Log1 episodeShow
1955CheyenneSunset · 1 episodeShow
1955GunsmokeJake, Crowbait, Judge, Carl, Carl Miller, Cowboy, Hank Miller, Hank, Hank Miller (uncredited), Livery Man · 18 episodesShow
1955The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp2 episodesShow
1955Phantom TrailsJess MorganMovie
1955Buffalo Bill Jr.3 episodesShow
1954Southwest PassageBarstowMovie
1953Jack SladeOld TomMovie
1953City Detective1 episodeShow
1953Canadian Mounties vs. Atomic InvadersJed LarsonMovie
1953Woman They Almost LynchedTownsman (uncredited)Movie
1952Death Valley DaysPhi Jones · 1 episodeShow
1952Hopalong Cassidy1 episodeShow
1952California ConquestMovie
1952Gang Busters1 episodeShow
1951Schlitz Playhouse of Stars1 episodeShow
1951The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok3 episodesShow
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