Hank Patterson
Highest Rated: 93% Tarantula (1955)
Lowest Rated: 38% The Amazing Colossal Man (1957)
Birthday: Oct 9, 1888
Birthplace: Springville, Alabama, USA
A pig named Arnold may have been his best-known costar, but it was just one aspect of a career Hank Patterson cobbled together that featured him in plenty of roles playing gruff and cantankerous rural characters. Tthe Alabama native moved to Texas with his family when he was still a kid. Patterson took to the road as a vaudeville pianist playing in traveling revues, eventually working his way out to California in the 1920s. He made his first film appearance in an uncredited role as a townsman in the 1939 Roy Rogers oater, "The Arizona Kid." For much of the 1940s, Patterson appeared in numerous westerns playing mostly uncredited townspeople roles. Among the few credited parts he won were in B-movies like 1946's "The El Paso Kid" and the 1949 Gene Autry vehicle, "The Cowboy and the Indians." Patterson fared far better on television, where westerns continued to be his bread and butter. While he had plenty of one-off shots on programs like "Wagon Train," "Bonanza," and "Johnny Ringo," he did have a number of notable recurring roles that included his playing an elderly bounty hunter in 1958's "Have Gun-Will Travel" and stableman Hank Miller, a character he portrayed for 11 years on "Gunsmoke." Farmer Fred Ziffel was his best-known role, a part he played on "Petticoat Junction," "The Beverly Hillbillies," and "Green Acres." Hank Patterson died from bronchial pneumonia in Woodland Hills, California, at the age of 86.
Filmography
Movies
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Gunfighters of Abilene | Andy Ferris (Character) | - | 1960 |
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Monster on the Campus | Townsend (Character) | - | 1958 |
No Score Yet |
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Attack of the Puppet People | Janitor (Character) | - | 1958 |
No Score Yet |
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The Decks Ran Red | Mr. Moody (Character) | - | 1958 |
38% |
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The Amazing Colossal Man | Henry (Character) | - | 1957 |
No Score Yet |
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Julie | Ellis (Character) | - | 1956 |
93% |
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Tarantula | Josh (Character) | - | 1955 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Desperadoes of the West | Hardrock Haggerty (Character) | - | 1950 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | James Brothers of Missouri | Waller (Character) | - | 1950 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Cowboy and the Indians | Ranch hand Tom (Character) | - | 1949 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cowboy and the Indians | Tom (Character) | - | 1949 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Riders in the Sky | Luke (Character) | - | 1949 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Denver Kid | Sgt. Cooper (Character) | - | 1948 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Night Time in Nevada | Tramp (Character) | - | 1948 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Oklahoma Badlands | Postmaster Fred (Character) | - | 1948 |
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Bells of San Angelo | Deaf Bus Passenger (Character) | - | 1947 |
No Score Yet |
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Abilene Town | oug Neil (Character) | - | 1946 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Wild Beauty | Ed (Character) | - | 1946 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The El Paso Kid | Jeff Winters (Character) | - | 1946 |
TV
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Green Acres | Fred Ziffel (Character) | 1965-1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Gunsmoke | Hank Miller (Guest Star) | 1959-1962 1964-1966 1970 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mod Squad | Phil (Guest Star) | 1969 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Beverly Hillbillies | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1969 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Guns of Will Sonnett | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1967 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cimarron Strip | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1967 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Petticoat Junction | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1963-1966 |
No Score Yet | 100% | The Wild, Wild West | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1965 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Man Called Shenandoah | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1965 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Loner | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1965 |
No Score Yet | 90% | The Andy Griffith Show | Hobo (Guest Star) | 1965 |
92% | 96% | The Twilight Zone | Freitag (Character) | 1962-1964 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Lloyd Bridges Show | Dexter (Guest Star) | 1963 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | My Three Sons | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1962 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Have Gun -- Will Travel | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1958-1962 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tales of Wells Fargo | Pa Stillwell (Guest Star) | 1957 1962 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Rifleman | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1962 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Tall Man | Amos (Guest Star) | 1960 1962 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bronco | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1959 1962 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Wagon Train | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1961 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cheyenne | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1961 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Zane Grey Theatre | Unknown (Character) | 1960-1961 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bat Masterson | Soda Smith (Guest Star) | 1958 1960-1961 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bonanza | Blacksmith (Guest Star) | 1960 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rawhide | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1960 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Marshal Dillon | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1960 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Laramie | Stage Driver (Guest Star) | 1959 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Deputy | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1959 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Trackdown | Taverner (Guest Star) | 1958 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Perry Mason | Jack Gilly (Guest Star) | 1958 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Restless Gun | Jonah (Guest Star) | 1958 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sea Hunt | Bill Henderson (Guest Star) | 1958 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Showcase 39 | Old Timer (Character) | 1952 1957 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Adventures of Champion | Trem Holt (Guest Star) | 1955-1956 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Roy Rogers Show | Hermit (Guest Star) | 1952 1954 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Gene Autry Show | Wagon Driver Idaho (Guest Star) | 1954 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hopalong Cassidy | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1954 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Lone Ranger | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1949-1950 |