Hank Patterson

Known For: Acting
Born: October 9, 1888
Place of Birth: Springville, Alabama, USA
Died: August 23, 1975

Hank Patterson

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), Ta…

Filmography

Love, American Style

1969 · Farmer

The Mod Squad

1968

The Guns of Will Sonnett

1967

Cimarron Strip

1967

Custer

1967

The Loner

1965 · The Bartender

Laredo

1965

Green Acres

1965 · Fred Ziffel

The Legend of Jesse James

1965 · Porter

Daniel Boone

1964 · Jed Harper (uncredited), Fiddler, Gray

Petticoat Junction

1963 · Fred Ziffell

Burke's Law

1963 · Lukey Slade

The Beverly Hillbillies

1962

The Virginian

1962 · Old Man

Straightaway

1961

87th Precinct

1961

Miami Undercover

1961

The Absent-Minded Professor

1961 · Fisherman Spectator (uncredited)

Mister Ed

1961

The Andy Griffith Show

1960 · Hobo

The Westerner

1960 · Sample

The Tall Man

1960

Gunfighters of Abilene

1960 · Andy Ferris

The Alaskans

1959

The Twilight Zone

1959 · Old Man, Mr. Gentry, Freitag

Johnny Ringo

1959 · Old Man

Lock-Up

1959

The DuPont Show with June Allyson

1959 · Mr. Phillips

Riverboat

1959 · Rare, Johnny Mullins (uncredited)

Bonanza

1959 · Blacksmith

Lone Texan

1959 · Jack Stone (uncredited)

Gunmen from Laredo

1959

No Name on the Bullet

1959 · Ed - Chess Player (uncredited)

Black Saddle

1959 · Harvey Morgan

Rawhide

1959 · Simpson

Monster on the Campus

1958 · Townsend - Night Watchman

The Decks Ran Red

1958 · Moody

Bat Masterson

1958 · Prospector, Soda Smith, Warren T. 'Soda' Smith

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

1958

The Rifleman

1958

The Texan

1958

Bronco

1958 · , Railroad Costigan

The Saga of Hemp Brown

1958 · Gil Henry

Terror in a Texas Town

1958 · Brady

Earth vs. the Spider

1958 · Hugo

Attack of the Puppet People

1958 · Night Manager, Theater Janitor

Sea Hunt

1958

The New Adventures of Spin and Marty

1957 · Pete Duggan

The Amazing Colossal Man

1957 · Henry

Trackdown

1957

Perry Mason

1957 · Jack Gilly

Have Gun, Will Travel

1957

Gunsight Ridge

1957 · George Clark (uncredited)

Beginning of the End

1957 · Dave

The Storm Rider

1957 · Milstead

Julie

1956 · Ellis

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

1956 · Slim Baker, Jonas Mulvey

Strange Intruder

1956 · Knife Grinder

The First Traveling Saleslady

1956 · Courtroom Spectator

Tarantula

1955 · Josh

Highway Patrol

1955

Sergeant Preston of the Yukon

1955

Navy Log

1955

Cheyenne

1955 · Sunset

Gunsmoke

1955 · Jake, Carl, Crowbait, Judge, Carl Miller, Cowboy, Hank Miller, Hank Miller (uncredited), Livery Man

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

1955

Phantom Trails

1955 · Jess Morgan

Buffalo Bill Jr.

1955

Southwest Passage

1954 · Barstow

Jack Slade

1953 · Old Tom

City Detective

1953

Canadian Mounties vs. Atomic Invaders

1953 · Jed Larson

Woman They Almost Lynched

1953 · Townsman (uncredited)

The Abbott and Costello Show

1952 · The Tramp

Death Valley Days

1952 · Phi Jones

Hopalong Cassidy

1952

California Conquest

1952

Gang Busters

1952

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

1951

The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

1951

Don Daredevil Rides Again

1951 · Buck Bender

Silver City Bonanza

1951 · Postman

Blades of the Musketeers

1950 · The Old Fisherman

Desperadoes of the West

1950 · Hardrock Haggerty

The Return of Jesse James

1950 · Clay County Marshal

The Gene Autry Show

1950 · Wagon Driver Idaho

The Gunfighter

1950 · Jake (uncredited)

No Sad Songs for Me

1950 · Night Construction Workman (uncredited)

Code of the Silver Sage

1950 · Sergeant Woods

The Cowboy and the Indians

1949 · Tom

The Lone Ranger

1949 · Calico

The James Brothers of Missouri

1949 · Duffy [Ch. 4] / Duffy [11]

The Denver Kid

1948 · Sergeant Cooper

Night Time in Nevada

1948 · Tramp

Relentless

1948 · Bob Pliny (uncredited)

Panhandle

1948 · Old Timer (uncredited)

Oklahoma Badlands

1948 · Postmaster Fred

Under Colorado Skies

1947 · Slim

Springtime in the Sierras

1947 · Old-Timer

Robin Hood Of Texas

1947 · Guest, Taxi Driver

Bells of San Angelo

1947 · Deaf bus passenger

Duel in the Sun

1946 · Man (uncredited)

Santa Fe Uprising

1946 · Deputy Jake

The El Paso Kid

1946 · Jeff Winters

Abilene Town

1946 · Doug Neil

Three Faces West

1940 · Pool Player

Sabotage

1939 · (uncredited)

The Arizona Kid

1939 · Townsman

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