Hank Patterson

Hank Patterson
Born	October 9, 1888(1888-10-09)
Where	Springville, Alabama, U.S.
Died	August 23, 1975(1975-08-23) (aged 86)
Where	Woodland Hills, California, U.S.
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Birth Name	Elmer Calvin Patterson
Occupation	Actor/Musician
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Hank Patterson (born Elmer Calvin Patterson; October 9, 1888 – August 23, 1975) was an American actor and musician. He is most known for playing stableman Hank Miller on Gunsmoke and Fred Ziffel on Petticoat Junction and Green Acres.

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Patterson was born in Springville, Alabama. He had intended to be a serious pianist, but became instead a vaudeville piano player, eventually moving to Hollywood where he played in a series of movies, largely Westerns and science fiction from 1939 to 1973. He also played in a number of television westerns including The Cisco Kid, The Adventures of Kit Carson, The Lone Ranger, Annie Oakley, Have Gun-Will Travel, The Rifleman and Bonanza. He was also in a couple of episodes of Cheyenne, Maverick, Lawman and Daniel Boone.

Hank's great-grandfather, James Pearson, was an original settler of St. Clair County, Alabama as was his mother's great-grandfather, Thomas Newton. Between 1894 & 1897, the family left Alabama to live in Taylor, Texas where Hank attempted to work as a serious musician only to settle for playing piano in traveling vaudeville shows.

Patterson's great-niece is actress Téa Leoni.

References

External links

• Hank Patterson at the Internet Movie Database

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