Hank Patterson

Actor

Born: October 9, 1888
Died: August 23, 1975 (age 86)
From: Springville, Alabama, USA

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…

Filmography (51)

The Absent-Minded Professor (1961)
Fisherman Spectator (uncredited)
Gunfighters of Abilene (1960)
Andy Ferris
Lone Texan (1959)
Jack Stone (uncredited)
Gunmen from Laredo (1959)
No Name on the Bullet (1959)
Ed - Chess Player (uncredited)
Monster on the Campus (1958)
Townsend - Night Watchman
The Decks Ran Red (1958)
Moody
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
The Amazing Colossal Man (1957)
Henry
Gunsight Ridge (1957)
George Clark (uncredited)
Beginning of the End (1957)
Dave
The Storm Rider (1957)
Milstead
Julie (1956)
Ellis
Strange Intruder (1956)
Knife Grinder
The First Traveling Saleslady (1956)
Courtroom Spectator
Tarantula (1955)
Josh
Phantom Trails (1955)
Jess Morgan
Southwest Passage (1954)
Barstow
Jack Slade (1953)
Old Tom
Canadian Mounties vs. Atomic Invaders (1953)
Jed Larson
Woman They Almost Lynched (1953)
Townsman (uncredited)
California Conquest (1952)
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