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Hank Patterson 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.
Birth Name
Elmer Calvin Patterson
Born
Tuesday, 09 October 1888
Died
Saturday, 23 August 1975
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Images of Indians: How Hollywood Stereotyped the Native American | Self / Tom (from The Cowboy and the Indians (1949)) | 2003 |
| Love, American Style | Farmer (segment "Love and the Return of Raymond") | 1969 |
| Mod Squad | Phil | 1968 |
| The Outcasts | Mountain Joe | 1968 |
| Judd for the Defense | Pearson | 1967 |
| The Guns of Will Sonnett | Stableman | 1967 |
| Cimarron Strip | Old Will | 1967 |
| Custer | Trapper | 1967 |
| A Covenant with Death | Old Man | 1967 |
| The Loner | The Bartender | 1965 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Images of Indians: How Hollywood Stereotyped the Native American | Self / Tom (from The Cowboy and the Indians (1949)) | 2003 |
| Love, American Style | Farmer (segment "Love and the Return of Raymond") | 1969 |
| Mod Squad | Phil | 1968 |
| The Outcasts | Mountain Joe | 1968 |
| Judd for the Defense | Pearson | 1967 |
| The Guns of Will Sonnett | Stableman | 1967 |
| Cimarron Strip | Old Will | 1967 |
| Custer | Trapper | 1967 |
| A Covenant with Death | Old Man | 1967 |
| The Loner | The Bartender | 1965 |
| The Wild Wild West | Porter Richards | 1965 |
| Laredo | The Station Master | 1965 |
| Green Acres | Fred Ziffel | 1965 |
| A Man Called Shenandoah | Godey | 1965 |
| The Legend of Jesse James | Porter | 1965 |
| Daniel Boone | Fiddler / Gray / Jed Harper | 1964 |
| Petticoat Junction | Fred Ziffel / Fred Ziffell | 1963 |
| Burke's Law | Lukey Slade | 1963 |
| The Eleventh Hour | Justice Of The Peace | 1962 |
| The Beverly Hillbillies | Fred Ziffel | 1962 |
| Empire | Hughes | 1962 |
| The Virginian | Patient / Old Man | 1962 |
| The Lloyd Bridges Show | Dexter | 1962 |
| Alcoa Premiere | Bates | 1961 |
| Ripcord | Henry Travis | 1961 |
| 87th Precinct | Si | 1961 |
| Tammy Tell Me True | Rural Character | 1961 |
| Whispering Smith | Leadville Oldtimer | 1961 |
| The Absent Minded Professor | Fisherman Spectator | 1961 |
| Miami Undercover | Pete | 1961 |
| Mister Ed | Dr. Evans | 1961 |
| Klondike | Spunky | 1960 |
| The Andy Griffith Show | Hobo | 1960 |
| Michael Shayne | Manager | 1960 |
| The Westerner | Sample | 1960 |
| Outlaws | Davy | 1960 |
| Guestward Ho! | Court clerk | 1960 |
| My Three Sons | Quinby Lewis | 1960 |
| The Tall Man | (credit only) / Amos | 1960 |
| Tate | Charlie Sims | 1960 |
| Overland Trail | Old Timer in Stagecoach Station | 1960 |
| Shotgun Slade | Sheriff | 1959 |
| The Alaskans | Tool Bridge Man | 1959 |
| Hotel de Paree | Harry Lewis | 1959 |
| The Twilight Zone | Old Man / Freitag / Mr. Gentry | 1959 |
| Johnny Ringo | Old Man | 1959 |
| Gunfighters of Abilene | Andy Ferris | 1959 |
| Lock Up | T. G. Tyler | 1959 |
| The DuPont Show with June Allyson | Mr. Phillips | 1959 |
| Laramie | Stage Driver / Sundown | 1959 |
| Riverboat | Johnny Mullins / Rare | 1959 |
| The Man and the Challenge | Swede | 1959 |
| The Deputy | Luke Mason | 1959 |
| Bonanza | Blacksmith | 1959 |
| Lone Texan | Jack Stone | 1959 |
| Gunmen from Laredo | Stableman | 1959 |
| No Name on the Bullet | Ed - Chess Player | 1959 |
| The Untouchables | Charlie / Peterson / Wilkerson | 1959 |
| Black Saddle | Harvey Morgan | 1959 |
| Rawhide | Dan Simmons / Simpson | 1959 |
| Monster on the Campus | Townsend - Night Watchman | 1958 |
| U.S. Marshal | Sam Castro | 1958 |
| The Decks Ran Red | Mr. Moody / Moody | 1958 |
| Bat Masterson | Warren T. 'Soda' Smith / Soda Smith / Prospector | 1958 |
| Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse | Apby | 1958 |
| Lawman | Sodbuster / Harrison Lester | 1958 |
| Mackenzie's Raiders | Old Man | 1958 |
| The Rifleman | Abe Merar | 1958 |
| The Texan | Webber / Bartender | 1958 |
| Bronco | Railroad Costigan / Chips | 1958 |
| The Saga of Hemp Brown | Gil Henry | 1958 |
| The Spider | Hugo the Janitor / Hugo | 1958 |
| Terror in a Texas Town | Brady | 1958 |
| Attack of the Puppet People | Theater Janitor / Night Manager | 1958 |
| Day of the Badman | George Foley | 1958 |
| Sea Hunt | Bill Henderson | 1958 |
| Escape from Red Rock | Sheriff Grover | 1957 |
| Tombstone Territory | Tulsa Jack / Prospector / Old Timer | 1957 |
| The Amazing Colossal Man | Henry | 1957 |
| Trackdown | Taverner | 1957 |
| The Californians | Prospector | 1957 |
| The Restless Gun | Jonah / Milt Hatten | 1957 |
| Maverick | Clean-up Man / Hanrahan / Perkins / Townsman in Kyle | 1957 |
| Perry Mason | Jack Gilly | 1957 |
| Wagon Train | Horse Dealer / Wagon Train Member / Old Man | 1957 |
| Have Gun - Will Travel | Jess Larker / Jesse - Old Man / Judge Robbins / Mr. Barton - Insurance Agent / Pappy French / Pete Gilson / Plainsman / Rafe Adams / Ronson - Gunfighter / Stage Driver | 1957 |
| Gunsight Ridge | George Clark | 1957 |
| Man of a Thousand Faces | Scotty, Stage Door Man | 1957 |
| God Is My Partner | John Biddle | 1957 |
| Beginning of the End | Dave | 1957 |
| Tales of Wells Fargo | Benson / Charlie the Stage Driver / Coleman Flagg / Larson / Pa Stillwell / Sid the Stage Driver / Stage Driver | 1957 |
| The Storm Rider | Tom Milstead / Milstead | 1957 |
| Official Detective | Lester Maple | 1957 |
| Guns Don't Argue | Scully Wass (Farmer) | 1957 |
| Julie | Ellis | 1956 |
| Zane Grey Theatre | Jonas Mulvey / Slim Baker | 1956 |
| Broken Arrow | Stage Driver / Stagecoach Driver | 1956 |
| Circus Boy | Farmer | 1956 |
| The Sheriff of Cochise | Attendant | 1956 |
| Strange Intruder | Knife Sharpener | 1956 |
| The First Traveling Saleslady | First Cowhand in Courtroom / Courtroom Spectator | 1956 |
| The Great Locomotive Chase | Turner | 1956 |
| The Lone Ranger | Old Man Kimberley | 1956 |
| Tarantula | Josh | 1955 |
| Last of the Desperados | Hank - Wagon Driver | 1955 |
| Highway Patrol | Frank Handley | 1955 |
| Sergeant Preston of the Yukon | Lafe Ford | 1955 |
| The Adventures of Champion | Trem Holt / Hardluck Haggerty | 1955 |
| Cheyenne | Jeb / Luther, Store owner / Stage Driver / Sunset | 1955 |
| Navy Log | Pop Foley | 1955 |
| Gunsmoke | Hank / Hank Miller / Carl / Carl Miller / Cowboy / Crowbait / Jake / Judge / Livery Man / Liveryman | 1955 |
| The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | Cookie / Dunbar / Milt Caney | 1955 |
| The Mickey Mouse Club | Pete Duggan | 1955 |
| Science Fiction Theatre | Truck Driver / Skinner / Joe Green / George | 1955 |
| Buffalo Bill, Jr. | Tinker Jones / Sagebrush Smith / Barnacle Barney | 1955 |
| Murder Is My Beat | Medical Examiner | 1955 |
| Many Rivers to Cross | Second Innkeeper | 1955 |
| Phantom Trails | Jess Morgan | 1955 |
| The Magical World of Disney | Fisherman Spectator / Stableman / Prisoner with Swamp Fever / Jailer | 1954 |
| Captain Midnight | Lars Ekberg | 1954 |
| Southwest Passage | Barstow | 1954 |
| Ride Clear of Diablo | Wagon Driver | 1954 |
| Annie Oakley | Jake Wilkin / Pots Webber | 1954 |
| Meet Corliss Archer | Locksmith | 1954 |
| Six Gun Decision | Pop Clancy | 1953 |
| Jack Slade | Old Tom | 1953 |
| City Detective | Farmer | 1953 |
| Canadian Mounties vs. Atomic Invaders | Jed Larson [Ch.2-5] / Jed Larson | 1953 |
| Woman They Almost Lynched | Townsman | 1953 |
| The Abbott and Costello Show | The Tramp | 1952 |
| The Ford Television Theatre | Conductor / Drunk / George / Manager / Sam Patterson | 1952 |
| Hopalong Cassidy | Pop Ashton | 1952 |
| California Conquest | Sam Lawrence | 1952 |
| Death Valley Days | Zeke / Tobey / Tim Warner / Sandy Edwards / Nephi / Mike McKenna / Jake / Ike / Harry Gander / George Jackson / Fye Jones / Dad the Blacksmith / Charley / Caleb / Abe | 1952 |
| Rose of Cimarron | Hunter on Trail | 1952 |
| Indian Uprising | Jake Wilson | 1952 |
| The Roy Rogers Show | Hermit Hank Fowler / Hermit / Joe Denton / Soapy | 1951 |
| Schlitz Playhouse | Station Master | 1951 |
| Sky King | Old Ben Poe / Ezzie | 1951 |
| The Adventures of Kit Carson | Old Timer Sierra Jack / Sierra Jack | 1951 |
| Racket Squad | Tom Taylor | 1951 |
| Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok | Telegrapher Hank / Pop Clancy / Jess Morgan | 1951 |
| Don Daredevil Rides Again | Buck Bender | 1951 |
| Silver City Bonanza | Postman | 1951 |
| Al Jennings of Oklahoma | Jeff | 1951 |
| The Stu Erwin Show | Gus - the Milkman / Gus the Milkman | 1950 |
| The Magnavox Theater | Fisherman | 1950 |
| The Return of Jesse James | Clay County Marshal | 1950 |
| Desperadoes of the West | Hardrock Haggerty [Ch. 4, 5] / Hardrock Haggerty | 1950 |
| The Gene Autry Show | Wagon Driver Idaho | 1950 |
| The Gunfighter | Jake | 1950 |
| Please Believe Me | Sam Smith | 1950 |
| No Sad Songs for Me | Night Construction Workman | 1950 |
| Code of the Silver Sage | Sergeant Woods | 1950 |
| Perfect Strangers | Witness in Montage | 1950 |
| The Cisco Kid | Wind River Bill / Silas Bonnard / Luke Higgins / John Weaver / Jim Lacey / Jess Fleming | 1950 |
| Riders in the Sky | Luke - Stagecoach Driver | 1949 |
| Tell It to the Judge | Sleigh Driver | 1949 |
| The Cowboy and the Indians | Tom - Ranch Foreman / Ranch hand Tom | 1949 |
| The Lone Ranger | Calico / Old Timer Who Doesn't Know Own Strength | 1949 |
| The James Brothers of Missouri | Duffy [11] / Duffy [Ch. 4] | 1949 |
| Outcasts of the Trail | Hank Barris - Station Agent | 1949 |
| Fireside Theatre | Townsman | 1949 |
| Red Canyon | Osborne | 1949 |
| Belle Starr's Daughter | Townsman | 1948 |
| The Plunderers | Stage Manager | 1948 |
| The Denver Kid | Sergeant Cooper / Sgt. Cooper | 1948 |
| Nighttime in Nevada | Dancing Tramp / Tramp | 1948 |
| Oklahoma Badlands | Postmaster Fred | 1948 |
| Panhandle | Old Timer | 1948 |
| Relentless | Bob Pliny | 1948 |
| The Tender Years | Zeke | 1948 |
| Under Colorado Skies | Slim | 1947 |
| Springtime in the Sierras | Old-Timer | 1947 |
| Robin Hood of Texas | Guest / Taxi Driver / Taxicab Driver | 1947 |
| Duel in the Sun | Man | 1947 |
| Bells of San Angelo | Deaf Bus Passenger | 1947 |
| Gallant Bess | Ranch Hand | 1946 |
| Santa Fe Uprising | Deputy Jake | 1946 |
| Wild Beauty | Ed | 1946 |
| Conquest of Cheyenne | Rancher | 1946 |
| The El Paso Kid | Jeff Winters | 1946 |
| I Ring Doorbells | Mr. Bradley | 1946 |
| The Scarlet Horseman | Sen. Masters | 1946 |
| Abilene Town | Doug Neil | 1946 |
| Three Faces West | Pool Player | 1940 |
| The Covered Trailer | Townsman | 1939 |
| Sabotage | Undetermined Supporting Role | 1939 |
| The Arizona Kid | Townsman | 1939 |
