Hank Patterson
Acting
Born October 9, 1888 · Springville, Alabama, USA
Biography
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 Adve…
Known For · 40 titles
Perry Mason
The Rifleman
The Andy Griffith Show
Bonanza
The Twilight Zone
Love, American Style
The Virginian
Rawhide
Have Gun, Will Travel
The Beverly Hillbillies
Cheyenne
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Daniel Boone
Petticoat Junction
Green Acres
Burke's Law
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
Highway Patrol
Bat Masterson
Gunsmoke
The Lone Ranger
Mister Ed
The Guns of Will Sonnett
The Texan
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
Sea Hunt
Navy Log
Trackdown
Bronco
The Abbott and Costello Show
The Mod Squad
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
The Tall Man
City Detective
The Gene Autry Show
Laredo
87th Precinct
Lock-Up
Hopalong Cassidy
Riverboat