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
Gender: Male
Born On: 9-Oct-1888
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Hank Patterson's Filmography on TV
List of programs starring Hank Patterson on tv. Programs are sorted in order of last seen on tv. Last updated: Nov 1, 2024 5:28 PM
Six Inches Tall (1958)
A deranged scientist creates a ray that can shrink people down to doll size.
Abilene Town (1946)
Marshall Dan Mitchell, who is the law in Abilene, has the job of keeping peace between two groups. For a long time, the town had been divided, with the cattlemen and cowboys having one end of town to themselves, while townspeople occupied the other end. Mitchell liked it this way, it made things easier for him, and kept problems from arising between the two factions. However…