Hank Patterson
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 Adventures of Kit Carson, The Lone Ranger, and Annie Oakley. Patterson played recurring or different roles in adult/family TV westerns, including the role of "Hank Miller" in 33 episodes of Gunsmoke from 1962 through 1972, on Have Gun-Will Travel (eleven episodes), Death Valley Days (nine episodes), Tales of Wells Fargo (seven episodes), Maverick (four episodes), Cheyenne (four episodes), Wagon Train (three episodes), Daniel Boone (three episodes), The Virginian (two episodes), The Rifleman, Bonanza, and in episodes of Lawman, Bat Masterson, The Restless Gun, and many others. He made additional TV appearances, including three episodes of The Twilight Zone as well as Perry Mason, Burke's Law, The Untouchables, Judd for the Defense, My Three Sons, and in later years The Mod Squad and Love, American Style.Highway Patrol. In 1963 Patterson first appeared in what would become a recurring role as farmer Fred Ziffel on the popular CBS rural comedy Petticoat Junction. In 1965 CBS debuted another rural comedy, Green Acres. Both series were set in the mythical farming community of Hooterville, with characters from Petticoat Junction often also appearing in Green Acres, including Patterson's Fred Ziffel character. It was on the popular, irreverent Green Acres that Patterson earned his greatest fame. In 1965 and 1966—two of the years in which the two series ran concurrently—Patterson frequently appeared in both shows in the same week on primetime. The association of Patterson's character with the popular character Arnold, the pet pig whom Fred and his wife Doris treated as a son, ensured Patterson a place in TV history. Arnold attended school, watched TV and was a talented artist, piano player, and actor. He even "talked" (snorted, grunted and squealed) in a language that everyone in Hooterville seemed to understand except Oliver Wendell Douglas (Green Acres co-star Eddie Albert). According to westernclippings.com "Characters and Heavies" by Boyd Magers, "Ironically, by the time Patterson was doing 'Green Acres' he was in his late 70s and almost completely deaf, but the producers loved his portrayal so much they worked around his hearing impairment by having the dialogue coach lying on the floor out-of-shot tapping Hank's leg with a yardstick as a cue to speak his line."
Panhandle
(Old Timer (uncredited))
The Saga of Hemp Brown
(Gil Henry)
Lone Texan
(Jack Stone (uncredited))
Southwest Passage
(Barstow)
California Conquest
Terror in a Texas Town
(Brady)
Attack of the Puppet People
(Night Manager)
Gunmen from Laredo
Gunfighters of Abilene
(Andy Ferris)
The Cowboy and the Indians
(Ranch hand Tom)
The Arizona Kid
(Townsman)
Gunsight Ridge
(George Clark (uncredited))
Duel in the Sun
(Man (uncredited))
The Return of Jesse James
(Clay County Marshal)
The Amazing Colossal Man
(Henry)
Strange Intruder
(Knife Grinder)
Julie
(Ellis)
Code of the Silver Sage
(Sergeant Woods)
Tarantula
(Josh)
Springtime in the Sierras
(Old-Timer)
The Spider
(Hugo)
The Storm Rider
(Milstead)
Night Time in Nevada
(Tramp)
Bells of San Angelo
(Deaf bus passenger)
The Absent-Minded Professor
(Fisherman Spectator (uncredited))
Attack of the Puppet People
(Theater Janitor)
Beginning of the End
(Dave)
Jack Slade
(Old Tom)
The Decks Ran Red
(Moody)
Monster on the Campus
(Townsend - Night Watchman)
The Gunfighter
(Jake (uncredited))
Abilene Town
(Doug Neil)
Three Faces West
(Pool Player)
Robin Hood Of Texas
(Taxi Driver)
Robin Hood Of Texas
(Guest)
Desperadoes of the West
(Hardrock Haggerty)
Don Daredevil Rides Again
(Buck Bender)
Silver City Bonanza
(Postman)
Santa Fe Uprising
(Deputy Jake)
Sabotage
((uncredited))
The El Paso Kid
(Jeff Winters)
Under Colorado Skies
(Slim)
The James Brothers of Missouri
(Duffy [Ch. 4] / Duffy [11])
The Denver Kid
(Sergeant Cooper)
Oklahoma Badlands
(Postmaster Fred)
Relentless
(Bob Pliny (uncredited))
Blades of the Musketeers
(The Old Fisherman)
Phantom Trails
(Jess Morgan)
Canadian Mounties vs. Atomic Invaders
(Jed Larson)
No Sad Songs for Me
(Night Construction Workman (uncredited))
The First Traveling Saleslady
(Courtroom Spectator)
Mister Ed
The Andy Griffith Show
(Hobo)
Burke's Law
(Lukey Slade)
Trackdown
Green Acres
(Fred Ziffel)
The Beverly Hillbillies
Petticoat Junction
(Fred Ziffell)
The Mod Squad
Gunsmoke
(Jake)
Perry Mason
(Jack Gilly)
The Twilight Zone
(Old Man)
Sea Hunt
The Tall Man
Laredo
Straightaway
87th Precinct
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
Rawhide
(Simpson)
Have Gun, Will Travel
Highway Patrol
Cimarron Strip
Daniel Boone
(Jed Harper (uncredited))
The Virginian
(Old Man)
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
The Loner
(The Bartender)
Bronco
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
The Alaskans
Navy Log
Black Saddle
(Harvey Morgan)
Lock-Up
The Rifleman
Bat Masterson
(Prospector)
The Guns of Will Sonnett
Riverboat
(Rare)
The Texan
Buffalo Bill Jr.
Sergeant Preston of the Yukon
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
(Slim Baker)
The New Adventures of Spin and Marty
The Legend of Jesse James
(Porter)
Custer
The Westerner
(Sample)
City Detective
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
(Mr. Phillips)
Gang Busters
Hopalong Cassidy
Johnny Ringo
(Old Man)
Miami Undercover
Riverboat
(Johnny Mullins (uncredited))
Gunsmoke
(Carl)
Gunsmoke
(Judge)
Gunsmoke
(Crowbait)
Gunsmoke
(Carl Miller)
Gunsmoke
(Hank Miller)
Gunsmoke
(Cowboy)
Gunsmoke
(Hank)
Gunsmoke
(Hank Miller (uncredited))
Gunsmoke
(Livery Man)
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
(Jonas Mulvey)
Daniel Boone
(Gray)
Daniel Boone
(Fiddler)
Bat Masterson
(Soda Smith)
Bat Masterson
(Warren T. 'Soda' Smith)
The Twilight Zone
(Freitag)
The Twilight Zone
(Mr. Gentry)