

Acting
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...
Highest rated appearances
as Ed - Chess Player (uncredited)

Gunmen from Laredo

The Cowboy and the Indians
as Tom

The James Brothers of Missouri
as Duffy [Ch. 4] / Duffy [11]

The Denver Kid
as Sergeant Cooper

Night Time in Nevada
as Tramp

Relentless
as Bob Pliny (uncredited)

Panhandle
as Old Timer (uncredited)

Oklahoma Badlands
as Postmaster Fred

Under Colorado Skies
as Slim

Springtime in the Sierras
as Old-Timer

Robin Hood Of Texas
as Guest

Robin Hood Of Texas
as Taxi Driver

Bells of San Angelo
as Deaf bus passenger

Duel in the Sun
as Man (uncredited)

Santa Fe Uprising
as Deputy Jake

The El Paso Kid
as Jeff Winters

Abilene Town
as Doug Neil

Three Faces West
as Pool Player