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Maxwell Emmett "Pat" Buttram (June 19, 1915 – January 8, 1994) was an American character actor. Buttram was known for playing the sidekick of Gene Autry and for playing the character of Mr. Haney in the television series Green Acres.
Jan 9, 1994 · Pat Buttram, singing cowboy Gene Autry's sidekick in the 1950s and the annoying Mr. Haney on the sitcom ``Green Acres,'' died Saturday. He was 78. He died of kidney failure at the University of California Los Angeles Medical Center, said radio executive Bill Ward, a longtime friend.
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Jan 9, 1994 · Pat Buttram, the bulbous-nosed raconteur who rode Melody Ranch with Gene Autry, portrayed a shrewd landowner amid the verdant scenery of “Green Acres,” and more recently had been an...
The Gene Autry Show: With Gene Autry, Champion, Pat Buttram, Bob Woodward. The already legendary singing cowboy rode with his comic pal Pat from town to town bringing justice, song and his horse Champion to the old Southwest.
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Buttram would co-star with Gene Autry in more than 40 films and in more than 100 episodes of Autry's television show. In 1951, Autry formed his own company (Flying A Productions) to make westerns under his own control, and Columbia continued to distribute them through 1953.
During those years Pat met Gene Autry, who took a liking to the young comic and later brought him to Hollywood to replace Smiley Burnette, who had found other work while Gene served in WWII. Together Pat and Gene made many western films and a television series, The Gene Autry Show (1950), which aired from 1950 until 1956. They remained close ...
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Gene's role changed almost weekly from rancher, to ranch hand, to sheriff, to border agent, etc. Gene's usual comic relief and sidekick, Pat, was played by Pat Buttram. During the first season, Gene's sidekick was played by Chill Wills twice (as Chill) and by Fuzzy Knight four times (as Sagebrush).
