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Ed and the ElkCamino. This week Hank is joined by his good friend Artist Ed Anderson to chat about Alaska Edventures, Florida Edventures, All Hands coctail beverages, FOMO and the ElkCamino project. Also chiming in are Hank's friends Nate and Rachel. This one's a dooozy.
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 died August 23, 1975, of bronchial pneumonia at the Woodland Hills Motion Picture Hospital where he was recuperating from a stroke. (Thanx in great-part to research assistant Evy Patrick.) Biography of character actor Hank Patterson.
Hank Patterson is best known to audiences for his portrayal of farmer Fred Ziffel on Green Acres -- for five seasons, his laconic character and the antics of his pig Arnold helped make life hopelessly confusing for series protagonist Oliver Wendell Douglas (Eddie Albert).
October 9, 1888 — August 23, 1975 • 86 y.o. (135) Actor. Facts. Patterson was born in Springville, Alabama, one of seven children of Green Davis Patterson, an insurance agent, and Mary Isabell "Mollie" Newton Patterson. By the 1890s, his family had moved to Taylor, Texas, where he spent most of his boyhood and attended school through eighth grade.
Birthday: Oct 9, 1888. Birthplace: Springville, Alabama, USA. A pig named Arnold may have been his best-known costar, but it was just one aspect of a career Hank Patterson cobbled together that...
Hank Patterson - Turner Classic Movies. Overview. Biography. Filmography. Photos & Videos. Biography. Read More. A pig named Arnold may have been his best-known costar, but it was just one aspect of a career Hank Patterson cobbled together that featured him in plenty of roles playing gruff and cantankerous rural characters.
