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Hank Patterson
Actor 1888 - 1975

Hank Patterson

Springville, Alabama, USA

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... Read full bio →

Filmography

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20 titles
The Absent-Minded Professor

The Absent-Minded Professor

Robert Stevenson 1961 1h 36m 6.0

Hailed as one of Walt Disney's most hilarious comedies, The Absent-Minded Professor contains two essential elements for laughter - Fred MacMurray and Flubber, his gravity-defying formula for flying rubber!

No Name on the Bullet

No Name on the Bullet

Jack Arnold 1959 1h 17m 5.0

When hired killer John Gant rides into Lordsburg, the town's folk become paranoid as each leading citizen has enemies capable of using the services of a professional killer for personal revenge.

The Saga of Hemp Brown

The Saga of Hemp Brown

Richard Carlson 1958 1h 20m

Ex-army sergeant Jed Givens and his gang rob an army payroll shipment led by Lt. Hemp Brown. Givens kills a civilian woman and all the soldiers, leaving Brown alive to face a military tribunal in which he is branded a coward, stripped of all insignia and drummed out of the army. Brown sets out to track down Givens in an effort to clear his name.

Terror in a Texas Town

Terror in a Texas Town

Joseph H. Lewis 1958 1h 21m 7.0

Armed with a harpoon, a Swedish whaler is out for revenge after the death of his father. A greedy oil man trying to buy up the Swede's land might be the guilty party.

Monster on the Campus

Monster on the Campus

Jack Arnold 1958 1h 17m 6.7

A college professor acquires a newly discovered specimen of a prehistoric fish. While examining the find he is accidentally exposed to it's blood, turning him into a murderous Neanderthal.

Earth vs. the Spider

Earth vs. the Spider

Bert I. Gordon 1958 1h 13m 6.0

Teenagers from a rural community and their high school science teacher join forces to battle a giant mutant spider.

Attack of the Puppet People

Attack of the Puppet People

Bert I. Gordon 1958 1h 19m 7.0

A deranged scientist creates a ray that can shrink people down to doll size.

The Amazing Colossal Man

The Amazing Colossal Man

Bert I. Gordon 1957 1h 20m 6.0

A military officer survives a nuclear blast, only to begin to uncontrollably grow into an increasingly unstable giant.

Gunsight Ridge

Gunsight Ridge

Francis D. Lyon 1957 1h 25m 6.0

Stage line agent investigates a series of robberies by taking the job of a deputy sheriff in a border Arizona town.

Beginning of the End

Beginning of the End

Bert I. Gordon 1957 1h 13m 7.0

An attractive reporter investigating the mysterious destruction of an Illinois town stumbles upon a secret government laboratory conducting radiation experiments on vegetables. The lead scientist is eager to help find out what happened. Together they discover that giant grasshoppers are behind the devastation.

Julie

Julie

Andrew L. Stone 1956 1h 39m

A terrified stewardess is stalked by her psychotic estranged husband.

Tarantula

Tarantula

Jack Arnold 1955 1h 20m 7.2

A spider escapes from an isolated Arizona desert laboratory experimenting in gigantism and grows to tremendous size as it wreaks havoc on the local inhabitants.

Ride Clear of Diablo

Ride Clear of Diablo

Jesse Hibbs 1954 1h 20m 6.0

A young railroad surveyor returns to his hometown to find the man who murdered his father and brother. Director Jesse Hibbs' 1954 western stars Audie Murphy, Dan Duryea, Susan Cabot, Paul Birch, Denver Pyle, Jack Elam, William Pullen, Russell Johnson, Abbe Lane, James Griffith and Hank Patterson.

Woman They Almost Lynched

Woman They Almost Lynched

Allan Dwan 1953 1h 30m 9.0

Civil War period film about refined young woman Leslie who comes to Western town and learns to tote gun; title tells the rest.

The Gunfighter

The Gunfighter

Henry King 1950 1h 25m 7.7

The fastest gun in the West tries to escape his reputation.

No Sad Songs for Me

No Sad Songs for Me

Rudolph Maté 1950 1h 28m

Mary Scott learns she only has ten months to live before dying of an incurable disease. She manages to keep the news from her husband, Brad and daughter, Polly. She tries to make every moment of her life count, but her effort is weakened by the discovery that Brad is interested in his assistant, Chris Radner.

Panhandle

Panhandle

Lesley Selander 1948 1h 25m 6.0

John Sands, a former Texas marshal turns to ranching, and later to a gunfighter when he sets out to prove that casino/saloon owner, Matt Garson, had his brother, a newspaperman, killed.

Santa Fe Uprising

Santa Fe Uprising

R.G. Springsteen 1946 56m

The Duchess, the aunt of Red Ryder, comes to town to protect her property. Crawford, a town big-shot behind an outlaw gang, tries to prevent her from reaching her destination, but the attack is thwarted by Red.

Duel in the Sun

Duel in the Sun

King Vidor 1946 2h 24m 7.5
Three Faces West

Three Faces West

Bernard Vorhaus 1940 1h 19m 5.0

Viennese surgeon Dr. Braun and his daughter Leni come to a small town in North Dakota as refugees from Hitler. When the winds of the Dust Bowl threaten the town, John Phillips leads the townsfolk in moving to greener pastures in Oregon. He falls for Leni, but she is betrothed to the man who helped her and her father escape from the Third Reich.

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