Elmer Calvin "Hank" Patterson was an American actor and musician. He is known foremost for playing two recurring characters on three television series - stableman Hank Miller on Gunsmoke and farmer Fred Ziffel on both Petticoat Junction and Green Acres.
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. In 1917, he registered for a World War I draft card in Lubbock County, Texas.
Patterson had intended to be a serious pianist, but instead became a vaudeville piano player. By the end of the 1920s, he moved to California. He entered the movie business as an actor during the 1930s. His earliest identified screen work was an uncredited appearance in the Roy Rogers' Western film The Arizona Kid (1939).
| Date of Birth | 9th October 1888 |
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| Date of Death | 23rd August 1975 |
| Age at Death | 86 Years |
| Zodiac Sign | Libra |
| Country | United States of America |
| Current City | Springville |
| Birth Place | Springville |
| Death Place | Woodland Hills |
| Nationality | United States of America |
| Citizenship | United States of America |
| Occupation | actor, musician, television actor |
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