Pat Buttram Biography

Fast Facts

• After his death in 1994 he was awarded an In Memoriam Award, in addition to his Golden Boot and Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
• His name appears on a star amid the Alabama Stars of Fame in Birmingham, Ala
• While attending Birmingham-Southern College studying Methodist ministry, he performed in plays and on local radio shows, later becoming a regular on the WLS National Barn Dance in Chicago, Ill
• Quote: "I didn't get along too well with horses․ At the beginning, not too well; at the end, terrible․ I always say that horses are hard in the middle and dangerous at both ends․"
• Quote: "My voice never quite made it through puberty․ It has been described as sounding like a handful of gravel thrown in a Mix-Master․"
• He is best remembered for his role in the 1965 CBS series "Green Acres," on which he played Mr․ Haney until the show ended in 1971
• In the late 1940s he joined the "Melody Ranch" radio show hosted by Gene Autry, and later went on to his TV show "The Gene Autry Show," appearing and co-hosting in over 100 episodes
• In 1980 he retired from acting and returned to Winston County, Ala․, for a short time
• While performing on WLS radio show, he used comedy and a dry sense of humor to tell stories of his family from the south
• His humorous toasts and after-dinner speeches were popular with his peers in Hollywood