Pat Buttram

Birth Name:

Maxwell Emmett Buttram

Birth Place:

Addison, Alabama, United States

Profession

Actor, Soundtrack, Writer

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
His humorous toasts and after-dinner speeches were popular with his peers in Hollywood
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

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