Hank Patterson(1888-1975)
- Actor
Hank Patterson was born in Springville, Alabama to Green and Mary
Newton Patterson. Hank's great-grandfather, James Pearson, was an
original settler of St. Clair County, AL as was his mother's
great-grandfather, Thomas Newton. Between 1894 & 1897, the family left
AL to live in Taylor, Texas, where Hank attempted to work as a serious
musician, only to settle for playing piano in traveling vaudeville
shows. He worked his way out to California in the 1920s and here began
his film career followed by long runs on two television series Gunsmoke (1955)
and Green Acres (1965).
