The son of a circuit-riding Methodist preacher in rural Alabama, Pat Buttram became one of America's best-known comic entertainers. He left Alabama a month before his 18th birthday to attend the 1933 Chicago World's Fair. An announcer from radio station WLS was on hand to interview members of the crowd and settled on Pat as a typical visitor from ...
January 8, 1994, Los Angeles, California, United States
Place Of Birth
Addison, Alabama, USA
Height
6' (1.83 m)
Profession
Actor, Soundtrack, Writer
Spouse
Sheila Ryan (m. 1952–1975), Dorothy McFadden (m. 1936–1946)
Children
Kerry Buttram-Galgano, Gayle Buttram
Parents
Mary Emmett Maxwell, Wilson McDaniel Buttram
Star Sign
Gemini
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Trademark
1
Distinctive voice
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Quote
1
[on Gene Autry's beautiful wife] Gene married a 10. I married three 3s and a 1.
2
[repeated line] More fun than being on location with Mary Beth Hughes.
3
Gene Autry used to ride off into the sunset. Now he owns it.
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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.
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My voice never quite made it through puberty. It has been described as sounding like a handful of gravel thrown in a Mix-Master.
[on Ed McMahon] It's good we honor Ed, because I understand that next week a group of Texas businessmen are going to buy him, tear him down, and put up a Ramada Inn.
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[on Johnny Carson] He's an Episcopalian - that's an Off-Broadway Catholic.
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[on Dean Martin] Dean would eat hay if you dipped it in gin.
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[on Mae West] Do you realize that she went through her life without once having a man say to her, "You remind me of my mother"?
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[on Milton Berle] You know, Milton recently switched from comedy to drama. Unfortunately, it happened while he was still doing comedy.
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Fact
1
During the filming of The Rainmaker a prop cannon exploded nearly killing Buttram with a barrage of shrapnel. He suffered a 12-inch long gash in his best, exposing a punctured lung, a severed artery in his leg, and his chin was nearly blown off. Gene Autry flew in a doctor on his private plane before an ambulance arrived. The doctor, William Ince, was the son of famed silent film director Thomas Ince who pioneered Western movie making.
2
He claimed that he got some of his western sidekick roles because producers mistakenly thought they were hiring Pat Brady.
3
He was a staunch conservative Republican and personal friend of Ronald Reagan.
4
Pat Buttram's grandfather, Elijah Wilson Buttram (20 Jul 1843-3 Nov 1901) was a sergeant in Company H, 56th Georgia Infantry (Confederate) during the Civil War. The 56th fought throughout Kentucky, Georgia, Tennessee, Mississippi, and North Carolina.
5
Was a guest at the 1980 Memphis Film Festival.
6
He has two granddaughters named Natalie Galgano (born in 1985) and Angie Galgano (born in 1989).
7
In 2007 Pat's daughter Kerry Buttram-Galgano passed away from cancer at the age of 52.
8
He and his ex-wife Dorothy McFadden adopted a daughter together named Gayle.
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Pat and his first wife Dorothy McFadden adopted a daughter together named Gayle. When Buttram and McFadden divorced in 1945 McFadden never allowed Gayle to see Buttram again.
10
Joined WLS and the National Barn Dance in 1934. His dry wit and humor would allow him to spin all sorts of stories about his kin folk from down south. One of his self-appointed duties was to step on stage, snap his suspenders and announce to the audience that "...you can dance in the aisles and tear up the place if you want to - it don't belong to us!".
Has one biological daughter, Kerry, and one adopted daughter, Gayle.
13
A popular, in-demand toastmaster and after-dinner speaker in the Hollywood movie colony for many years, his good-natured jibes at Hollywood's elite are still quoted, and laughed at, among performers to this day.
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Interred at Maxwell Chapel, Haleyville, Alabama.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Gravedale High
1990
TV Series voice
Back to the Future Part III
1990
Jeb, Saloon Old-Timer #3
Return to Green Acres
1990
TV Movie
Mr. Haney
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
1988
Bullet #1 (voice)
The Good, the Bad, and Huckleberry Hound
1988
TV Movie
Red Eye the Bartender (voice)
Knight Rider
1986
TV Series
Buck
The Love Boat
1983
TV Series
The Chef
The Fall Guy
1983
TV Series
Pat Buttram
Father Murphy
1982
TV Series
Simon & Simon
1982
TV Series
Jonathan Evans
Darkroom
1981
TV Series
Tad Miller
Choices
1981
Pops
The Fox and the Hound
1981
Chief (voice)
The Dukes of Hazzard
1979
TV Series
Sam
The Sacketts
1979
TV Mini-Series
Tuthill
Angels' Brigade
1979
Van Salesman
The New Misadventures of Ichabod Crane
1979
TV Movie
Washington (voice)
Sam
1978
TV Series
Claude
The Rescuers
1977
Luke (voice)
Chico and the Man
1977
TV Series
Jeb Gibson
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
1976
Narrator
Emergency!
1974
TV Series
Hermit
Love, American Style
1970-1974
TV Series
Chief Ormie (segment "Love and the Competitors") / Pappy (segment "Love and the Country Girl") / Owen F. Birdwell (segment "Love and the Longest Night")
Robin Hood
1973
Sheriff of Nottingham - A Wolf (voice)
Adam-12
1973
TV Series
Drunk Man
Alias Smith and Jones
1972
TV Series
First Sheriff
Evil Roy Slade
1972
TV Movie
Narrator (voice, uncredited)
The Jimmy Stewart Show
1971
TV Series
Oscar Pettywhistle
The Gatling Gun
1971
Tin Pot
Green Acres
1965-1971
TV Series
Mr. Haney / Bartender / Prentiss the Peddler / ...
The AristoCats
1970
Napoleon (voice)
Howdy
1970
TV Movie
Petticoat Junction
1966-1969
TV Series
Mr. Haney
I Sailed to Tahiti with an All Girl Crew
1968
Blodgett
The Sweet Ride
1968
Texas Gambler
Pistols 'n' Petticoats
1966-1967
TV Series
Jake Turner / Pa Turner
Vacation Playhouse
1965
TV Series
Hardy Madison
Sergeant Dead Head
1965
The President
The Cara Williams Show
1965
TV Series
Charlie Paradise
The Munsters
1965
TV Series
Pop Mallory
The Hanged Man
1964
TV Movie
Otis Honeywell
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1964
TV Series
Emery / Charlie Hill
Roustabout
1964
Harry Carver
The Tycoon
1964
TV Series
Brian
Twilight of Honor
1963
Cole Clinton
Make Room for Daddy
1963
TV Series
Harvey Bullock
The Real McCoys
1961-1963
TV Series
Pat Clemens / Cousin Carl
Wild in the Country
1961
Mr. Longstreet (uncredited)
The Jim Backus Show
1961
TV Series
Barnaby Bates
The Gene Autry Show
1950-1955
TV Series
Pat Buttram / Pat / Deputy Pat Buttram / ...
Blue Canadian Rockies
1952
Rawhide
Wagon Team
1952
Deputy Pat Buttram
Barbed Wire
1952
Buckeye Buttram
Apache Country
1952
Pat Buttram
Night Stage to Galveston
1952
Pat Buttram
The Old West
1952
Panhandle Gibbs
Valley of Fire
1951
Breezie
The Hills of Utah
1951
Dusty Cosgrove
Silver Canyon
1951
Pat
Texans Never Cry
1951
Pecos Bates
Gene Autry and The Mounties
1951
Scat Russell
The Blazing Sun
1950
Mike
Indian Territory
1950
Shadrach Jones
Beyond the Purple Hills
1950
Mike Rawley
Mule Train
1950
Smokey Argyle
Riders in the Sky
1949
Chuckwalla
The Strawberry Roan
1948
Hank
National Barn Dance
1944
Pat Buttram
A Goofy Movie
1995
Possum Park Emcee (voice, as Pat Butrum)
Rugrats
1992
TV Series
Eddie
Garfield and Friends
1989-1991
TV Series
Cactus Jake / Cactus Joe / Cactus Jimmy / ...
Who's the Boss?
1990-1991
TV Series
Chappy
Tiny Toon Adventures
1991
TV Series
Bicycle Bob
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Make Room for Daddy
1963
TV Series performer - 1 episode
The Gene Autry Show
1951-1955
TV Series performer - 7 episodes
Night Stage to Galveston
1952
performer: "The Yellow Rose of Texas"
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Hee Haw
TV Series written by - 1 episode, 1970 writer - 1 episode, 1969
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
Edición Especial Coleccionista
2011
TV Series in memory of - 1 episode
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Jack L. Warner: The Last Mogul
1993
Documentary
Himself
Biography
1993
TV Series documentary
Himself
Harvey Shine Presents
1991
TV Series documentary
Himself (1991-1993)
The 7th Annual Golden Boot Awards
1989
TV Special
Himself
All-Star Party for 'Dutch' Reagan
1985
TV Special
Himself
Family Feud
1984
TV Series
Himself
The John Davidson Show
1982
TV Series
Himself
The Nashville Palace
1981
TV Series
Himself
When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion
1979
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Joys
1976
TV Special
Himself
The Dean Martin Show
1968-1973
TV Series
Himself
The Bobby Darin Show
1973
TV Series
Himself
The Vin Scully Show
1973
TV Series
Himself
The David Frost Show
1970-1972
TV Series
Himself
The Mouse Factory
1972
TV Series
Himself
This Is Your Life
1971
TV Series
Himself
The Merv Griffin Show
1970
TV Series
Himself
The Joey Bishop Show
1967-1969
TV Series
Himself / Himself - Guest Host
The Steve Allen Show
1969
TV Series
Himself
Allen Ludden's Gallery
1969
TV Series
Himself
Della
1969
TV Series
Himself
Operation: Entertainment
1968
TV Series
Himself
The Hollywood Squares
1967
TV Series
Himself - Center Square
The Ed Sullivan Show
1962-1967
TV Series
Himself - Comedian
The Linkletter Show
1967
TV Series
Himself
Danny Thomas Special: Danny Goes Country and Western
1966
TV Movie
Himself
Stan Laurel Funeral
1965
Documentary short
Himself
Arthur Godfrey in Hollywood
1962
TV Movie
Himself
The Tonight Show
1962
TV Series
Himself - Comic / Himself - Comedian
The Jack Paar Tonight Show
1961-1962
TV Series
Himself
The George Gobel Show
1956-1958
TV Series
Himself
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
Gene Autry: White Hat, Silver Screen
2007
TV Movie documentary
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
1994
In Memoriam Award
Golden Boot Awards
1988
Star on the Walk of Fame
Walk of Fame
Motion Picture
Awarded on August 18, 1988 at 6382 Hollywood Blvd.