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Pat Buttram (Maxwell Emmett Buttram) was born on 19 June, 1915 in Addison, Alabama, U.S., is an American character actor (1915–1994). Discover Pat Buttram's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 79 years old?

Popular As Maxwell Emmett Buttram
Occupation Actor, writer
Age 79 years old
Zodiac Sign Gemini
Born 19 June, 1915
Birthday 19 June
Birthplace Addison, Alabama, U.S.
Date of death 1994
Died Place Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Nationality United States

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Pat Buttram Height, Weight & Measurements

At 79 years old, Pat Buttram height is 6' (1.83 m) .

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Height 6' (1.83 m)
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Who Is Pat Buttram's Wife?

His wife is Dorothy McFadden (m. 1936-1946) Sheila Ryan (m. 1952-1975)

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Wife Dorothy McFadden (m. 1936-1946) Sheila Ryan (m. 1952-1975)
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Children 2 (1 adopted)

Pat Buttram Net Worth

His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Pat Buttram worth at the age of 79 years old? Pat Buttram’s income source is mostly from being a successful Actor. He is from United States. We have estimated Pat Buttram's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.

Net Worth in 2024 $1 Million - $5 Million
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1915

Maxwell Emmett "Pat" Buttram (June 19, 1915 – January 8, 1994) was an American character actor.

Buttram was known for playing the sidekick of Gene Autry and for playing the character of Mr. Haney in the television series Green Acres.

He had a distinctive voice that, in his own words, "never quite made it through puberty."

Buttram was born on June 19, 1915, in Addison, Alabama, to Wilson McDaniel Buttram, a Methodist minister, and his wife, Mary Emmett Maxwell.

He had an older brother, Augustus McDaniel Buttram, and five other elder siblings.

When young "Pat", as he was called, was a year old, his father was transferred to Nauvoo, Alabama.

Buttram graduated from Mortimer Jordan High School, then located in Morris, Alabama, and entered Birmingham–Southern College to study for the Methodist ministry.

Buttram performed in college plays and on a local radio station, then became a regular on the National Barn Dance broadcast on WLS (AM) in Chicago.

He also had his own program on CBS.

1936

In 1936, Buttram married Dorothy McFadden.

1940

Buttram went to Hollywood in the 1940s and became a sidekick to Roy Rogers.

However, because Rogers already had two regulars, Buttram was dropped.

He was then picked by Gene Autry, recently returned from his World War II service in the U.S. Army Air Corps.

Buttram co-starred with Autry in more than 40 films and in over 100 episodes of his television show.

In the late 1940s, Buttram joined Autry on his radio show Melody Ranch and then on television with The Gene Autry Show.

During the first television season, Buttram went by Pat or Patrick, with a variety of last names.

From the second season forward, he used his own name.

1946

The couple adopted a daughter but divorced in 1946.

1948

Buttram's first Autry film was The Strawberry Roan in 1948.

1952

In 1952, he married actress Sheila Ryan; they were together until her death in 1975.

1954

They had a daughter named Kathrine (nicknamed Kerry), born in 1954.

1965

Buttram also played Mr. Eustace Haney in the 1965–1971 television comedy Green Acres.

He did voice work for several Disney animated features, playing Napoleon (hound dog) in The Aristocats, the Sheriff of Nottingham (a wolf) in Robin Hood, Luke (muskrat) in The Rescuers, Chief (hunting dog) in The Fox and the Hound, and one of the Toon bullets in Who Framed Roger Rabbit.

He had a recurring role as the voice of Cactus Jake on Garfield and Friends.

One of his later roles was a cameo in Back to the Future Part III.

His final voice-over was A Goofy Movie, released a year after his death.

1969

Buttram is credited as one of the writers on the Hee Haw television show for two episodes in 1969 and 1970.

1971

Buttram made the oft-quoted observation about the 1971 "rural purge," in which CBS canceled many programs with a rural theme or setting: "CBS canceled everything with a tree in it – including Lassie," referring to the cancellations of Green Acres, The Beverly Hillbillies and Petticoat Junction.

1980

Buttram retired from acting in 1980 and made his home in his native Winston County, Alabama.

However, he returned to California, where he made frequent personal appearances.

Buttram was a staunch Republican who helped Ronald Reagan spice up his speeches with political quips.

1987

In 1987, Buttram returned to television with Gene Autry on Melody Ranch Theater on The Nashville Network.

It featured Gene Autry's classic Western movies, cut down for television, with original opening and closing segments of America's first singing cowboy and his comedic sidekick reminiscing about the making of the movies and events in the industry at the time.

1988

In 1988, Buttram was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and one on the "Alabama Stars of Fame" in Birmingham, Alabama.

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1993

In 1993, Buttram expressed surprise that with the inauguration of Bill Clinton and Al Gore as president of the United States and vice president of the United States, respectively, so many Hollywood actors were "taken with that whole country-boy image they tried to project".

According to his niece Mary Buttram Young, "Uncle Pat would always say 'I'm from Alabama – I can see right through that'."

1994

Buttram died in 1994 at the age of 78 of kidney failure at the UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles, California.

He is interred at the cemetery at the Maxwell Chapel United Methodist Church in the Pebble community near Haleyville, Alabama.