Pat Buttram

Pat Buttram
as "Mr. Haney" on Green Acres
Born	Maxwell Emmett Buttram (1915-06-19)June 19, 1915 Addison, Alabama, U.S.
Died	January 8, 1994(1994-01-08) (aged 78) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Cause of death	Renal failure
Resting place	Maxwell Chapel, United Methodist Church Haleyville, Alabama, U.S.
Alma mater	Birmingham-Southern College
Occupation	Actor, writer
Years active	1944–1994
Political party	Republican
Spouse(s)	Dorothy McFadden (m. 1936; div. 1946) Sheila Ryan (m. 1952; her death 1975)
Children	2

Maxwell Emmett "Pat" Buttram (June 19, 1915 – January 8, 1994) was an American actor, 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 which, in his own words, "never quite made it through puberty".

Buttram was born in Addison in Winston County, 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 "Pat" Buttram was a year old, his father was transferred to Nauvoo, Alabama. Buttram graduated from Mortimer Jordan High School, which was then located in Morris, Alabama, then entered Birmingham–Southern College to study for the Methodist ministry.

Buttram performed in college plays and on a local radio station, before he became a regular on the National Barn Dance in Chicago, Illinois. He also had his own program on CBS.

Buttram went to Hollywood in the 1940s and became a "sidekick" to Roy Rogers. However, since Rogers already had two regulars, Buttram was soon dropped. He was then picked by Gene Autry, recently returned from his World War II service in the Army Air Force, to work with him. Buttram would co-star with Gene Autry in more than 40 films, and in over 100 episodes of Autry's television show.

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