Who met Pat Buttram?
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camelxtc — 20 years ago(October 30, 2005 02:13 PM)
my dad has told me stories of this distant uncle i had who was in was in all these movies and his name was pat buttram and it looks like he is in all the same things my dad told me. i never met him though and neither did my dad.i always thought it was cool that he was my uncle even if it was three times removed or something like that.
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defconmatrix — 20 years ago(December 11, 2005 10:12 PM)
I was Pat's driver in 1975. He was a wonderfully charming human being who was loved and respected by so many in and out of the industry. I did not know his wife but had met his daughter at their home in Northridge.
His personal secretary was a good friend at the time and threw the two of us together. I am forever grateful to her for the effort. And forever owing to the man who had never made fun of others in his humor.
Gene Autry was one of his closest friends. It was not uncommon to hear the phone ring and find Mr. Autry on the other end with his sidekick. One of Pat's best jokes was about Mr. Autry. He would say "You know at the end of the over 200 movies Gene and I made you would see Gene riding off into the sunset now he owns it". Mr. Autry as we know was the owner of the California Angels at the time.
One last note. Pat had the deepest love for his wife. He was in love with her at the end of her life and if he held true to character I would guess that didn't change over the next 20 years. -
mrhaney2010 — 20 years ago(December 30, 2005 09:37 PM)
Awesome! Responses I needed from people who are related, neighbors, or drivers for Pat. He will always be my role model, he inspires me to get into acting and comedy. In my heart Pat will always live forever.
Pat Buttram
1905-1994
We'll miss you budd111cy. -
HoferPM-1 — 18 years ago(June 04, 2007 11:48 AM)
This is all so interesting! I was watching TCM this morning and saw a movie called Railroaded. It starred Sheila Ryan and Hugh Beaumont. I looked up Sheila Ryan, who was very pretty, and found her married to three mov1c84ie men that I remembered, especially Pat Buttram. He was the funniest and I loved Green Acres.
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renwest-1 — 18 years ago(September 30, 2007 10:33 PM)
I was in charge of Security at the Queen Mary/Spruce Goose in Long Beach, California back in the mid 1980's. During a function in the dome, which housed the Goose, I walked past Pat Buttrum and Gene Autry both as they were seperately exiting the building. Pat appeared to be by himself in the crowd of people but Gene was being escorted by a woman, if I remember correctly. Probably his wife. Pat's character irritated me in Green Acres but I loved him in Back to the Future III.
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lancec50-74-448131 — 14 years ago(June 06, 2011 10:28 PM)
Why I decided to search for entries on Pat Buttram tonight, I have no idea. After this question was asked more than six years ago, I have an answer. Yes, I met Pat Buttram and got to know him abou2000t 35 years ago. I have an autographed photo of him that he inscribed to me unsolicited. It was a surprise. After a day together, we became quick pals, and he even offered hospitality to me whenever I was in Los Angeles. He lived on Magnolia in Van Nuys at the time. Pat had a tremendous wit. Even his voice, by itself, was a riot. While he was known mostly as an actor, I think he should have been a comedy writer. He was a funny guy. Obviously, I think of him occasionally.
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jknuttel-2 — 13 years ago(April 08, 2012 12:28 PM)
I met him very briefly at the Lone Pine Film Festival in 1994 (i.e., just long enough to say hello). He was on the festival's guest panel which was help outdoors on the lawn of Lone Pine's high school. During the panel discussion a police car with its siren blaring wizzed by on near-by California Highway 395. As the car and siren faded into the distance, Mr. Buttram stated, "They're takin' Autry to the bank!"
Years earlier I went to work for a company and was told on my first day that the company's president was named Mr. Haney. I didn't say anything at the time but I thought to myself, "Oh, no! He'll probably come up to me and say, 'Isn't it an honor to work for this company. That'll be 20 dollars, please.'" -
jwells97 — 12 years ago(November 22, 2013 07:29 PM)
Well, I sure feel like I've met Pat. While researching and writing his biography (
Pat Buttram, the Rocking-Chair Humorist
), I regularly communicated with his daughters and visited his sister, brother, nieces and nephews. On one of those visits, his niece had me stay at her house. About my 3rd day there, she said, "You know that bed you've been sleeping in? That used to be Uncle Pat's bed." Wow! Looking with his very sweet relatives at the family photos was an awesome experience, too. They had such great memories of their little brother/uncle Pat.
One of the posters said that Pat should've been a comedy writer. Guess what. He was! Many of his original jokes are scattered throughout the book. He wrote jokes for many of his comedian-friends and even President Reagan. -
Lil_john95228 — 9 years ago(June 26, 2016 02:25 PM)
I never met him. But when I was a kid in the mid to late 90s. My best friends lived in the Jamestown apartments in California. An the kid next door who we used to hang out with. Told me how he was his grandfather. I don't think I remember the kids first name. But it may have been john buttram
