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Pat Buttram
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Actor Born: June 19, 1915 in Addison AL Death: January 8, 1994 in Los Angeles, CA Biography:The son of a circuit-riding Methodist minister, American actor "Pat Buttram" led a hand-to-mouth existence as a child. He managed to get a scholarship to study theology at Birmingham Southern College, where amateur theatricals captured his enthusiasm. Buttram's first professional job was as a morning announcer at a Birmingham station, bringing home a lofty six dollars per week. Heading for Chicago to see the 1933 World's Fair, Buttram began picking up comedy relief work on radio station WLS's National Barn Dance, where he worked with such stars-to-be as Homer & Jethro and teenaged "George Gobel" (who would later cite Buttram as his principal comic influence). One of the Barn Dance headliners was singing cowboy "Gene Autry", and when Autry inaugurated his starring radio series Melody Ranch in the 1940s, Buttram came aboard as comedy relief. Together, Autry and Buttram would make... Full Biography
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