Trivia

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.

During the filming of The Rainmaker (1956), a prop cannon exploded nearly killing Buttram with a barrage of shrapnel. He suffered a 12-inch long gash in his chest, 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.

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!".

He claimed that he got some of his western sidekick roles because producers mistakenly thought they were hiring Pat Brady.

He was a staunch conservative Republican and personal friend of Ronald Reagan.

Pat and his first wife Dorothy McFadden adopted a daughter together named Gayle. When Buttram and McFadden divorced in 1945 McFadden got custody of the child. Pat would see Gayle again when he was in the hospital, recovering from the accident that had nearly taken his life. Once she was an adult, she re-established contact with him.

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.

Has one biological daughter, Kerry, and one adopted daughter, Gayle.

Following his death, he was interred at the Maxwell Chapel United Methodist Church in Haleyville, Alabama.

Had two granddaughters named Natalie Galgano (born 1985) and Angie Galgano (born 1989).

In 2007 Pat's daughter Kerry Buttram-Galgano passed away from cancer at age 52.

He and his ex-wife Dorothy McFadden adopted a daughter together named Gayle.

Was a guest at the 1980 Memphis Film Festival.

He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6382 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on August 18, 1988.

Had exotropic strabismus.

Uncle of John Buttram.

Published biography: Pat Buttram: The Rocking-Chair Humorist, by Sandra Grabman. 2006. BearManor Media. ISBN 978-1593934262.