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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
October 12, 1931
Died
May 15, 1960
Place of Birth
Swansea, Massachusetts, USA
Sam Buffington
0.2 Popularity
Biography
Sam Buffington (October 12, 1931 – May 15, 1960) was an American actor whose short career included performances on stage, radio, film, and television. He was the star of the CBS radio series Luke Slaughter of Tombstone during 1958 and was one of three regular cast members on the Whispering Smith television series. While Buffington's wife Pat was in Palm Springs, California, he wrote a note to her, locked himself in the bathroom, sealed air passages under the door and window, and turned on a gas jet. When she returned home on Sunday evening, May 15, 1960, she had to break-in the bathroom door. Buffington was dead; his note apologized to her for not being able to support her, and requested cremation. Buffington's friends expressed surprise at the note, since he had made over $20,000 the year before and had good career prospects
Known For
5.3
John Richards
Whispering Smith
1961
6.2
Vic Trenton
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
1960
4.9
Abortionist
Blue Denim
1959
6.6
They Came to Cordura
1959
6.0
Noah Bailey
Black Saddle
1959
4.5
John Pauley
Unwed Mother
1958
0.0
Horne
Behind Closed Doors
1958
6.8
Fred the Bartender
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958
6.8
George Owens
The Light in the Forest
1958
6.3
Dr. Martin Cabot (uncredited)
King Creole
1958
Credits
Whispering Smith
as John Richards
1961
5.3
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
as Vic Trenton
1960
6.2
Blue Denim
as Abortionist
1959
4.9
They Came to Cordura
1959
6.6
Black Saddle
as Noah Bailey
1959
6.0
Unwed Mother
as John Pauley
1958
4.5
Behind Closed Doors
as Horne
1958
0.0
Wanted: Dead or Alive
as Fred the Bartender
1958
6.8
The Light in the Forest
as George Owens
1958
6.8
King Creole
as Dr. Martin Cabot (uncredited)
1958
6.3
Damn Citizen
as DeButts
1958
0.0
The Brothers Karamazov
as Tipsy Merchant
1958
6.6
The Rawhide Trail
as James Willard
1958
0.0
Maverick
as Ponca Brown
1957
6.9
Maverick
as Logan
1957
6.9
Maverick
as Bigelow
1957
6.9
Invasion of the Saucer-Men
as Col. Ambrose, USAF
1957
4.8
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Waldren
1955
7.8
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Smalley
1955
7.8