🎬 Movies Mates PEOPLE
Sam Buffington
Acting
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 cr…
Read full 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
Biography expanded
BODY OF WORK
Sam Buffington's Filmography
Select any movie to open its full Movies Mates details page.
Blue Denim
as Abortionist
They Came to Cordura
Unwed Mother
as John Pauley
The Light in the Forest
as George Owens
King Creole
as Dr. Martin Cabot (uncredited)
Damn Citizen
as DeButts
The Brothers Karamazov
as Tipsy Merchant
The Rawhide Trail
as James Willard
Invasion of the Saucer Men
as Col. Ambrose, USAF