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Sam Buffington
Swansea, Massachusetts, USA
Sam Buffington (October 12, 1931 â 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 râĤ
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Sam Buffington (October 12, 1931 â 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
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1961
Whispering Smith
TV show John Richards
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1960
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
TV show Vic Trenton
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1959
Bourbon Street Beat
TV show Junius Rattner
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1959
Blue Denim
Movie Abortionist
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1959
They Came to Cordura
Movie
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1959
Black Saddle
TV show Noah Bailey
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1958
Unwed Mother
Movie John Pauley
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1958
Behind Closed Doors
TV show Horne
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1958
Wanted: Dead or Alive
TV show Fred the Bartender
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1958
The Light in the Forest
Movie George Owens
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1958
King Creole
Movie Dr. Martin Cabot (uncredited)
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1958
Damn Citizen
Movie DeButts
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1958
The Brothers Karamazov
Movie Tipsy Merchant
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1958
The Rawhide Trail
Movie James Willard
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1957
Maverick
TV show Ponca Brown
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1957
Invasion of the Saucer Men
Movie Col. Ambrose, USAF
More credits
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1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV show Waldren
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1955
Cheyenne
TV show Chester
