Known For
Acting
Born
Oct 12, 1931
Died
May 15, 1960
Place of Birth
Swansea, Massachusetts, USA
Credits
18 titles
Sam Buffington
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
Filmography
Whispering Smith
John Richards
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
Vic Trenton
Bourbon Street Beat
Junius Rattner
Blue Denim
Abortionist
They Came to Cordura
Black Saddle
Noah Bailey
Unwed Mother
John Pauley
Behind Closed Doors
Horne
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Fred the Bartender
The Light in the Forest
George Owens
King Creole
Dr. Martin Cabot (uncredited)
Damn Citizen
DeButts
The Brothers Karamazov
Tipsy Merchant
The Rawhide Trail
James Willard
Maverick
Ponca Brown
Invasion of the Saucer Men
Col. Ambrose, USAF
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Waldren
Cheyenne
Chester