Sam Buffington
Acting
1931-10-12 · Swansea, Massachusetts, USA
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
Filmography(21)
tvWhispering Smith
as John Richards · 1961 · 5.8
tvThe Barbara Stanwyck Show
as Vic Trenton · 1960 · 6.4
tvBourbon Street Beat
as Junius Rattner · 1959 · 6.0
movieBlue Denim
as Abortionist · 1959 · 5.2
movieThey Came to Cordura
as · 1959 · 6.6
tvBlack Saddle
as Noah Bailey · 1959 · 6.2
movieUnwed Mother
as John Pauley · 1958 · 5.2
tvBehind Closed Doors
as Horne · 1958 · 8.0
tvWanted: Dead or Alive
as Fred the Bartender · 1958 · 7.0
tvWanted: Dead or Alive
as Hap Haefer · 1958 · 7.0
movieThe Light in the Forest
as George Owens · 1958 · 6.7
movieKing Creole
as Dr. Martin Cabot (uncredited) · 1958 · 6.4
movieDamn Citizen
as DeButts · 1958 · 8.0
movieThe Brothers Karamazov
as Tipsy Merchant · 1958 · 6.6
movieThe Rawhide Trail
as James Willard · 1958 · 8.0
tvMaverick
as Ponca Brown · 1957 · 6.9
tvMaverick
as Logan · 1957 · 6.9
tvMaverick
as Bigelow · 1957 · 6.9
movieInvasion of the Saucer Men
as Col. Ambrose, USAF · 1957 · 4.9
tvAlfred Hitchcock Presents
as Waldren · 1955 · 7.8
tvAlfred Hitchcock Presents
as Smalley · 1955 · 7.8