Acting
Community Rating
6.4
TMDB estimate
Born
October 12, 1931
Died
May 15, 1960 (age 28)
Born in
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

Whispering Smith
as John Richards
1961

The Barbara Stanwyck Show
as Vic Trenton
1960

Bourbon Street Beat
as Junius Rattner
1959

Blue Denim
as Abortionist
1959

They Came to Cordura
1959

Black Saddle
as Noah Bailey
1959

Unwed Mother
as John Pauley
1958

Behind Closed Doors
as Horne
1958

Wanted: Dead or Alive
as Fred the Bartender
1958

The Light in the Forest
as George Owens
1958

King Creole
as Dr. Martin Cabot (uncredited)
1958

Damn Citizen
as DeButts
1958

The Brothers Karamazov
as Tipsy Merchant
1958

The Rawhide Trail
as James Willard
1958

Maverick
as Ponca Brown
1957

Invasion of the Saucer Men
as Col. Ambrose, USAF
1957

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Waldren
1955