Butch Patrick was born on Patrick Alan Lilley; August 2,1953 and is an American actor and musician.
16 Facts About Butch Patrick
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Butch Patrick Alan Lilley was born on August 2,1953, in Inglewood, California.
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Butch Patrick was spotted by a talent agent at the age of seven, which led to a series of appearances in television commercials and guest appearances on TV shows.
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Butch Patrick was the one who got me started and gave me all the encouragement.
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Butch Patrick always wanted to be an actress and was on the casting call sheet one day.
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Butch Patrick was asked if there were any other children at home.
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Butch Patrick told them about me, and I got some small roles, then some bigger ones.
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In 1964, Butch Patrick landed the role of child werewolf Eddie Munster, starring alongside Fred Gwynne as Herman Munster, Yvonne De Carlo as Lily Munster and Al Lewis as Grandpa, on the CBS television series The Munsters, a fantasy situation comedy loosely based on Universal's movie monsters.
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The role of Eddie was originally portrayed by child actor Happy Derman in the pilot episode before Butch Patrick was ultimately selected out of hundreds of boys for the role.
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Butch Patrick was asked if he had kept in touch with his on-screen family after The Munsters was canceled, especially De Carlo, who died on January 8,2007.
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In 1971, Butch Patrick landed the starring role on Sid and Marty Krofft's Saturday morning children's program Lidsville, broadcast on ABC.
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In 1975, Butch Patrick left acting to work for his father and began to learn to play the bass guitar.
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In 2007 Butch Patrick recorded a song "It's Only Halloween" that was released on Park Lane Drive Records.
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In 2002, Butch Patrick co-hosted Macabre Theatre with Natalie Popovich aka "Ivonna Cadaver".
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Butch Patrick made a cameo appearance in the 2005 retro-horror film Frankenstein vs the Creature from Blood Cove, directed by William Winckler, playing a man who had become a werewolf, speaking a line of dialogue in comical reference to The Munsters.
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On September 11,2016, Butch Patrick married his longtime girlfriend Leila Murray.