Skip to main content
Sam Buffington

Sam Buffington

Actor · 1931 – 1960 · 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

Movies9

  • Movie6.4

    King Creole

    1958 · 113 votes

  • Movie6.5

    The Brothers Karamazov

    1958 · 52 votes

  • Movie6.6

    They Came to Cordura

    1959 · 38 votes

  • Movie6.7

    The Light in the Forest

    1958 · 19 votes

  • Movie4.9
  • Movie8.0

    The Rawhide Trail

    1958 · 1 votes

  • Movie5.2

    Blue Denim

    1959 · 12 votes

  • Movie5.2

    Unwed Mother

    1958 · 6 votes

  • Movie8.0

    Damn Citizen

    1958 · 1 votes

Series9

  • TV7.0

    Maverick

    1957 · 43 votes

  • TV6.2

    Cheyenne

    1955 · 26 votes

  • TV7.1

    Wanted: Dead or Alive

    1958 · 38 votes

  • TV7.8

    Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    1955 · 268 votes

  • TV6.4
  • TV6.2

    Black Saddle

    1959 · 5 votes

  • TV6.0

    Bourbon Street Beat

    1959 · 2 votes

  • TV8.0

    Behind Closed Doors

    1958 · 1 votes

  • TV5.8

    Whispering Smith

    1961 · 4 votes