Editing Butch Patrick (section)

==Life and career==
Patrick Alan Lilley was born on August 2, 1953,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vindy.com/news/2008/aug/02/magazine-gets-rights-to-brangelina-babies/|title=Today's birthdays|date=August 2, 2008|work=Youngstown Vindicator|access-date=June 22, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140225010724/http://www.vindy.com/news/2008/aug/02/magazine-gets-rights-to-brangelina-babies/|archive-date=February 25, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=TCM>[https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/148561%7C25203/Butch-Patrick/ "Butch Patrick"]. [[Turner Classic Movies]]. Retrieved April 28, 2018.</ref><ref name="Portsmouth Daily Times">{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=i0NGAAAAIBAJ&pg=4737,279677|title=Munster actor involved in crash|page=B5|date=July 4, 1996|work=[[Portsmouth Daily Times]]}}</ref> in [[Inglewood, California]]. He 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. In 1961 he made his feature-film debut<ref name=TCM/> in the [[20th Century Fox]] comedy–fantasy ''[[The Two Little Bears]]'', in which he co-starred with [[Eddie Albert]] and [[Jane Wyatt]].<ref name=TCM/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=C1QlAAAAIBAJ&pg=785,1052125&dq=the-two-little-bears+butch&hl=en|title=Sunday Matinee – The Two Little Bears|page=2|date=December 21, 1961|work=The Hinton News}}</ref>

Over the next two years, Patrick went on to appear in guest-starring roles on numerous television series, including ''[[Ben Casey]]'', ''[[Alcoa Premiere]]'', ''[[Bonanza]]'', ''[[My Favorite Martian]]'', ''[[Gunsmoke]]'', ''[[Mister Ed]]'', and ''[[Rawhide (TV series)|Rawhide]]'' and recurring roles on ''[[The Real McCoys]]'' and ''[[General Hospital]]''.<ref name="The Deseret News">{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=yodhAAAAIBAJ&pg=5648,4799523|title=Butch Patrick Owes Career To Sister|first=Howard|last=Pearson|date=February 24, 1968|work=The Deseret News}}</ref><ref name="The Milwaukee Journal 1">{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=vmYaAAAAIBAJ&pg=5608,1241759|title=You Asked… Tell Me…|first=Kathy|last=Naab|date=February 26, 1989|work=The Milwaukee Journal}}</ref><ref name="The Evening Independent">{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=U8FRAAAAIBAJ&pg=5900,4101119|title=Janice Rule stars with Butch Patrick|date=March 28, 1963|work=The Evening Independent}}</ref><ref name="The Milwaukee Sentinel">{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=vEUxAAAAIBAJ&pg=6598,6494123|title=Being a little 'Munster' wasn't so horrible|first=Jerry|last=Resler|date=October 28, 1983|work=The Milwaukee Sentinel}}</ref> These roles would have him appear opposite headliners including [[Judy Garland]], [[Burt Lancaster]], and [[Sidney Poitier]].<ref name=TCM/>

When recounting how he began his acting career, Patrick explained "I owe my career to my sister. She was the one who got me started and gave me all the encouragement. She always wanted to be an actress and was on the casting call sheet one day. She was asked if there were any other children at home. She told them about me, and I got some small roles, then some bigger ones..."<ref name="The Deseret News"/>

In 1964 while living in [[Geneseo, Illinois]], just east of the [[Quad Cities]], 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 (actor)|Al Lewis]] as [[Grandpa (The Munsters)|Grandpa]], on the [[CBS]] television series ''[[The Munsters]]'', a fantasy situation comedy loosely based on [[Universal Monsters|Universal's movie monsters]].<ref name="The Deseret News"/><ref name="The Milwaukee Sentinel"/><ref name="The Seattle Times">{{cite web |url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/entertainment/2002020521_munsters31.html |title="Eddie Munster" looks back |first=Mark |last=Rahner |date=August 31, 2004 |work=The Seattle Times |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071224191042/http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/entertainment/2002020521_munsters31.html |archive-date=2007-12-24 }}</ref> The role of Eddie was originally portrayed by child actor Happy Derman in the pilot episode before Patrick was ultimately selected out of hundreds of boys for the role.<ref name="The Seattle Times"/>

When asked how he landed the role of Eddie, Patrick recalled "I had a lot of experience. But maybe it was because my fangs were my own teeth. My teeth were so bad, that even when I closed my mouth they stuck out. I was about a head smaller than the other kids, and they liked that because it played off Herman's height."<ref name="The Milwaukee Sentinel"/> Living on the East Coast at the time, Patrick commuted to Los Angeles every week during filming of the series, appearing in 70 episodes during ''The Munsters''{{'}} two-season run from 1964 to 1966.<ref name="The Milwaukee Journal 1"/><ref name="The Calgary Herald">{{cite web |url=http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/entertainment/story.html?id=2d48ff32-6e84-4421-b23c-d20661780c0b |title=Eddie cashes in on the Munsters |date=July 5, 2008 |work=The Calgary Herald |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100608014952/http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/entertainment/story.html?id=2d48ff32-6e84-4421-b23c-d20661780c0b |archive-date=2010-06-08 }}</ref>

In an April 2017 interview, when asked if he recalled his TV mother (Yvonne De Carlo) hiding tiny portions of dialogue around the set, attaching them to props to help jog her memory, so the dialogue could be added to her performance: "No, not in ''The Munsters'' she wasn't doing that. Maybe later in life. Because sometimes your memory starts slipping on you. But that's a great idea, actually! I'll have to remember that!".<ref name="ComingSoon.net">{{cite web|url=http://www.comingsoon.net/horror/features/839921-interview-butch-patrick-remembers-the-munsters |title=Interview: Butch Patrick Remembers The Munsters|publisher=ComingSoon.net|date=April 21, 2017 |access-date=February 2, 2018}}</ref>

He also 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. He replied, "No, after the show ended, everyone went their own ways. But in the early '80s, I contacted Al Lewis and we became friends and I started attaching myself to the Munster name and brand. And then 10 years after that I started talking to Yvonne. I was actually a guest on ''The Vicki Lawrence Show''{{efn|name=Vicki|Although Butch Patrick said he appeared on ''The Vicki Lawrence Show'', he actually meant the ''[[Vicki!]]'' talk show, episode aired February 3, 1994.<ref>{{IMDb title|tt1704133|Vicki!, Episode dated February 3, 1994}}</ref>}} where I was this surprise guest brought out for Yvonne and after that we became friends. I started visiting her and she was somewhat of a recluse, living in North Los Angeles and I introduced her to this guy in Hollywood who would send her care packages, movies to watch and sort of get her back in the loop of Hollywood."<ref name="ComingSoon.net"/>

After ''The Munsters'' ended, Patrick continued to appear in guest-starring roles on various popular television series of the 1960s, including ''[[I Dream of Jeannie]]'', ''[[Death Valley Days]]'', ''[[Gunsmoke]]'' , ''[[The Monkees (TV series)|The Monkees]]'', ''[[Daniel Boone (1964 TV series)|Daniel Boone]]'', and ''[[Adam-12]]'', as well as a recurring role as Gordon Dearing on the [[CBS]] family comedy series ''[[My Three Sons]]''.<ref name="The Deseret News"/><ref name="The Milwaukee Sentinel"/> During this time, Patrick also appeared in several [[Walt Disney Pictures|Disney]] films, including ''[[The Young Loner]]'', ''[[The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band]]'', and ''Way Down Cellar'' on TV's ''[[The Wonderful World of Disney]]''.<ref name=Disney>{{Imdb title|561403|"Way Down Cellar" on "The Wonderful World of Disney", S14.E14 (1968)}}</ref> He also portrayed the role of Milo in the [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer|MGM]] live-action/animated film ''[[The Phantom Tollbooth (film)|The Phantom Tollbooth]]'', <ref name="The Deseret News"/><ref name="The Milwaukee Sentinel"/> which had been filmed in 1967 and completed in 1968, but was held up from release until late 1970 due to internal studio problems.

[[File:Lidsville Butch Patrick 1971.jpg|thumb|right|283px|Patrick as Mark with the hats in ''[[Lidsville]]'', 1971]]

In 1971, Patrick landed the starring role on [[Sid and Marty Krofft]]'s Saturday morning children's program ''[[Lidsville]]'', broadcast on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]].<ref name="The Calgary Herald"/><ref name="Lewiston Morning Tribune">{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=TKJfAAAAIBAJ&pg=1698,4052934&dq=butch-patrick+munsters&hl=en|title=Was With Spooks – Butch Patrick|date=September 19, 1971|work=Lewiston Morning Tribune}}</ref> In the psychedelic fantasy series, Patrick portrayed Mark, a boy lost in a strange land of walking, talking, singing hats, opposite veteran character actors [[Charles Nelson Reilly]] and [[Billie Hayes]].<ref name="The Seattle Times"/><ref name="The New York Times">{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/27/arts/television/27itzk.html?fta=y|title=How Do You Top 'H.R. Pufnstuf?'|first=Dave|last=Itzkoff|date=February 27, 2005|work=The New York Times}}</ref> The show was in production from 1971 to 1973.<ref name="The New York Times"/>

In 1975, Patrick left acting to work for his father and began to learn to play the [[bass guitar]].<ref name="The Seattle Times"/><ref name="The Milwaukee Journal 2">{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=8G4aAAAAIBAJ&pg=6235,5803976|title=A Munster turns to rock|first=Divina|last=Infusino|date=October 28, 1983|work=The Milwaukee Journal}}</ref> In 1983, he recorded the song, "Whatever Happened to Eddie?" (b/w "Little Monsters"), with several instrumentalists and backup singers under the group name "Eddie and the Monsters."<ref name="The Milwaukee Journal 1"/><ref name="The Milwaukee Sentinel"/><ref name="The Milwaukee Journal 2"/> Set to the tune of the ''Munsters'' theme, the song details his life as a Munster. ("You might wonder why I have a dragon for a pet—well, he's just there to keep me company on the set.")<ref name="The Milwaukee Journal 1"/><ref name="The Milwaukee Sentinel"/><ref name="The Milwaukee Journal 2"/> The single was released by Rocshire Records.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/release/6948690-Butch-Patrick-Eddie-The-Monsters-What-Ever-Happened-To-Eddie|title=Butch Patrick, Eddie & The Monsters - What Ever Happened To Eddie|website=[[Discogs.com]]|accessdate=May 27, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.45cat.com/record/xr95041|title=45cat - Butch Patrick - What Ever Happened to Eddie? / Little Monsters|website=45cat.com|accessdate=May 27, 2023}}</ref> In 2007 Patrick recorded a song "It's Only Halloween" that was released on Park Lane Drive Records.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/its-only-halloween-mw0001313404 | title=Butch Patrick - It's Only Halloween Album Reviews, Songs & More &#124; AllMusic | website=[[AllMusic]] }}</ref>

In addition to his music, Patrick returned to occasional film and television work, including making cameo appearances as "Himself" on episodes of the [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] animated television series ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the 2003 comedy film ''[[Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star]]'', as well as appearing as a grown-up Eddie Munster in a [[Little Caesars|Little Caesars Pizza]] commercial.<ref name="Portsmouth Daily Times"/><ref name="The Seattle Times"/><ref name="The Calgary Herald"/>

In 2002, Patrick co-hosted ''Macabre Theatre'' with Natalie Popovich, aka "Ivonna Cadaver". That same year he also appeared in the first episode of the [[E! Network]] celebrity dating [[reality television]] show ''[[Star Dates]]''.

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''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.houseofhorrors.com/crypt/pages/recent_reviews/article_1861.shtml|title=House of Horrors - Horror News Now!!!!|website=www.houseofhorrors.com}}</ref>