This is a list of notable TV actors who were Methodists:
Rue McClanahan - Famed actress of Maude and The Golden Girls she was raised by Methodist parents in Oklahoma and throughout her life she identified herself as a Methodist based on her religious upbringing. She once said, "There are three things I love; animals, my Golden Girls, and being a Methodist".
Fred Gwynne - Best remembered for his role as Herman on The Munsters he was was affliated with the Methodist church from a young age and when he died he was laid to rest in a Methodist cemetery which is known as the Sandymount United Methodist Church graveyard in Finksburg, Maryland.
James Arness - Star of Gunsmoke he, and his brother the late Peter Graves, were raised in the Methodist church by German parents.
Pat Buttram - He starred as Mr. Hanney on Green Acres. His father was a Methodist minister and therefore Buttram was raised and became a lifelong member of the Methodist church. He is even interred at the cemetery located next to the Maxwell Chapel United Methodist Church.
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