Biography for
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Date of Birth

2 August 1953, Los Angeles, California, USA

Birth Name

Patrick Alan Lilley

Height

5' 7" (1.70 m)

Mini Biography

As a youngster, Patrick played "Eddie Munster" on "The Munsters" (1964) and starred in the Krofft Saturday morning series "Lidsville" (1971). He tried retiring from show business, but when money ran short, he returned with a musical group called "Eddie and the Monsters". He also worked with MTV to create "The Basement Tapes", a program designed to give exposure to unsigned musical acts.

IMDb Mini Biography By: Ray Hamel

Trivia

Butch's stepfather is former pro baseball player Ken Hunt.

Has a half-sister named Kerry Lynn Sprick (formerly Kerry Lynn Hunt).

Formed a band called "Eddie and the Monsters" in 1983 and got a mild hit off the novelty song "What Ever Happened to Eddie?" The video got some airplay and was the instigator for MTV's "The BasementTapes," which was a showcase for unsigned bands.

Once played himself on an episode of "The Simpsons" (1989).

Usually booked solid for Halloween parties and events due to his "Munsters" association.

Ranked #45 in VH1's list of the "100 Greatest Kid Stars"

Attended the 2007 Twilight Zone Convention at the Hilton Hasbrouck Heights, Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey, August 4-5, 2007.

Best friends of former child actors: Brandon Cruz, Danny Bonaduce and Bill Mumy.

Best known by the public for his role as Eddie Munster on "The Munsters" (1964).

Suffered a near-fatal drug overdose days after walking out of a rehabilitation center in New Jersey earlier in November 2010. He had checked in to treat his cocaine addiction and to recover from the breakup with his fiancé, Donna McCall, a former NFL cheerleader, with whom he had moved to New Jersey [November 24, 2010].

His agent is Jodi Ritzen.

Personal Quotes

I straightened my own life out in my own time. Maybe I should have gone to rehab, but I didn't. A little man inside me said it was time to get my life in order.

[on making $600 a year at Universal Studios] They put makeup on me, and that was the character. I used the back lot as my private little entertainment center.

[on working on the Donna Douglas project] Believe it or not. I've had a hard time developing financing.

Most of my memories weren't really while filming, but running around the back lot, going to the laboratory, where they were making all of the monsters for the other movies, in the makeup department, and the special effects department. That's what I enjoyed.

[When Yvonne De Carlo was the last-minute replacement to play Lily Munster] I have to interject something here. I never really thought about this, but can you imagine the difference of "The Munsters" (1964) opening clip with Fred Gwynne as "Herman Munster" and then Joan Marshall as "Phoebe"? It doesn't have the same impact as Yvonne De Carlo as "Lily". I mean, they really got a good punch with Yvonne De Carlo. I was just sort of substituting for the other kid and I did a pretty good job, but I think that the real slip in the last-minute crew was getting Yvonne De Carlo, major screen star, to play television.

[on his on- and off-screen chemistry with Fred Gwynne and Yvonne De Carlo, who played both Herman and Lily Munster respectively] While they were alive, we saw each other and it was always fun. We certainly had a good time when we worked together.

[Of Fred Gwynne and Yvonne De Carlo] They aren't just wonderful people, but they were really good actors and actresses, but they were nice people, as well, they made it fun to go to work with. And being the only kid, having the producers from "Leave It to Beaver" (1957), prior to that. It was a kid-friendly show.

Where Are They Now

2000 - Lives in Odessa, Florida with his live-in girl friend, Pamm Curtis. He owns a promotions company and appears at nostalgia conventions.

(May 2004) He is co-host of Macabre Theatre. www.macabretheatre.com

(May 2004) Lives in Gardena, California. He owns a promotions company and appears at nostalgia conventions.

(December 2006) Currently lives in Long Island, New York. He has completed his upcoming Biography with his author Helen Darras. The book, entitled "Eddie Munster AKA Butch Patrick" will be published and available at bookstore by mid 2007.

(February 2008) Currently living in Long Island, New York. He has completed his upcoming Biography with his author Helen Darras. The book, published in early 2008, details Butch's first exciting 25 years in Hollywood and is entitled "Eddie Munster AKA Butch Patrick."