On
“F Troop,” a comedy set in the Old West that ran on ABC from 1965 to
1967, Ms. Patterson played a feisty postmistress and storekeeper for a
squadron of scheming incompetents at Fort Courage, a fictional Army
outpost. Her character was also the love interest of the fort’s captain,
Wilton Parmenter, played by Ken Berry.
In
a 2001 interview with The Asbury Park Press, Ms. Patterson said she did
not mind the innuendo between her character and Mr. Berry’s, even
though she was a teenager at the time. “It wasn’t raunchy,” she said.
“It was an innocent sexy.”
I did the math: Ms. Patterson was 16 years old when F Troop debuted in 1965. Are you telling me they couldn't find one actress in Hollywood over the age of 21?
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