No, Gene Autry is not Alan Autry's father but is a distant cousin. Alan's biological father is Carl Autry, whom Alan did not meet until 1982.
George "Gabby" Hayes and Pat Buttram .
Gene Autry's sidekick was the inimitable Pat Buttram who also played the role of Mr. Haney on the 'Green Acres' TV show .
He popularized the song Rudolph the Red-Nosed reindeer and also Here comes Santa Claus. the singing cowboy also eventually went totally blind.
Lester Alvin 'Smiley' Burnette was Autry's most remembered sidekick, but Sterling Holloway (who later provided a number of voices for Disney's animated films) and Pat Buttram also hung about with...