- Born
- Died
- Birth nameWalter Louis Garland
- Nicknames
- Sugarfoot
- The Baby Cotton Picker
- Hank Garland was born on November 11, 1930 in Cowpens, South Carolina, USA. He was an actor, known for Heartbreak Ridge (1986), One Life to Live (1968) and Sweet Dreams (1985). He was married to Evelyn E. Garland. He died on December 27, 2004 in Orange Park, Florida, USA.
- SpouseEvelyn E. Garland(? - December 2, 1965) (her death, 2 children)
- Sugarfoot Rag
- Gibson Byrdland guitar
- Inducted into the Hollywood Rock Walk of fame on September 26, 1997 with the official ceremony being August 16, 1997. The rock walk is located in front of the Guitar Center on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, California. Hank's hand-prints, as well as many other famous musicians are permanently pressed in cement on the Rock Walk.
- Was hugely influenced by jazz guitar great Wes Montgomery.
- Elvis Presley gave Hank the ukulele that he used in the film "Blue Hawaii" (1960) and etched his initials "EP" into the ukulele. Hank toured and played with Elvis during this period and Elvis recorded as saying Hank, "is one of the finest guitar players in all of the country."
- Play guitar on and arranged Bobby Helms' famous holiday classic, "Jingle Bell Rock".
- Was driving a 1959 Chevrolet Impala station wagon at the time of a suspicious career ending accident.
- (On recording with Elvis) "Real nice. He never got upset about anything. You hear a lot of people talk about him, saying 'Elvis did this' and 'Elvis did bad' in record sessions, but that's all junk! He never did. He ran in and sang what he was supposed to sing, and afterwards he shook hands with everybody and said thanks."
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