Edgar Buchanan

Personal Info

Birthday

March 20, 1903

Day of Death

1979-04-04

(76 years old)

Place of Birth

Humansville, Missouri, USA

Also Known As

William Edgar Buchanan II

Edgar Buchanan

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Edgar Buchanan (March 20, 1903 – April 4, 1979) was an American actor with a long career in both film and television, most familiar today as Uncle Joe Carson from the Petticoat Junction, Green Acres and Beverly Hillbillies television sitcoms of the 1960s. As Uncle Joe, he took over as proprietor of the Shady Rest Hotel following the death of Bea Benaderet, who had played Kate Bradley. Description above from the Wikipedia article Edgar Buchanan, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Perry Mason

Bonanza

The Andy Griffith Show

Maverick

The Twilight Zone

The Rifleman

Wagon Train

Climax!

Filmography

2005
The History of Hooterville
as Self (archive footage)
1983
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1974
Benji
as Bill
1972
The Marshal of Madrid
as Deputy JJ Jackson
Sam Cade
as J.J. Jackson
1971
Yuma
as Mules McNeil
1970
The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again
as Jason Fitch
1969
The Over the Hill Gang
as Jason Fitch
Angel in My Pocket
as Axel Gresham
1968
Something for a Lonely Man
as Old Man Wolenski
1967
Welcome to Hard Times
as Brown
1966
Gunpoint
as Bull
1965
The Man from Button Willow
as Sorry
The Rounders
as Vince Moore
1963
Move Over, Darling
as Judge Bryson
McLintock!
as Bunny Dull
A Ticklish Affair
as Captain Martin / Gramps
Donovan's Reef
as Francis O'Brien
1962
Flashing Spikes
as Crab Holman
Ride the High Country
as Judge Tolliver
1961
The Comancheros
as Circuit Court Judge Thaddeus Jackson Breen
Devil's Partner
as Doc Lucas
Tammy Tell Me True
as Judge Carver
1960
Chartroose Caboose
as Woodrow 'Woody' Watts
Cimarron
as Judge Neal Hefner
Four Fast Guns
as Dipper
1959
Hound-Dog Man
as Doc Cole
Edge of Eternity
as Sheriff Edwards
It Started with a Kiss
as Congressman Richard Tappe
King of the Wild Stallions
as Idaho
1958
The Sheepman
as Milt Masters
Day of the Badman
as Sam Wyckoff
1957
Spoilers of the Forest
as Tom Duncan
1956
Come Next Spring
as Mr. Canary
1955
The Brush Roper
as Sub Doyal
Wichita
as Doc Black
The Lonesome Trail
as Dan Wells
The Silver Star
as Will 'Bill' Dowdy (as Edgar Buchanon)
Rage at Dawn
as Judge
1954
Destry
as The Honorable Hiram J. Sellers, Mayor
Dawn at Socorro
as Sheriff Cauthen
Human Desire
as Alec Simmons
Make Haste to Live
as Sheriff Lafe
She Couldn't Say No
as Ed Meeker
1953
Shane
as Fred Lewis
It Happens Every Thursday
as Jake
1952
Toughest Man in Arizona
as Jim Hadlock
Wild Stallion
as John Wintergreen
The Big Trees
as Walter 'Yukon' Burns
Flaming Feather
as Sgt. O'Rourke
1951
Silver City
as Dutch Surrency
Cave of Outlaws
as Dobbs
Rawhide
as Sam Todd
The Great Missouri Raid
as Dr. Samuels
1950
Devil's Doorway
as Zeke Carmody
The Big Hangover
as Uncle Fred Mahoney
Cargo to Capetown
as Sam Bennett
Cheaper by the Dozen
as Dr. Burton
1949
Any Number Can Play
as Ed
Lust for Gold
as Wiser
Red Canyon
as Jonah Johnson
The Walking Hills
as Old Willy
1948
The Untamed Breed
as John Rambeau
The Man from Colorado
as Doc Merriam
Coroner Creek
as Sheriff O'Hea
Best Man Wins
as Jim Smiley
Adventures in Silverado
as Dr. Hendersonn
The Black Arrow
as Lawless
The Wreck of the Hesperus
as George Lockhart
The Swordsman
as Angus MacArden
1947
Framed
as Jeff Cunningham
The Sea of Grass
as Jeff
1946
If I'm Lucky
as Darius J. Magonnagle
Renegades
as Kirk Dembrow
The Walls Came Tumbling Down
as George Bradford
Perilous Holiday
as George Richards
The Bandit of Sherwood Forest
as Friar Tuck
Abilene Town
as Sheriff Bravo Trimble
1945
The Fighting Guardsman
as Brown
1944
Strange Affair
as Lt. Washburn
The Impatient Years
as Judge
Bride by Mistake
as Jonathan Connors
Buffalo Bill
as Sgt. Chips McGraw
1943
Destroyer
as Kansas Jackson
Good Luck, Mr. Yates
as Jonesey Jones
The Desperadoes
as Uncle Willie McLeod
City Without Men
as Judge Michael T. Mallory
1942
The Talk of the Town
as Sam Yates
Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die
as Curly Bill
1941
You Belong to Me
as Billings
Texas
as Buford 'Doc' Thorpe
The Richest Man in Town
as Pete Martin
Her First Beau
as Elmer Tuttle
Penny Serenade
as Applejack Carney
1940
Arizona
as Judge Bogardus
When the Daltons Rode
as Narrator / Old-Timer (uncredited)
The Sea Hawk
as Ben Rollins
Escape to Glory
as Charles Atterbee
Tear Gas Squad
as Cousin Andy
Too Many Husbands
as McDermott
1939
My Son Is Guilty
as Dan, Bartender