- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- March 20, 1903
- Place of Birth
- Humansville, Missouri, USA
- Died
- April 4, 1979
Edgar Buchanan
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. Early life Edgar Buchanan was born to Rose (Kee) Buchanan and William Edgar Buchanan Sr., DDS in Humansville, Missouri. He moved with his family to Oregon when he was seven. His father had a dental practice in Eugene, Oregon, and encouraged his son to follow suit. Buchanan Senior did not approve of his son's acting ambitions and pushed him to pursue dentistry instead. According to authors Arden and Joan Christen, Edgar's father believed "to choose a career in the t…
Filmography
movieThe History of Hooterville
2005 · Self (archive footage)
movieHollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieBenji
1974 · Bill
movieThe Marshal of Madrid
1972 · Deputy JJ Jackson
movieSam Cade
1972 · J.J. Jackson
tvCade's County
1971 · Senior Deputy J.J. Jackson
movieYuma
1971 · Mules McNeil
movieThe Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again
1970 · Jason Fitch
tvThe Partridge Family
1970 · Judge McElwreath
movieThe Over the Hill Gang
1969 · Jason Fitch
movieAngel in My Pocket
1969 · Axel Gresham
movieSomething for a Lonely Man
1968 · Old Man Wolenski
tvThe Mod Squad
1968 · Hargis
movieWelcome to Hard Times
1967 · Brown
movieGunpoint
1966 · Bull
tvGreen Acres
1965 · Uncle Joe Carson
movieThe Man from Button Willow
1965 · Sorry (voice)
movieThe Rounders
1965 · Vince Moore
movieMove Over, Darling
1963 · Judge Bryson
movieMcLintock!
1963 · Bunny Dull
tvPetticoat Junction
1963 · Uncle Joe Carson
movieA Ticklish Affair
1963 · Captain Martin / Gramps
Vacation Playhouse
tvVacation Playhouse
1963 · Luke
movieDonovan's Reef
1963 · Francis O'Brien
movieFlashing Spikes
1962 · Crab Holman
tvThe Merv Griffin Show
1962 · Self
tvStoney Burke
1962
tvThe Beverly Hillbillies
1962 · Uncle Joe Carson
tvThe Lloyd Bridges Show
1962 · Doc Lawton
movieRide the High Country
1962 · Judge Tolliver
movieThe Comancheros
1961 · Circuit Court Judge Thaddeus Jackson Breen
tvBus Stop
1961
tvDr. Kildare
1961 · Steve Devitt, Judge Wilfred Manning
movieDevil's Partner
1961 · Doc Lucas
movieTammy Tell Me True
1961 · Judge Carver
movieChartroose Caboose
1960 · Woodrow 'Woody' Watts
movieCimarron
1960 · Judge Neal Hefner
Bringing Up Buddy
tvBringing Up Buddy
1960
tvRoute 66
1960 · , Magistrate Abe Chumley
tvStagecoach West
1960 · Lum Jensen
tvThe Andy Griffith Show
1960 · Henry Wheeler
tvOutlaws
1960
tvThe Barbara Stanwyck Show
1960 · Judge Franklin
tvNational Velvet
1960 · Grandpa Harwell
tvThriller
1960 · Doc O'Connor
tvThe Tall Man
1960
movieFour Fast Guns
1960 · Dipper
movieStump Run
1960
movieHound-Dog Man
1959 · Doc Cole
movieEdge of Eternity
1959 · Sheriff Edwards
tvThe Twilight Zone
1959 · Doc Bolton
tvLaramie
1959
tvRiverboat
1959 · Wingate Pardee
tvBonanza
1959 · Hallelujah Hicks
movieIt Started with a Kiss
1959 · Congressman Richard Tappe
movieKing of the Wild Stallions
1959 · Idaho
tvBat Masterson
1958 · Cactus Charlie
tvThe Rifleman
1958 · , Grandpa Fogarty, Doc J. Burrage
tvBronco
1958
tvWanted: Dead or Alive
1958 · Pop Michaels, Chester Blake
movieThe Sheepman
1958 · Milt Masters
movieDay of the Badman
1958 · Sam Wyckoff
tv26 Men
1957
tvLeave It to Beaver
1957 · Captain Jack
tvTrackdown
1957 · Tully Saxon
tvThe Californians
1957 · Major
tvThe Restless Gun
1957 · Ethan Greenfield
tvMaverick
1957 · Jed Christianson, Daddy David Forge, Sheriff Hadley
tvPerry Mason
1957 · Andy Templet, Judge Edward Daley
tvWagon Train
1957 · Ben Mattox, Thaddeus Briscoe
tvHave Gun, Will Travel
1957
movieSpoilers of the Forest
1957 · Tom Duncan
The Gale Storm Show
tvThe Gale Storm Show
1956 · Jasper Stokes
tvThe Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956
movieCome Next Spring
1956 · Mr. Canary
movieThe Brush Roper
1955 · Sub Doyal
tvAlfred Hitchcock Presents
1955 · Pops
tvGunsmoke
1955 · Dan, York
tvJudge Roy Bean
1955
movieWichita
1955 · Doc Black
movieThe Lonesome Trail
1955 · Dan Wells
movieThe Silver Star
1955 · Will 'Bill' Dowdy (as Edgar Buchanon)
movieRage at Dawn
1955 · Judge
tvThe Millionaire
1955 · William Eliot Vaughan
movieDestry
1954 · The Honorable Hiram J. Sellers, Mayor
tvClimax!
1954 · Spencer, Constable
movieDawn at Socorro
1954 · Sheriff Cauthen
movieHuman Desire
1954 · Alec Simmons
movieMake Haste to Live
1954 · Sheriff Lafe
movieShe Couldn't Say No
1954 · Ed Meeker
tvThe Danny Thomas Show
1953 · Captain Archie
movieShane
1953 · Fred Lewis
movieIt Happens Every Thursday
1953 · Jake
tvGeneral Electric Theater
1953 · Buckskin, Colonel Starbottle, Parson Meacham, Preacher Bailey, Doctor, Timothy Dwight
movieToughest Man in Arizona
1952 · Jim Hadlock
tvThe Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
1952 · Park Commissioner
tvThe Ford Television Theatre
1952 · Papa Mumby
tvCavalcade of America
1952 · , Horace Greeley, Doc Mathew
tvHopalong Cassidy
1952 · Red Connors
movieWild Stallion
1952 · John Wintergreen
movieThe Big Trees
1952 · Walter 'Yukon' Burns
movieFlaming Feather
1952 · Sgt. O'Rourke
movieSilver City
1951 · Dutch Surrency
movieCave of Outlaws
1951 · Dobbs
tvSchlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951 · Henry Maguire
movieRawhide
1951 · Sam Todd
movieThe Great Missouri Raid
1951 · Dr. Samuels
movieDevil's Doorway
1950 · Zeke Carmody
movieThe Big Hangover
1950 · Uncle Fred Mahoney
movieCargo to Capetown
1950 · Sam Bennett
movieCheaper by the Dozen
1950 · Dr. Burton
movieAny Number Can Play
1949 · Ed
movieLust for Gold
1949 · Wiser
movieRed Canyon
1949 · Jonah Johnson
movieThe Walking Hills
1949 · Old Willy
tvStudio One
1948 · Dan Ferris
movieThe Untamed Breed
1948 · John Rambeau
movieThe Man from Colorado
1948 · Doc Merriam
movieCoroner Creek
1948 · Sheriff O'Hea
movieBest Man Wins
1948 · Jim Smiley
movieAdventures in Silverado
1948 · Dr. Hendersonn
movieThe Black Arrow
1948 · Lawless
movieThe Wreck of the Hesperus
1948 · George Lockhart
movieThe Swordsman
1948 · Angus MacArden
movieFramed
1947 · Jeff Cunningham
movieThe Sea of Grass
1947 · Jeff
movieIf I'm Lucky
1946 · Darius J. Magonnagle
movieRenegades
1946 · Kirk Dembrow
movieThe Walls Came Tumbling Down
1946 · George Bradford
moviePerilous Holiday
1946 · George Richards
movieThe Bandit of Sherwood Forest
1946 · Friar Tuck
movieAbilene Town
1946 · Sheriff Bravo Trimble
movieThe Fighting Guardsman
1945 · Brown
movieStrange Affair
1944 · Lt. Washburn
movieThe Impatient Years
1944 · Judge
movieBride by Mistake
1944 · Jonathan Connors
movieBuffalo Bill
1944 · Sgt. Chips McGraw
movieDestroyer
1943 · Kansas Jackson
movieGood Luck, Mr. Yates
1943 · Jonesey Jones
movieThe Desperadoes
1943 · Uncle Willie McLeod
movieCity Without Men
1943 · Judge Michael T. Mallory
movieThe Talk of the Town
1942 · Sam Yates
movieTombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die
1942 · Curly Bill
movieYou Belong to Me
1941 · Billings
movieTexas
1941 · Buford 'Doc' Thorpe
movieThe Richest Man in Town
1941 · Pete Martin
movieHer First Beau
1941 · Elmer Tuttle
moviePenny Serenade
1941 · Applejack
movieArizona
1940 · Judge Bogardus
movieWhen the Daltons Rode
1940 · Narrator / Old-Timer (uncredited)
movieThe Sea Hawk
1940 · Ben Rollins
movieEscape to Glory
1940 · Charles Atterbee
movieTear Gas Squad
1940 · Cousin Andy
movieToo Many Husbands
1940 · McDermott
movieMy Son Is Guilty
1939 · Dan, Bartender