Edgar Buchanan

Actor Mar 20 (died age 76) Humansville, Missouri, USA 1939–2005 (66 year career)

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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. Early life Edgar Buchanan was born to Rose (Kee) Buchanan and William …

Known For

Film

Shane

Fred Lewis

Film

Ride the High Country

Judge Tolliver

Film

McLintock!

Bunny Dull

Film

The Sea Hawk

Ben Rollins

Film

The Comancheros

Circuit Court Judge Thaddeus Jackson Breen

Film

The Talk of the Town

Sam Yates

Film

Human Desire

Alec Simmons

Film

Benji

Bill

Filmography

Acting (154)

Movies (102)

The History of Hooterville

2005

as Self (archive footage)

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

1983

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

6.5

Benji

1974

as Bill

6.3

The Marshal of Madrid

1972

as Deputy JJ Jackson

Sam Cade

1972

as J.J. Jackson

Yuma

1971

as Mules McNeil

6.1

The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again

as Jason Fitch

Angel in My Pocket

as Axel Gresham

The Over the Hill Gang

1969

as Jason Fitch

5.6

Something for a Lonely Man

1968

as Old Man Wolenski

7.4

Welcome to Hard Times

as Brown

Gunpoint

as Bull

The Rounders

as Vince Moore

The Man from Button Willow

as Sorry (voice)

Move Over, Darling

as Judge Bryson

McLintock!

as Bunny Dull

Donovan's Reef

as Francis O'Brien

A Ticklish Affair

as Captain Martin / Gramps

5.7

Ride the High Country

as Judge Tolliver

Flashing Spikes

as Crab Holman

The Comancheros

as Circuit Court Judge Thaddeus Jackson Breen

Devil's Partner

as Doc Lucas

Tammy Tell Me True

as Judge Carver

Cimarron

as Judge Neal Hefner

Chartroose Caboose

as Woodrow 'Woody' Watts

Four Fast Guns

1960

as Dipper

5.7

Stump Run

1960

It Started with a Kiss

1959

as Congressman Richard Tappe

Hound-Dog Man

as Doc Cole

Edge of Eternity

as Sheriff Edwards

King of the Wild Stallions

as Idaho

The Sheepman

as Milt Masters

Day of the Badman

as Sam Wyckoff

Spoilers of the Forest

1957

as Tom Duncan

Come Next Spring

as Mr. Canary

The Lonesome Trail

as Dan Wells

Rage at Dawn

as Judge

The Brush Roper

as Sub Doyal

Wichita

1955

as Doc Black

6.4

The Silver Star

1955

as Will 'Bill' Dowdy (as Edgar Buchanon)

5.0

Destry

1954

as The Honorable Hiram J. Sellers, Mayor

Human Desire

as Alec Simmons

Dawn at Socorro

as Sheriff Cauthen

She Couldn't Say No

as Ed Meeker

Make Haste to Live

as Sheriff Lafe

Shane

as Fred Lewis

It Happens Every Thursday

as Jake

Wild Stallion

as John Wintergreen

Flaming Feather

as Sgt. O'Rourke

The Big Trees

as Walter 'Yukon' Burns

5.5

Toughest Man in Arizona

1952

as Jim Hadlock

Silver City

as Dutch Surrency

Cave of Outlaws

as Dobbs

Rawhide

as Sam Todd

The Great Missouri Raid

as Dr. Samuels

Cargo to Capetown

as Sam Bennett

Cheaper by the Dozen

as Dr. Burton

Devil's Doorway

as Zeke Carmody

The Big Hangover

as Uncle Fred Mahoney

The Walking Hills

as Old Willy

Red Canyon

as Jonah Johnson

Lust for Gold

as Wiser

Any Number Can Play

as Ed

The Wreck of the Hesperus

as George Lockhart

Coroner Creek

as Sheriff O'Hea

The Untamed Breed

as John Rambeau

The Swordsman

as Angus MacArden

The Black Arrow

1948

as Lawless

5.2

The Man from Colorado

1948

as Doc Merriam

6.7

Adventures in Silverado

as Dr. Hendersonn

Best Man Wins

as Jim Smiley

The Sea of Grass

as Jeff

Framed

as Jeff Cunningham

Renegades

as Kirk Dembrow

Abilene Town

as Sheriff Bravo Trimble

5.1

The Bandit of Sherwood Forest

1946

as Friar Tuck

5.0

If I'm Lucky

1946

as Darius J. Magonnagle

6.5

The Walls Came Tumbling Down

1946

as George Bradford

5.9

Perilous Holiday

1946

as George Richards

The Fighting Guardsman

as Brown

Bride by Mistake

as Jonathan Connors

Strange Affair

as Lt. Washburn

Buffalo Bill

as Sgt. Chips McGraw

The Impatient Years

as Judge

The Desperadoes

as Uncle Willie McLeod

Destroyer

as Kansas Jackson

Good Luck, Mr. Yates

as Jonesey Jones

City Without Men

as Judge Michael T. Mallory

5.0

The Talk of the Town

1942

as Sam Yates

7.3

Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die

1942

as Curly Bill

5.4

Texas

1941

as Buford 'Doc' Thorpe

6.5

Penny Serenade

1941

as Applejack Carney

6.6

The Richest Man in Town

1941

as Pete Martin

You Belong to Me

as Billings

Her First Beau

as Elmer Tuttle

The Sea Hawk

as Ben Rollins

Arizona

as Judge Bogardus

Too Many Husbands

as McDermott

Escape to Glory

as Charles Atterbee

When the Daltons Rode

1940

as Narrator / Old-Timer (uncredited)

Tear Gas Squad

as Cousin Andy

My Son Is Guilty

as Dan, Bartender

Television (52)

Cade's County

1971

as Senior Deputy J.J. Jackson

The Partridge Family

as Judge McElwreath

The Mod Squad

Green Acres

as Uncle Joe Carson

Petticoat Junction

as Uncle Joe Carson

Vacation Playhouse

as Luke

The Merv Griffin Show

1962

as Self

6.2

The Beverly Hillbillies

1962

as Uncle Joe Carson

6.9

The Lloyd Bridges Show

as Doc Lawton

Stoney Burke

Dr. Kildare

as Steve Devitt

Bus Stop

The Andy Griffith Show

as Henry Wheeler

Route 66

Thriller

as Doc O'Connor

The Tall Man

Outlaws

Stagecoach West

as Lum Jensen

The Barbara Stanwyck Show

as Judge Franklin

Bringing Up Buddy

National Velvet

as Grandpa Harwell

Bonanza

as Hallelujah Hicks

The Twilight Zone

as Doc Bolton

Laramie

Riverboat

as Wingate Pardee

The Rifleman

as Doc J. Burrage

Bat Masterson

as Cactus Charlie

Bronco

Wanted: Dead or Alive

as Pop Michaels

Perry Mason

as Andy Templet

Maverick

as Daddy David Forge

Have Gun, Will Travel

Wagon Train

as Thaddeus Briscoe

Leave It to Beaver

as Captain Jack

Trackdown

as Tully Saxon

The Restless Gun

as Ethan Greenfield

26 Men

The Californians

as Major

The Gale Storm Show

as Jasper Stokes

The Adventures of Jim Bowie

1956

5.0

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Pops

Gunsmoke

as Dan

The Millionaire

as William Eliot Vaughan

Judge Roy Bean

Climax!

as Spencer

The Danny Thomas Show

1953

as Captain Archie

6.0

General Electric Theater

1953

as Buckskin

6.4

The Ford Television Theatre

as Papa Mumby

Cavalcade of America

Hopalong Cassidy

as Red Connors

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

as Henry Maguire

Studio One

as Dan Ferris