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.
Fred Lewis
Shane
Judge Bryson
Move Over, Darling
Circuit Court Judge Thaddeus Jackson Breen
The Comancheros
Alec Simmons
Human Desire
Bill
Benji
Sheriff Bravo Trimble
Abilene Town
Sam Yates
The Talk of the Town
Vince Moore
The Rounders
Zeke Carmody
Devil's Doorway
Judge Tolliver
Ride the High Country
Jeff Cunningham
Framed
Sheriff O'Hea
Coroner Creek
Walter 'Yukon' Burns
The Big Trees
Sam Todd
Rawhide
Doc Merriam
The Man from Colorado
Bunny Dull
McLintock!
Sgt. Chips McGraw
Buffalo Bill
Applejack Carney
Penny Serenade
Francis O'Brien
Donovan's Reef
Sam Bennett
Cargo to Capetown
Judge Carver
Tammy Tell Me True
Judge Neal Hefner
Cimarron
Sheriff Lafe
Make Haste to Live
Jason Fitch
The Over the Hill Gang
Wiser
Lust for Gold
The Honorable Hiram J. Sellers, Mayor
Destry
Mules McNeil
Yuma
Sheriff Edwards
Edge of Eternity
Jason Fitch
The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again
Jeff
The Sea of Grass
George Bradford
The Walls Came Tumbling Down
Billings
You Belong to Me
Kansas Jackson
Destroyer
Axel Gresham
Angel in My Pocket
Ed
Any Number Can Play
McDermott
Too Many Husbands
Captain Martin / Gramps
A Ticklish Affair
Doc Lucas
Devil's Partner
Friar Tuck
The Bandit of Sherwood Forest
Ed Meeker
She Couldn't Say No
Sorry
The Man from Button Willow
Dobbs
Cave of Outlaws
Doc Black
Wichita
Narrator / Old-Timer (uncredited)
When the Daltons Rode
Jonesey Jones
Good Luck, Mr. Yates
Jonah Johnson
Red Canyon
Brown
Welcome to Hard Times
Sheriff Cauthen
Dawn at Socorro
Judge
The Impatient Years
Bull
Gunpoint
Dipper
Four Fast Guns
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Congressman Richard Tappe
It Started with a Kiss
John Wintergreen
Wild Stallion
Jim Hadlock
Toughest Man in Arizona
Uncle Fred Mahoney
The Big Hangover
Kirk Dembrow
Renegades
Old Willy
The Walking Hills
Jonathan Connors
Bride by Mistake
Mr. Canary
Come Next Spring
Darius J. Magonnagle
If I'm Lucky
Idaho
King of the Wild Stallions
Milt Masters
The Sheepman
Dr. Burton
Cheaper by the Dozen
Charles Atterbee
Escape to Glory
Dr. Hendersonn
Adventures in Silverado
Judge Michael T. Mallory
City Without Men
Will 'Bill' Dowdy (as Edgar Buchanon)
The Silver Star
Old Man Wolenski
Something for a Lonely Man
Judge Bogardus
Arizona
Buford 'Doc' Thorpe
Texas
Sgt. O'Rourke
Flaming Feather
Judge
Rage at Dawn
Tom Duncan
Spoilers of the Forest
Brown
The Fighting Guardsman
Angus MacArden
The Swordsman
Stump Run
Uncle Willie McLeod
The Desperadoes
Crab Holman
Flashing Spikes
Curly Bill
Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die
John Rambeau
The Untamed Breed
Dan, Bartender
My Son Is Guilty
Dr. Samuels
The Great Missouri Raid
Dutch Surrency
Silver City
Lawless
The Black Arrow
Dan Wells
The Lonesome Trail
Jim Smiley
Best Man Wins
George Richards
Perilous Holiday
Pete Martin
The Richest Man in Town
Ben Rollins
The Sea Hawk
Lt. Washburn
Strange Affair
George Lockhart
The Wreck of the Hesperus
Sam Wyckoff
Day of the Badman
Jake
It Happens Every Thursday
Cousin Andy
Tear Gas Squad
Doc Cole
Hound-Dog Man
Elmer Tuttle
Her First Beau
Woodrow 'Woody' Watts
Chartroose Caboose
Self (archive footage)
The History of Hooterville
J.J. Jackson
Sam Cade
Deputy JJ Jackson
The Marshal of Madrid
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
101
Gender
Male
Birthday
1903-03-20
Place of Birth
Humansville, Missouri, USA
Also Known As
William Edgar Buchanan II