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

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

Personal Info

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