Edgar Buchanan
Born in Humansville, Missouri, USA — Mar 20 1903• Died Apr 04 1979
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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 w…
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Perry Mason
Andy Templet
Bonanza
Hallelujah Hicks
Wagon Train
Ben Mattox
The Andy Griffith Show
Henry Wheeler
Have Gun, Will Travel
The Twilight Zone
Doc Bolton
Climax!
Spencer
Maverick
Jed Christianson
The Beverly Hillbillies
Uncle Joe Carson
Petticoat Junction
Uncle Joe Carson
Studio One
Dan Ferris
Dr. Kildare
Steve Devitt
The Rifleman
Route 66
Green Acres
Uncle Joe Carson
Leave It to Beaver
Captain Jack
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Pops
Bat Masterson
Cactus Charlie
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Pop Michaels
The Ford Television Theatre
Papa Mumby
Trackdown
Tully Saxon
Thriller
Doc O'Connor
The Mod Squad
The Partridge Family
Judge McElwreath
Gunsmoke
Dan
Bronco
Laramie
Cavalcade of America
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
Judge Franklin
The Tall Man
The Millionaire
William Eliot Vaughan
Stoney Burke
Outlaws
The Danny Thomas Show
Captain Archie
The Restless Gun
Ethan Greenfield
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
Riverboat
Wingate Pardee
Bus Stop
26 Men
Hopalong Cassidy
Red Connors
The Gale Storm Show
Jasper Stokes
Stagecoach West
Lum Jensen
Vacation Playhouse
Luke
National Velvet
Grandpa Harwell
The Lloyd Bridges Show
Doc Lawton
It Started with a Kiss
Congressman Richard Tappe
The Californians
Major
Shane
Fred Lewis
Judge Roy Bean
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Henry Maguire
Bringing Up Buddy
General Electric Theater
Buckskin
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Comancheros
Circuit Court Judge Thaddeus Jackson Breen
Donovan's Reef
Francis O'Brien
McLintock!
Bunny Dull
Cheaper by the Dozen
Dr. Burton
The Rounders
Vince Moore
Cimarron
Judge Neal Hefner
The Talk of the Town
Sam Yates
Move Over, Darling
Judge Bryson
Wichita
Doc Black
The Sheepman
Milt Masters
The Desperadoes
Uncle Willie McLeod
Texas
Buford 'Doc' Thorpe
The Sea of Grass
Jeff
The Man from Colorado
Doc Merriam
Ride the High Country
Judge Tolliver
The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again
Jason Fitch
Day of the Badman
Sam Wyckoff
Welcome to Hard Times
Brown
Benji
Bill
The Sea Hawk
Ben Rollins
Cade's County
Senior Deputy J.J. Jackson
Hound-Dog Man
Doc Cole
Arizona
Judge Bogardus
Rawhide
Sam Todd
Gunpoint
Bull
Human Desire
Alec Simmons
Dawn at Socorro
Sheriff Cauthen
When the Daltons Rode
Narrator / Old-Timer (uncredited)
The Big Trees
Walter 'Yukon' Burns
Devil's Doorway
Zeke Carmody
Her First Beau
Elmer Tuttle
Abilene Town
Sheriff Bravo Trimble
Framed
Jeff Cunningham
The Over the Hill Gang
Jason Fitch
Yuma
Mules McNeil
Red Canyon
Jonah Johnson
The Walking Hills
Old Willy
Strange Affair
Lt. Washburn
Destroyer
Kansas Jackson
A Ticklish Affair
Captain Martin / Gramps
Bride by Mistake
Jonathan Connors
The Bandit of Sherwood Forest
Friar Tuck
Edge of Eternity
Sheriff Edwards
Silver City
Dutch Surrency
Too Many Husbands
McDermott
Toughest Man in Arizona
Jim Hadlock
Lust for Gold
Wiser
Destry
The Honorable Hiram J. Sellers, Mayor
Sam Cade
J.J. Jackson
The Great Missouri Raid
Dr. Samuels
Buffalo Bill
Sgt. Chips McGraw
The Wreck of the Hesperus
George Lockhart
My Son Is Guilty
Dan, Bartender
Adventures in Silverado
Dr. Hendersonn
Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die
Curly Bill
Spoilers of the Forest
Tom Duncan
The Black Arrow
Lawless
The Swordsman
Angus MacArden
Tammy Tell Me True
Judge Carver
Good Luck, Mr. Yates
Jonesey Jones
Devil's Partner
Doc Lucas
The Walls Came Tumbling Down
George Bradford
Cave of Outlaws
Dobbs
Angel in My Pocket
Axel Gresham
The Man from Button Willow
Sorry (voice)
Tear Gas Squad
Cousin Andy
Make Haste to Live
Sheriff Lafe
She Couldn't Say No
Ed Meeker
Rage at Dawn
Judge
The Silver Star
Will 'Bill' Dowdy (as Edgar Buchanon)
The Lonesome Trail
Dan Wells
King of the Wild Stallions
Idaho
Flaming Feather
Sgt. O'Rourke
Penny Serenade
Applejack Carney
City Without Men
Judge Michael T. Mallory
The Marshal of Madrid
Deputy JJ Jackson
Coroner Creek
Sheriff O'Hea
The Untamed Breed
John Rambeau
The Impatient Years
Judge
You Belong to Me
Billings
Cargo to Capetown
Sam Bennett
Perilous Holiday
George Richards
Any Number Can Play
Ed
Four Fast Guns
Dipper
Wild Stallion
John Wintergreen
Come Next Spring
Mr. Canary
Best Man Wins
Jim Smiley
The Fighting Guardsman
Brown
If I'm Lucky
Darius J. Magonnagle
Renegades
Kirk Dembrow
The Big Hangover
Uncle Fred Mahoney
The Richest Man in Town
Pete Martin
Something for a Lonely Man
Old Man Wolenski
The Brush Roper
Sub Doyal
It Happens Every Thursday
Jake
Flashing Spikes
Crab Holman
The History of Hooterville
Self (archive footage)
Stump Run
Escape to Glory
Charles Atterbee
Chartroose Caboose
Woodrow 'Woody' Watts