Edgar Buchanan
Acting
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Acting Credits
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
Filmography
The History of Hooterville
2005
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Benji
1974
as Bill
Sam Cade
1972
as J.J. Jackson
The Marshal of Madrid
1972
as Deputy JJ Jackson
Yuma
1971
as Mules McNeil
Cade's County
1971
as Senior Deputy J.J. Jackson
The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again
1970
as Jason Fitch
The Partridge Family
1970
as Judge McElwreath
The Over the Hill Gang
1969
as Jason Fitch
Angel in My Pocket
1969
as Axel Gresham
Something for a Lonely Man
1968
as Old Man Wolenski
The Mod Squad
1968
as Hargis
Welcome to Hard Times
1967
as Brown
Gunpoint
1966
as Bull
The Rounders
1965
as Vince Moore
The Man from Button Willow
1965
as Sorry (voice)
Green Acres
1965
as Joe Carson
Move Over, Darling
1963
as Judge Bryson
McLintock!
1963
as Bunny Dull
Donovan's Reef
1963
as Francis O'Brien
A Ticklish Affair
1963
as Captain Martin / Gramps
Petticoat Junction
1963
as Joe Carson
Vacation Playhouse
1963
as Luke
Ride the High Country
1962
as Judge Tolliver
Flashing Spikes
1962
as Crab Holman
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962
as Joe Carson
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
Stoney Burke
1962
The Lloyd Bridges Show
1962
as Doc Lawton
The Comancheros
1961
as Circuit Court Judge Thaddeus Jackson Breen
Tammy Tell Me True
1961
as Judge Carver
Devil's Partner
1961
as Doc Lucas
Bus Stop
1961
Dr. Kildare
1961
as Steve Devitt
Dr. Kildare
1961
as Judge Wilfred Manning
Cimarron
1960
as Judge Neal Hefner
Four Fast Guns
1960
as Dipper
Stump Run
1960
Chartroose Caboose
1960
as Woodrow 'Woody' Watts
The Andy Griffith Show
1960
as Henry Wheeler
Route 66
1960
The Tall Man
1960
Bringing Up Buddy
1960
Outlaws
1960
Thriller
1960
as Doc O'Connor
National Velvet
1960
as Grandpa Harwell
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
1960
as Judge Franklin
Route 66
1960
as Magistrate Abe Chumley
Stagecoach West
1960
as Lum Jensen
Edge of Eternity
1959
as Sheriff Edwards
It Started with a Kiss
1959
as Richard Tappe
King of the Wild Stallions
1959
as Idaho
Hound-Dog Man
1959
as Doc Cole
The Twilight Zone
1959
as Doc Bolton
Laramie
1959
Riverboat
1959
as Wingate Pardee
Bonanza
1959
as Hallelujah Hicks
The Sheepman
1958
as Milt Masters
Day of the Badman
1958
as Sam Wyckoff
Bronco
1958
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958
as Pop Michaels
The Rifleman
1958
Bat Masterson
1958
as Cactus Charlie
The Rifleman
1958
as Grandpa Fogarty
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958
as Chester Blake
The Rifleman
1958
as Doc J. Burrage
Spoilers of the Forest
1957
as Tom Duncan
Perry Mason
1957
as Andy Templet
Leave It to Beaver
1957
as Captain Jack
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
26 Men
1957
Maverick
1957
as Jed Christianson
The Californians
1957
as Major
Wagon Train
1957
as Ben Mattox
Maverick
1957
as Daddy David Forge
Perry Mason
1957
as Judge Edward Daley
Maverick
1957
as Sheriff Hadley
The Restless Gun
1957
as Ethan Greenfield
Wagon Train
1957
as Thaddeus Briscoe
Trackdown
1957
as Tully Saxon
Come Next Spring
1956
as Mr. Canary
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956
The Gale Storm Show
1956
as Jasper Stokes
Wichita
1955
as Doc Black
The Silver Star
1955
as Will 'Bill' Dowdy (as Edgar Buchanon)
Rage at Dawn
1955
as Judge
The Lonesome Trail
1955
as Dan Wells
The Brush Roper
1955
as Sub Doyal
Gunsmoke
1955
as Dan
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Pops
The Millionaire
1955
as William Eliot Vaughan
Judge Roy Bean
1955
Gunsmoke
1955
as York
Human Desire
1954
as Alec Simmons
Make Haste to Live
1954
as Sheriff Lafe
Destry
1954
as The Honorable Hiram J. Sellers, Mayor
She Couldn't Say No
1954
as Ed Meeker
Dawn at Socorro
1954
as Sheriff Cauthen
Climax!
1954
as Spencer
Climax!
1954
as Constable
Shane
1953
as Fred Lewis
It Happens Every Thursday
1953
as Jake
General Electric Theater
1953
as Buckskin
General Electric Theater
1953
as Colonel Starbottle
General Electric Theater
1953
as Preacher Bailey
General Electric Theater
1953
as Parson Meacham
General Electric Theater
1953
as Doctor
General Electric Theater
1953
as Timothy Dwight
The Danny Thomas Show
1953
as Captain Archie
The Big Trees
1952
as Walter 'Yukon' Burns
Wild Stallion
1952
as John Wintergreen
Toughest Man in Arizona
1952
as Jim Hadlock
Flaming Feather
1952
as Sgt. O'Rourke
Cavalcade of America
1952
Hopalong Cassidy
1952
as Red Connors
Cavalcade of America
1952
as Horace Greeley
Cavalcade of America
1952
as Doc Mathew
The Ford Television Theatre
1952
as Papa Mumby
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
1952
as Park Commissioner
Rawhide
1951
as Sam Todd
Cave of Outlaws
1951
as Dobbs
The Great Missouri Raid
1951
as Dr. Samuels
Silver City
1951
as Dutch Surrency
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
as Henry Maguire
Devil's Doorway
1950
as Zeke Carmody
Cargo to Capetown
1950
as Sam Bennett
The Big Hangover
1950
as Uncle Fred Mahoney
Cheaper by the Dozen
1950
as Dr. Burton
Lust for Gold
1949
as Wiser
Any Number Can Play
1949
as Ed
Red Canyon
1949
as Jonah Johnson
The Walking Hills
1949
as Old Willy
Coroner Creek
1948
as Sheriff O'Hea
The Man from Colorado
1948
as Doc Merriam
Adventures in Silverado
1948
as Dr. Hendersonn
The Swordsman
1948
as Angus MacArden
The Untamed Breed
1948
as John Rambeau
The Black Arrow
1948
as Lawless
Best Man Wins
1948
as Jim Smiley
The Wreck of the Hesperus
1948
as George Lockhart
Studio One
1948
as Dan Ferris
Framed
1947
as Jeff Cunningham
The Sea of Grass
1947
as Jeff
Abilene Town
1946
as Sheriff Bravo Trimble
The Walls Came Tumbling Down
1946
as George Bradford
The Bandit of Sherwood Forest
1946
as Friar Tuck
Renegades
1946
as Kirk Dembrow
If I'm Lucky
1946
as Darius J. Magonnagle
Perilous Holiday
1946
as George Richards
The Fighting Guardsman
1945
as Brown
Buffalo Bill
1944
as Sgt. Chips McGraw
The Impatient Years
1944
as Judge
Bride by Mistake
1944
as Jonathan Connors
Strange Affair
1944
as Lt. Washburn
Destroyer
1943
as Kansas Jackson
Good Luck, Mr. Yates
1943
as Jonesey Jones
City Without Men
1943
as Judge Michael T. Mallory
The Desperadoes
1943
as Uncle Willie McLeod
The Talk of the Town
1942
as Sam Yates
Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die
1942
as Curly Bill
Penny Serenade
1941
as Applejack
You Belong to Me
1941
as Billings
Texas
1941
as Buford 'Doc' Thorpe
The Richest Man in Town
1941
as Pete Martin
Her First Beau
1941
as Elmer Tuttle
Too Many Husbands
1940
as McDermott
When the Daltons Rode
1940
as Narrator / Old-Timer (uncredited)
Escape to Glory
1940
as Charles Atterbee
Arizona
1940
as Judge Bogardus
The Sea Hawk
1940
as Ben Rollins
Tear Gas Squad
1940
as Cousin Andy
My Son Is Guilty
1939
as Dan, Bartender