Person Details

Birthday: 1903-03-20 07:08:37

Death: 1979-04-04 07:08:37

Aliases: William Edgar Buchanan II

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Humansville, Missouri, USA

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Movie Involvements: 74

TV Involvements: 27


Most Famous Work

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.

Most Famous Work

Perry Mason
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8

Perry Mason

(1957) Judge Edward Daley
Wanted: Dead or Alive
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7

Wanted: Dead or Alive

(1958) Chester Blake
The Twilight Zone
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8

The Twilight Zone

(1959) Doc Bolton
Dr. Kildare
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5

Dr. Kildare

(1961) Judge Wilfred Manning
The Rifleman
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7

The Rifleman

(1958) Grandpa Fogarty
Climax!
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3

Climax!

(1954) Constable
Studio One
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4

Studio One

(1948) Dan Ferris
Wagon Train
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6

Wagon Train

(1957) Ben Mattox

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2005 Self (archive footage)
1983 Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1974 Bill
1972 J.J. Jackson
Deputy JJ Jackson
1971 Senior Deputy J.J. Jackson
Mules McNeil
1970 Jason Fitch
1969 Jason Fitch
Axel Gresham
1968 Old Man Wolenski
N/A
1967 Brown
1966 Bull
1965 Uncle Joe Carson
Sorry
Vince Moore
1963 Judge Bryson
Bunny Dull
Uncle Joe Carson
Captain Martin / Gramps
Luke
Francis O'Brien
1962 Crab Holman
N/A
Self
Uncle Joe Carson
Judge Tolliver
1961 Circuit Court Judge Thaddeus Jackson Breen
N/A
Steve Devitt
Judge Wilfred Manning
Doc Lucas
Judge Carver
1960 Woodrow 'Woody' Watts
Judge Neal Hefner
N/A
N/A
Magistrate Abe Chumley
Henry Wheeler
N/A
Judge Franklin
N/A
Doc O'Connor
N/A
Dipper
1959 N/A
Doc Cole
Sheriff Edwards
Doc Bolton
N/A
Wingate Pardee
Congressman Richard Tappe
Idaho
1958 Cactus Charlie
N/A
N/A
Grandpa Fogarty
N/A
Pop Michaels
Chester Blake
Milt Masters
Sam Wyckoff
1957 N/A
Captain Jack
N/A
Major
Jed Christianson
Sheriff Hadley
Daddy David Forge
Andy Templet
Judge Edward Daley
Ben Mattox
N/A
Tom Duncan
1956 N/A
Mr. Canary
Pops
Dan
York
N/A
Doc Black
Dan Wells
Will 'Bill' Dowdy (as Edgar Buchanon)
Judge
William Eliot Vaughan
1954 The Honorable Hiram J. Sellers, Mayor
Spencer
Constable
Sheriff Cauthen
Alec Simmons
Sheriff Lafe
Ed Meeker
1953 Fred Lewis
Jake
Buckskin
Colonel Starbottle
Preacher Bailey
Parson Meacham
Doctor
Timothy Dwight
1952 Jim Hadlock
N/A
Horace Greeley
Doc Mathew
Red Connors
John Wintergreen
Walter 'Yukon' Burns
Sgt. O'Rourke
1951 Dutch Surrency
Dobbs
Henry Maguire
Sam Todd (Rawhide stationmaster)
Dr. Samuels
1950 Zeke Carmody
Uncle Fred Mahoney
Sam Bennett
Dr. Burton
1949 Ed
Wiser
Jonah Johnson
Old Willy
1948 Dan Ferris
John Rambeau
Doc Merriam
Sheriff O'Hea
Jim Smiley
Dr. Hendersonn
Lawless
George Lockhart
Angus MacArden
1947 Jeff Cunningham
Jeff
1946 Darius J. Magonnagle
Kirk Dembrow
George Bradford
George Richards
Friar Tuck
Sheriff Bravo Trimble
Brown
1944 Lt. Washburn
Judge
Jonathan Connors
Sgt. Chips McGraw
1943 Kansas Jackson
Jonesey Jones
Uncle Willie McLeod
Judge Michael T. Mallory
1942 Sam Yates
Curly Bill
1941 Billings
Buford 'Doc' Thorpe
Pete Martin
Elmer Tuttle
Applejack Carney
1940 Judge Bogardus
Narrator / Old-Timer (uncredited)
Ben Rollins
Charles Atterbee
Cousin Andy
McDermott
1939 Dan, Bartender
Year Character Movie/Tv

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