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 The 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.
Edgar Buchanan's grandfather, Bramentus L. Buchanan (1840-1904), was a private in Company A, 6th Missouri Cavalry (Union) as well as the Dade County, MO Home Guard (Union) during the American Civil War (1861-1865).
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His friend of many years, Glenn Ford, once told a story of when Edgar was preparing to do some painful dental work on him. The anesthesia consisted of others passing by and allowing the patient, Glenn, to take swallows of whiskey to help ease the pain of the process. About every third drink Glenn took, Edgar took one as well.
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He met his wife at dentistry school in Toronto, where she also studied to become a dentist.
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He provided his dentistry skills on the set numerous times. One such occasion, he pulled the tooth of his stand-in of 25 years, Jack Henderson.
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Member of Theta Chi Fraternity (Alpha Sigma Chapter, University of Oregon)
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He appeared in a total of 13 different productions with Glenn Ford.
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Was originally a dentist with his own practice. At age 38, he turned the practice over to his wife and began his acting career.
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Was one of only three co-stars of Petticoat Junction (1963) who remained with the series for its entire seven-year run, the others being Linda Henning and Frank Cady.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Benji
1974
Bill
Love, American Style
1973
TV Series
The judge 'brockmerton' (segment "love and the family hour")
The Partridge Family
1972
TV Series
Judge McElwreath
Cade's County
1971-1972
TV Series
J.J. Jackson / J. J. Jackson
Yuma
1971
TV Movie
Mules McNeil
The Virginian
1971
TV Series
Teddy Birdwell
The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again
1970
TV Movie
Jason Fitch
Mod Squad
1970
TV Series
Hargis
The Name of the Game
1970
TV Series
Felson
Petticoat Junction
1963-1970
TV Series
Uncle Joe Carson
The Over-the-Hill Gang
1969
TV Movie
Jason Fitch
Green Acres
1965-1969
TV Series
Uncle Joe Carson
Angel in My Pocket
1969
Axel Gresham
The Beverly Hillbillies
1968
TV Series
Uncle Joe Carson
Something for a Lonely Man
1968
TV Movie
Old Man Wolenski
Welcome to Hard Times
1967
Brown
Gunpoint
1966
Bull
Vacation Playhouse
1965
TV Series
Luke
The Man from Button Willow
1965
Sorry (voice)
The Rounders
1965
Vince Moore
Move Over, Darling
1963
Judge Bryson
McLintock!
1963
Bunny Dull
A Ticklish Affair
1963
Captain Martin / Gramps
Donovan's Reef
1963
Boston Attorney Francis X. O'Brien
Dr. Kildare
1962-1963
TV Series
Judge Wilfred Manning / Steve Devitt
Gunsmoke
1962-1963
TV Series
York / Dan Witter
The Lloyd Bridges Show
1962-1963
TV Series
Andrew Jackson Tyree / Doc Lawton
Leave It to Beaver
1957-1963
TV Series
Uncle Billy Cleaver / Captain Jack
Dennis the Menace
1962
TV Series
Mr. Meekin
Wide Country
1962
TV Series
Walter Guthrie
Perry Mason
1958-1962
TV Series
Judge Edward Daley / Coroner Andy Templet
Have Gun - Will Travel
1962
TV Series
Noah Cardiff
Laramie
1960-1962
TV Series
Cletus McBain / Tully Casper / Doc / ...
Stoney Burke
1962
TV Series
Vernon Dawes
Alcoa Premiere
1962
TV Series
Crab Holman
Route 66
1960-1962
TV Series
Magistrate Abe Chumley / Jack McConkle
Outlaws
1960-1962
TV Series
Neely / Nulty
Ride the High Country
1962
Judge Tolliver
Thriller
1962
TV Series
Doc O'Connor
The Twilight Zone
1962
TV Series
Doc Bolton
The Andy Griffith Show
1961
TV Series
Henry Wheeler
The Rifleman
1959-1961
TV Series
Doc J. Burrage
Doc Burrage
Grandpa Fogarty
Bus Stop
1961
TV Series
Judge Neal
The Comancheros
1961
Circuit Court Judge Thaddeus Jackson Breen
The Bob Cummings Show
1961
TV Series
The Tall Man
1961
TV Series
Archie Keogh
Devil's Partner
1961
Doc Lucas
Tammy Tell Me True
1961
Judge Carver
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
1961
TV Series
Judge Franklin
Bonanza
1960-1961
TV Series
John Henry Hill / Hallelujah Hicks
Tales of Wells Fargo
1957-1961
TV Series
Bob Dawson
Doc Dawson
National Velvet
1961
TV Series
Grandpa Harwell
Klondike
1961
TV Series
Sam Perkins
Maverick
1958-1961
TV Series
Red Daniels / Sheriff Hadley / Col. Hamilton / ...
Chartroose Caboose
1960
Woodrow 'Woody' Watts
Riverboat
1960
TV Series
Wingate Pardee
Cimarron
1960
Judge Neal Hefner
Wagon Train
1957-1960
TV Series
Ben Mattox / Thaddeus Briscoe
Stagecoach West
1960
TV Series
Lum Jensen
Assignment: Underwater
1960
TV Series
Charlie Noble
Bat Masterson
1960
TV Series
Cactus Charlie
Bronco
1960
TV Series
'Pop' Ben Owens
Four Fast Guns
1960
Dipper
Stump Run
1959
Buck Gaskin
The Deputy
1959
TV Series
Isbel
Edge of Eternity
1959
Sheriff Edwards
Hound-Dog Man
1959
Doc Cole
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1959
TV Series
Pops
It Started with a Kiss
1959
Congressman Richard Tappe
Whirlybirds
1959
TV Series
Burton
General Electric Theater
1955-1959
TV Series
Timothy Dwight / Doctor / Parson Meacham / ...
King of the Wild Stallions
1959
Idaho
The Californians
1958-1959
TV Series
Major / Dutch
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1959
TV Series
Chester Blake / Pop Michaels
Trackdown
1959
TV Series
Tully Saxon
Lawman
1959
TV Series
Jess Miller
Cimarron City
1958
TV Series
Shanty
26 Men
1958
TV Series
The Millionaire
1958
TV Series
William Eliot Vaughan
The Gale Storm Show: Oh! Susanna
1958
TV Series
Jasper Stokes
Studio One in Hollywood
1958
TV Series
Dan Ferris
The Restless Gun
1958
TV Series
Sheriff Jeb Barnes / Ethan Greenfield
The Sheepman
1958
Milt Masters
The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet
1956-1958
TV Series
Park Commissioner / Judge Willoughby
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1958
TV Series
Ringtail Jack
Day of the Badman
1958
Sam Wyckoff
Climax!
1957
TV Series
Constable / Spencer
Schlitz Playhouse
1957
TV Series
Henry Maguire
The Christophers
1957
TV Series
John Augustus
Spoilers of the Forest
1957
Tom Duncan
Judge Roy Bean
1956-1957
TV Series
Judge Roy Bean
Crossroads
1956
TV Series
Bart Alden
Strange Stories
1956
TV Series
Telephone Time
1956
TV Series
Horace Greeley
Make Room for Daddy
1953-1956
TV Series
Captain Critch / Captain Chris
Come Next Spring
1956
Mr. Canary
Screen Directors Playhouse
1955
TV Series
Sub Doyal
Luke and the Tenderfoot
1955
TV Series
Luke Herkimer
Wichita
1955
Doc Black
The Lonesome Trail
1955
Dan Wells
The Ford Television Theatre
1955
TV Series
Papa Mumby
Cavalcade of America
1953-1955
TV Series
Horace Greeley / Doc Mathew
The Silver Star
1955
Will 'Bill' Dowdy (as Edgar Buchanon)
Rage at Dawn
1955
Judge
Destry
1954
Mayor Sellers
Dawn at Socorro
1954
Sheriff Cauthen
Human Desire
1954
Alec Simmons
Hopalong Cassidy
1952-1954
TV Series
Red Connors
Sheriff Red Connors
Make Haste to Live
1954
Sheriff Lafe
She Couldn't Say No
1954
Ed Meeker
Crown Theatre with Gloria Swanson
-1954
TV Series
Uncle Harry
Waterfront
1954
TV Series
Oscar Hanline
Shane
1953
Fred Lewis
It Happens Every Thursday
1953
Jake
Toughest Man in Arizona
1952
Jim Hadlock
Wild Stallion
1952
John Wintergreen
The Big Trees
1952
Walter 'Yukon' Burns
Flaming Feather
1952
Sgt. O'Rourke
Silver City
1951
Dutch Surrency
Cave of Outlaws
1951
Dobbs
Rawhide
1951
Sam Todd
The Bigelow Theatre
1951
TV Series
The Great Missouri Raid
1951
Dr. Samuels
Hollywood Theatre Time
1950
TV Series
Devil's Doorway
1950
Zeke Carmody
The Big Hangover
1950
Uncle Fred Mahoney
Cargo to Capetown
1950
Sam Bennett
Cheaper by the Dozen
1950
Dr. Burton
Any Number Can Play
1949
Ed
Lust for Gold
1949
Wiser
Red Canyon
1949
Jonah Johnson
The Walking Hills
1949
Old Willy
The Untamed Breed
1948
John Rambeau
The Man from Colorado
1948
Doc Merriam
Coroner Creek
1948
Sheriff O'Hea
Best Man Wins
1948
Jim Smiley
Adventures in Silverado
1948
Dr. Hendersonn, aka The Monk
The Black Arrow
1948
Lawless
The Wreck of the Hesperus
1948
George Lockhart
The Swordsman
1948
Angus MacArden
Framed
1947
Jeff Cunningham
The Sea of Grass
1947
Jeff, Cook on Brewton Ranch
If I'm Lucky
1946
Darius J. Magonnagle
Renegades
1946
Kirk Dembrow
The Walls Came Tumbling Down
1946
Rev. George Bradford
Perilous Holiday
1946
George Richards
Abilene Town
1946
Sheriff 'Bravo' Trimble
The Fighting Guardsman
1946
Pepe, Bandit-Valet
The Bandit of Sherwood Forest
1945
Friar Tuck
Strange Affair
1944
Lt. Washburn
The Impatient Years
1944
Judge
Bride by Mistake
1944
Jonathan Connors
Buffalo Bill
1944
Sgt. Chips McGraw
Destroyer
1943
Kansus Jackson
Good Luck, Mr. Yates
1943
Jonesey Jones
The Desperadoes
1943
Uncle Willie McLeod
City Without Men
1943
Judge Michael T. Mallory
The Talk of the Town
1942
Sam Yates
Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die
1942
Curly Bill Brocious
You Belong to Me
1941
Billings
Texas
1941
Buford 'Doc' Thorpe
The Richest Man in Town
1941
Pete Martin
Her First Beau
1941
Elmer Tuttle
Penny Serenade
1941
Applejack
Arizona
1940
Judge Bogardus
When the Daltons Rode
1940
Narrator / Old-Timer (uncredited)
The Sea Hawk
1940
Ben Rollins (uncredited)
Escape to Glory
1940
Charles Atterbee
Tear Gas Squad
1940
Cousin Andy
3 Cheers for the Irish
1940
Party Guest (uncredited)
Too Many Husbands
1940
McDermott
My Son Is Guilty
1939
Dan, Bartender
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again
1970
TV Movie performer: "Come All You Texas Rangers" - uncredited
Petticoat Junction
1964-1970
TV Series performer - 16 episodes
The Over-the-Hill Gang
1969
TV Movie performer: "Texas Rangers" - uncredited
Bonanza
1960
TV Series performer - 1 episode
Texas
1941
performer: "Buffalo Gal Won't You Come Out Tonight" - uncredited
Penny Serenade
1941
performer: "Happy Birthday to You" 1893 - uncredited