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Edgar Buchanan
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Edgar Buchanan
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1903-03-20,Humansville, Missouri, USA
Gender
Male
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 Edgar Buchanan Sr., DDS in Humansville, Missouri. He moved with his family to Oregon when he was seven. His father had a dental practice in Eugene, Oregon, and encouraged his son to follow suit. Buchanan Senior did not approve of his son's acting ambitions and pushed him to pursue dentistry instead. According to authors Arden and Joan Christen, Edgar's father believed "to choose a career in the theater was to settle for a life of mediocrity and uncertainty". Nevertheless, Edgar took courses in theater at the University of Oregon as a pre-med student, and was part of a Portland acting troupe in graduate school. He was also involved in the founding of the Portland Civic Theatre. In 1928, Edgar earned his DDS degree from North Pacific College School of Dentistry in Portland, Oregon, which later became Oregon Health & Science University School of Dentistry. During his time there, he met his future wife, Mildred "Millie" Spence (1907–1987). They married in 1928 - the same year they both graduated with dental degrees. The couple adopted a son and named him William Edgar "Buck" Buchanan III. Big changes came in 1939 when the family of three relocated their dental practice from Eugene, Oregon, to Altadena, California. There, Edgar joined the Pasadena Playhouse as an actor. Studio scouts spotted him performing at the playhouse and signed him into a seven-year deal in Hollywood. That same year, he appeared in his first film at age 36, and he left dentistry for good. Meanwhile, his wife, Dr. Millie Buchanan, DDS, took over the dental practice while also supporting her husband's new career as his talent manager. Career Buchanan appeared in more than 100 films, including Texas (1941), in which he played a dentist and appeared with William Holden and Glenn Ford and later in Penny Serenade (1941) with Irene Dunne and Cary Grant, Tombstone, the Town Too Tough to Die (1942), The Talk of the Town (1942) with Ronald Colman, Cary Grant and Jean Arthur, The Man from Colorado (1948), Cheaper by the Dozen (1950), Shane (1953), She Couldn't Say No (1954), Ride the High Country (1962) with Randolph Scott and Joel McCrea, McLintock! (1963) with John Wayne, Move Over, Darling (1963) with Doris Day and James Garner, and Benji (1974). Death Buchanan died from a stroke complicated by pneumonia in Palm Desert, California in 1979. He was interred in the Forest Lawn - Hollywood Hills Cemetery in Los Angeles. CLR Description above from the Wikipedia article Edgar Buchanan, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

7.343

Shane
1953-04-23

Move Over, Darling

6.663

Move Over, Darling
1963-12-19

The Comancheros

6.7

The Comancheros
1961-12-16

6.8

Human Desire
1954-08-05

6.3

Benji
1974-10-17

5.327

Abilene Town
1946-01-11

The Talk of the Town

7.316

The Talk of the Town
1942-08-20

5.531

The Rounders
1965-01-08

Devil's Doorway

6.857

Devil's Doorway
1950-08-18

Ride the High Country

7.059

Ride the High Country
1962-05-09

6.5

Framed
1947-05-25

6.2

Coroner Creek
1948-07-01

5.6

The Big Trees
1952-02-05

6.721

Rawhide
1951-03-25

The Man from Colorado

6.867

The Man from Colorado
1948-08-07

6.581

McLintock!
1963-11-12

5.769

Buffalo Bill
1944-04-02

6.6

Penny Serenade
1941-04-24

6.3

Donovan's Reef
1963-06-12

Cargo to Capetown

6.583

Cargo to Capetown
1950-04-01

Tammy Tell Me True

6.333

Tammy Tell Me True
1961-07-26

6.133

Cimarron
1960-12-01

Make Haste to Live

6.036

Make Haste to Live
1954-03-25

The Over the Hill Gang

5.818

The Over the Hill Gang
1969-07-06

6

Lust for Gold
1949-06-10

6.2

Destry
1954-12-01

6

Yuma
1971-03-02

Edge of Eternity

6.652

Edge of Eternity
1959-11-02

The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again

5.625

The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again
1970-11-16

The Sea of Grass

6.103

The Sea of Grass
1947-04-25

The Walls Came Tumbling Down

6.222

The Walls Came Tumbling Down
1946-06-07

You Belong to Me

6.031

You Belong to Me
1941-10-22

6.781

Destroyer
1943-08-19

Angel in My Pocket

6.2

Angel in My Pocket
1969-04-02

Any Number Can Play

6.9

Any Number Can Play
1949-07-15

Too Many Husbands

6.476

Too Many Husbands
1940-04-03

A Ticklish Affair

5.857

A Ticklish Affair
1963-08-18

Devil's Partner

5.529

Devil's Partner
1961-09-19

The Bandit of Sherwood Forest

5.273

The Bandit of Sherwood Forest
1946-02-21

She Couldn't Say No

5.706

She Couldn't Say No
1954-02-15

The Man from Button Willow

5.3

The Man from Button Willow
1965-04-03

Cave of Outlaws

5.433

Cave of Outlaws
1951-11-01

6.3

Wichita
1955-07-03

When the Daltons Rode

6.227

When the Daltons Rode
1940-08-23

Good Luck, Mr. Yates

6.5

Good Luck, Mr. Yates
1943-06-29

5.8

Red Canyon
1949-04-27

Welcome to Hard Times

5.3

Welcome to Hard Times
1967-04-30

Dawn at Socorro

7.208

Dawn at Socorro
1954-09-01

The Impatient Years

6.688

The Impatient Years
1944-09-10

6.16

Gunpoint
1966-04-25

5.9

Four Fast Guns
1960-02-10

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

7

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983-02-25

It Started with a Kiss

5.471

It Started with a Kiss
1959-08-19

6.667

Wild Stallion
1952-04-27

Toughest Man in Arizona

7

Toughest Man in Arizona
1952-10-10

The Big Hangover

6.357

The Big Hangover
1950-05-26

5.833

Renegades
1946-06-13

The Walking Hills

6.119

The Walking Hills
1949-03-05

Bride by Mistake

6.7

Bride by Mistake
1944-07-26

Come Next Spring

5.875

Come Next Spring
1956-03-09

6.667

If I'm Lucky
1946-09-02

King of the Wild Stallions

6.75

King of the Wild Stallions
1959-05-17

6.9

The Sheepman
1958-05-01

Cheaper by the Dozen

6.4

Cheaper by the Dozen
1950-03-31

Escape to Glory

7.5

Escape to Glory
1940-05-20

Adventures in Silverado

7

Adventures in Silverado
1948-03-25

City Without Men

5.667

City Without Men
1943-01-14

The Silver Star

5.5

The Silver Star
1955-04-07

Something for a Lonely Man

7.611

Something for a Lonely Man
1968-11-26

6.5

Arizona
1940-12-25

6.646

Texas
1941-10-09

Flaming Feather

6.25

Flaming Feather
1952-02-01

6.207

Rage at Dawn
1955-03-26

Spoilers of the Forest

6

Spoilers of the Forest
1957-04-04

The Fighting Guardsman

8.5

The Fighting Guardsman
1945-04-24

7.333

The Swordsman
1948-01-02

10

Stump Run
1960-01-01

The Desperadoes

5.903

The Desperadoes
1943-05-25

Flashing Spikes

6.8

Flashing Spikes
1962-10-04

Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die

6.071

Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die
1942-06-13

The Untamed Breed

6.5

The Untamed Breed
1948-10-20

My Son Is Guilty

7.5

My Son Is Guilty
1939-12-28

The Great Missouri Raid

6.8

The Great Missouri Raid
1951-02-01

6.577

Silver City
1951-12-01

The Black Arrow

5.5

The Black Arrow
1948-03-18

The Lonesome Trail

8

The Lonesome Trail
1955-07-01

7

Best Man Wins
1948-05-06

Perilous Holiday

8

Perilous Holiday
1946-03-20

The Richest Man in Town

10

The Richest Man in Town
1941-08-02

7.2

The Sea Hawk
1940-08-10

6.2

Strange Affair
1944-10-05

The Wreck of the Hesperus

7

The Wreck of the Hesperus
1948-02-04

Day of the Badman

6.8

Day of the Badman
1958-01-29

It Happens Every Thursday

6.286

It Happens Every Thursday
1953-04-22

5.25

Tear Gas Squad
1940-05-04

4.667

Hound-Dog Man
1959-11-11

6.5

Her First Beau
1941-05-08

Chartroose Caboose

10

Chartroose Caboose
1960-12-28

The History of Hooterville

0

The History of Hooterville
2005-10-19

The Marshal of Madrid

0

The Marshal of Madrid
1972-01-01

0

Sam Cade
1972-01-01

The Brush Roper

0

The Brush Roper
1955-11-23

The Andy Griffith Show

7.6

The Andy Griffith Show
1960-10-03

7.2

Green Acres
1965-09-15

The Beverly Hillbillies

6.926

The Beverly Hillbillies
1962-09-26

6.725

Route 66
1960-10-07

Petticoat Junction

5.813

Petticoat Junction
1963-09-24

The Merv Griffin Show

6.6

The Merv Griffin Show
1962-10-01

7.706

Perry Mason
1957-09-21

6.679

Gunsmoke
1955-09-10

5.385

Studio One
1948-11-07

General Electric Theater

6.833

General Electric Theater
1953-02-01

The Twilight Zone

8.5

The Twilight Zone
1959-10-02

6.857

The Tall Man
1960-09-10

Leave It to Beaver

6.977

Leave It to Beaver
1957-10-04

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

7.8

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955-10-02

Bringing Up Buddy

9

Bringing Up Buddy
1960-10-10

6.667

Outlaws
1960-09-26

10

Bus Stop
1961-10-01

Have Gun, Will Travel

7.314

Have Gun, Will Travel
1957-09-14

The Millionaire

5.75

The Millionaire
1955-01-19

6.675

Thriller
1960-09-13

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

7.2

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951-10-05

3.833

Climax!
1954-10-07

6

Bronco
1958-09-23

The Adventures of Jim Bowie

5.333

The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956-09-07

National Velvet

8.75

National Velvet
1960-09-18

Wanted: Dead or Alive

7.014

Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958-09-06

7.1

The Rifleman
1958-09-30

6.133

Bat Masterson
1958-10-08

6.694

Laramie
1959-09-15

6.5

Riverboat
1959-09-13

Cavalcade of America

4.6

Cavalcade of America
1952-10-01

6.75

Stoney Burke
1962-10-01

Vacation Playhouse

8

Vacation Playhouse
1963-07-22

5.711

Dr. Kildare
1961-09-27

5

26 Men
1957-10-15

7

Judge Roy Bean
1955-09-01

Hopalong Cassidy

5.375

Hopalong Cassidy
1952-09-19

6.94

Maverick
1957-09-22

The Barbara Stanwyck Show

6.4

The Barbara Stanwyck Show
1960-09-19

6.725

Route 66
1960-10-07

6

Cade's County
1971-09-19

The Californians

5.8

The Californians
1957-09-24

6.6

Wagon Train
1957-09-18

5.711

Dr. Kildare
1961-09-27

7.1

The Rifleman
1958-09-30

6.94

Maverick
1957-09-22

6.679

Gunsmoke
1955-09-10

General Electric Theater

6.833

General Electric Theater
1953-02-01

General Electric Theater

6.833

General Electric Theater
1953-02-01

General Electric Theater

6.833

General Electric Theater
1953-02-01

General Electric Theater

6.833

General Electric Theater
1953-02-01

General Electric Theater

6.833

General Electric Theater
1953-02-01

Cavalcade of America

4.6

Cavalcade of America
1952-10-01

Cavalcade of America

4.6

Cavalcade of America
1952-10-01

Wanted: Dead or Alive

7.014

Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958-09-06

7.706

Perry Mason
1957-09-21

The Danny Thomas Show

6.237

The Danny Thomas Show
1953-09-29

6.94

Maverick
1957-09-22

3.833

Climax!
1954-10-07

The Restless Gun

4.4

The Restless Gun
1957-09-23

Stagecoach West

6.667

Stagecoach West
1960-10-04

The Lloyd Bridges Show

6

The Lloyd Bridges Show
1962-09-11

The Gale Storm Show

6.7

The Gale Storm Show
1956-09-29

7.521

Bonanza
1959-09-12

7.1

The Rifleman
1958-09-30

6.6

Wagon Train
1957-09-18

6.875

Trackdown
1957-10-04

The Ford Television Theatre

7.75

The Ford Television Theatre
1952-10-02

The Partridge Family

6.887

The Partridge Family
1970-09-25

The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet

6.156

The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
1952-10-03

6.074

The Mod Squad
1968-09-24