Acting
Edgar Buchanan
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
The History of Hooterville
Film · 2005
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Film · 1983
Benji
Film · 1974
The Marshal of Madrid
Film · 1972
Sam Cade
Film · 1972
Yuma
Film · 1971
Cade's County
Series · 1971
The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again
Film · 1970
The Partridge Family
Series · 1970
The Over the Hill Gang
Film · 1969
Angel in My Pocket
Film · 1969
Something for a Lonely Man
Film · 1968
The Mod Squad
Series · 1968
Welcome to Hard Times
Film · 1967
Gunpoint
Film · 1966
The Rounders
Film · 1965
The Man from Button Willow
Film · 1965
Green Acres
Series · 1965
Move Over, Darling
Film · 1963
McLintock!
Film · 1963
Donovan's Reef
Film · 1963
A Ticklish Affair
Film · 1963
Petticoat Junction
Series · 1963
Vacation Playhouse
Series · 1963
Ride the High Country
Film · 1962
Flashing Spikes
Film · 1962
The Beverly Hillbillies
Series · 1962
The Merv Griffin Show
Series · 1962
Stoney Burke
Series · 1962
The Lloyd Bridges Show
Series · 1962
The Comancheros
Film · 1961
Tammy Tell Me True
Film · 1961
Devil's Partner
Film · 1961
Bus Stop
Series · 1961
Dr. Kildare
Series · 1961
Dr. Kildare
Series · 1961
Cimarron
Film · 1960
Four Fast Guns
Film · 1960
Stump Run
Film · 1960
Chartroose Caboose
Film · 1960
The Andy Griffith Show
Series · 1960
Route 66
Series · 1960
The Tall Man
Series · 1960
Bringing Up Buddy
Series · 1960
Outlaws
Series · 1960
Thriller
Series · 1960
National Velvet
Series · 1960
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
Series · 1960
Route 66
Series · 1960
Stagecoach West
Series · 1960
Edge of Eternity
Film · 1959
It Started with a Kiss
Film · 1959
King of the Wild Stallions
Film · 1959
Hound-Dog Man
Film · 1959
The Twilight Zone
Series · 1959
Laramie
Series · 1959
Riverboat
Series · 1959
Bonanza
Series · 1959
The Sheepman
Film · 1958
Day of the Badman
Film · 1958
Bronco
Series · 1958
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Series · 1958
The Rifleman
Series · 1958
Bat Masterson
Series · 1958
The Rifleman
Series · 1958
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Series · 1958
The Rifleman
Series · 1958
Spoilers of the Forest
Film · 1957
Perry Mason
Series · 1957
Leave It to Beaver
Series · 1957
Have Gun, Will Travel
Series · 1957
26 Men
Series · 1957
Maverick
Series · 1957
The Californians
Series · 1957
Wagon Train
Series · 1957
Maverick
Series · 1957
Perry Mason
Series · 1957
Maverick
Series · 1957
The Restless Gun
Series · 1957
Wagon Train
Series · 1957
Trackdown
Series · 1957
Come Next Spring
Film · 1956
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
Series · 1956
The Gale Storm Show
Series · 1956
Wichita
Film · 1955
The Silver Star
Film · 1955
Rage at Dawn
Film · 1955
The Lonesome Trail
Film · 1955
The Brush Roper
Film · 1955
Gunsmoke
Series · 1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Series · 1955
The Millionaire
Series · 1955
Judge Roy Bean
Series · 1955
Gunsmoke
Series · 1955
Human Desire
Film · 1954
Make Haste to Live
Film · 1954
Destry
Film · 1954
She Couldn't Say No
Film · 1954
Dawn at Socorro
Film · 1954
Climax!
Series · 1954
Climax!
Series · 1954
Shane
Film · 1953
It Happens Every Thursday
Film · 1953
General Electric Theater
Series · 1953
General Electric Theater
Series · 1953
General Electric Theater
Series · 1953
General Electric Theater
Series · 1953
General Electric Theater
Series · 1953
General Electric Theater
Series · 1953
The Danny Thomas Show
Series · 1953
The Big Trees
Film · 1952
Wild Stallion
Film · 1952
Toughest Man in Arizona
Film · 1952
Flaming Feather
Film · 1952
Cavalcade of America
Series · 1952
Hopalong Cassidy
Series · 1952
Cavalcade of America
Series · 1952
Cavalcade of America
Series · 1952
The Ford Television Theatre
Series · 1952
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
Series · 1952
Rawhide
Film · 1951
Cave of Outlaws
Film · 1951
The Great Missouri Raid
Film · 1951
Silver City
Film · 1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Series · 1951
Devil's Doorway
Film · 1950
Cargo to Capetown
Film · 1950
The Big Hangover
Film · 1950
Cheaper by the Dozen
Film · 1950
Lust for Gold
Film · 1949
Any Number Can Play
Film · 1949
Red Canyon
Film · 1949
The Walking Hills
Film · 1949
Coroner Creek
Film · 1948
The Man from Colorado
Film · 1948
Adventures in Silverado
Film · 1948
The Swordsman
Film · 1948
The Untamed Breed
Film · 1948
The Black Arrow
Film · 1948
Best Man Wins
Film · 1948
The Wreck of the Hesperus
Film · 1948
Studio One
Series · 1948
Framed
Film · 1947
The Sea of Grass
Film · 1947
Abilene Town
Film · 1946
The Walls Came Tumbling Down
Film · 1946
The Bandit of Sherwood Forest
Film · 1946
Renegades
Film · 1946
If I'm Lucky
Film · 1946
Perilous Holiday
Film · 1946
The Fighting Guardsman
Film · 1945
Buffalo Bill
Film · 1944
The Impatient Years
Film · 1944
Bride by Mistake
Film · 1944
Strange Affair
Film · 1944
Destroyer
Film · 1943
Good Luck, Mr. Yates
Film · 1943
City Without Men
Film · 1943
The Desperadoes
Film · 1943
The Talk of the Town
Film · 1942
Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die
Film · 1942
Penny Serenade
Film · 1941
You Belong to Me
Film · 1941
Texas
Film · 1941
The Richest Man in Town
Film · 1941
Her First Beau
Film · 1941
Too Many Husbands
Film · 1940
When the Daltons Rode
Film · 1940
Escape to Glory
Film · 1940
Arizona
Film · 1940
The Sea Hawk
Film · 1940
Tear Gas Squad
Film · 1940
My Son Is Guilty
Film · 1939