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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.
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Known For
Shane
(1953)
Fred Lewis
The Comancheros
(1961)
Circuit Court Judge Thaddeus Jackson Breen
Wichita
(1955)
Doc Black
McLintock!
(1963)
Bunny Dull
The Sea Hawk
(1940)
Ben Rollins
The Rounders
(1965)
Vince Moore
Benji
(1974)
Bill
Penny Serenade
(1941)
Applejack Carney
Rawhide
(1951)
Sam Todd
The Talk of the Town
(1942)
Sam Yates
Ride the High Country
(1962)
Judge Tolliver
Cimarron
(1960)
Judge Neal Hefner
The Desperadoes
(1943)
Uncle Willie McLeod
Human Desire
(1954)
Alec Simmons
Donovan's Reef
(1963)
Francis O'Brien
The Sheepman
(1958)
Milt Masters
Full Filmography
Acting
My Son is Guilty
(1939)
Dan, Bartender
The Sea Hawk
(1940)
Ben Rollins
Arizona
(1940)
Judge Bogardus
When the Daltons Rode
(1940)
Narrator / Old-Timer (uncredited)
Escape to Glory
(1940)
Charles Atterbee
Tear Gas Squad
(1940)
Cousin Andy
Too Many Husbands
(1940)
McDermott
The Richest Man in Town
(1941)
Pete Martin
Texas
(1941)
Buford 'Doc' Thorpe
Her First Beau
(1941)
Elmer Tuttle
You Belong to Me
(1941)
Billings
Penny Serenade
(1941)
Applejack Carney
The Talk of the Town
(1942)
Sam Yates
Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die
(1942)
Curly Bill
City Without Men
(1943)
Judge Michael T. Mallory
Good Luck, Mr. Yates
(1943)
Jonesey Jones
The Desperadoes
(1943)
Uncle Willie McLeod
Destroyer
(1943)
Kansas Jackson
Strange Affair
(1944)
Lt. Washburn
Bride by Mistake
(1944)
Jonathan Connors
Buffalo Bill
(1944)
Sgt. Chips McGraw
The Impatient Years
(1944)
Judge
Renegades
(1946)
Kirk Dembrow
Perilous Holiday
(1946)
George Richards
The Bandit of Sherwood Forest
(1946)
Friar Tuck
The Walls Came Tumbling Down
(1946)
George Bradford
The Fighting Guardsman
(1946)
Brown
Abilene Town
(1946)
Sheriff Bravo Trimble
If I'm Lucky
(1946)
Darius J. Magonnagle
The Sea of Grass
(1947)
Jeff
Framed
(1947)
Jeff Cunningham
Best Man Wins
(1948)
Jim Smiley
The Swordsman
(1948)
Angus MacArden
The Man from Colorado
(1948)
Doc Merriam
Coroner Creek
(1948)
Sheriff O'Hea
Adventures in Silverado
(1948)
Dr. Hendersonn
The Black Arrow
(1948)
Lawless
The Untamed Breed
(1948)
John Rambeau
The Wreck of the Hesperus
(1948)
George Lockhart
Any Number Can Play
(1949)
Ed
Lust for Gold
(1949)
Wiser
The Walking Hills
(1949)
Old Willy
Red Canyon
(1949)
Jonah Johnson
The Big Hangover
(1950)
Uncle Fred Mahoney
Cargo to Capetown
(1950)
Sam Bennett
Devil's Doorway
(1950)
Zeke Carmody
Cheaper by the Dozen
(1950)
Dr. Burton
The Great Missouri Raid
(1951)
Dr. Samuels
Silver City
(1951)
Dutch Surrency
Cave of Outlaws
(1951)
Dobbs
Rawhide
(1951)
Sam Todd
Flaming Feather
(1952)
Sgt. O'Rourke
The Big Trees
(1952)
Walter 'Yukon' Burns
Toughest Man in Arizona
(1952)
Jim Hadlock
Wild Stallion
(1952)
John Wintergreen
It Happens Every Thursday
(1953)
Jake
Shane
(1953)
Fred Lewis
She Couldn't Say No
(1954)
Ed Meeker
Make Haste to Live
(1954)
Sheriff Lafe
Destry
(1954)
The Honorable Hiram J. Sellers, Mayor
Human Desire
(1954)
Alec Simmons
Dawn at Socorro
(1954)
Sheriff Cauthen
Rage at Dawn
(1955)
Judge
The Lonesome Trail
(1955)
Dan Wells
The Silver Star
(1955)
Will 'Bill' Dowdy (as Edgar Buchanon)
Wichita
(1955)
Doc Black
Come Next Spring
(1956)
Mr. Canary
Spoilers of the Forest
(1957)
Tom Duncan
Day of the Badman
(1958)
Sam Wyckoff
The Sheepman
(1958)
Milt Masters
King of the Wild Stallions
(1959)
Idaho
It Started with a Kiss
(1959)
Congressman Richard Tappe
Hound-Dog Man
(1959)
Doc Cole
Edge of Eternity
(1959)
Sheriff Edwards
Stump Run
(1959)
Four Fast Guns
(1960)
Dipper
Chartroose Caboose
(1960)
Woodrow 'Woody' Watts
Cimarron
(1960)
Judge Neal Hefner
Devil's Partner
(1961)
Doc Lucas
Tammy Tell Me True
(1961)
Judge Carver
The Comancheros
(1961)
Circuit Court Judge Thaddeus Jackson Breen
Flashing Spikes
(1962)
Crab Holman
Ride the High Country
(1962)
Judge Tolliver
A Ticklish Affair
(1963)
Captain Martin / Gramps
Donovan's Reef
(1963)
Francis O'Brien
McLintock!
(1963)
Bunny Dull
Move Over, Darling
(1963)
Judge Bryson
The Man from Button Willow
(1965)
Sorry
The Rounders
(1965)
Vince Moore
Gunpoint
(1966)
Bull
Welcome to Hard Times
(1967)
Brown
Something for a Lonely Man
(1968)
Old Man Wolenski
Angel in My Pocket
(1969)
Axel Gresham
The Over the Hill Gang
(1969)
Jason Fitch
The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again
(1970)
Jason Fitch
Yuma
(1971)
Mules McNeil
Sam Cade
(1972)
J.J. Jackson
The Marshal of Madrid
(1972)
Deputy JJ Jackson
Benji
(1974)
Bill
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
(1983)
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The History of Hooterville
(2005)
Self (archive footage)