Edgar Buchanan
Acteur
20 maart 1903 — 4 april 1979 (76 years)
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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.
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
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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.
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
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Movies & Shows on Plex
Known For
Cinematografie
| 2005 | Paul Henning & The Hillbillies · as Joe Carson |
| 1974 | Benji · as Bill |
| 1972 | Sam Cade · as J.j. Jackson |
| 1971 | The Marshal of Madrid · as Deputy Jj Jackson |
| 1971 | Cade's County · as Senior Deputy J.j. Jackson |
| 1971 | Yuma · as Mules McneilOp Plex |
| 1970 | The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again · as Jason FitchOp Plex |
| 1970 | The Partridge Family · as Judge Mcelwreath |
| 1969 | The Over-the-Hill Gang · as Jason FitchOp Plex |
| 1969 | Love, American Style · as Judge Brockmerton (segment "love And The Family Hour") |
| 1969 | Angel in My Pocket · as Axel Gresham |
| 1968 | Something for a Lonely Man · as Old Man Wolenski |
| 1968 | The Mod Squad · as Hargis |
| 1968 | The Name of the Game · as Felson |
| 1967 | Welcome to Hard Times · as Brown |
| 1966 | Gunpoint · as Bull |
| 1965 | Green Acres · as Uncle Joe Carson |
| 1965 | The Man from Button Willow · as Sorry (voice) |
| 1965 | The Rounders · as Vince Moore |
| 1964 | Karen (1964) · as Uncle Jim Loggins |
| 1963 | Move Over, Darling · as Judge Bryson |
| 1963 | McLintock! · as Bunny DullOp Plex |
| 1963 | Petticoat Junction · as Uncle Joe CarsonOp Plex |
| 1963 | A Ticklish Affair · as Captain Martin / Gramps |
| 1963 | Vacation Playhouse · as Luke |
| 1963 | Donovan's Reef · as Francis O'brien |
| 1962 | Flashing Spikes · as Crab Holman |
| 1962 | |
| 1962 | The Beverly Hillbillies · as Uncle Joe CarsonOp Plex |
| 1962 | The Wide Country · as Walter Guthrie |
| 1962 | The Virginian · as Teddy Birdwell |
| 1962 | The Lloyd Bridges Show · as Doc Lawton |
| 1962 | Ride the High Country · as Judge TolliverOp Plex |
| 1961 | The Comancheros · as Circuit Court Judge Thaddeus Jackson Breen |
| 1961 | Alcoa Premiere · as Crab Holman |
| 1961 | The New Bob Cummings Show · as Cast |
| 1961 | |
| 1961 | Dr. Kildare · as Judge Wilfred Manning |
| 1961 | Tammy Tell Me True · as Judge Carver |
| 1960 | Chartroose Caboose · as Woodrow 'woody' Watts |
| 1960 | Cimarron · as Judge Neal Hefner |
| 1960 | Klondike · as Sam Perkins |
| 1960 | Route 66 · as Magistrate Abe ChumleyOp Plex |
| 1960 | The Jim Backus Show · as Uncle Chester Danforth |
| 1960 | Stagecoach West · as Lum Jensen |
| 1960 | The Andy Griffith Show · as Henry Wheeler |
| 1960 | |
| 1960 | The Barbara Stanwyck Show · as Judge Franklin |
| 1960 | National Velvet · as Grandpa Harwell |
| 1960 | Thriller · as Doc O'connor |
| 1960 | |
| 1960 | Devil's Partner · as Doc LucasOp Plex |
| 1960 | Four Fast Guns · as Dipper |
| 1959 | Hound-Dog Man · as Doc Cole |
| 1959 | Edge of Eternity · as Sheriff Edwards |
| 1959 | Dennis the Menace · as Mr. MeekinOp Plex |
| 1959 | The Twilight Zone · as Doc Bolton |
| 1959 | |
| 1959 | Riverboat · as Wingate Pardee |
| 1959 | Bonanza · as Hallelujah HicksOp Plex |
| 1959 | The Deputy · as Isbel |
| 1959 | The Troubleshooters (1959) · as Dr. Wilkins |
| 1959 | It Started with a Kiss · as Congressman Richard Tappe |
| 1959 | King of the Wild Stallions · as Idaho |
| 1958 | Cimarron City · as Shanty |
| 1958 | Bat Masterson · as Cactus CharlieOp Plex |
| 1958 | Lawman · as Jess Miller |
| 1958 | The Rifleman · as Doc J. BurrageOp Plex |
| 1958 | |
| 1958 | Wanted: Dead or Alive · as Pop MichaelsOp Plex |
| 1958 | The Sheepman · as Milt Masters |
| 1958 | Day of the Badman · as Sam Wyckoff |
| 1957 | 26 MenOp Plex |
| 1957 | Trackdown · as Tully Saxon |
| 1957 | The Californians · as MajorOp Plex |
| 1957 | The Restless Gun · as Ethan Greenfield |
| 1957 | Maverick · as Jed Christianson |
| 1957 | Perry Mason · as Andy Templet |
| 1957 | Wagon Train · as Thaddeus Briscoe |
| 1957 | |
| 1957 | Leave It to Beaver · as Captain Jack |
| 1957 | Spoilers of the Forest · as Tom Duncan |
| 1957 | Tales of Wells Fargo · as Bob Dawson |
| 1957 | Whirlybirds · as Burton |
| 1956 | The Gale Storm Show · as Jasper Stokes |
| 1956 | The Adventures of Jim BowieOp Plex |
| 1956 | Telephone Time · as Horace Greeley |
| 1956 | Come Next Spring · as Mr. Canary |
| 1955 | Crossroads (1955) · as Bart Alden |
| 1955 | Screen Directors Playhouse · as Sub Doyal |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents · as Pops |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke · as Dan |
| 1955 | |
| 1955 | Wichita · as Doc Black |
| 1955 | The Lonesome Trail · as Dan Wells |
| 1955 | Rage at Dawn · as JudgeOp Plex |
| 1955 | The Silver Star · as Will 'bill' Dowdy (as Edgar Buchanon) |
| 1955 | The Millionaire · as William Eliot Vaughan |
| 1954 | Destry · as The Honorable Hiram J. Sellers, Mayor |
| 1954 | Dawn at Socorro · as Sheriff Cauthen |
| 1954 | Human Desire · as Alec Simmons |
| 1954 | Climax! · as Spencer |
| 1954 | Make Haste to Live · as Sheriff Lafe |
| 1954 | Waterfront · as Oscar Hanline |
| 1953 | She Couldn't Say No · as Ed Meeker |
| 1953 | Make Room for Daddy · as Captain ArchieOp Plex |
| 1953 | Shane · as Fred Lewis |
| 1953 | It Happens Every Thursday · as Jake |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater · as Preacher Bailey |
| 1952 | Toughest Man in Arizona · as Jim Hadlock |
| 1952 | The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet · as Park CommissionerOp Plex |
| 1952 | Ford Theatre: All Star Theatre · as Papa Mumby |
| 1952 | Cavalcade of America · as Horace Greeley |
| 1952 | Hopalong Cassidy · as Red ConnorsOp Plex |
| 1952 | Wild Stallion · as John Wintergreen |
| 1952 | The Big Trees · as Walter 'yukon' BurnsOp Plex |
| 1952 | Flaming Feather · as Sgt. O'rourke |
| 1951 | Silver City · as Dutch Surrency |
| 1951 | Cave of Outlaws · as Dobbs |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars · as Henry Maguire |
| 1951 | Rawhide · as Sam Todd |
| 1951 | The Great Missouri Raid · as Dr. Samuels |
| 1950 | The Bigelow Theatre · as Cast |
| 1950 | Devil's Doorway · as Zeke Carmody |
| 1950 | The Big Hangover · as Uncle Fred Mahoney |
| 1950 | Cheaper by the Dozen · as Dr. Burton |
| 1950 | Cargo to Capetown · as Sam Bennett |
| 1949 | Any Number Can Play · as Ed |
| 1949 | Lust for Gold · as Wiser |
| 1949 | Red Canyon · as Jonah Johnson |
| 1949 | The Walking Hills · as Old Willy |
| 1948 | Studio One · as Dan Ferris |
| 1948 | The Untamed Breed · as John Rambeau |
| 1948 | The Man from Colorado · as Doc Merriam |
| 1948 | Coroner Creek · as Sheriff O'hea |
| 1948 | Best Man Wins · as Jim Smiley |
| 1948 | Adventures in Silverado · as Dr. Hendersonn |
| 1948 | The Black Arrow · as Lawless |
| 1948 | The Wreck of the Hesperus · as George Lockhart |
| 1948 | The Swordsman · as Angus Macarden |
| 1947 | Framed · as Jeff Cunningham |
| 1947 | The Sea of Grass · as Jeff |
| 1946 | If I'm Lucky · as Darius J. Magonnagle |
| 1946 | Renegades · as Kirk Dembrow |
| 1946 | The Walls Came Tumbling Down · as George Bradford |
| 1946 | The Bandit of Sherwood Forest · as Friar Tuck |
| 1946 | Abilene Town · as Sheriff Bravo TrimbleOp Plex |
| 1945 | The Fighting Guardsman · as Brown |
| 1944 | Strange Affair · as Lt. Washburn |
| 1944 | The Impatient Years · as Judge |
| 1944 | Bride by Mistake · as Jonathan Connors |
| 1944 | Buffalo Bill · as Sgt. Chips Mcgraw |
| 1943 | Destroyer · as Kansas Jackson |
| 1943 | Good Luck, Mr. Yates · as Jonesey Jones |
| 1943 | The Desperadoes · as Uncle Willie Mcleod |
| 1943 | City Without Men · as Judge Michael T. MalloryOp Plex |
| 1942 | The Talk of the Town · as Sam Yates |
| 1942 | Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die · as Curly Bill |
| 1941 | You Belong to Me · as Billings |
| 1941 | Texas · as Buford 'doc' Thorpe |
| 1941 | Penny Serenade · as Applejack CarneyOp Plex |
| 1940 | Arizona · as Judge Bogardus |
| 1940 | The Sea Hawk · as Ben Rollins |
| 1940 | When the Daltons Rode · as Narrator / Old-Timer (uncredited) |
| 1940 | Escape to Glory · as Charles Atterbee |
| 1940 | Tear Gas Squad · as Cousin Andy |
| 1940 | Too Many Husbands · as Mcdermott |
| 1940 | 3 Cheers for the Irish · as Party Guest |
| 1939 | My Son Is Guilty · as Dan, Bartender |
| 1983 | Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage · as Self (archive Footage) (uncredited) |
| 1962 | The Merv Griffin Show · as Self |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show · as Self |
| 1960 | Here's Hollywood · as Self |
| 1952 | I've Got a Secret · as Self - Guest Star |