Edgar Buchanan
Edgar Buchanan is known for Shane (1953), McLintock! (1963), Ride the High Country (1962).
Biography
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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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Questions about Edgar Buchanan
How many Edgar Buchanan films are in the catalogue?
The CineQuiz catalogue has 87 films with Edgar Buchanan, from 1940 to 1983.
What is the best rated Edgar Buchanan film?
The best rated Edgar Buchanan film in the catalogue is Shane (1953), rated 7.3.
What was the first Edgar Buchanan film?
The first Edgar Buchanan film in the catalogue is The Sea Hawk, from 1940.
Who has Edgar Buchanan worked with the most?
In the catalogue, Edgar Buchanan shares the most credits with Glenn Ford (4 films), James Edward Grant (4 films) and Chet Brandenburg (3 films).
People data: TMDb.
Known for
Trivia
- Also works as
- dentist
- Studied at
- University of Oregon · North Pacific College
Trivia from Wikidata, licensed CC0.
Full filmography
102 films — 87 in the catalogue
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The History of Hooterville
2005 · Self (archive footage)
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7.0 Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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6.4 Benji
1974 · Bill
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The Marshal of Madrid
1972 · Deputy JJ Jackson
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Sam Cade
1972 · J.J. Jackson
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5.9 Yuma
1971 · Mules McNeil
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5.6 The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again
1970 · Jason Fitch
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5.8 The Over the Hill Gang
1969 · Jason Fitch
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6.2 Angel in My Pocket
1969 · Axel Gresham
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7.6 Something for a Lonely Man
1968 · Old Man Wolenski
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5.3 Welcome to Hard Times
1967 · Brown
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6.2 Gunpoint
1966 · Bull
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5.3 The Man from Button Willow
1965 · Sorry (voice)
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5.5 The Rounders
1965 · Vince Moore
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6.7 Move Over, Darling
1963 · Judge Bryson
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6.6 McLintock!
1963 · Bunny Dull
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5.9 A Ticklish Affair
1963 · Captain Martin / Gramps
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6.2 Donovan's Reef
1963 · Francis O'Brien
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6.8 Flashing Spikes
1962 · Crab Holman
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7.1 Ride the High Country
1962 · Judge Tolliver
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6.7 The Comancheros
1961 · Circuit Court Judge Thaddeus Jackson Breen
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5.6 Devil's Partner
1961 · Doc Lucas
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6.3 Tammy Tell Me True
1961 · Judge Carver
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10.0 Chartroose Caboose
1960 · Woodrow 'Woody' Watts
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6.2 Cimarron
1960 · Judge Neal Hefner
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6.0 Four Fast Guns
1960 · Dipper
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10.0 Stump Run
1960
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4.7 Hound-Dog Man
1959 · Doc Cole
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6.7 Edge of Eternity
1959 · Sheriff Edwards
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5.5 It Started with a Kiss
1959 · Richard Tappe
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6.8 King of the Wild Stallions
1959 · Idaho
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6.9 The Sheepman
1958 · Milt Masters
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6.9 Day of the Badman
1958 · Sam Wyckoff
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6.0 Spoilers of the Forest
1957 · Tom Duncan
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5.9 Quando a Primavera Voltar
1956 · Mr. Canary
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The Brush Roper
1955 · Sub Doyal
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6.3 Wichita
1955 · Doc Black
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8.0 The Lonesome Trail
1955 · Dan Wells
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5.5 The Silver Star
1955 · Will 'Bill' Dowdy (as Edgar Buchanon)
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6.2 Rage at Dawn
1955 · Judge
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6.1 Destry
1954 · The Honorable Hiram J. Sellers, Mayor
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7.2 Dawn at Socorro
1954 · Sheriff Cauthen
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6.7 Human Desire
1954 · Alec Simmons
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6.0 Make Haste to Live
1954 · Sheriff Lafe
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5.7 She Couldn't Say No
1954 · Ed Meeker
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7.3 Shane
1953 · Fred Lewis
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6.3 It Happens Every Thursday
1953 · Jake
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7.0 Toughest Man in Arizona
1952 · Jim Hadlock
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6.2 Wild Stallion
1952 · John Wintergreen
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5.6 The Big Trees
1952 · Walter 'Yukon' Burns
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6.2 Flaming Feather
1952 · Sgt. O'Rourke
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6.6 Silver City
1951 · Dutch Surrency
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5.4 Cave of Outlaws
1951 · Dobbs
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6.8 Rawhide
1951 · Sam Todd
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6.8 The Great Missouri Raid
1951 · Dr. Samuels
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6.9 Devil's Doorway
1950 · Zeke Carmody
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6.4 The Big Hangover
1950 · Uncle Fred Mahoney
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6.6 Cargo to Capetown
1950 · Sam Bennett
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6.4 Cheaper by the Dozen
1950 · Dr. Burton
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6.9 Any Number Can Play
1949 · Ed
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6.0 Lust for Gold
1949 · Wiser
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5.8 Red Canyon
1949 · Jonah Johnson
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6.0 The Walking Hills
1949 · Old Willy
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6.5 The Untamed Breed
1948 · John Rambeau
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6.9 The Man from Colorado
1948 · Doc Merriam
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6.2 Coroner Creek
1948 · Sheriff O'Hea
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7.0 Best Man Wins
1948 · Jim Smiley
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7.0 Adventures in Silverado
1948 · Dr. Hendersonn
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5.5 The Black Arrow
1948 · Lawless
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7.0 The Wreck of the Hesperus
1948 · George Lockhart
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7.3 The Swordsman
1948 · Angus MacArden
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6.5 Framed
1947 · Jeff Cunningham
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6.1 The Sea of Grass
1947 · Jeff
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6.7 Se Eu Fosse Feliz
1946 · Darius J. Magonnagle
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5.8 Renegades
1946 · Kirk Dembrow
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6.2 The Walls Came Tumbling Down
1946 · George Bradford
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8.0 Perilous Holiday
1946 · George Richards
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5.3 The Bandit of Sherwood Forest
1946 · Friar Tuck
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5.4 Abilene Town
1946 · Sheriff Bravo Trimble
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8.5 The Fighting Guardsman
1945 · Brown
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6.2 Strange Affair
1944 · Lt. Washburn
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6.5 The Impatient Years
1944 · Judge
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6.7 Bride by Mistake
1944 · Jonathan Connors
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5.8 Buffalo Bill
1944 · Sgt. Chips McGraw
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6.8 Destroyer
1943 · Kansas Jackson
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6.5 Good Luck, Mr. Yates
1943 · Jonesey Jones
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5.9 The Desperadoes
1943 · Uncle Willie McLeod
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5.7 City Without Men
1943 · Judge Michael T. Mallory
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7.3 The Talk of the Town
1942 · Sam Yates
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6.1 Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die
1942 · Curly Bill
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6.1 You Belong to Me
1941 · Billings
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6.7 Texas
1941 · Buford 'Doc' Thorpe
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10.0 The Richest Man in Town
1941 · Pete Martin
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6.5 Her First Beau
1941 · Elmer Tuttle
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6.6 Penny Serenade
1941 · Applejack
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6.5 Arizona
1940 · Judge Bogardus
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6.2 When the Daltons Rode
1940 · Narrator / Old-Timer (uncredited)
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7.2 The Sea Hawk
1940 · Ben Rollins
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7.5 Rumo ao Oeste
1940 · Charles Atterbee
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5.3 Tear Gas Squad
1940 · Cousin Andy
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6.5 Too Many Husbands
1940 · McDermott
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7.5 My Son Is Guilty
1939 · Dan, Bartender
Series and TV shows
21 titles
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6.8
The Partridge Family
1970 · Judge McElwreath
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6.1
The Mod Squad
1968 · Hargis
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7.2
Green Acres
1965 · Joe Carson · 17 ep.
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5.9
Petticoat Junction
1963 · Joe Carson · 222 ep.
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6.9
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962 · Joe Carson · 3 ep.
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6.8
The Merv Griffin Show
1962 · Appearance
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6.7
Route 66
1960 · Cast
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7.6
The Andy Griffith Show
1960 · Henry Wheeler
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6.7
Thriller
1960 · Doc O'Connor
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7.5
Bonanza
1959 · Hallelujah Hicks
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8.5
The Twilight Zone
1959 · Doc Bolton
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7.1
The Rifleman
1958 · Doc J. Burrage · 2 ep.
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7.1
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958 · Pop Michaels
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6.9
Leave It to Beaver
1957 · Captain Jack · 3 ep.
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7.0
Maverick
1957 · Jed Christianson · 3 ep.
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7.3
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957 · Cast
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7.7
Perry Mason
1957 · Andy Templet
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6.7
Wagon Train
1957 · Ben Mattox
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7.8
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955 · Pops
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6.7
Gunsmoke
1955 · York
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6.2
The Danny Thomas Show
1953 · Captain Archie
People data: TMDb.
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