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Edgar Buchanan
Edgar Buchanan
76 years (Mar 20, 1903 – Apr 4, 1979)
Humansville, Missouri, USA
82 Movies
38 TV Shows

Edgar Buchanan

Known for
Shane
Fred Lewis
McLintock!
Bunny Dull
The Richest Man in Town
Pete Martin
Chartroose Caboose
Woodrow 'Woody' Watts
Across changing tastes and formats, Edgar Buchanan has stayed an American actor who has spent far more time working than being talked about. 'Shane' is the most-watched work of the career, as Fred Lewis. Among the rest of the work, 'McLintock!' stands out. Romance has been the most frequent territory. 120 appearances between the two screens is the plain arithmetic of it.
Across changing tastes and formats, Edgar Buchanan has stayed an American actor who has spent far more time working than being talked about. 'Shane' is the most-watched work of the career, as Fred Lewis. Among the rest of the work, 'McLintock!' stands out. Romance has been the most frequent territory. 120 appearances between the two screens is the plain arithmetic of it.
Known for
Shane
Fred Lewis
McLintock!
Bunny Dull
The Richest Man in Town
Pete Martin
Chartroose Caboose
Woodrow 'Woody' Watts
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TV Shows
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Benji
Bill
★ 6.4
1974
Film
Cade's County
Senior Deputy J.J. Jackson · 24 episodes
★ 6.0
1971–
TV
Angel in My Pocket
Axel Gresham
★ 6.2
1969
Film
The Beverly Hillbillies
Joe Carson · 3 episodes
★ 6.9
1968
TV
The Mod Squad
Hargis · 1 episode
★ 6.1
1968–
TV
Welcome to Hard Times
Brown
★ 5.3
1967
Film
Gunpoint
Bull
★ 6.2
1966
Film
Green Acres
Uncle Joe Carson · 17 episodes
★ 7.2
1965–
TV
The Man from Button Willow
Sorry (voice)
★ 5.3
1965
Film
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is Edgar Buchanan still alive?
Edgar Buchanan passed away on April 4, 1979 at age 76.
What are the most famous roles of Edgar Buchanan?
Edgar Buchanan is best known for roles in Shane, McLintock!, Ride the High Country.
How many movies has Edgar Buchanan been in?
Over a 40-year career (since 1939), Edgar Buchanan has appeared in 81 movies and 38 TV shows.
What was Edgar Buchanan's first movie?
The career of Edgar Buchanan began with My Son Is Guilty (1939).
What is Edgar Buchanan's most recent movie or series?
Edgar Buchanan's most recent release is Benji, which premiered on October 17, 1974.
What TV shows has Edgar Buchanan appeared in?
On television, Edgar Buchanan has appeared in The Twilight Zone, Bonanza, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, The Andy Griffith Show.
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Edgar Buchanan
Edgar Buchanan
1903-03-20 · Humansville, Missouri, USA

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. CLREdgar Buchanan, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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