Edgar Buchanan

Infobox actor
name = Edgar Buchanan


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birthname = William Edgar Buchanan
birthdate = birth date|1903|03|20
birthplace = city-state|Humansville|Missouri, U.S.
deathdate = death date and age|1979|04|4|1903|03|20
deathplace = city-state|Palm Desert|California, U.S.
occupation = Film, television actor
spouse = Mildred Buchanan (1927-1977)

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, "who is moving kinda slow", he took over as proprietor of the Shady Rest Hotel following the death of Bea Benaderet, who had played Kate Bradley.

Biography

Early life

Born William Edgar Buchanan in Humansville, Missouri, he moved with his family to Oregon when he was young. Like his father before him, he was a successful dentist. He and his wife Mildred were married in 1927. In 1939, they moved from Eugene, Oregon, to Altadena, California. He joined the Pasadena Playhouse as an actor. He appeared in his first film in 1939, at the age of thirty-six, after which he turned his dentistry practice over to his wife. He was a member of Theta Chi Fraternity and a Freemason. [ [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=3077 Edgar Buchanan's gravestone, with Freemasonic Square and Compasses.] (Retrieved Nov. 27, 2007)]

Career

Buchanan appeared in more than 100 movies, including "Penny Serenade" (1941) with Cary Grant, "Tombstone, the Town Too Tough to Die" (1942), "The Man from Colorado" (1948), "Cheaper by the Dozen" (1950), "She Couldn't Say No" (1954), "McLintock!" (1963) with John Wayne, "Move Over, Darling" (1963) with Doris Day and James Garner, and "Benji" (1974). Television series in which he appeared included "Hopalong Cassidy," "Judge Roy Bean" (in which he played the lead), the "Duel at Sundown" episode of "Maverick" with James Garner and Clint Eastwood, "Leave It To Beaver" (as both "Uncle Billy" and "Captain Jack"), "The Twilight Zone", "Gunsmoke", "Bringing Up Buddy", and "The Rifleman". He appeared in all 222 episodes of "Petticoat Junction", 17 episodes of "Green Acres", and 3 episodes of "The Beverly Hillbillies", always as the character Uncle Joe Carson.

Buchanan and another star from "Petticoat Junction" appeared together in the movie "Benji" - The other "star" being Higgins, the unnamed "dog" from the sitcom, who portrayed the title role in the film. Higgins had been found in an animal shelter and trained by Frank Inn, who also trained Arnold Ziffel (the pig) and all the other animals used on the "Beverly Hillbillies," "Petticoat Junction," and "Green Acres" sitcoms.

Death

Buchanan died from a stroke complicated by pneumonia in Palm Desert, California, and was interred in the Forest Lawn - Hollywood Hills Cemetery in Los Angeles.

Filmography

Television

References

External links

*imdb|0118000
*amg name|2:9289
*findagrave|3077

Persondata
NAME= Buchanan, Edgar
ALTERNATIVE NAMES= Buchanan, William Edgar
SHORT DESCRIPTION= Actor
DATE OF BIRTH= 1903-03-20
PLACE OF BIRTH= Humansville, Missouri, U.S.
DATE OF DEATH= 1979-04-4 (stroke)
PLACE OF DEATH= Palm Desert, California, U.S.