Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Edgar Buchanan, licensed u...
Known For
Complete Filmography

The History of Hooterville
2005
as Self (archive footage)
Documentary and interviews with the cast of Petticoat Junction and stories of the show's production.

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Out-takes (mostly from Warner Bros.), promotional shorts, movie premieres, public service pleas, wardrobe tests, documentary material, and archival fo...

Benji
1974
as Bill
Benji is a stray who has nonetheless worked his way into the hearts of a number of the townspeople, who give him food and attention whenever he stops ...

The Marshal of Madrid
1972
as Deputy JJ Jackson
A gang of smugglers headed by an oil dealer are brought to justice by a lawman.

Sam Cade
1972
as J.J. Jackson
Sam Cade was the first feature-length "movie" put together from episodes of Cade's County, the early '70s series starring Glenn Ford as a modern-day s...

Yuma
1971
as Mules McNeil
A down-and-dirty town is forced to shape up when a new marshal (Clint Walker) comes to town. However, when a scheme is launched to destroy the lawman'...

The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again
1970
as Jason Fitch
Walter Brennan is back as the clever and funny over the hill Texas Ranger Nash Crawford. This time the gang must face corruption in their own home tow...

The Over the Hill Gang
1969
as Jason Fitch
A retired Texas Ranger and three aged pals help to clean up a town run by a crooked mayor, a drunken judge and a trigger-happy sheriff.

Angel in My Pocket
1969
as Axel Gresham
The new minister in a small town faces the challenge of winning over its eccentric citizens.

Something for a Lonely Man
1968
as Old Man Wolenski
The blacksmith of a small western town finds himself an outcast. He had led the townspeople west in hopes of starting a new life, only to find the tow...

Welcome to Hard Times
1967
as Brown
A sociopathic stranger all but destroys a small hardscrabble town but the 'mayor' convinces its survivors to stay and rebuild.

Gunpoint
1966
as Bull
A young, determined sheriff and his posse chase a gang of murderous train robbers, and a kidnapped woman into New Mexico.

The Man from Button Willow
1965
as Sorry
In 1869, Justin Eagle lives on his ranch called "The Eagle's Nest" near the town of Button Willow, California. In addition to being a rancher, Juston ...

The Rounders
1965
as Vince Moore
Ben (Glenn Ford) and Marion (Henry Fonda) are two cowboys who make a meager living breaking wild horses. Their frequent employer Jim (Chill Wills), wh...

Move Over, Darling
1963
as Judge Bryson
Three years into their loving marriage, with two infant daughters at home in Los Angeles, Nicholas Arden and Ellen Wagstaff Arden are on a plane that ...

McLintock!
1963
as Bunny Dull
Ageing, wealthy, rancher and self-made man, George Washington McLintock is forced to deal with numerous personal and professional problems. Seemingly ...

A Ticklish Affair
1963
as Captain Martin / Gramps
A young widow Amy Martin with three young boys is investigated by the Navy after one of her children inadvertently sends out a distress signal in Mors...

Donovan's Reef
1963
as Francis O'Brien
After her great aunt's death, a high-society woman arrives on a Hawaiian island in search of the heir - the father she has never met.

Flashing Spikes
1962
as Crab Holman
An old ballplayer, thrown out of baseball due to a bribery scandal, becomes friends with a young phenom. The younger player is at first tainted by his...

Ride the High Country
1962
as Judge Tolliver
An ex-lawman is hired to transport gold from a mining community through dangerous territory. But what he doesn't realize is that his partner and old f...

The Comancheros
1961
as Circuit Court Judge Thaddeus Jackson Breen
Texas Ranger Jake Cutter arrests gambler Paul Regret, but soon finds himself teamed with his prisoner in an undercover effort to defeat a band of rene...

Devil's Partner
1961
as Doc Lucas
An old man sells his soul to the devil, and turns into a young man. He then uses witchcraft and black magic to win a woman from his rival.

Tammy Tell Me True
1961
as Judge Carver
Tammy leaves the river in Mississippi to attend college, developing a relationship with Tom Freeman (John Gavin). Sandra Dee replaces Debbie Reynolds ...

Chartroose Caboose
1960
as Woodrow 'Woody' Watts
Doris and Dub are a young couple with the usual ups and down life. They unexpectedly find friendship and good advice from curmudgeonly Woody Watts, a ...

Cimarron
1960
as Judge Neal Hefner
The epic story of a family involved in the Oklahoma Land Rush of April 22, 1889.

Four Fast Guns
1960
as Dipper
A loner (James Craig) on the lam wanders into an Old West town run by a disabled villain that no one wants to fight.

Stump Run
1959
Two Moonshiners find love and laughs in the Oregon outskirts. Featuring a medley of comic characters.

Hound-Dog Man
1959
as Doc Cole
A rustic drama set in the early 20th century, Hound Dog Man is the simple story of a young man, Spud Kinney constantly in hot water for disobeying his...

Edge of Eternity
1959
as Sheriff Edwards
Helped by socialite Janice Kendon and barkeeper Scott O'Brien, Arizona deputy sheriff Les Martin works to solve three brutal murders in and around the...

It Started with a Kiss
1959
as Congressman Richard Tappe
While on leave in New York, a serviceman both weds a chorus girl and wins a red convertible in a charity raffle. Both his wife and the car turn out to...

King of the Wild Stallions
1959
as Idaho
A wild stallion provides unexpected help to a widow and her young son in their efforts to keep their ranch.

The Sheepman
1958
as Milt Masters
A stranger in a Western cattle-town behaves with remarkable self-assurance, establishing himself as a man to be reckoned with. The reason appears with...

Day of the Badman
1958
as Sam Wyckoff
Judge Jim Scott must contend with the vicious relatives of a murderer he's about to sentence...and his unfaithful fiancee.

Spoilers of the Forest
1957
as Tom Duncan
Vera Ralston plays Joan Milna, who shares several thousand acres of valuable Montana timberland with her stepfather (John Alderson). Coveting Joan's p...

Come Next Spring
1956
as Mr. Canary
Matt Ballot has returned home after 12 years of hard-drinking in all 48 states. His wife has managed to raise their 14-year-old daughter and 12-year-o...

The Brush Roper
1955
as Sub Doyal
An old rancher, a spinner of tall western tales of his former derring-do to impress his young grandson, decides to capture a dangerous bull single-han...

Wichita
1955
as Doc Black
Former buffalo hunter and entrepreneur Wyatt Earp arrives in the lawless cattle town of Wichita Kansas. His skill as a gun-fighter makes him a perfect...

The Lonesome Trail
1955
as Dan Wells
Back from the Indian wars, a cowboy wages a single-handed war against a land baron and his henchmen. After his shooting hand is disabled, he masters t...

The Silver Star
1955
as Will 'Bill' Dowdy (as Edgar Buchanon)
A third generation deputy sheriff doubts whether or not he has the guts for the job that killed both his father and grandfather. His doubts are re-enf...

Rage at Dawn
1955
as Judge
In this film's version of the story, four of the Reno Brothers are corrupt robbers and killers while a fifth, Clint is a respected Indiana farmer. A s...

Destry
1954
as The Honorable Hiram J. Sellers, Mayor
Western remake of "Destry Rides Again", starring Audie Murphy, Mari Blanchard, Thomas Mitchell, Lori Nelson and Lyle Bettger.

Dawn at Socorro
1954
as Sheriff Cauthen
Brett Wade, gambler, gunslinger, and classical pianist, is wounded in a gunfight with the Ferris clan; the doctor finds signs of tuberculosis. En rout...

Human Desire
1954
as Alec Simmons
A Korean War vet returns to his job as a railroad engineer and becomes involved in a sordid affair with a co-worker's wife and murder. Preserved by t...

Make Haste to Live
1954
as Sheriff Lafe
A single mother in New Mexico senses her own death in the hands of a mysterious stalker.

She Couldn't Say No
1954
as Ed Meeker
An heiress decides to pass out anonymous gifts in a small town.

Shane
1953
as Fred Lewis
A weary gunfighter attempts to settle down with a homestead family, but a smouldering settler and rancher conflict forces him to act.

It Happens Every Thursday
1953
as Jake
New York reporter Bob MacAvoy is persuaded by pregnant wife Jane to buy a broken-down weekly newspaper in Eden, California. They have humorous problem...

Toughest Man in Arizona
1952
as Jim Hadlock
Marshal Landry captures outlaw Girard and bringing him in finds a woman and two children, the only survivors of an Indian attack. Later, transferring ...

Wild Stallion
1952
as John Wintergreen
A young orphan grows into adulthood, all the while searhing for his beloved white horse that disappeared years earlier.

The Big Trees
1952
as Walter 'Yukon' Burns
In 1900, unscrupulous timber baron Jim Fallon plans to take advantage of a new law and make millions off California redwood. Much of the land he hopes...

Flaming Feather
1952
as Sgt. O'Rourke
A mysterious outlaw known as the Sidewinder, phantom leader of renegade Ute Indians, terrorizes the people of the Arizona Territory in the 1870s. When...

Silver City
1951
as Dutch Surrency
Having masterminded the hold up of his company office, a mining engineer is barred from the industry. He then sets up shop as an assayer, scheming to ...

Cave of Outlaws
1951
as Dobbs
Having served a prison sentence for robbery, Pete Carver decides to go back for the hidden loot. But someone is on his trail.

Rawhide
1951
as Sam Todd
At a desolate relay station in the west, a stagecoach attendant and a stranded woman traveller are held captive by a band of escaped convicts.

The Great Missouri Raid
1951
as Dr. Samuels
During the American Civil War (1861-1865), farmers Jesse and Frank James decided to form an armed gang to face the Union troops using guerrilla warfar...

Devil's Doorway
1950
as Zeke Carmody
A Native American Civil War hero returns home to fight for his people.

The Big Hangover
1950
as Uncle Fred Mahoney
A young law school graduate is hired by a prestigious firm, but he neglects to inform them he is allergic to even a single whiff of alcohol.

Cargo to Capetown
1950
as Sam Bennett
A sailor and his captain fight over a beautiful girl.

Cheaper by the Dozen
1950
as Dr. Burton
"Cheaper by the Dozen", based on the real-life story of the Gilbreth family, follows them from Providence, Rhode Island, to Montclair, New Jersey, and...

Any Number Can Play
1949
as Ed
When illegal casino owner Charley Kyng develops heart disease, he is advised by a doctor to spend more time with his family. However, he finds it diff...

Lust for Gold
1949
as Wiser
A man determined to track down the fabled Arizona gold mine known as The Lost Dutchman has an affair with a married treasure hunter, whose pursuit of ...

Red Canyon
1949
as Jonah Johnson
A former outlaw goes straight and is determined to catch and tame a wild stallion. Western.

The Walking Hills
1949
as Old Willy
A study in greed in which treasure hunters seek a shipment of gold buried in Death Valley.

The Untamed Breed
1948
as John Rambeau
A cowboy sets out to capture an escaped Brahma bull that is terrorizing local ranchers. Based on a story by Eli Colter that appeared in The Saturday E...

The Man from Colorado
1948
as Doc Merriam
Two friends return home after their discharge from the army after the Civil War. However, one of them has had deep-rooted psychological damage due to ...

Coroner Creek
1948
as Sheriff O'Hea
A man is bent on taking revenge on those responsible for his fiancée's death.

Best Man Wins
1948
as Jim Smiley
Jim Smiley has a frog that can jump further than anyone else's frog, and Jim becomes obsessed with entering the frog in all of the local jumping-frog ...

Adventures in Silverado
1948
as Dr. Hendersonn
Author Robert Louis Stevenson takes a trip to Napa Valley, California, in 1880 and gets involved in the exploits of a stagecoach driver who captures a...

The Black Arrow
1948
as Lawless
A young British nobleman comes back from fighting in the War of the Roses to discover that his father has been murdered by an old family friend who is...

The Wreck of the Hesperus
1948
as George Lockhart
The story of an ex-sea captain who uses devious means to make his salvage company a success. Based on Longfellow's famous poem.

The Swordsman
1948
as Angus MacArden
Young lovers brings two fighting clans together.

Framed
1947
as Jeff Cunningham
Truck driver Mike Lambert is a down-and-out mining engineer searching for a job. When his rig breaks down in a small town, he happens upon a venomous ...

The Sea of Grass
1947
as Jeff
On America's frontier, a St. Louis woman marries a New Mexico cattleman who is seen as a tyrant by the locals.

If I'm Lucky
1946
as Darius J. Magonnagle
Out of work swing band maneuvers a gig working for a political campaign, by drawing in and entertaining prospective voters at rallies. The candidate i...

Renegades
1946
as Kirk Dembrow
The daughter of a prominent citizen marries an outlaw's son.

The Walls Came Tumbling Down
1946
as George Bradford
A PI investigates a priest's murder.

Perilous Holiday
1946
as George Richards
A tale of an international counterfeiting-ring operating in Mexico starts with Patrick Nevil viewed as a suspicious character by newspaper woman Agnes...

The Bandit of Sherwood Forest
1946
as Friar Tuck
Robin Hood's swashbuckling son comes to the rescue when England's boy-king is captured by the evil, power-hungry William of Pembroke.

Abilene Town
1946
as Sheriff Bravo Trimble
Marshall Dan Mitchell, who is the law in Abilene, has the job of keeping peace between two groups. For a long time, the town had been divided, with th...

The Fighting Guardsman
1945
as Brown
A French Baron robs Louis XVI like Robin Hood.

Strange Affair
1944
as Lt. Washburn
Eminent psychiatrist Dr. Brenner invites cartoonist Bill Harrison and his wife, Jack, to a banquet honoring war refugees. Bill volunteers to pick up f...

The Impatient Years
1944
as Judge
Standing before a divorce court judge are Sergeant Andy Anderson and Janie Anderson asking him to dissolve their marriage. Janie's father, William Smi...

Bride by Mistake
1944
as Jonathan Connors
The staggeringly wealthy Norah Hunter, a shipyard owner, too often finds herself the romantic target of gold-digging men. To attract a suitor whose ma...

Buffalo Bill
1944
as Sgt. Chips McGraw
Scout William F. Cody marries a U.S. senator's daughter, fights the Cheyenne and leads a Wild West show.

Destroyer
1943
as Kansas Jackson
Flagwaving story of a new American destroyer, the JOHN PAUL JONES, from the day her keel is laid, to what was very nearly her last voyage. Among the c...

Good Luck, Mr. Yates
1943
as Jonesey Jones
A 4F military school teacher's lie about being accepted for active duty causes problems on the home front.

The Desperadoes
1943
as Uncle Willie McLeod
Popular mailcoach driver Uncle Willie is in fact in league with the town's crooked banker. They plan to have the bank robbed after emptying it, and wh...

City Without Men
1943
as Judge Michael T. Mallory
A young woman's husband has been imprisoned for a crime he didn't commit. In order to be near him to try to help him get his sentence overturned, she ...

The Talk of the Town
1942
as Sam Yates
Hilarity ensues when a falsely accused fugitive from justice hides at the house of his childhood friend, which she has recently rented to a high-princ...

Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die
1942
as Curly Bill
Uneven version of Wyatt Earp vs. the Clanton Gang with a little romance thrown in haphazardly.

You Belong to Me
1941
as Billings
A playboy marries a woman doctor then grows jealous of her male patients.

Texas
1941
as Buford 'Doc' Thorpe
Two Virginians are heading for a new life in Texas when they witness a stagecoach being held up. They decide to rob the robbers and make off with the ...

The Richest Man in Town
1941
as Pete Martin
The conflicting views of two leading citizens in a small town are reconciled when they come across a promoter who is planning to defraud the town. He ...

Her First Beau
1941
as Elmer Tuttle
15-year-old Penelope (Penny) Wood has two great interests - Chuck Harris and the hope that some day she might become a famous,great writer. Chuck also...

Penny Serenade
1941
as Applejack Carney
Julie and Roger are a love-struck married couple who desperately want to have a child. Tragedy after tragedy gets in their way, as the two attempt to ...

Arizona
1940
as Judge Bogardus
Phoebe Titus is a tough, swaggering pioneer woman, but her ways become decidedly more feminine when she falls for California bound Peter Muncie. But P...

When the Daltons Rode
1940
as Narrator / Old-Timer (uncredited)
Young lawyer Tod Jackson arrives in pioneer Kansas to visit his prosperous rancher friends the Daltons, just as the latter are in danger of losing the...

The Sea Hawk
1940
as Ben Rollins
Dashing pirate Geoffrey Thorpe plunders Spanish ships for Queen Elizabeth I and falls in love with Dona Maria, a beautiful Spanish royal he captures.

Escape to Glory
1940
as Charles Atterbee
The Grand Hotel formula that was so overworked in the 1930s made an encore appearance in 1940's Escape to Glory. The story is given timeliness by plac...

Tear Gas Squad
1940
as Cousin Andy
A brash night club singer becomes a cop to impress a woman.

Too Many Husbands
1940
as McDermott
Long-missing Bill Cardew returns to find his wife Vicky remarried...and in no hurry to settle for just one husband.

My Son Is Guilty
1939
as Dan, Bartender
Honest cop Tim Kerry struggles to keep his son Ritzy from becoming involved in a crime ring.