Edgar Buchanan

Edgar Buchanan

1903-03-20 Humansville, Missouri, USA 102 Credits

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...

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The History of Hooterville

The History of Hooterville

2005

as Self (archive footage)

Acting

Documentary and interviews with the cast of Petticoat Junction and stories of the show's production.

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

1983

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

6.5
Acting

Out-takes (mostly from Warner Bros.), promotional shorts, movie premieres, public service pleas, wardrobe tests, documentary material, and archival fo...

Benji

Benji

1974

as Bill

6.2
Acting

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

The Marshal of Madrid

1972

as Deputy JJ Jackson

Acting

A gang of smugglers headed by an oil dealer are brought to justice by a lawman.

Sam Cade

Sam Cade

1972

as J.J. Jackson

Acting

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

Yuma

1971

as Mules McNeil

5.9
Acting

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

The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again

1970

as Jason Fitch

5.0
Acting

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

The Over the Hill Gang

1969

as Jason Fitch

5.6
Acting

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

Angel in My Pocket

1969

as Axel Gresham

5.8
Acting

The new minister in a small town faces the challenge of winning over its eccentric citizens.

Something for a Lonely Man

Something for a Lonely Man

1968

as Old Man Wolenski

7.4
Acting

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

Welcome to Hard Times

1967

as Brown

5.0
Acting

A sociopathic stranger all but destroys a small hardscrabble town but the 'mayor' convinces its survivors to stay and rebuild.

Gunpoint

Gunpoint

1966

as Bull

6.0
Acting

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

The Man from Button Willow

1965

as Sorry

4.4
Acting

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

The Rounders

1965

as Vince Moore

5.6
Acting

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

Move Over, Darling

1963

as Judge Bryson

6.6
Acting

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!

McLintock!

1963

as Bunny Dull

6.6
Acting

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

A Ticklish Affair

A Ticklish Affair

1963

as Captain Martin / Gramps

5.7
Acting

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

Donovan's Reef

1963

as Francis O'Brien

6.2
Acting

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

Flashing Spikes

1962

as Crab Holman

5.3
Acting

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

Ride the High Country

1962

as Judge Tolliver

7.0
Acting

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

The Comancheros

1961

as Circuit Court Judge Thaddeus Jackson Breen

6.6
Acting

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

Devil's Partner

1961

as Doc Lucas

5.3
Acting

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

Tammy Tell Me True

1961

as Judge Carver

5.7
Acting

Tammy leaves the river in Mississippi to attend college, developing a relationship with Tom Freeman (John Gavin). Sandra Dee replaces Debbie Reynolds ...

Chartroose Caboose

Chartroose Caboose

1960

as Woodrow 'Woody' Watts

Acting

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

Cimarron

1960

as Judge Neal Hefner

6.0
Acting

The epic story of a family involved in the Oklahoma Land Rush of April 22, 1889.

Four Fast Guns

Four Fast Guns

1960

as Dipper

5.7
Acting

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

Stump Run

1959

Acting

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

Hound-Dog Man

Hound-Dog Man

1959

as Doc Cole

4.4
Acting

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

Edge of Eternity

1959

as Sheriff Edwards

6.6
Acting

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

It Started with a Kiss

1959

as Congressman Richard Tappe

5.3
Acting

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

King of the Wild Stallions

1959

as Idaho

6.0
Acting

A wild stallion provides unexpected help to a widow and her young son in their efforts to keep their ranch.

The Sheepman

The Sheepman

1958

as Milt Masters

6.8
Acting

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

Day of the Badman

1958

as Sam Wyckoff

6.5
Acting

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

Spoilers of the Forest

1957

as Tom Duncan

Acting

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

Come Next Spring

1956

as Mr. Canary

6.0
Acting

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

The Brush Roper

1955

as Sub Doyal

Acting

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

Wichita

1955

as Doc Black

6.3
Acting

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

The Lonesome Trail

1955

as Dan Wells

7.5
Acting

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

The Silver Star

1955

as Will 'Bill' Dowdy (as Edgar Buchanon)

5.0
Acting

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

Rage at Dawn

1955

as Judge

6.1
Acting

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

Destry

1954

as The Honorable Hiram J. Sellers, Mayor

6.1
Acting

Western remake of "Destry Rides Again", starring Audie Murphy, Mari Blanchard, Thomas Mitchell, Lori Nelson and Lyle Bettger.

Dawn at Socorro

Dawn at Socorro

1954

as Sheriff Cauthen

7.2
Acting

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

Human Desire

1954

as Alec Simmons

6.8
Acting

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

Make Haste to Live

1954

as Sheriff Lafe

5.8
Acting

A single mother in New Mexico senses her own death in the hands of a mysterious stalker.

She Couldn't Say No

She Couldn't Say No

1954

as Ed Meeker

5.6
Acting

An heiress decides to pass out anonymous gifts in a small town.

Shane

Shane

1953

as Fred Lewis

7.4
Acting

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

It Happens Every Thursday

1953

as Jake

6.2
Acting

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

Toughest Man in Arizona

1952

as Jim Hadlock

Acting

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

Wild Stallion

1952

as John Wintergreen

6.5
Acting

A young orphan grows into adulthood, all the while searhing for his beloved white horse that disappeared years earlier.

The Big Trees

The Big Trees

1952

as Walter 'Yukon' Burns

5.6
Acting

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

Flaming Feather

1952

as Sgt. O'Rourke

5.8
Acting

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

Silver City

1951

as Dutch Surrency

6.4
Acting

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

Cave of Outlaws

1951

as Dobbs

5.2
Acting

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

Rawhide

Rawhide

1951

as Sam Todd

6.7
Acting

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

The Great Missouri Raid

1951

as Dr. Samuels

6.6
Acting

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

Devil's Doorway

1950

as Zeke Carmody

7.0
Acting

A Native American Civil War hero returns home to fight for his people.

The Big Hangover

The Big Hangover

1950

as Uncle Fred Mahoney

6.1
Acting

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

Cargo to Capetown

1950

as Sam Bennett

5.9
Acting

A sailor and his captain fight over a beautiful girl.

Cheaper by the Dozen

Cheaper by the Dozen

1950

as Dr. Burton

6.3
Acting

"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

Any Number Can Play

1949

as Ed

6.9
Acting

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

Lust for Gold

1949

as Wiser

5.9
Acting

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

Red Canyon

1949

as Jonah Johnson

5.0
Acting

A former outlaw goes straight and is determined to catch and tame a wild stallion. Western.

The Walking Hills

The Walking Hills

1949

as Old Willy

6.0
Acting

A study in greed in which treasure hunters seek a shipment of gold buried in Death Valley.

The Untamed Breed

The Untamed Breed

1948

as John Rambeau

5.0
Acting

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

The Man from Colorado

1948

as Doc Merriam

6.7
Acting

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

Coroner Creek

1948

as Sheriff O'Hea

6.1
Acting

A man is bent on taking revenge on those responsible for his fiancée's death.

Best Man Wins

Best Man Wins

1948

as Jim Smiley

7.0
Acting

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

Adventures in Silverado

1948

as Dr. Hendersonn

5.0
Acting

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

The Black Arrow

1948

as Lawless

5.2
Acting

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

The Wreck of the Hesperus

1948

as George Lockhart

6.2
Acting

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

The Swordsman

1948

as Angus MacArden

Acting

Young lovers brings two fighting clans together.

Framed

Framed

1947

as Jeff Cunningham

6.4
Acting

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

The Sea of Grass

1947

as Jeff

6.3
Acting

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

If I'm Lucky

1946

as Darius J. Magonnagle

6.5
Acting

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

Renegades

1946

as Kirk Dembrow

5.8
Acting

The daughter of a prominent citizen marries an outlaw's son.

The Walls Came Tumbling Down

The Walls Came Tumbling Down

1946

as George Bradford

5.9
Acting

A PI investigates a priest's murder.

Perilous Holiday

Perilous Holiday

1946

as George Richards

Acting

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

The Bandit of Sherwood Forest

1946

as Friar Tuck

4.9
Acting

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

Abilene Town

1946

as Sheriff Bravo Trimble

5.3
Acting

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

The Fighting Guardsman

1945

as Brown

7.0
Acting

A French Baron robs Louis XVI like Robin Hood.

Strange Affair

Strange Affair

1944

as Lt. Washburn

6.2
Acting

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

The Impatient Years

1944

as Judge

6.3
Acting

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

Bride by Mistake

1944

as Jonathan Connors

6.1
Acting

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

Buffalo Bill

1944

as Sgt. Chips McGraw

5.8
Acting

Scout William F. Cody marries a U.S. senator's daughter, fights the Cheyenne and leads a Wild West show.

Destroyer

Destroyer

1943

as Kansas Jackson

6.6
Acting

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

Good Luck, Mr. Yates

1943

as Jonesey Jones

5.8
Acting

A 4F military school teacher's lie about being accepted for active duty causes problems on the home front.

The Desperadoes

The Desperadoes

1943

as Uncle Willie McLeod

5.7
Acting

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

City Without Men

1943

as Judge Michael T. Mallory

5.0
Acting

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

The Talk of the Town

1942

as Sam Yates

7.3
Acting

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

Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die

1942

as Curly Bill

5.4
Acting

Uneven version of Wyatt Earp vs. the Clanton Gang with a little romance thrown in haphazardly.

You Belong to Me

You Belong to Me

1941

as Billings

5.8
Acting

A playboy marries a woman doctor then grows jealous of her male patients.

Texas

Texas

1941

as Buford 'Doc' Thorpe

6.5
Acting

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

The Richest Man in Town

1941

as Pete Martin

Acting

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

Her First Beau

1941

as Elmer Tuttle

5.0
Acting

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

Penny Serenade

1941

as Applejack Carney

6.5
Acting

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

Arizona

1940

as Judge Bogardus

6.2
Acting

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

When the Daltons Rode

1940

as Narrator / Old-Timer (uncredited)

6.0
Acting

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

The Sea Hawk

1940

as Ben Rollins

7.1
Acting

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

Escape to Glory

1940

as Charles Atterbee

6.0
Acting

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

Tear Gas Squad

1940

as Cousin Andy

4.8
Acting

A brash night club singer becomes a cop to impress a woman.

Too Many Husbands

Too Many Husbands

1940

as McDermott

6.3
Acting

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

My Son Is Guilty

1939

as Dan, Bartender

7.5
Acting

Honest cop Tim Kerry struggles to keep his son Ritzy from becoming involved in a crime ring.