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Biography

Edgar Buchanan attended the University of Oregon. He wanted to be a dentist, but his grades were poor so he took a course in…more

Born

3/20/1903, Humansville, Missouri, USA

Birth Name

William Edgar Buchanan

Gender

Male

Credits

Star (5)

Role
- Cade's County
  Deputy J. J. Jackson
  - S 1: Ep 24 The Witness
    4/9/72
  - S 1: Ep 23 Blackout
    3/26/72
  - S 1: Ep 22 The Fake
    3/19/72
  - S 1: Ep 21 Jessie
    3/12/72
  - S 1: Ep 20 Ragged Edge
    3/5/72
  - + 19 More Credits
- Petticoat Junction
  Joseph P. "Uncle Joe" Carson
  - S 7: Ep 14 But I've Never Been in Erie, PA
    12/27/69
  - S 7: Ep 13 The Golden Spike Ceremony
    12/20/69
  - S 7: Ep 12 Goodbye, Mr. Chimp (2)
    12/13/69
  - S 7: Ep 11 Kathy Jo's First Birthday (1)
    12/6/69
  - S 7: Ep 10 The Camping Trip
    11/29/69
  - + 217 More Credits
- The Twilight Zone
  Doc Bolton
  - S 3: Ep 23 The Last Rites of Jeff Myrtlebank
    2/23/62
- Judge Roy Bean
  Judge Roy Bean
  - S 1: Ep 39 Lone Star Killer
    8/1/56
  - S 1: Ep 38 The Refugee
    7/1/56
  - S 1: Ep 35 The Cross Draw Kid
    7/1/56
  - S 1: Ep 30 The Defense Rests
    6/1/56
  - S 1: Ep 29 Bad Medicine
    6/1/56
  - + 35 More Credits
- Hopalong Cassidy
  Red Connors
  - S 2: Ep 26 Tricky Fingers
    4/2/54
  - S 2: Ep 25 The Emerald Saint
    3/26/54
  - S 2: Ep 24 The Black Sombrero
    3/19/54
  - S 2: Ep 23 Frame-Up For Murder
    3/12/54
  - S 2: Ep 22 Masquerade For Matilda
    3/5/54
  - + 35 More Credits
Recurring Role (4)

Role
- Green Acres
  Uncle Joe Carson
  - S 5: Ep 2 Everybody Tries to Love a Countess
    10/4/69
  - S 4: Ep 10 How Hooterville was Floundered
    12/11/68
  - S 4: Ep 3 Hail to the Fire Chief
    10/16/68
  - S 1: Ep 24 The Deputy
    3/16/66
  - S 1: Ep 22 The Day of Decision
    2/23/66
  - + 11 More Credits
- Green Acres
  Uncle Joe Carson (in flashback clip )
  - S 3: Ep 1 The Man For the Job
    9/6/67
- The Rifleman
  Grandpa Fogarty
  - S 4: Ep 9 The Long Goodbye
    11/27/61
- The Rifleman
  Doc Burrage
  - S 1: Ep 31 The Angry Man
    4/28/59
  - S 1: Ep 26 The Deadly Wait
    3/24/59
  - S 1: Ep 24 The Trade
    3/10/59
  - S 1: Ep 23 The Second Witness
    3/3/59
  - S 1: Ep 15 The Pet
    1/6/59
Guest Star (76)

Role
- Love, American Style
  Judge Rock Merton
  - S 4: Ep 51 Love and the Family Hour
    1/5/73
- The Partridge Family
  Judge McElwreath
  - S 3: Ep 2 M is for the Many Things
    9/22/72
- The Virginian
  Birdwell
  - S 9: Ep 17 The Legacy of Spencer Flats
    1/27/71
- The Mod Squad
  Hargis
  - S 3: Ep 8 Welcome to the Human Race, Levi Frazee!
    11/10/70
- The Name of the Game
  Felson
  - S 3: Ep 8 Little Bear Died Running
    11/6/70
- Christopher Closeup
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 13 Sentence Deferred
  - S 1: Ep 3 Thomas Jefferson
- The Merv Griffin Show
  Himself
  - S 6: Ep 203 June 11, 1969
    6/11/69
  - S 3: Ep 174 May 6, 1966
    5/6/66
  - S 8: Ep 221 July 29, 1971
    7/29/71
- The Jonathan Winters Show
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 12 January 9, 1969
    1/9/69
- The Beverly Hillbillies
  Uncle Joe Carson
  - S 7: Ep 14 Christmas in Hooterville
    12/25/68
  - S 7: Ep 10 The Thanksgiving Spirit
    11/27/68
  - S 7: Ep 6 Granny Goes to Hooterville
    10/30/68
- The Mike Douglas Show
  Himself
  - S 5: Ep 108 February 1, 1967
    2/1/67
- Dr. Kildare
  Judge Manning
  - S 2: Ep 32 To Each His Prison
    5/23/63
- Gunsmoke
  York
  - S 8: Ep 34 Old York
    5/4/63
- Leave It To Beaver
  Uncle Billy
  - S 6: Ep 26 Uncle Billy's Visit
    3/21/63
  - S 4: Ep 14 Uncle Billy
    12/31/60
- Dennis the Menace
  Mr. Meekin
  - S 4: Ep 13 Dennis and the Hermit
    12/30/62
- Perry Mason
  Edward Daley
  - S 6: Ep 10 The Case of the Lurid Letter
    12/6/62
- Have Gun - Will Travel
  Cardiff
  - S 6: Ep 12 Man in an Hourglass
    12/1/62
- Stoney Burke
  Dawes
  - S 1: Ep 2 Fight Night
    10/8/62
- Alcoa Premiere
  Crab Holcomb
  - S 2: Ep 1 Flashing Spikes
    10/4/62
- Thriller
  Doctor O'Conner
  - S 2: Ep 24 Till Death Do Us Part
    3/12/62
- Gunsmoke
  Dan Witter
  - S 7: Ep 18 Old Dan
    1/27/62
- Dr. Kildare
  Steve Devitt
  - S 1: Ep 16 The Adminstrator
    1/11/62
- The Andy Griffith Show
  Henry Wheeler
  - S 2: Ep 9 Aunt Bee's Brief Encounter
    12/4/61
- Bus Stop
  Judge Neal
  - S 1: Ep 9 The Man from Bootstrap
    11/26/61
- The Tall Man
  Archie Keogh
  - S 2: Ep 7 The Judas Palm
    10/21/61
- Barbara Stanwyck Show
  Judge Franklin
  - S 1: Ep 36 A Man's Game
    7/3/61
- Bonanza
  John Henry Hill
  - S 2: Ep 34 Sam Hill
    6/3/61
- Bringing Up Buddy
  Capt. Cunningham
  - S 1: Ep 31 Big Game Hunter
    5/29/61
- National Velvet
  Grandpa
  - S 1: Ep 30 Grandpa Returns
    4/16/61
  - S 1: Ep 24 Grandpa
    2/26/61
- Klondike
  Sam Perkins
  - S 1: Ep 13 The Golden Burro
    1/16/61
- Maverick
  Red Daniels
  - S 4: Ep 18 The Cactus Switch
    1/15/61
- Riverboat
  Wingate
  - S 2: Ep 11 Duel on the River
    12/12/60
- Route 66
  Jack McConkie
  - S 1: Ep 10 The Beryllium Eater
    12/9/60
- Wagon Train
  Ben Mattox
  - S 4: Ep 10 The Jane Hawkins Story
    11/30/60
- Bonanza
  Hallelujah Hicks
  - S 2: Ep 11 The Trail Gang
    11/26/60
- Outlaws
  Nulty
  - S 1: Ep 7 Starfall (1)
    11/24/60
- Stagecoach West
  Lum Jensen
  - S 1: Ep 7 Red Sand
    11/22/60
- Assignment Underwater
  Charley Noble
  - S 1: Ep 7 Charley Noble's Pearl
    10/21/60
- Bat Masterson
  Cactus Charlie
  - S 3: Ep 1 Debt of Honor
    9/29/60
- Maverick
  Sheriff Hadley
  - S 4: Ep 2 Hadley's Hunters
    9/25/60
- Laramie
  Doc Collier
  - S 1: Ep 31 Men Of Defiance
    4/19/60
- The Troubleshooters
  Wilkins
  - S 1: Ep 26 The Carnival
    4/10/60
- Laramie
  Calico
  - S 1: Ep 28 Saddle And Spur
    3/29/60
- The Deputy
  Isbel
  - S 1: Ep 14 Man Of Peace
    12/19/59
- Maverick
  Colonel Hamilton
  - S 3: Ep 10 Easy Mark
    11/15/59
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents
  Pops
  - S 5: Ep 4 Coyote Moon
    10/18/59
- The Twilight Zone
  Doc Bolton
- Whirlybirds
  Burton
  - S 3: Ep 13 The Perfect Crime
    6/29/59
- General Electric Theater
  Guest Star
  - S 7: Ep 32 The Indian Giver
    5/17/59
  - S 6: Ep 13 Bargain Bride
    12/29/57
- Wanted: Dead or Alive
  Chester Blake
  - S 1: Ep 36 Amos Carter
    5/9/59
- Trackdown
  Tully Saxon
  - S 2: Ep 30 The Trick
    4/15/59
- Wanted: Dead or Alive
  Pop Michaels
  - S 1: Ep 28 Railroaded
    3/14/59
- Maverick
  Jed Christianson
  - S 2: Ep 19 Duel at Sundown
    2/1/59
- Lawman (1958)
  Jess Miller
  - S 1: Ep 15 The Captives
    1/11/59
- Perry Mason
  Andy Templar
  - S 2: Ep 11 The Case of the Perjured Parrot
    12/20/58
- Maverick
  Daddy Forge
  - S 2: Ep 11 Island in the Swamp
    11/30/58
- Cimarron City
  Shanty
  - S 1: Ep 7 Kid On A Calico Horse
    11/22/58
- Studio One
  Dan Ferris
  - S 10: Ep 43 Birthday Present
    8/18/58
- The Californians
  Dutch
  - S 1: Ep 33 The Golden Bride
    5/20/58
- The Restless Gun
  Sheriff Gabe Starns
  - S 1: Ep 35 The Gold Star
    5/19/58
- The Restless Gun
  Ethan Greenfield
  - S 1: Ep 30 Aunt Emma
    4/14/58
- General Electric Theater
  Doc
  - S 6: Ep 17 Silent Ambush
    1/26/58
- Wagon Train
  the Tramp
  - S 1: Ep 8 The John Darro Story
    11/6/57
- Leave It To Beaver
  Captain Jack
  - S 1: Ep 2 Captain Jack
    10/11/57
- Climax!
  Grandpa
  - S 3: Ep 46 Deadly Climate
    8/29/57
- Climax!
  Spencer
  - S 3: Ep 29 Avalanche at Devil's Pass
    4/25/57
- Crossroads (1955)
  Bart Alden
  - S 2: Ep 10 The Lamp of Father Cataldo
    12/7/56
- General Electric Theater
  Preacher Bailey
  - S 5: Ep 9 The Road That Led Afar
    11/25/56
- Telephone Time
  Horace Greeley
  - S 1: Ep 10 Harry in Search of Himself
    6/10/56
- Screen Director's Playhouse
  Sub Doyal
  - S 1: Ep 8 The Bush Roper
    11/23/55
- General Electric Theater
  Colonel Starbottle
  - S 4: Ep 8 Prosper's Old Mother
    11/20/55
- Ford Theatre: All Star Theatre
  Papa Mumby
  - S 3: Ep 39 The Mumbys
    6/23/55
- Cavalcade of America
  Guest Star
  - S 3: Ep 22 Stay On, Stranger!
    5/3/55
  - S 1: Ep 20 The Tenderfoot
    6/24/53
- General Electric Theater
  Buckskin
  - S 3: Ep 28 The Windmill
    4/24/55
- Cavalcade of America
  Horace Greeley
  - S 3: Ep 13 Petticoat Doctor
    1/25/55
  - S 2: Ep 12 One Nation Indivisible
    12/22/53
- Waterfront (1954)
  Oscar
  - S 1: Ep 9 Sea Bells
    1/1/54
- Make Room for Daddy
  Captain Chris
  - S 1: Ep 8 The Sea Captain
    11/17/53

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Edgar Buchanan

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