Edgar Buchanan
Edgar Buchanan was a dentist by training. He met his wife Mildred in dental school. He stumbled out of amateur acting into the role of a dentist for the film Texas (’41). That finished him as a molar-mechanic. One hundred films later, he never looked back.
Thirty-six of his films were westerns. They included some high profile classics. He appeared in Shane, Destry, The Comancheros, Ride the High Country and McLintock!, among others. It seems he suited roles casting him as a doctor and a judge as those occupations show up again and again in his filmography.
Buchanan did a lot of TV in addition his role as Red Connors, sidekicking for William Boyd’s Hoppalon Cassidy. He had the title role in the Judge Roy Bean series. See what I mean about playing a judge. He made guest appearances in a host western series including, Wanted Dead or Alive, Bat Masterson, Wagon Train, Bonanza, Maverick, The Rifleman, Have Gun Will Travel, Gunsmoke and The Virginian to name a few.
Edgar Buchanan might be best remembered as Uncle Joe Carson on Petticoat Junction (222 episodes), Green Acres (17 episodes) and the Beverly Hillbillies (3 episodes). Buchanan passed away April 4, 1979 at age 76.
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Thirty-six of his films were westerns. They included some high profile classics. He appeared in Shane, Destry, The Comancheros, Ride the High Country and McLintock!, among others. It seems he suited roles casting him as a doctor and a judge as those occupations show up again and again in his filmography.
Buchanan did a lot of TV in addition his role as Red Connors, sidekicking for William Boyd’s Hoppalon Cassidy. He had the title role in the Judge Roy Bean series. See what I mean about playing a judge. He made guest appearances in a host western series including, Wanted Dead or Alive, Bat Masterson, Wagon Train, Bonanza, Maverick, The Rifleman, Have Gun Will Travel, Gunsmoke and The Virginian to name a few.
Edgar Buchanan might be best remembered as Uncle Joe Carson on Petticoat Junction (222 episodes), Green Acres (17 episodes) and the Beverly Hillbillies (3 episodes). Buchanan passed away April 4, 1979 at age 76.
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Aug 25, 2019 08:11AM
I remember everyone of the shows/movies he was in. My earliest recollection of him has to be as sidekick to Hoppy!
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Karen wrote: "I remember everyone of the shows/movies he was in. My earliest recollection of him has to be as sidekick to Hoppy!"Thanks for the comment Karen. Much appreciated.
I remember Edgar Buchanan for his many roles in the above mentioned films especially his role as mayor in Destry. I also caught him in The Tales of Wells Fargo in which he played an old outlaw and a dentist. Another great character actor.
