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William Edgar Buchanan II was an American actor with a long career in both film and television. He is most familiar today as Uncle Joe Carson from the Petticoat Junction, Green Acres, and The Beverly Hillbillies television sitcoms of the 1960s.
Birth Name
William Edgar Buchanan
Born
Friday, 20 March 1903
Died
Wednesday, 04 April 1979
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Forsaken Westerns | Judge Roy Bean / Luke Herkimer | 2017 |
| Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage | Self | 1983 |
| Benji | Bill | 1974 |
| Sam Cade | J.J. Jackson | 1972 |
| Cade's County | J.J. Jackson / Senior Deputy J.J. Jackson / J. J. Jackson | 1971 |
| Yuma | Mules McNeil | 1971 |
| The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again | Jason Fitch | 1970 |
| The Partridge Family | Judge McElwreath | 1970 |
| Love, American Style | Judge Brockmerton (segment "Love and the Family Hour") | 1969 |
| The Over-the-Hill Gang | Jason Fitch | 1969 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Forsaken Westerns | Judge Roy Bean / Luke Herkimer | 2017 |
| Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage | Self | 1983 |
| Benji | Bill | 1974 |
| Sam Cade | J.J. Jackson | 1972 |
| Cade's County | J.J. Jackson / Senior Deputy J.J. Jackson / J. J. Jackson | 1971 |
| Yuma | Mules McNeil | 1971 |
| The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again | Jason Fitch | 1970 |
| The Partridge Family | Judge McElwreath | 1970 |
| Love, American Style | Judge Brockmerton (segment "Love and the Family Hour") | 1969 |
| The Over-the-Hill Gang | Jason Fitch | 1969 |
| Angel in My Pocket | Axel Gresham | 1969 |
| Mod Squad | Hargis | 1968 |
| The Name of the Game | Felson | 1968 |
| Welcome to Hard Times | Brown | 1967 |
| Gunpoint | Bull | 1966 |
| Green Acres | Uncle Joe Carson | 1965 |
| The Man from Button Willow | Sorry | 1965 |
| The Rounders | Vince Moore | 1965 |
| Karen | Uncle Jim Loggins | 1964 |
| Move Over, Darling | Judge Bryson | 1963 |
| McLintock! | Bunny Dull | 1963 |
| Petticoat Junction | Uncle Joe Carson | 1963 |
| A Ticklish Affair | Gramps / Captain Martin | 1963 |
| Vacation Playhouse | Luke | 1963 |
| Donovan's Reef | Boston Attorney Francis X. O'Brien / Francis O'Brien | 1963 |
| Stoney Burke | Vernon Dawes | 1962 |
| The Beverly Hillbillies | Uncle Joe Carson | 1962 |
| Wide Country | Walter Guthrie | 1962 |
| The Virginian | Teddy Birdwell | 1962 |
| The Lloyd Bridges Show | Andrew Jackson Tyree / Doc Lawton | 1962 |
| Ride the High Country | Judge Tolliver | 1962 |
| The Mike Douglas Show | Himself | 1961 |
| The Comancheros | Circuit Court Judge Thaddeus Jackson Breen | 1961 |
| Alcoa Premiere | Crab Holman | 1961 |
| Bus Stop | Judge Neal | 1961 |
| Dr. Kildare | Judge Wilfred Manning / Steve Devitt | 1961 |
| Devil's Partner | Doc Lucas | 1961 |
| Tammy Tell Me True | Judge Carver | 1961 |
| Chartroose Caboose | Woodrow 'Woody' Watts | 1960 |
| Cimarron | Judge Neal Hefner | 1960 |
| Klondike | Sam Perkins | 1960 |
| Route 66 | Magistrate Abe Chumley / Jack McConkle | 1960 |
| The Jim Backus Show | Uncle Chester Danforth | 1960 |
| Stagecoach West | Lum Jensen | 1960 |
| The Andy Griffith Show | Henry Wheeler | 1960 |
| Outlaws | Neely / Nulty | 1960 |
| Here's Hollywood | Self | 1960 |
| The Barbara Stanwyck Show | Judge Franklin | 1960 |
| National Velvet | Grandpa Harwell | 1960 |
| Thriller | Doc O'Connor | 1960 |
| The Tall Man | Archie Keogh | 1960 |
| Assignment: Underwater | Charlie Noble | 1960 |
| Four Fast Guns | Dipper | 1960 |
| Stump Run | Buck Gaskin | 1959 |
| Hound-Dog Man | Doc Cole | 1959 |
| Edge of Eternity | Sheriff Edwards | 1959 |
| Dennis the Menace | Mr. Meekin | 1959 |
| The Twilight Zone | Doc Bolton | 1959 |
| Laramie | Calico / Cletus McBain / Doc / Tully Casper | 1959 |
| Riverboat | Wingate Pardee | 1959 |
| The Deputy | Isbel | 1959 |
| Bonanza | John Henry Hill / Hallelujah Hicks | 1959 |
| It Started with a Kiss | Congressman Richard Tappe | 1959 |
| King of the Wild Stallions | Idaho | 1959 |
| Cimarron City | Shanty | 1958 |
| Bat Masterson | Cactus Charlie | 1958 |
| Lawman | Jess Miller | 1958 |
| The Rifleman | Doc J. Burrage / Doc Burrage / Grandpa Fogarty | 1958 |
| Bronco | 'Pop' Ben Owens | 1958 |
| Wanted: Dead or Alive | Pop Michaels / Chester Blake | 1958 |
| The Sheepman | Milt Masters | 1958 |
| Day of the Badman | Sam Wyckoff | 1958 |
| Trackdown | Tully Saxon | 1957 |
| The Californians | Dutch / Major | 1957 |
| The Restless Gun | Ethan Greenfield / Sheriff Jeb Barnes | 1957 |
| Maverick | Col. Hamilton / Daddy David Forge / Jed Christianson / Red Daniels / Sheriff Hadley | 1957 |
| Perry Mason | Judge Edward Daley / Andy Templet | 1957 |
| Wagon Train | Thaddeus Briscoe / Ben Mattox | 1957 |
| Have Gun - Will Travel | Noah Cardiff | 1957 |
| Leave It to Beaver | Captain Jack / Uncle Billy Cleaver / Uncle Billy | 1957 |
| Spoilers of the Forest | Tom Duncan | 1957 |
| Tales of Wells Fargo | Bob Dawson / Doc Dawson | 1957 |
| Whirlybirds | Burton | 1957 |
| The Gale Storm Show: Oh! Susanna | Jasper Stokes | 1956 |
| The Adventures of Jim Bowie | Ringtail Jack | 1956 |
| Telephone Time | Horace Greeley | 1956 |
| Come Next Spring | Mr. Canary | 1956 |
| Crossroads | Bart Alden | 1955 |
| Screen Directors Playhouse | Sub Doyal | 1955 |
| Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Pops | 1955 |
| The Joseph Cotten Show: On Trial | Doctor | 1955 |
| Gunsmoke | Dan / York | 1955 |
| Judge Roy Bean | Judge Roy Bean | 1955 |
| Luke and the Tenderfoot | Luke Herkimer | 1955 |
| Wichita | Doc Black | 1955 |
| The Lonesome Trail | Dan Wells | 1955 |
| Rage at Dawn | Judge | 1955 |
| The Silver Star | Will 'Bill' Dowdy / Will 'Bill' Dowdy (as Edgar Buchanon) | 1955 |
| The Millionaire | William Vaughn | 1955 |
| Destry | Mayor Sellers / The Honorable Hiram J. Sellers, Mayor | 1954 |
| Climax! | Spencer / Constable | 1954 |
| Dawn at Socorro | Sheriff Cauthen | 1954 |
| Human Desire | Alec Simmons | 1954 |
| Make Haste to Live | Sheriff Lafe | 1954 |
| Waterfront | Oscar Hanline | 1954 |
| The Danny Thomas Show | Captain Critch / Captain Chris | 1953 |
| She Couldn't Say No | Ed Meeker | 1953 |
| Shane | Fred Lewis | 1953 |
| It Happens Every Thursday | Jake | 1953 |
| General Electric Theater | Buckskin / Colonel Starbottle / Doctor / Parson Meacham / Preacher Bailey / Timothy Dwight | 1953 |
| Toughest Man in Arizona | Jim Hadlock | 1952 |
| The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet | Judge Willoughby / Park Commissioner | 1952 |
| The Ford Television Theatre | Papa Mumby | 1952 |
| Cavalcade of America | Horace Greeley / Doc Mathew | 1952 |
| Hopalong Cassidy | Red Connors / Sheriff Red Connors | 1952 |
| Wild Stallion | John Wintergreen | 1952 |
| The Big Trees | Walter 'Yukon' Burns | 1952 |
| Flaming Feather | Sgt. O'Rourke | 1952 |
| Silver City | Dutch Surrency | 1951 |
| Cave of Outlaws | Dobbs | 1951 |
| Schlitz Playhouse | Henry Maguire | 1951 |
| Rawhide | Sam Todd / Sam Todd (Rawhide stationmaster) | 1951 |
| The Great Missouri Raid | Dr. Samuels | 1951 |
| Life with Linkletter | Self | 1950 |
| Devil's Doorway | Zeke Carmody | 1950 |
| The Big Hangover | Uncle Fred Mahoney | 1950 |
| Cheaper by the Dozen | Dr. Burton | 1950 |
| Cargo to Capetown | Sam Bennett | 1950 |
| Any Number Can Play | Ed | 1949 |
| Lust for Gold | Wiser | 1949 |
| Red Canyon | Jonah Johnson | 1949 |
| The Walking Hills | Old Willy | 1949 |
| The Man from Colorado | Doc Merriam | 1949 |
| Studio One | Dan Ferris | 1948 |
| The Untamed Breed | John Rambeau | 1948 |
| Coroner Creek | Sheriff O'Hea | 1948 |
| Best Man Wins | Jim Smiley | 1948 |
| Adventures in Silverado | Dr. H. C. Henderson / Dr. Hendersonn | 1948 |
| The Black Arrow | Lawless | 1948 |
| The Wreck of the Hesperus | George Lockhart | 1948 |
| The Swordsman | Angus MacArden | 1948 |
| Framed | Jeff Cunningham | 1947 |
| The Sea of Grass | Jeff - Cook / Jeff | 1947 |
| If I'm Lucky | Darius J. Magonnagle | 1946 |
| The Walls Came Tumbling Down | George Bradford | 1946 |
| Renegades | Kirk Dembrow | 1946 |
| Perilous Holiday | George Richards | 1946 |
| Abilene Town | Sheriff 'Bravo' Trimble / Sheriff Bravo Trimble | 1946 |
| The Bandit of Sherwood Forest | Friar Tuck | 1946 |
| The Fighting Guardsman | Pepe, Bandit-Valet / Brown | 1946 |
| Strange Affair | Lt. Washburn / Police Lt. Washburn | 1944 |
| The Impatient Years | Judge | 1944 |
| Bride by Mistake | Jonathan Connors | 1944 |
| Buffalo Bill | Sgt. Chips McGraw | 1944 |
| Destroyer | Kansas Jackson / Kansus Jackson | 1943 |
| Good Luck, Mr. Yates | Jonesey Jones | 1943 |
| The Desperadoes | Uncle Willie McLeod | 1943 |
| City Without Men | Judge Michael T. Mallory | 1943 |
| The Talk of the Town | Sam Yates | 1942 |
| Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die | Curly Bill Brocious | 1942 |
| You Belong to Me | Billings | 1941 |
| Texas | Buford 'Doc' Thorpe | 1941 |
| The Richest Man in Town | Pete Martin | 1941 |
| Her First Beau | Elmer Tuttle | 1941 |
| Penny Serenade | Applejack / Applejack Carney | 1941 |
| Arizona | Judge Bogardus | 1940 |
| When the Daltons Rode | Narrator / Blacksmith | 1940 |
| The Sea Hawk | Ben Rollins | 1940 |
| Escape to Glory | Charles Atterbee | 1940 |
| Tear Gas Squad | Cousin Andy | 1940 |
| 3 Cheers for the Irish | Party Guest | 1940 |
| Too Many Husbands | McDermott | 1940 |
| My Son Is Guilty | Bartender Dan / Dan, Bartender | 1939 |
