Edgar Buchanan 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 The Beverly Hillbillies television sitcoms of the 1960s.
Known For
Credits
Cast Credits
Cade's County (1971)
Starring as J.J. Jackson
(3 episodes)
- Episode 1x11: Requiem for Miss Madrid (Dec 12, 1971)
- Episode 1x10: A Gun for Billy (Nov 28, 1971)
- Episode 1x01: Homecoming (Sep 19, 1971)
The Partridge Family (1970)
Guest starring as Judge McElwreath
- Episode 3x02: M is for the Many Things (Sep 22, 1972)
The Mod Squad (1968)
Guest starring as Hargis
- Episode 3x08: Welcome to the Human Race, Levi Frazee! (Nov 10, 1970)
Green Acres (1965)
Guest starring as Uncle Joe Carson
(14 episodes)
- Episode 3x01: The Man for the Job (Sep 6, 1967)
- Episode 1x24: The Deputy (Mar 16, 1966)
- Episode 1x22: The Day of Decision (Feb 23, 1966)
- Episode 1x21: What's in a Name? (Feb 16, 1966)
- Episode 1x17: I Didn't Raise My Husband to Be a Fireman (Jan 19, 1966)
- Episode 1x13: The Wedding Anniversary (Dec 15, 1965)
- Episode 1x12: Lisa Has a Calf (Dec 8, 1965)
- Episode 1x10: Don't Call Us, We'll Call You (Nov 17, 1965)
- Episode 1x09: You Can't Plug in a 2 with a 6 (Nov 10, 1965)
- Episode 1x08: Lisa, the Helpmate (Nov 3, 1965)
- Episode 1x07: Neighborliness (Oct 27, 1965)
- Episode 1x06: Furniture, Furniture, Who's Got the Furniture? (Oct 20, 1965)
- Episode 1x02: Lisa's First Day on the Farm (Sep 22, 1965)
- Episode 1x01: Oliver Buys a Farm (Sep 15, 1965)
Petticoat Junction (1963)
Starring as Uncle Joe Carson
(220 episodes)
- Episode 7x26: Betty Jo's Business (Apr 4, 1970)
- Episode 7x25: No, No, You Can't Take Her Away (Mar 28, 1970)
- Episode 7x24: Love Rears Its Ugly Head (Mar 21, 1970)
- Episode 7x23: Last Train to Pixley (Mar 7, 1970)
- Episode 7x22: Whiplash, Whiplash (Feb 28, 1970)
- Episode 7x21: Spare That Cottage (Feb 14, 1970)
- Episode 7x20: Susan B. Anthony, I Love You (Feb 7, 1970)
- Episode 7x19: Steve's Uncle George (Jan 31, 1970)
- Episode 7x18: The Valley's New Owner (Jan 24, 1970)
- Episode 7x17: With This Ring... (Jan 17, 1970)
- Episode 7x16: Selma Plout's Plot (Jan 10, 1970)
- Episode 7x15: How to Arrange a Marriage (Jan 3, 1970)
- Episode 7x14: But I've Never Been in Erie, PA (Dec 27, 1969)
- Episode 7x13: The Golden Spike Ceremony (Dec 20, 1969)
- Episode 7x12: Goodbye, Mr. Chimp (2) (Dec 13, 1969)
- Episode 7x11: Kathy Jo's First Birthday (1) (Dec 6, 1969)
- Episode 7x10: The Camping Trip (Nov 29, 1969)
- Episode 7x09: A Most Momentous Occasion (Nov 22, 1969)
- Episode 7x08: Sorry Doctor, I Ain't Taking No Shots (Nov 15, 1969)
- Episode 7x07: The Tenant (Nov 8, 1969)
- Episode 7x06: The Glen Tinker Caper (Nov 1, 1969)
- Episode 7x05: The Three Queens (Oct 25, 1969)
- Episode 7x04: One of Our Chickens is Missing (Oct 18, 1969)
- Episode 7x03: The Other Woman (Oct 11, 1969)
- Episode 7x02: The Game Warden (Oct 4, 1969)
- Episode 7x01: Make Room for Baby (Sep 27, 1969)
- Episode 6x26: By the Book (Mar 29, 1969)
- Episode 6x25: Tune in Next Year (Mar 22, 1969)
- Episode 6x24: The Great Race (Mar 15, 1969)
- Episode 6x23: The Organ Fund (Mar 8, 1969)
- Episode 6x22: Uncle Joe Retires (Mar 1, 1969)
- Episode 6x21: I'm Allergic to Daddy (Feb 22, 1969)
- Episode 6x20: Joe Saves the Post Office (Feb 15, 1969)
- Episode 6x19: A Man Called Cyrus Plout (Feb 8, 1969)
- Episode 6x18: The Cannonball Bookmobile (Feb 1, 1969)
- Episode 6x17: Steve's New Job (Jan 25, 1969)
- Episode 6x16: Billie Jo and the Big Big Star (Jan 18, 1969)
- Episode 6x15: The Christening (Jan 11, 1969)
- Episode 6x14: The Ballad of the Everyday Housewife (Jan 4, 1969)
- Episode 6x13: The Feminine Mistake (Dec 28, 1968)
- Episode 6x12: A Cake from Granny (Dec 21, 1968)
- Episode 6x11: First Night Out (Dec 14, 1968)
- Episode 6x10: Bye, Bye, Doctor (Dec 7, 1968)
- Episode 6x09: The Strange Case of Joseph P. Carson (Nov 30, 1968)
- Episode 6x08: The Sneaky Ways of a Woman Who is Both Beautiful and Smart (Nov 23, 1968)
- Episode 6x07: The Lady Doctor (Nov 16, 1968)
- Episode 6x06: Wings (Nov 9, 1968)
- Episode 6x05: Granny, the Baby Expert (Nov 2, 1968)
- Episode 6x04: The Valley Has a Baby (Oct 26, 1968)
- Episode 6x03: Only a Husband (Oct 19, 1968)
- Episode 6x02: The Singing Sweethearts (Oct 5, 1968)
- Episode 5x30: Kate's Homecoming (Mar 30, 1968)
- Episode 5x29: Ring-a-Ding-Ding (Mar 23, 1968)
- Episode 5x28: My Pal Sam (Mar 16, 1968)
- Episode 5x27: Cannonball for Sale (Mar 9, 1968)
- Episode 5x26: Bad Day at Shady Rest (Mar 2, 1968)
- Episode 5x25: Mae's Helping Hand (Feb 24, 1968)
- Episode 5x24: Billie Jo's First Record (Feb 17, 1968)
- Episode 5x23: Uncle Joe Runs the Hotel (Feb 10, 1968)
- Episode 5x22: Girl of Our Dreams (Feb 3, 1968)
- Episode 5x21: Higgins Come Home (Jan 27, 1968)
- Episode 5x20: The Barber Shop Quartet (Jan 20, 1968)
- Episode 5x19: Steve, the Apple Polisher (Jan 13, 1968)
- Episode 5x18: The Power of the Press (Jan 6, 1968)
- Episode 5x17: All Sales Final (Dec 30, 1967)
- Episode 5x16: All That Buzzes Ain't Bees (Dec 23, 1967)
- Episode 5x15: Uncle Joe and the Master Plan (Dec 16, 1967)
- Episode 5x14: Kate's Day in Court (Dec 9, 1967)
- Episode 5x13: A Horse On You, Mr. Bedloe (Dec 2, 1967)
- Episode 5x12: The Honeymoon is Over (Nov 25, 1967)
- Episode 5x11: Kate's Birthday (Nov 18, 1967)
- Episode 5x10: Hawaii Calling (Nov 11, 1967)
- Episode 5x09: With This Gown I Thee Wed (Nov 4, 1967)
- Episode 5x08: Meet the In-Laws (Oct 28, 1967)
- Episode 5x07: Mind If We Join Your Wedding (Oct 21, 1967)
- Episode 5x06: A Cottage for Two (Oct 14, 1967)
- Episode 5x05: Pop Goes the Question (Oct 7, 1967)
- Episode 5x04: You Know I Can't Hear You When the Thunder is Clapping (Sep 30, 1967)
- Episode 5x03: One Dozen Roses (Sep 23, 1967)
- Episode 5x02: It's Not Easy to Be a Mother (Sep 16, 1967)
- Episode 5x01: Is This My Daughter? (Sep 9, 1967)
- Episode 4x32: Go Away, Fat (May 9, 1967)
- Episode 4x31: A House Divided (May 2, 1967)
- Episode 4x30: Kate's Cousin Mae (Apr 25, 1967)
- Episode 4x29: The Eternal Rectangle (Apr 18, 1967)
- Episode 4x28: That Was the Night That Was (Apr 11, 1967)
- Episode 4x27: Steve's Ol' Buddy (Apr 4, 1967)
- Episode 4x26: Author! Author! (Mar 28, 1967)
- Episode 4x25: Kate's Big Deal (Mar 21, 1967)
- Episode 4x24: The Fishing Derby (Mar 14, 1967)
- Episode 4x23: That's Max??? (Mar 7, 1967)
- Episode 4x22: Hey, Look Me Over (Feb 28, 1967)
- Episode 4x21: Don't Call Us (Feb 21, 1967)
- Episode 4x20: Shoplifter at the Shady Rest (Feb 14, 1967)
- Episode 4x19: A Star is Born (Feb 7, 1967)
- Episode 4x18: Temperance, Temperance (Jan 31, 1967)
- Episode 4x17: Girls! Girls! Girls! (Jan 24, 1967)
- Episode 4x16: His Highness the Dog (Jan 17, 1967)
- Episode 4x15: The Rise and Fall of a Tycoon (Jan 3, 1967)
- Episode 4x14: My Daughter the Secretary (Dec 27, 1966)
- Episode 4x13: The Santa Claus Special (Dec 20, 1966)
- Episode 4x12: Is There a Doctor in the Valley? (Dec 13, 1966)
- Episode 4x11: The Runt Strikes Back (Nov 29, 1966)
- Episode 4x10: Twenty-Five Years Too Late (Nov 22, 1966)
- Episode 4x09: How Bugged Was My Valley (Nov 15, 1966)
- Episode 4x08: The Almost Annual Charity Show (Nov 1, 1966)
- Episode 4x07: Kate Grounds Selma Plout (Oct 25, 1966)
- Episode 4x06: Cannonball, Inc. (Oct 18, 1966)
- Episode 4x05: The All-Night Party (Oct 11, 1966)
- Episode 4x04: He Loves Us, He Loves Us Not (Oct 4, 1966)
- Episode 4x03: Hooterville, You're All Heart (2) (Sep 27, 1966)
- Episode 4x02: Birdman of Shady Rest (1) (Sep 20, 1966)
- Episode 4x01: Young Love (Sep 13, 1966)
- Episode 3x34: Betty Jo's Bike (May 10, 1966)
- Episode 3x33: Hooterville Valley Project (May 3, 1966)
- Episode 3x32: The Young Matchmakers (Apr 26, 1966)
- Episode 3x31: Every Bachelor Should Have a Family (Apr 19, 1966)
- Episode 3x30: Whatever Happened to Betty Jo? (Apr 12, 1966)
- Episode 3x29: Kate Bradley, Peacemaker (Apr 5, 1966)
- Episode 3x28: Kate Sells the Hotel (Mar 29, 1966)
- Episode 3x27: Second Honeymoon (Mar 22, 1966)
- Episode 3x26: The Windfall (Mar 15, 1966)
- Episode 3x25: War of the Hotels (Mar 8, 1966)
- Episode 3x24: It's Not the Principle, It's the Money (Mar 1, 1966)
- Episode 3x23: The Invisible Mr. Dobble (Feb 22, 1966)
- Episode 3x22: Jury at the Shady Rest (Feb 15, 1966)
- Episode 3x21: The County Fair (Feb 8, 1966)
- Episode 3x20: Only Boy in the Class (Feb 1, 1966)
- Episode 3x19: Yogurt, Anyone? (Jan 25, 1966)
- Episode 3x18: Billie Jo's Independence Day (Jan 18, 1966)
- Episode 3x17: Betty Jo Catches the Bouquet (Jan 11, 1966)
- Episode 3x16: Better Never Than Late (Jan 4, 1966)
- Episode 3x15: The Butler Did It (Dec 28, 1965)
- Episode 3x14: What's a Trajectory? (Dec 21, 1965)
- Episode 3x13: Uncle Joe Plays Post Office (Dec 14, 1965)
- Episode 3x12: The Crowded Wedding Ring (Dec 7, 1965)
- Episode 3x11: Bedloe's Successor (Nov 30, 1965)
- Episode 3x10: Betty Jo Goes to New York (Nov 23, 1965)
- Episode 3x09: Hooterville Hurricane (Nov 16, 1965)
- Episode 3x08: Hooterville A-Go-Go (Nov 9, 1965)
- Episode 3x07: A Doctor in the House (Nov 2, 1965)
- Episode 3x06: Bobbie Jo's Sorority (Oct 26, 1965)
- Episode 3x05: Joe Carson, General Contractor (Oct 12, 1965)
- Episode 3x04: The Good Luck Ring (Oct 5, 1965)
- Episode 3x03: The Dog Turns Playboy (Sep 28, 1965)
- Episode 3x02: The Baffling Raffle (Sep 21, 1965)
- Episode 3x01: Dear Minerva (Sep 14, 1965)
- Episode 2x36: There's No Business with Show Business (Jun 15, 1965)
- Episode 2x35: The Hairbrained Scheme (Jun 8, 1965)
- Episode 2x34: The Brontosaurus Caper (Jun 1, 1965)
- Episode 2x33: There's No Stove Like an Old Stove (May 25, 1965)
- Episode 2x32: Why Girls Leave Home (May 18, 1965)
- Episode 2x31: The Chicken Killer (May 11, 1965)
- Episode 2x30: Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Jinx? (May 4, 1965)
- Episode 2x29: The Mayor of Hooterville (Apr 27, 1965)
- Episode 2x28: Bedloe Gets His Comeuppance (2) (Apr 20, 1965)
- Episode 2x27: Bedloe's Most Fiendish Scheme (1) (Apr 13, 1965)
- Episode 2x26: The Black Box (Apr 6, 1965)
- Episode 2x25: A Tale of Two Dogs (Mar 30, 1965)
- Episode 2x24: The Shady Rest Hotel Corporation (Mar 23, 1965)
- Episode 2x23: A Borderline Story (Mar 16, 1965)
- Episode 2x22: Visit from the Governor (Mar 9, 1965)
- Episode 2x21: Modern Merchandising (Mar 2, 1965)
- Episode 2x20: For the Birds (Feb 23, 1965)
- Episode 2x19: Hooterville Crime Wave (Feb 16, 1965)
- Episode 2x18: Kate Bradley, Girl Volunteer (Feb 9, 1965)
- Episode 2x17: A Matter of Communication (Feb 2, 1965)
- Episode 2x16: Billie Jo's First Job (Jan 26, 1965)
- Episode 2x15: There's No Flame Like an Old Flame (Jan 19, 1965)
- Episode 2x14: The Curse of Chester W. Farnsworth (Jan 12, 1965)
- Episode 2x13: Smoke-Eaters (Jan 5, 1965)
- Episode 2x12: The Lost Patrol (Dec 29, 1964)
- Episode 2x11: Mother of the Bride (Dec 15, 1964)
- Episode 2x10: Kate's Bachelor Butter (Dec 8, 1964)
- Episode 2x09: Bedloe's Nightmare (Dec 1, 1964)
- Episode 2x08: Betty Jo's Pen Pal (Nov 24, 1964)
- Episode 2x07: The Great Buffalo Hunt (Nov 17, 1964)
- Episode 2x06: My Dog the Actor (Nov 10, 1964)
- Episode 2x05: As Hooterville Goes (Oct 27, 1964)
- Episode 2x04: The Umquaw Strip (Oct 13, 1964)
- Episode 2x03: Have Library, Will Travel (Oct 6, 1964)
- Episode 2x02: Race Against the Stork (Sep 29, 1964)
- Episode 2x01: Betty Jo's Dog (Sep 22, 1964)
- Episode 1x38: The Genghis Keane Story (Jun 9, 1964)
- Episode 1x37: Kate Flat on Her Back (Jun 2, 1964)
- Episode 1x36: Cave Woman (May 26, 1964)
- Episode 1x35: Local Girl Makes Good (May 19, 1964)
- Episode 1x34: Bedloe and Son (May 12, 1964)
- Episode 1x33: A Millionaire for Kate (May 5, 1964)
- Episode 1x32: Dog Days at Shady Rest (Apr 28, 1964)
- Episode 1x31: Charley Abandons the Cannonball (Apr 21, 1964)
- Episode 1x30: Kate and the Dowager (Apr 14, 1964)
- Episode 1x29: Kate the Stockholder (Apr 7, 1964)
- Episode 1x28: The Hooterville Flivverball (Mar 31, 1964)
- Episode 1x27: The Ladybugs (Mar 24, 1964)
- Episode 1x26: Kate and the Manpower Problem (Mar 17, 1964)
- Episode 1x25: The Talent Contest (Mar 10, 1964)
- Episode 1x24: Behind All Silver, There's a Cloud Lining (Mar 3, 1964)
- Episode 1x23: Betty Jo's First Love (Feb 25, 1964)
- Episode 1x22: The Art Game (Feb 18, 1964)
- Episode 1x21: The Very Old Antique (Feb 11, 1964)
- Episode 1x20: Last Chance Farm (Feb 4, 1964)
- Episode 1x18: Hooterville vs. Hollywood (Jan 21, 1964)
- Episode 1x17: My Daughter the Doctor (Jan 14, 1964)
- Episode 1x16: Bobbie Jo and the Beatnik (Jan 7, 1964)
- Episode 1x15: Herbie Gets Drafted (Dec 31, 1963)
- Episode 1x14: Cannonball Christmas (Dec 24, 1963)
- Episode 1x13: A Night at the Hooterville Hilton (Dec 17, 1963)
- Episode 1x12: Honeymoon Hotel (Dec 10, 1963)
- Episode 1x11: Uncle Joe's Replacement (Dec 3, 1963)
- Episode 1x10: Bedloe Strikes Again (Nov 26, 1963)
- Episode 1x09: The Little Train Robbery (Nov 19, 1963)
- Episode 1x08: Kate's Recipe for Hot Rhubarb (Nov 12, 1963)
- Episode 1x07: The Ringer (Nov 5, 1963)
- Episode 1x06: Please Buy My Violets (Oct 29, 1963)
- Episode 1x05: The Courtship of Floyd Smoot (Oct 22, 1963)
- Episode 1x04: Is There a Doctor in the Roundhouse? (2) (Oct 15, 1963)
- Episode 1x03: The President Who Came to Dinner (1) (Oct 8, 1963)
- Episode 1x02: Quick, Hide the Railroad (2) (Oct 1, 1963)
- Episode 1x01: Spur Line to Shady Rest (1) (Sep 24, 1963)
The Beverly Hillbillies (1962)
Guest starring as Uncle Joe Carson
(3 episodes)
- Episode 7x14: Christmas in Hooterville (Dec 25, 1968)
- Episode 7x10: The Thanksgiving Spirit (Nov 27, 1968)
- Episode 7x06: Granny Goes to Hooterville (Oct 30, 1968)
The Wide Country (1962)
Guest starring as Uncle Walt Guthrie
- Episode 1x12: Good Old Uncle Walt (Dec 13, 1962)
The Virginian (1962)
Guest starring as Teddy Birdwell
- Episode 9x17: The Legacy of Spencer Flats (Jan 27, 1971)
The Mike Douglas Show (1961)
Guest starring as Edgar Buchanan
- Episode 6x108: Feb 1, 1967 (Feb 1, 1967)
Route 66 (1960)
Guest starring as Jack McConkle
- Episode 1x10: The Beryllium Eater (Dec 9, 1960)
Guest starring as Magistrate Abe Chumley
- Episode 3x02: Journey to Nineveh (Sep 28, 1962)
Dennis the Menace (1959)
Guest starring as Mr. Meekin
- Episode 4x13: Dennis and the Hermit (Dec 30, 1962)
The Twilight Zone (1959)
Guest starring as Doc Bolton
- Episode 3x23: The Last Rites of Jeff Myrtlebank (Feb 23, 1962)
Bonanza (1959)
Guest starring as John Henry Hill
- Episode 2x34: Sam Hill (Jun 3, 1961)
Guest starring as Hallelujah Hicks
- Episode 2x11: The Trail Gang (Nov 26, 1960)
The Rifleman (1958)
Guest starring as Doc Burrage
(2 episodes)
- Episode 1x26: The Deadly Wait (Mar 24, 1959)
- Episode 1x24: The Trade (Mar 10, 1959)
Wanted: Dead or Alive (1958)
Guest starring as Pop Michaels
- Episode 1x28: Railroaded (Mar 14, 1959)
Guest starring as Chester Blake
- Episode 1x36: Amos Carter (May 9, 1959)
Leave It to Beaver (1957)
Guest starring as Captain Jack
- Episode 1x02: Captain Jack (Oct 11, 1957)
Guest starring as Uncle Billy Cleaver
- Episode 6x26: Uncle Billy's Visit (Mar 21, 1963)
The Restless Gun (1957)
Guest starring as Ethan Greenfield
- Episode 1x30: Aunt Emma (Apr 14, 1958)
Guest starring as Sheriff Jeb Barnes
- Episode 1x35: The Gold Star (May 19, 1958)
Maverick (1957)
Guest starring as Daddy David Forge
- Episode 2x11: Island in the Swamp (Nov 30, 1958)
Guest starring as Jed Christianson
- Episode 2x19: Duel at Sundown (Feb 1, 1959)
Guest starring as Sheriff Hadley
- Episode 4x02: Hadley's Hunters (Sep 25, 1960)
Guest starring as Red Daniels
- Episode 4x18: The Cactus Switch (Jan 15, 1961)
Perry Mason (1957)
Guest starring as Andy Templet
- Episode 2x11: Erle Stanley Gardner's The Case of the Perjured Parrot (Dec 20, 1958)
Wagon Train (1957)
Guest starring as Thaddeus Briscoe
- Episode 1x08: The John Darro Story (Nov 6, 1957)
Guest starring as Ben Mattox
- Episode 4x10: The Jane Hawkins Story (Nov 30, 1960)
Have Gun, Will Travel (1957)
Guest starring as Noah Cardiff
- Episode 6x12: Man in an Hourglass (Dec 1, 1962)
The Gale Storm Show (1956)
Guest starring as Jasper Stokes
- Episode 3x04: Hayride Ahoy (Sep 27, 1958)
Screen Directors Playhouse (1955)
Guest starring as Sub Doyal
- Episode 1x08: The Bush Roper (Nov 23, 1955)