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Edgar Buchanan (1903–1979)


At the age of seven, he and his family moved to Oregon. After studying at the University of Oregon, he followed in his father's footsteps and became a dentist, graduating from North Pacific Dental College. From 1929 to 1937 he was the practiced oral surgery in Eugene, Oregon. He then moved his practice to Altadena... See full bio »

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Filmography

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1974 Benji
Bill
 
1973 Love, American Style (TV series)
The judge 'brockmerton' (segment "love and the family hour")
Love and the Cryptic Gift/Love and the Family Hour/Love and the Legend/Love and the Sexpert (1973) … The judge 'brockmerton' (segment "love and the family hour")
 
1972 The Partridge Family (TV series)
Judge McElwreath
M is for the Many Things (1972) … Judge McElwreath
 
1971-1972 Cade's County (TV series)
J.J. Jackson / J. J. Jackson
The Witness (1972) … J.J. Jackson
The Fake (1972) … J.J. Jackson
Blackout (1972) … J.J. Jackson
Jessie (1972) … J.J. Jackson
Ragged Edge (1972) … J.J. Jackson
 
1971 Yuma (TV movie)
Mules McNeil
 
1971 The Virginian (TV series)
Teddy Birdwell
The Legacy of Spencer Flats (1971) … Teddy Birdwell
 
1970 Mod Squad (TV series)
Hargis
 
1970 The Name of the Game (TV series)
Felson
Little Bear Died Running (1970) … Felson
 
1969 The Over-the-Hill Gang (TV movie)
Jason Fitch
 
1969 Angel in My Pocket
Axel Gresham
 
1967 Welcome to Hard Times
Brown
 
1966 Gunpoint
Bull
 
1965 Vacation Playhouse (TV series)
Luke
Luke and the Tenderfoot (1965) … Luke
 
1965 Luke and the Tenderfoot (TV movie)
Luke Herkimer
 
1965 The Man from Button Willow
Sorry (voice)
 
1965 The Rounders
Vince Moore
 
1963 McLintock!
Bunny Dull
 
1963 A Ticklish Affair
Captain Martin/Gramps
 
1963 Donovan's Reef
Boston Attorney Francis X. O'Brien
 
1962-1963 Dr. Kildare (TV series)
Judge Manning / Steve Devitt
To Each His Own Prison (1963) … Judge Manning
The Administrator (1962) … Steve Devitt
 
1962-1963 Gunsmoke (TV series)
Dan Witter / York
Old York (1963) … York
Old Dan (1962) … Dan Witter
 
1962-1963 The Lloyd Bridges Show (TV series)
Andrew Jackson Tyree / Doc
Tyrees of Capitol Hill (1963) … Andrew Jackson Tyree
Just Married (1962) … Doc
 
1957-1963 Leave It to Beaver (TV series)
Captain Jack / Uncle Billy Cleaver / William 'Uncle Billy' Cleaver
Uncle Billy's Visit (1963) … William 'Uncle Billy' Cleaver
Uncle Billy (1960) … Uncle Billy Cleaver
Captain Jack (1957) … Captain Jack
 
1962 Dennis the Menace (TV series)
Mr. Meekin
Dennis and the Hermit (1962) … Mr. Meekin
 
1962 The Wide Country (TV series)
Uncle Walt Guthrie
Good Old Uncle Walt (1962) … Uncle Walt Guthrie
 
1958-1962 Perry Mason (TV series)
Andy Templet / Judge Edward Daley
The Case of the Lurid Letter (1962) … Judge Edward Daley
The Case of the Perjured Parrot (1958) … Andy Templet
 
1962 Have Gun - Will Travel (TV series)
Noah Cardiff
Man in an Hourglass (1962) … Noah Cardiff
 
1960-1962 Laramie (TV series)
Calico / Cletus McBain / Doc / …
The Long Road Back (1962) … Cletus McBain
Stolen Tribute (1961) … Tully Casper
Men of Defiance (1960) … Doc
Saddle and Spur (1960) … Calico
 
1962 Stoney Burke (TV series)
Dawes
Fight Night (1962) … Dawes
 
1962 Alcoa Premiere (TV series)
Crab Holman
Flashing Spikes (1962) … Crab Holman
 
1960-1962 Route 66 (TV series)
Jack McConkle / Magistrate Abe Chumley
Journey to Nineveh (1962) … Magistrate Abe Chumley
The Beryllium Eater (1960) … Jack McConkle
 
1962 Ride the High Country
Judge Tolliver
 
1960-1962 Outlaws (TV series)
Neely / Nulty
All in a Day's Work (1962) … Neely
Starfall: Part 1 (1960) … Nulty
 
1962 Thriller (TV series)
Doc O'Connor
'Til Death Do Us Part (1962) … Doc O'Connor
 
1962 Twilight Zone (TV series)
Doc Bolton
The Last Rites of Jeff Myrtlebank (1962) … Doc Bolton
 
1961 The Andy Griffith Show (TV series)
Henry Wheeler
Aunt Bee's Brief Encounter (1961) … Henry Wheeler
 
1958-1961 The Rifleman (TV series)
Doc J. Burrage / Doc Burrage / Grandpa Fogarty
The Long Goodbye (1961) … Grandpa Fogarty
The Angry Man (1959) … Doc J. Burrage
The Deadly Wait (1959) … Doc Burrage
The Trade (1959) … Doc Burrage
 
1961 Bus Stop (TV series)
Judge Neal
The Man from Bootstrap (1961) … Judge Neal
 
1961 The Comancheros
Circuit Court Judge Thaddeus Jackson Breen
 
1961 The Bob Cummings Show (TV series)
The Oxtail Incident (1961)
 
1961 The Tall Man (TV series)
Archie Keogh
The Judas Palm (1961) … Archie Keogh
 
1961 Devil's Partner
Doc Lucas
 
1961 Tammy Tell Me True
Judge Carver
 
1961 The Barbara Stanwyck Show (TV series)
Judge Franklin
A Man's Game (1961) … Judge Franklin
 
1960-1961 Bonanza (TV series)
Hallelujah Hicks / John Henry Hill
Sam Hill (1961) … John Henry Hill
The Trail Gang (1960) … Hallelujah Hicks
 
1957-1961 Tales of Wells Fargo (TV series)
Bob Dawson / Doc Dawson
Doc Dawson (1960) … Doc Dawson
Bob Dawson (1959) … Bob Dawson
The Manuscript (1958) … Bob Dawson
The Prisoner (1958) … Bob Dawson
 
1961 National Velvet (TV series)
Grandpa Harwell
Grandpa Returns (1961) … Grandpa Harwell
Grandpa (1961) … Grandpa Harwell
 
1961 Klondike (TV series)
Sam Perkins
The Golden Burro (1961) … Sam Perkins
 
1958-1961 Maverick (TV series)
Col. Hamilton / Daddy David Forge / Jed Christianson / …
The Cactus Switch (1961) … Red Daniels
Hadley's Hunters (1960) … Sheriff Hadley
Easy Mark (1959) … Col. Hamilton
Duel at Sundown (1959) … Jed Christianson
Island in the Swamp (1958) … Daddy David Forge
 
1960 Chartroose Caboose
Woodrow 'Woody' Watts
 
1960 Riverboat (TV series)
Wingate Pardee
Duel on the River (1960) … Wingate Pardee
 
1960 Cimarron
Judge Neal Hefner
 
1957-1960 Wagon Train (TV series)
Ben Mattox / Thaddeus Briscoe
The Jane Hawkins Story (1960) … Ben Mattox
The John Darro Story (1957) … Thaddeus Briscoe
 
1960 Stagecoach West (TV series)
Lum Jensen
Red Sand (1960) … Lum Jensen
 
1960 Assignment: Underwater (TV series)
Charlie Noble
Charlie Noble's Pearl (1960) … Charlie Noble
 
1960 Bat Masterson (TV series)
Cactus Charlie
Debt of Honor (1960) … Cactus Charlie
 
1960 Bronco (TV series)
Pop Owens
Winter Kill (1960) … Pop Owens
 
1960 Four Fast Guns
Dipper
 
1959 The Deputy (TV series)
Isbel
Man of Peace (1959) … Isbel
 
1959 Hound-Dog Man
Doc Cole
 
1959 Edge of Eternity
Sheriff Edwards
 
1959 Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV series)
Pops
Coyote Moon (1959) … Pops
 
1959 It Started with a Kiss
Congressman Richard Tappe
 
1959 Whirlybirds (TV series)
Burton
The Perfect Crime (1959) … Burton
 
1955-1959 G.E. True Theater (TV series)
Buckskin / Colonel Starbottle / Doctor / …
The Indian Giver (1959) … Timothy Dwight
Silent Ambush (1958) … Doctor
Bargain Bride (1957) … Parson Meacham
The Road That Led Afar (1956) … Preacher Bailey
 
1958-1959 The Californians (TV series)
Dutch / Major
One Ton of Peppercorns (1959) … Major
The Golden Bride (1958) … Dutch
 
1959 Wanted: Dead or Alive (TV series)
Chester Blake / Pop Michaels
Amos Carter (1959) … Chester Blake
Railroaded (1959) … Pop Michaels
 
1959 Trackdown (TV series)
Tully Saxon
The Trick (1959) … Tully Saxon
 
1959 Lawman (TV series)
Jess Miller
The Captives (1959) … Jess Miller
 
1959 Stump Run
Buck Gaskin
 
1958 Cimarron City (TV series)
Shanty
Kid on a Calico Horse (1958) … Shanty
 
1958 26 Men (TV series)
 
1958 The Millionaire (TV series)
William Eliot Vaughan
The William Vaughan Story (1958) … William Eliot Vaughan
 
1958 The Gale Storm Show: Oh, Susanna! (TV series)
Jasper Stokes
Hayride Ahoy (1958) … Jasper Stokes
 
1958 Studio One in Hollywood (TV series)
Dan Ferris
Birthday Present (1958) … Dan Ferris
 
1958 The Restless Gun (TV series)
Ethan Greenfield / Sheriff Jeb Barnes
The Gold Star (1958) … Sheriff Jeb Barnes
Aunt Emma (1958) … Ethan Greenfield
 
1958 The Sheepman
Milt Masters
 
1956-1958 The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet (TV series)
Judge Willoughby / Park Commissioner
Old Band Pavilion (1958) … Park Commissioner
Fifty Dollar Bill (1956) … Judge Willoughby
 
1958 The Adventures of Jim Bowie (TV series)
Ringtail Jack
Deaf Smith (1958) … Ringtail Jack
 
1958 Day of the Badman
Sam Wyckoff
 
1957 Climax! (TV series)
Spencer
Deadly Climate (1957)
Avalanche at Devil's Pass (1957) … Spencer
 
1957 Schlitz Playhouse (TV series)
Henry Maguire
Switch Station (1957) … Henry Maguire
 
1957 The Christophers (TV series)
John Augustus
Sentence Deferred (1957) … John Augustus
 
1957 Spoilers of the Forest
Tom Duncan
 
1956-1957 Judge Roy Bean (TV series)
Judge Roy Bean
Bad Medicine (1956) … Judge Roy Bean
Black Jack (1956) … Judge Roy Bean
 
1956 Crossroads (TV series)
Bart Alden
The Lamp of Father Cataldo (1956) … Bart Alden
 
1956 Strange Stories (TV series)
Con Game (1956)
 
1956 Telephone Time (TV series)
Horace Greeley
Harry in Search of Himself (1956) … Horace Greeley
 
1953-1956 Make Room for Daddy (TV series)
Captain Chris / Captain Critch
Danny's Birthday (1956) … Captain Critch
The Sea Captain (1953) … Captain Chris
 
1956 Come Next Spring
Mr. Canary
 
1955 Screen Directors Playhouse (TV series)
Sub Doyal
The Brush Roper (1955) … Sub Doyal
 
1955 Wichita
Doc Black
 
1955 The Lonesome Trail
Dan Wells
 
1955 The Ford Television Theatre (TV series)
Papa Mumby
The Mumbys (1955) … Papa Mumby
 
1953-1955 Cavalcade of America (TV series)
Horace Greeley / Doc Mathew
Stay On, Stranger (1955) … Doc Mathew
The Tenderfoot (1953)
 
1955 The Silver Star
Will 'Bill' Dowdy
 
1955 Rage at Dawn
Judge
 
1954 Destry
The Honorable Hiram J. Sellers, Mayor
 
1954 Dawn at Socorro
Sheriff Cauthen
 
1954 Human Desire
Alec Simmons
 
1952-1954 Hopalong Cassidy (TV series)
Red Connors
Tricky Fingers (1954) … Red Connors
 
1954 Make Haste to Live
Sheriff Lafe
 
1954 She Couldn't Say No
Ed Meeker
 
1954 Crown Theatre with Gloria Swanson (TV series)
Uncle Harry
Uncle Harry (1954) … Uncle Harry
Con Game
 
1954 Waterfront (TV series)
Oscar Hanline
Sea Bells (1954) … Oscar Hanline
 
1953 Shane
Fred Lewis
 
1952 Toughest Man in Arizona
Jim Hadlock
 
1952 Wild Stallion
John Wintergreen
 
1952 Flaming Feather
Sgt. O'Rourke
 
1952 The Big Trees
Walter 'Yukon' Burns
 
1951 Silver City
Dutch Surrency
 
1951 Cave of Outlaws
Dobbs
 
1951 Rawhide
Sam Todd
 
1951 The Great Missouri Raid
Dr. Samuels
 
1950 Devil's Doorway
Zeke Carmody
 
1950 The Big Hangover
Uncle Fred Mahoney
 
1950 Cargo to Capetown
Sam Bennett
 
1949 Any Number Can Play
Ed
 
1949 Lust for Gold
Wiser
 
1949 Red Canyon
Jonah Johnson
 
1949 The Walking Hills
Old Willy
 
1948 The Untamed Breed
John Rambeau
 
1948 The Man from Colorado
Doc Merriam
 
1948 Coroner Creek
Sheriff O'Hea
 
1948 Best Man Wins
Jim Smiley
 
1948 Adventures in Silverado
Dr. Hendersonn, aka The Monk
 
1948 The Wreck of the Hesperus
George Lockhart
 
1948 The Swordsman
Angus MacArden
 
1947 Framed
Jeff Cunningham
 
1947 The Sea of Grass
Jeff, Cook on Brewton Ranch
 
1946 If I'm Lucky
Darius J. Magonnagle
 
1946 Renegades
Kirk Dembrow
 
1946 The Walls Came Tumbling Down
Rev. George Bradford
 
1946 Perilous Holiday
George Richards
 
1946 Abilene Town
Sheriff 'Bravo' Trimble
 
1946 The Fighting Guardsman
Pepe, Bandit-Valet
 
1944 Strange Affair
Lt. Washburn
 
1944 The Impatient Years
Judge
 
1944 Bride by Mistake
Jonathan Connors
 
1944 Buffalo Bill
Sgt. Chips McGraw
 
1943 Destroyer
Kansus Jackson
 
1943 Good Luck, Mr. Yates
Jonesey Jones
 
1943 The Desperadoes
Uncle Willie McLeod
 
1943 City Without Men
Michael T. Mallory
 
1942 The Talk of the Town
Sam Yates
 
1942 Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die
Curly Bill Brocious
 
1941 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 Carney
 
1940 Arizona
Judge Bogardus
 
1940 When the Daltons Rode
Narrator/Old-Timer (uncredited)
 
1940 The Sea Hawk
Ben Rollins (uncredited)
 
1940 Escape to Glory
Charles Atterbee
 
1940 Tear Gas Squad
Cousin Andy
 
1940 Three Cheers for the Irish
Party Guest (uncredited)
 
1939 My Son Is Guilty
Dan, Bartender
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (6 titles)
1970 The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again (TV movie) (performer: "Come All You Texas Rangers" - uncredited)
 
1967-1970 Petticoat Junction (TV series)
No, No, You Can't Take Her Away (1970) (performer: "Let Us Call You Sweetheart" - uncredited)
By the Book (1969) (performer: "In the Evening by the Moonlight" - uncredited)
Mae's Helping Hand (1968) (performer: "So Long Mae Belle" - uncredited)
Girl of Our Dreams (1968) (performer: "Has Anybody Seen My Gal?" - uncredited, "Girl of My Dreams" - uncredited)
The Barber Shop Quartet (1968) (performer: "Sweet Adeline" - uncredited, "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow" - uncredited)
 
1969 The Over-the-Hill Gang (TV movie) (performer: "Texas Rangers" - uncredited)
 
1960 Bonanza (TV series)
The Trail Gang (1960) (performer: "Old Dan Tucker" - uncredited)
 
1941 Texas (performer: "Buffalo Gal")
 
1941 Penny Serenade (performer: "Happy Birthday to You")
 
Show ShowSelf (1 title)
1966 I've Got a Secret (TV series)
Guest star
Episode dated 7 March 1966 (1966) … Guest star
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (5 titles)
2005 The History of Hooterville (video documentary)
Himself
 
2005 Paul Henning & The Hillbillies (video documentary)
Joe Carson
 
2001 Private Screenings (TV series)
 
1983 Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1967 Green Acres (TV series)
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

(1962) Unsold pilot: Co-starred with Arthur Hunnicutt in a sitcom pilot for CBS called "Lum and Abner" about a pair of Ozark storekeepers. See more »

Height:

5' 11" (1.80 m)
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Did You Know?

Trivia:

He appeared in a total of 13 different productions with Glenn Ford. See more »

Trademark:

Gravelly Voice See more »

Star Sign:

Pisces