Edgar Buchanan, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Edgar Buchanan

actor

Date of Birth: 20-Mar-1903

Place of Birth: Humansville, Missouri, United States

Date of Death: 04-Apr-1979

Profession: dentist, actor, television actor, film actor

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

William Edgar Buchanan II (March 20, 1903 – April 4, 1979) 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.
On Petticoat Junction, he took over as proprietor of the Shady Rest Hotel following the 1968 death of show star Bea Benaderet, who had played Kate Bradley; Buchanan had starred as second lead since the series' inception.
In 1969, in the episode "Kathy Jo's First Birthday Party", he appeared with his real-life son, Buck (who had a cameo as an ice cream vendor).
Edgar Buchanan is also particularly noted for a key supporting role almost three decades earlier in Penny Serenade (1941) starring Irene Dunne and Cary Grant.