William Edgar Buchanan
Sign | Pisces |
Born | Mar 20, 1903 Humansville, MO |
Died | Apr 4, 1979 Palm Desert, CA |
Age | Died at 76 |
Final Resting PlaceForest Lawn (Hollywood Hills) |
Edgar Buchanan | |
Job | Dentist, Actor |
Years active | 1939-74 |
Top Roles | Judge Bryson, Applejack Carney, Judge Neal Hefner, Bunny Dull, Zeke Carmody |
Top Genres | Western, Drama, Comedy, Romance, Action, Adventure |
Top Topics | Book-Based, Romance (Comic), Ranchers |
Top Collaborators | George Stevens (Director), Wesley Ruggles (Director), Don Siegel (Director), Lloyd Bridges |
Shares birthday with | Carl Reiner, Edmund Goulding, Jack Kruschen see more.. |
Edgar Buchanan Overview:
Character actor, Edgar Buchanan, was born William Edgar Buchanan on Mar 20, 1903 in Humansville, MO. Buchanan died at the age of 76 on Apr 4, 1979 in Palm Desert, CA and was laid to rest in Forest Lawn (Hollywood Hills) Cemetery in Los Angeles, CA.
Edgar Buchanan was thickly built, often bewhiskered American actor. He appeared mainly in westerns, portraying veteran sheriffs, boozy bankers, and crooked judges. Outside of the western, he was often as the hero's sidekick, in films like The Sea Hawk (1940) and Penny Serenade (1941). A former dentist, Buchanan started alternating acting with dentistry in the 1930s before becoming a full-time actor. He would make making close to 100 films, featuring his distinctive growling voice and round "country-boy" features.
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Happy Birthday (1903 - 1979)
By monty on Mar 20, 2011 From Noir and Chick FlicksGreat character actor who appeared is such films as Penny Serenade (1941), Texas (1941), The Talk of the Town (1942), and Cheaper by the Dozen (1950) to name a few. The younger generation know him as Uncle Jo from the long running TV series Petticoat Junction (1963 - 1970). Happy Birthday Edgar.... Read full article
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Edgar Buchanan Quotes:
Grace Arden: I certainly did.
Judge Bryson: I hope you remember this on Mothers' Day.
Elder Bixby: Violence is not our creed.
Walter 'Yukon' Burns: Yeah, I know. And I believe in turning the other cheek... but you just run out of cheeks. It's time to start growing some religious muscle.
Zeke Carmody: The railroad is going to make a lot of changes... a lot of changes, Vance. I can remember when your daddy and I trapped the Wind River country. A man could walk a week and never see another living human... just them mountains... big, purple. It's getting so crowded a man can't draw a full breath.
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