Birthname: 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 | Applejack Carney, Judge Neal Hefner, Bunny Dull, Judge Bryson, Fred Lewis |
| 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 Edgar Buchanan (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:
Rev. George Bradford: The page that contains the code has been torn out.
Gilbert Archer: Oh, that page! Now isn't that careless of me?
Rev. George Bradford: What have you done with it?
Gilbert Archer: I completely forgot to tell you about it. I left it in the safe at my hotel.
Matthew Stoker: What was on that page?
Rev. George Bradford: Stoker!
Gilbert Archer: Now we mustn't lose our heads, must we, Bradford? Because if anything happens to me, you'll lose your last chance at finding that painting.
Rev. George Bradford: Very shrewdly put, Mr. Archer. As soon as Rausch brings Helms here, you're going with us to your apartment. There you're going to give us the missing page.
Younger Miles: [Miles catches his wife drinking again] I warned you, Abbie!
Abbie Miles: I'm in my own home!
[Miles slaps her and walks out just as Abbie's father walks in]
Sheriff O'Hea: Has that ever happened before, Abbie?
[She shakes her head and cries]
Sheriff O'Hea: When you were a little girl, I couldn't bring myself to lay a hand on you, even to spank you, no matter how wild you got. I never thought I'd live to see the day my girl got slapped and I did nothing about it.
Judge Tolliver: The glory of a good marriage don't come at the beginning. It comes later on.
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