Edgar Buchanan: movies and TV shows
Edgar Buchanan has 173 credits in the archive: 102 films and 71 TV series, from 1939 to 2005. Highest rated: National Velvet (8.8/10).
Career timeline
1939 – 2005 · busiest year: 1957 (14 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | The History of Hooterville | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 102 |
| 1983 | Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | Film | 7.0 | 80 |
| 1974 | Benji | Bill | Film | 6.4 | 71 |
| 1972 | The Marshal of Madrid | Deputy JJ Jackson | Film | — | 69 |
| 1972 | Sam Cade | J.J. Jackson | Film | — | 69 |
| 1971 | Cade's County | Senior Deputy J.J. Jackson | TV | 6.0 | 68 |
| 1971 | Yuma | Mules McNeil | Film | 6.0 | 68 |
| 1970 | The Partridge Family | Judge McElwreath | TV | 6.8 | 67 |
| 1970 | The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again | Jason Fitch | Film | 5.6 | 67 |
| 1969 | Angel in My Pocket | Axel Gresham | Film | 6.2 | 66 |
| 1969 | The Over the Hill Gang | Jason Fitch | Film | 5.8 | 66 |
| 1968 | The Mod Squad | Hargis | TV | 6.1 | 65 |
| 1968 | Something for a Lonely Man | Old Man Wolenski | Film | 7.6 | 65 |
| 1967 | Welcome to Hard Times | Brown | Film | 5.3 | 64 |
| 1966 | Gunpoint | Bull | Film | 6.2 | 63 |
| 1965 | Green Acres | Uncle Joe Carson | TV | 7.2 | 62 |
| 1965 | The Rounders | Vince Moore | Film | 5.5 | 62 |
| 1965 | The Man from Button Willow | Sorry (voice) | Film | 5.3 | 62 |
| 1963 | Petticoat Junction | Uncle Joe Carson | TV | 5.8 | 60 |
| 1963 | Vacation Playhouse | Luke | TV | 8.0 | 60 |
| 1963 | McLintock! | Bunny Dull | Film | 6.6 | 60 |
| 1963 | Donovan's Reef | Francis O'Brien | Film | 6.3 | 60 |
| 1963 | Move Over, Darling | Judge Bryson | Film | 6.7 | 60 |
| 1963 | A Ticklish Affair | Captain Martin / Gramps | Film | 5.9 | 60 |
| 1962 | The Merv Griffin Show | Self | TV | 6.6 | 59 |
| 1962 | The Beverly Hillbillies | Uncle Joe Carson | TV | 6.9 | 59 |
| 1962 | Stoney Burke | TV | 6.8 | 59 | |
| 1962 | The Lloyd Bridges Show | Doc Lawton | TV | 6.0 | 59 |
| 1962 | Ride the High Country | Judge Tolliver | Film | 7.1 | 59 |
| 1962 | Flashing Spikes | Crab Holman | Film | 6.8 | 59 |
| 1961 | Dr. Kildare | Steve Devitt | TV | 5.7 | 58 |
| 1961 | Dr. Kildare | Judge Wilfred Manning | TV | 5.7 | 58 |
| 1961 | Bus Stop | TV | 10.0 | 58 | |
| 1961 | The Comancheros | Circuit Court Judge Thaddeus Jackson Breen | Film | 6.7 | 58 |
| 1961 | Devil's Partner | Doc Lucas | Film | 5.6 | 58 |
| 1961 | Tammy Tell Me True | Judge Carver | Film | 6.3 | 58 |
| 1960 | The Andy Griffith Show | Henry Wheeler | TV | 7.6 | 57 |
| 1960 | Route 66 | TV | 6.7 | 57 | |
| 1960 | Route 66 | Magistrate Abe Chumley | TV | 6.7 | 57 |
| 1960 | Thriller | Doc O'Connor | TV | 6.7 | 57 |
| 1960 | The Tall Man | TV | 6.9 | 57 | |
| 1960 | Outlaws | TV | 6.7 | 57 | |
| 1960 | The Barbara Stanwyck Show | Judge Franklin | TV | 6.4 | 57 |
| 1960 | Stagecoach West | Lum Jensen | TV | 6.7 | 57 |
| 1960 | National Velvet | Grandpa Harwell | TV | 8.8 | 57 |
| 1960 | Stump Run | Film | 10.0 | 57 | |
| 1960 | Bringing Up Buddy | TV | 9.0 | 57 | |
| 1960 | Chartroose Caboose | Woodrow 'Woody' Watts | Film | 10.0 | 57 |
| 1960 | Four Fast Guns | Dipper | Film | 6.0 | 57 |
| 1960 | Cimarron | Judge Neal Hefner | Film | 6.2 | 57 |
| 1959 | Bonanza | Hallelujah Hicks | TV | 7.5 | 56 |
| 1959 | The Twilight Zone | Doc Bolton | TV | 8.5 | 56 |
| 1959 | Laramie | TV | 6.7 | 56 | |
| 1959 | Riverboat | Wingate Pardee | TV | 6.5 | 56 |
| 1959 | It Started with a Kiss | Congressman Richard Tappe | Film | 5.5 | 56 |
| 1959 | Hound-Dog Man | Doc Cole | Film | 4.7 | 56 |
| 1959 | Edge of Eternity | Sheriff Edwards | Film | 6.7 | 56 |
| 1959 | King of the Wild Stallions | Idaho | Film | 6.8 | 56 |
| 1958 | The Rifleman | TV | 7.1 | 55 | |
| 1958 | The Rifleman | Grandpa Fogarty | TV | 7.1 | 55 |
| 1958 | The Rifleman | Doc J. Burrage | TV | 7.1 | 55 |
| 1958 | Bat Masterson | Cactus Charlie | TV | 6.1 | 55 |
| 1958 | Wanted: Dead or Alive | Pop Michaels | TV | 7.0 | 55 |
| 1958 | Wanted: Dead or Alive | Chester Blake | TV | 7.0 | 55 |
| 1958 | Bronco | TV | 6.0 | 55 | |
| 1958 | The Sheepman | Milt Masters | Film | 6.9 | 55 |
| 1958 | Day of the Badman | Sam Wyckoff | Film | 6.9 | 55 |
| 1957 | Perry Mason | Andy Templet | TV | 7.7 | 54 |
| 1957 | Perry Mason | Judge Edward Daley | TV | 7.7 | 54 |
| 1957 | Wagon Train | Ben Mattox | TV | 6.6 | 54 |
| 1957 | Wagon Train | Thaddeus Briscoe | TV | 6.6 | 54 |
| 1957 | Have Gun, Will Travel | TV | 7.3 | 54 | |
| 1957 | Maverick | Jed Christianson | TV | 6.9 | 54 |
| 1957 | Maverick | Daddy David Forge | TV | 6.9 | 54 |
| 1957 | Maverick | Sheriff Hadley | TV | 6.9 | 54 |
| 1957 | Leave It to Beaver | Captain Jack | TV | 6.9 | 54 |
| 1957 | Trackdown | Tully Saxon | TV | 6.9 | 54 |
| 1957 | 26 Men | TV | 5.0 | 54 | |
| 1957 | The Restless Gun | Ethan Greenfield | TV | 4.4 | 54 |
| 1957 | The Californians | Major | TV | 5.8 | 54 |
| 1957 | Spoilers of the Forest | Tom Duncan | Film | 6.0 | 54 |
| 1956 | The Adventures of Jim Bowie | TV | 5.3 | 53 | |
| 1956 | The Gale Storm Show | Jasper Stokes | TV | 6.7 | 53 |
| 1956 | Come Next Spring | Mr. Canary | Film | 5.9 | 53 |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Dan | TV | 6.7 | 52 |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | York | TV | 6.7 | 52 |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Pops | TV | 7.8 | 52 |
| 1955 | The Millionaire | William Eliot Vaughan | TV | 5.8 | 52 |
| 1955 | Judge Roy Bean | TV | 7.0 | 52 | |
| 1955 | Wichita | Doc Black | Film | 6.3 | 52 |
| 1955 | The Silver Star | Will 'Bill' Dowdy (as Edgar Buchanon) | Film | 5.5 | 52 |
| 1955 | Rage at Dawn | Judge | Film | 6.2 | 52 |
| 1955 | The Lonesome Trail | Dan Wells | Film | 8.0 | 52 |
| 1955 | The Brush Roper | Sub Doyal | Film | — | 52 |
| 1954 | Climax! | Spencer | TV | 3.8 | 51 |
| 1954 | Climax! | Constable | TV | 3.8 | 51 |
| 1954 | Destry | The Honorable Hiram J. Sellers, Mayor | Film | 6.2 | 51 |
| 1954 | Dawn at Socorro | Sheriff Cauthen | Film | 7.2 | 51 |
| 1954 | She Couldn't Say No | Ed Meeker | Film | 5.7 | 51 |
| 1954 | Human Desire | Alec Simmons | Film | 6.7 | 51 |
| 1954 | Make Haste to Live | Sheriff Lafe | Film | 6.0 | 51 |
| 1953 | The Danny Thomas Show | Captain Archie | TV | 6.2 | 50 |
| 1953 | Shane | Fred Lewis | Film | 7.3 | 50 |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater | Buckskin | TV | 6.8 | 50 |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater | Colonel Starbottle | TV | 6.8 | 50 |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater | Parson Meacham | TV | 6.8 | 50 |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater | Preacher Bailey | TV | 6.8 | 50 |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater | Doctor | TV | 6.8 | 50 |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater | Timothy Dwight | TV | 6.8 | 50 |
| 1953 | It Happens Every Thursday | Jake | Film | 6.3 | 50 |
| 1952 | The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet | Park Commissioner | TV | 6.2 | 49 |
| 1952 | The Ford Television Theatre | Papa Mumby | TV | 7.8 | 49 |
| 1952 | Cavalcade of America | TV | 4.6 | 49 | |
| 1952 | Cavalcade of America | Horace Greeley | TV | 4.6 | 49 |
| 1952 | Cavalcade of America | Doc Mathew | TV | 4.6 | 49 |
| 1952 | Hopalong Cassidy | Red Connors | TV | 5.4 | 49 |
| 1952 | The Big Trees | Walter 'Yukon' Burns | Film | 5.6 | 49 |
| 1952 | Flaming Feather | Sgt. O'Rourke | Film | 6.2 | 49 |
| 1952 | Toughest Man in Arizona | Jim Hadlock | Film | 7.0 | 49 |
| 1952 | Wild Stallion | John Wintergreen | Film | 6.3 | 49 |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | Henry Maguire | TV | 7.2 | 48 |
| 1951 | Cave of Outlaws | Dobbs | Film | 5.4 | 48 |
| 1951 | Rawhide | Sam Todd | Film | 6.8 | 48 |
| 1951 | Silver City | Dutch Surrency | Film | 6.6 | 48 |
| 1951 | The Great Missouri Raid | Dr. Samuels | Film | 6.8 | 48 |
| 1950 | Cheaper by the Dozen | Dr. Burton | Film | 6.4 | 47 |
| 1950 | Devil's Doorway | Zeke Carmody | Film | 6.9 | 47 |
| 1950 | The Big Hangover | Uncle Fred Mahoney | Film | 6.4 | 47 |
| 1950 | Cargo to Capetown | Sam Bennett | Film | 6.6 | 47 |
| 1949 | The Walking Hills | Old Willy | Film | 6.0 | 46 |
| 1949 | Any Number Can Play | Ed | Film | 6.9 | 46 |
| 1949 | Lust for Gold | Wiser | Film | 6.0 | 46 |
| 1949 | Red Canyon | Jonah Johnson | Film | 5.8 | 46 |
| 1948 | Studio One | Dan Ferris | TV | 5.4 | 45 |
| 1948 | The Man from Colorado | Doc Merriam | Film | 6.9 | 45 |
| 1948 | The Black Arrow | Lawless | Film | 5.5 | 45 |
| 1948 | Coroner Creek | Sheriff O'Hea | Film | 6.2 | 45 |
| 1948 | The Wreck of the Hesperus | George Lockhart | Film | 7.0 | 45 |
| 1948 | Adventures in Silverado | Dr. Hendersonn | Film | 7.0 | 45 |
| 1948 | Best Man Wins | Jim Smiley | Film | 7.0 | 45 |
| 1948 | The Swordsman | Angus MacArden | Film | 7.3 | 45 |
| 1948 | The Untamed Breed | John Rambeau | Film | 6.5 | 45 |
| 1947 | The Sea of Grass | Jeff | Film | 6.1 | 44 |
| 1947 | Framed | Jeff Cunningham | Film | 6.5 | 44 |
| 1946 | Renegades | Kirk Dembrow | Film | 5.8 | 43 |
| 1946 | The Bandit of Sherwood Forest | Friar Tuck | Film | 5.3 | 43 |
| 1946 | Perilous Holiday | George Richards | Film | 8.0 | 43 |
| 1946 | Abilene Town | Sheriff Bravo Trimble | Film | 5.3 | 43 |
| 1946 | The Walls Came Tumbling Down | George Bradford | Film | 6.2 | 43 |
| 1946 | If I'm Lucky | Darius J. Magonnagle | Film | 6.7 | 43 |
| 1945 | The Fighting Guardsman | Brown | Film | 8.5 | 42 |
| 1944 | Buffalo Bill | Sgt. Chips McGraw | Film | 5.8 | 41 |
| 1944 | Strange Affair | Lt. Washburn | Film | 6.2 | 41 |
| 1944 | Bride by Mistake | Jonathan Connors | Film | 6.7 | 41 |
| 1944 | The Impatient Years | Judge | Film | 6.4 | 41 |
| 1943 | The Desperadoes | Uncle Willie McLeod | Film | 5.9 | 40 |
| 1943 | Destroyer | Kansas Jackson | Film | 6.8 | 40 |
| 1943 | Good Luck, Mr. Yates | Jonesey Jones | Film | 6.5 | 40 |
| 1943 | City Without Men | Judge Michael T. Mallory | Film | 5.7 | 40 |
| 1942 | The Talk of the Town | Sam Yates | Film | 7.3 | 39 |
| 1942 | Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die | Curly Bill | Film | 6.1 | 39 |
| 1941 | Her First Beau | Elmer Tuttle | Film | 6.5 | 38 |
| 1941 | You Belong to Me | Billings | Film | 6.0 | 38 |
| 1941 | Penny Serenade | Applejack | Film | 6.6 | 38 |
| 1941 | Texas | Buford 'Doc' Thorpe | Film | 6.7 | 38 |
| 1941 | The Richest Man in Town | Pete Martin | Film | 10.0 | 38 |
| 1940 | The Sea Hawk | Ben Rollins | Film | 7.2 | 37 |
| 1940 | When the Daltons Rode | Narrator / Old-Timer (uncredited) | Film | 6.2 | 37 |
| 1940 | Too Many Husbands | McDermott | Film | 6.5 | 37 |
| 1940 | Arizona | Judge Bogardus | Film | 6.5 | 37 |
| 1940 | Tear Gas Squad | Cousin Andy | Film | 5.3 | 37 |
| 1940 | Escape to Glory | Charles Atterbee | Film | 7.5 | 37 |
| 1939 | My Son Is Guilty | Dan, Bartender | Film | 7.5 | 36 |