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Edgar Buchanan

1903 - 1979

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William Edgar Buchanan II (March 20, 1903 – April 4, 1979) was an American actor with a long career in both film and television. He is most familiar today as Uncle Joe Carson from the Petticoat Junction, Green Acres, and The Beverly Hillbillies television sitcoms of the 1960s. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2024). Edgar Buchanan is the 7,141st most popular actor (up from 7,694th in 2024), the 11,023rd most popular biography from United States (up from 11,365th in 2019) and the 3,287th most popular American Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Edgar Buchanan ranks 7,141 out of 13,578. Before him are Giuliana De Sio, Nazanin Boniadi, Evelyn Venable, Collin Chou, Markie Post, and DeObia Oparei. After him are Ed Westwick, Christian Serratos, Lynn-Holly Johnson, Montagu Love, Stephen Amell, and Jacques Bergerac.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, Edgar Buchanan ranks 343. Before him are Jaipal Singh Munda, Mikhail Svetlov, George E. Stone, Mike Mansfield, Vera Stroyeva, and Otto von Porat. After him are Luis Izzeta, Sybil Bauer, Marjorie Cox Crawford, Luther Adler, Ernst Klodwig, and Roy Acuff. Among people deceased in 1979, Edgar Buchanan ranks 273. Before him are Ann Dvorak, Mikhail Ogonkov, Akwasi Afrifa, Jocelyne LaGarde, Yvonne Mitchell, and Dick Esser. After him are John F. Seitz, George Brent, Lowell George, Roy Harris, Arthur Fiedler, and J. G. Farrell.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Edgar Buchanan ranks 11,026 out of 20,380. Before him are Evelyn Venable (1913), Sam Balter (1909), Robert Creeley (1926), Richard Garfield (1963), Baby Dodds (1898), Markie Post (1950), and Bud Shank (1926). After him are Christian Serratos (1990), Frank Henry (1909), Lynn-Holly Johnson (1958), Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin (1843), and Patty Smyth (1957).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Edgar Buchanan ranks 3,288. Before him are Ben Browder (1962), Tom Lenk (1976), Todd Field (1964), Martha Mansfield (1899), Evelyn Venable (1913), and Markie Post (1950). After him are Christian Serratos (1990), Lynn-Holly Johnson (1958), Zachary Levi (1980), Frank Albertson (1909), Shelley Berman (1925), and Siobhan Fallon Hogan (1961).

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