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Did you know that Edgar Buchanan was a dentist before becoming an actor?

A Western star of a different sort, Edgar Buchanan appeared in dozens of Wild West movies throughout the 1940s and ‘50s. However, the actor was probably best known for his work in “Green Acres,” “Petticoat Junction,” and “The Beverly Hillbillies.” The work he rarely gets credit for? His time as a dentist.

Before becoming an actor, Buchanan earned his DDS degree from North Pacific College and had a dental practice with his wife Mildred, who was his classmate in dental school. The couple moved to California in 1939, where Buchanan caught the acting bug.

He was born March 20, 1903 and died April 4, 1979.  He is most familiar today as Uncle Joe Carson from the Petticoat Junction, Green Acres, and The Beverly Hillbillies television sitcoms of the 1960s.

 

(07/27/2020) Views: 566
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