Biographie

His friend of many years, Glenn Ford, once told a story of when Edgar was preparing to do some painful dental work on him. The anesthesia consisted of others passing by and allowing the patient, Glenn, to take swallows of whiskey to help ease the pain of the process. About every third drink Glenn took, Edgar took one as well.

Was originally a dentist with his own practice. At age 36, he turned the practice over to his wife and began his acting career.

He appeared in13 movies with Glenn Ford: My Son Is Guilty (1939), Texas (1941), The Desperadoes (1943), Destroyer (1943), Framed (1947), La peine du talion (1948), Le démon de l'or (1949), Human Desire (1954), The Sheepman (1958), Tout commence par un baiser (1959), La Ruée vers l'Ouest (1960), Le mors aux dents (1965) and The Marshal of Madrid (1971).

He provided his dentistry skills on the set numerous times. One such occasion, he pulled the tooth of his stand-in of 25 years, Jack Henderson.

He played the same character (Uncle Joe Carson) on three different series: The Beverly Hillbillies (1962), Petticoat Junction (1963) and Green Acres (1965).