J. Homer Bedloe was a fictional character in Petticoat Junction played by veteran character actor Charles Lane. The show was an American situation comedy that was produced by Filmways, Inc. and originally aired on the CBS network from 1963 to 1970. The show, a spin-off of the Beverly Hillbillies, shared some characters with Green Acres, and shared the theme of featuring rural characters in humorous and sometimes absurd situations.

Bedloe, played by actor Charles Lane, was vice president of the C.&F.W. Railroad. Bedloe was a mean-spirited executive who visited the Shady Rest Hotel periodically attempting to find justification for ending the train service of the Hooterville Cannonball (and never succeeding).

The Bedloe character also appeared in a 1969 episode of The Beverly Hillbillies.

Sitcom characters | Fictional businesspeople | Rail transport in fiction