Acting
Buddy Ebsen
Biography
Christian Ludolf "Buddy" Ebsen Jr. (April 2, 1908 – July 6, 2003) was an American actor and dancer, whose career spanned seven decades, including the role of Jed Clampett in the CBS television sitcom The Beverly Hillbillies (1962–1971) and the title character in the television detective drama Barnaby Jones (1973–1980), also on CBS. The SAG-AFTRA records also show him as Frank "Buddy" Ebsen. A performer for seven decades, he had starring roles as Jed Clampett in the long-running television series "The Beverly Hillbillies" and as the title character in the 1970s detective series "Barnaby Jones". Ebsen was cast as the original Tin Man in 1939 film "The Wizard of Oz", but fell ill, reacting to the aluminum dust in his makeup, and was forced to drop out of the film. Ebsen made his television debut on an episode of The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre in 1949. This led to television appearances in: Stars Over Hollywood, Gruen Guild Playhouse, four episodes of Broadway Television Theatre, Schlitz Playhouse of Stars, Corky and White Shadow, the H.J. Heinz Company's Studio 57, Screen Directors Playhouse, two episodes of Climax!, Tales of Wells Fargo, The Martha Raye Show, Playhouse 90, Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse, Johnny Ringo, two episodes of Bonanza, three episodes of Maverick (in which he portrayed assorted homicidal villains), and 77 Sunset Strip. Ebsen received wide television exposure when he played Georgie Russel, a role based on a historical person and companion to frontiersman Davy Crockett, in the Disneyland television miniseries Davy Crockett (1954–1955). In the 1958–1959 season, Ebsen co-starred in the 26-episode half-hour NBC television adventure series Northwest Passage. This series was a fictionalized account of Major Robert Rogers, a colonial American fighter for the British in the French and Indian War. Ebsen played the role of Sergeant Hunk Marriner; Keith Larsen played Rogers. In 1960, Ebsen appeared in episodes of the television series Rawhide, in the episodes "The Pitchwagon" and Tales of Wells Fargo, which he reprised in episodes of both series during 1962 in the roles of different characters. Also in 1960, Ebsen played in season 4 episode 30 of Have Gun, Will Travel called "El Paso Stage", as a corrupt marshal. From 1961 to 1962, Ebsen had a recurring role as Virge Blessing in the ABC drama series Bus Stop, the story of travelers passing through the bus station and diner in the fictitious town of Sunrise, Colorado. Robert Altman directed several episodes. Arthur O'Connell had played Virge Blessing in the earlier film version on which the series was loosely based. Ebsen also appeared as "Mr. Dave" Browne, a homeless hobo, on The Andy Griffith Show opposite Ron Howard, and as Jimbo Cobb in The Twilight Zone episode "The Prime Mover" (season 2, episode 21) in 1961.
Movies with Buddy Ebsen
The Wizard of Oz
1939
Breakfast at Tiffany's
1961
The Beverly Hillbillies
1993
That's Dancing!
1985
That's Entertainment!
1974
Night People
1954
That's Entertainment! III
1994
Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier
1955
Attack
1956
Mail Order Bride
1964
Born to Dance
1936
Working Tra$h
1990
Davy Crockett and the River Pirates
1956
Between Heaven and Hell
1956
The Tiny Tree
1975
Disneyland: U.S.A.
1956
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987
Captain January
1936
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic
1990
The Andersonville Trial
1970
The Interns
1962
Audrey Hepburn: Remembered
1993
Yellow Jack
1938
Pioneers of Primetime
2005
Frontier Rangers
1959
Smash-Up on Interstate 5
1976
The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band
1968
Broadway Melody of 1936
1935
Judy Garland: By Myself
2004
Television: The First Fifty Years
1999
They Met in Argentina
1941
The Horror at 37,000 Feet
1973
The Girl of the Golden West
1938
Broadway Melody of 1938
1937
Fire on the Mountain
1981
Stone Fox
1987
Under Mexicali Stars
1950
Banjo on My Knee
1936
Silver City Bonanza
1951
Parachute Battalion
1941
Four Girls in White
1939
The President's Plane Is Missing
1973
Tom Sawyer
1976
NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney
1978
My Lucky Star
1938
Rodeo King and the Senorita
1951
The Return of the Beverly Hillbillies
1981
Fury River
1961
Utah Wagon Train
1951
Red Garters
1954
Mission of Danger
1960
Hollywood Hobbies
1939
Leave Yesterday Behind
1978
The Paradise Connection
1979
Davy Crockett, Indian Fighter
1954
The Daughters of Joshua Cabe
1972
The Kid From Texas
1939
Kraft Salutes Disneyland's 25th Anniversary
1980
Davy Crockett at the Alamo
1955
Walt Disney Treasures - Davy Crockett
1954
Davy Crockett Goes to Congress
1955
Davy Crockett's Keelboat Race
1955
Thunder in God's Country
1951
Sing Your Worries Away
1942
The Legend of the Beverly Hillbillies
1993
TV Shows with Buddy Ebsen
King of the Hill
1997
Maverick
1957
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
The Andy Griffith Show
1960
Bonanza
1959
The Twilight Zone
1959
Hawaii Five-O
1968
Cannon
1971
Climax!
1954
Tony Awards
1956
Rawhide
1959
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962
Lock-Up
1959
Gunsmoke
1955
Night Gallery
1970
The Carol Burnett Show
1967
Omnibus
1952
Bronco
1958
Johnny Ringo
1959
The Steve Allen Show
1956
Barnaby Jones
1973
Matt Houston
1982
The Bob Hope Show
1950
77 Sunset Strip
1958
Dinah!
1974
Studio 57
1954
Checkmate
1960
Adventures in Paradise
1959
The Dean Martin Show
1965
Black Saddle
1959
Vacation Playhouse
1963
Reading Rainbow
1983
Hardcastle and McCormick
1983
Burke's Law
1994
Alias Smith and Jones
1971
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
Finder of Lost Loves
1984
The Danny Kaye Show
1963
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
1960
Bus Stop
1961
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
Riverboat
1959
Chevron Theatre
1952
Davy Crockett
1954
Gunslinger
1961
CBS Summer Playhouse
1987
Tony Orlando and Dawn
1974
The Yellow Rose
1983
The Bastard
1978
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
General Electric Theater
1953
Corky and White Shadow
1956
The Ed Wynn Show
1949
The Critical List
1978
Northwest Passage
1958
Disney Family Album
1984