Buddy Ebsen

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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.[3] 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.

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  • wc Gender: Male
  • calendar_month Birth Date: 1908-04-02
  • event Death Date 2003-07-06
  • school Known for: Acting
  • star Popularity: 4.8
  • info Birth Place Belleville, Illinois, USA
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by Buddy Ebsen

7.7

Breakfast at Tiffany's

1961-10-06

6.7

Attack

1956-09-19

6.4

Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier

1955-05-25

5

The Horror at 37,000 Feet

1973-02-13

4.6

The Girl of the Golden West

1938-03-18

6.3

Broadway Melody of 1938

1937-08-20

6

Born to Dance

1936-11-27

6.4

Broadway Melody of 1936

1935-09-18

6.3

The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band

1968-04-19

6.3

Davy Crockett and the River Pirates

1956-07-18

5.9

Between Heaven and Hell

1956-10-11

6.7

Captain January

1936-04-17

5.9

Night People

1954-03-11

10

Davy Crockett Goes to Congress

1955-01-26

7

Davy Crockett's Keelboat Race

1955-10-15

0

The Legend of the Beverly Hillbillies

1993-05-24

5

Stone Fox

1987-03-30

6.3

Four Girls in White

1939-01-27

5.2

The Daughters of Joshua Cabe

1972-09-13

5.5

Sing Your Worries Away

1942-03-06

5.6

Yellow Jack

1938-05-19

5.7

Banjo on My Knee

1936-12-11

6.5

Davy Crockett, Indian Fighter

1954-12-15

6.5

The Kid From Texas

1939-04-14

6.8

Mail Order Bride

1964-03-10

5

Mission of Danger

1960-01-16

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Silver City Bonanza

1951-03-01

3

Frontier Rangers

1959-01-01

8

Disneyland: U.S.A.

1956-12-20

5.4

The Interns

1962-08-08

4

The Return of the Beverly Hillbillies

1981-10-06

5.5

Parachute Battalion

1941-09-12

5.6

Hollywood Hobbies

1939-05-03

3.6

Working Tra$h

1990-11-26

5.3

My Lucky Star

1938-09-09

0

Under Mexicali Stars

1950-11-20

0

Thunder in God's Country

1951-04-07

5

Utah Wagon Train

1951-10-14

3

They Met in Argentina

1941-04-25

5

The Bastard

1978-05-22

7.2

That's Entertainment!

1974-06-21

7.6

The Wizard of Oz

1939-08-15

7

Audrey Hepburn: Remembered

1993-08-11

7

Fire on the Mountain

1981-11-23

0

Television: The First Fifty Years

1999-01-01

6.2

Leave Yesterday Behind

1978-05-14

6

The Tiny Tree

1975-12-14

5.4

Smash-Up on Interstate 5

1976-02-02

6.7

The Andersonville Trial

1970-05-17

5.5

Fury River

1961-09-14

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Rodeo King and the Senorita

1951-07-15

5

Red Garters

1954-02-09

0

NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney

1978-09-13

0

Kraft Salutes Disneyland's 25th Anniversary

1980-03-06

6.9

That's Entertainment! III

1994-07-01

6.2

The President's Plane Is Missing

1973-10-23

7.5

Judy Garland: By Myself

2004-02-25

5.2

Tom Sawyer

1973-03-23

0

The Paradise Connection

1979-09-15

6

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

1988-11-22

7

That's Dancing!

1985-01-18

8.1

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic

1990-02-20

6.4

The Beverly Hillbillies

1993-10-15

6.5

Davy Crockett at the Alamo

1955-02-23

7.6

The Andy Griffith Show

1960-10-03

6.4

Hardcastle and McCormick

1983-09-18

7.3

King of the Hill

1997-01-12

7.1

Hawaii Five-O

1968-09-20

6.9

The Beverly Hillbillies

1962-09-26

6.9

Alias Smith and Jones

1971-01-05

6

Omnibus

1952-11-09

6.5

Gunsmoke

1955-09-10

7.6

The Wonderful World of Disney

1954-10-27

7.8

Night Gallery

1970-12-16

5.5

General Electric Theater

1953-02-01

8.5

The Twilight Zone

1959-10-02

0

Bus Stop

1961-10-01

4.3

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

1958-10-06

6.5

Northwest Passage

1958-09-14

7

Rawhide

1959-01-09

7.4

Have Gun, Will Travel

1957-09-14

6.5

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

1951-10-05

6.2

Matt Houston

1982-09-26

2.7

Climax!

1954-10-07

5.7

Adventures in Paradise

1959-10-05

4.8

Bronco

1958-09-23

7.4

The Dean Martin Show

1965-09-16

5.7

Black Saddle

1959-01-10

6.2

Lock-Up

1959-09-28

6.2

Riverboat

1959-09-13

6

Gunslinger

1961-02-09

4

The Steve Allen Show

1956-06-24

5.7

Johnny Ringo

1959-10-02

0

Vacation Playhouse

1963-07-22

6.2

Davy Crockett

1954-12-15

3.5

Tony Orlando and Dawn

1974-12-04

0

Studio 57

1954-09-21

6.8

Maverick

1957-09-22

6.2

The Barbara Stanwyck Show

1960-09-19

0

The Ed Wynn Show

1949-10-06

4.8

The Mike Douglas Show

1961-12-11

5

Tony Awards

1956-04-01

6.5

Gunsmoke

1955-09-10

5

Tony Awards

1956-04-01

6.5

Gunsmoke

1955-09-10

8.4

Reading Rainbow

1983-06-06

6.9

Barnaby Jones

1973-01-28

4.1

Checkmate

1960-09-17

10

Chevron Theatre

1952-01-04

7.5

Bonanza

1959-09-12

6.8

Maverick

1957-09-22

7.5

Bonanza

1959-09-12

7.4

Have Gun, Will Travel

1957-09-14

6.7

Burke's Law

1994-01-07

2.7

Climax!

1954-10-07

7.5

The Carol Burnett Show

1967-09-11

5.7

Finder of Lost Loves

1984-09-22

7.6

The Wonderful World of Disney

1954-10-27

5

Tony Awards

1956-04-01

10

Disney Family Album

1984-06-09

6

Corky and White Shadow

6

CBS Summer Playhouse

1987-06-12

6.7

77 Sunset Strip

1958-10-10

6.3

The Danny Kaye Show

1963-09-25

0

The Critical List

1978-09-11

6

The Yellow Rose

1983-10-02

6.5

Cannon

1971-09-14

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