Buddy Ebsen
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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.
Known for
The Carol Burnett Show
Self
King of the Hill
Chet Elderson (voice)
The Andy Griffith Show
David Browne
The Danny Kaye Show
Self
Cannon
Barnaby Jones
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
Dr. Mark Carroll
Rawhide
George Stimson
Rawhide
Will Kinch
Bonanza
Cactus Murphy
Bonanza
Sheriff Jesse Sanders
Burke's Law
Louie Pike
Maverick
Maverick
Nero Lyme
Maverick
Sheriff Scratch Madden
Have Gun, Will Travel
Marshal Elmo Crane
Have Gun, Will Travel
Bram Holden
The Dean Martin Show
Barnaby Jones
Barnaby Jones
The Steve Allen Show
Self - Northwest Passage
The Twilight Zone
Jimbo Cobb
Hawaii Five-O
Professor Ambrose Pierce
Black Saddle
Gurney Rhodes
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
Adventures in Paradise
Ben Curtis
CBS Summer Playhouse
Buddy Tucker
Johnny Ringo
Sample
Tony Awards
Self - Host/Presenter/Performer
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter
Tony Awards
Self - Host
Lock-Up
Studio 57
Bus Stop
Finder of Lost Loves
Walter Lewis
Matt Houston
Roy Houston
Bronco
Climax!
Ben
Climax!
Gaffney
Reading Rainbow
Himself - Narrator (voice)
Dinah!
Self
77 Sunset Strip
Baxter Kellogg
Vacation Playhouse
Tony Orlando and Dawn
Self
Riverboat
Niles Cox
The Beverly Hillbillies
Jed "JD" Clampett
Chevron Theatre
The Ed Wynn Show
Self
The Yellow Rose
Toat Gilmore
The Wonderful World of Disney
The Wonderful World of Disney
George Russel
Gunsmoke
Hannibal
Gunsmoke
Quimby
Gunsmoke
Drago
Corky and White Shadow
Sheriff Matthew Brady
Night Gallery
Northwest Passage
Sergeant Hunk Marriner
The Wizard of Oz
Tin Man (singing voice) (uncredited)
Alias Smith and Jones
Davy Crockett
George Russel
Hardcastle and McCormick
Gunslinger
Checkmate
Pete O'Mara
Disney Family Album
Narrator
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Doc Golightly
General Electric Theater
Pa Jericho
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Rainspout Jones
The Beverly Hillbillies
Barnaby Jones
Attack
Tolliver
The Critical List
Charles Sprague
That's Entertainment! III
(archive footage)
Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier
George Russel
That's Entertainment!
(archive footage)
Davy Crockett and the River Pirates
George Russel
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Self (archive footage)
Between Heaven and Hell
Pvt. Willie Crawford
Smash-Up on Interstate 5
Al Pearson
The Bastard
Benjamin Edes
Red Garters
Ginger Pete
The Interns
Dr. Sidney Wohl
Davy Crockett Goes to Congress
George Russel
Night People
M/Sgt. Eddie McColloch
The Return of the Beverly Hillbillies
Jed Clampett
That's Dancing!
From 'Born to Dance' (archive footage)
Born to Dance
'Mush' Tracy
The Horror at 37,000 Feet
Glenn Farlee
Captain January
Paul Roberts
Television: The First Fifty Years
Jed Clampett (archive footage)
Utah Wagon Train
'Snooper' Trent
The Andersonville Trial
Dr. John Bates
Broadway Melody of 1936
Ted Burke
Rodeo King and the Senorita
Muscles Benton
Stone Fox
Grandpa
Broadway Melody of 1938
Peter Trot
Mail Order Bride
Will Lane
Hollywood Hobbies
Self (uncredited)
Four Girls in White
Express, an Orderly
Audrey Hepburn: Remembered
Self (archive footage)
Yellow Jack
Jellybeans
The Kid From Texas
'Snifty'
The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band
Calvin Bower
The Girl of the Golden West
Alabama
Under Mexicali Stars
Homer Oglethorpe
Fire on the Mountain
John Vogelin
Thunder in God's Country
Happy Hooper
Fury River
Sergeant Hunk Marriner
The President's Plane Is Missing
Vice President Kermit Madigan
Davy Crockett, Indian Fighter
George Russel
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic
Self (archive footage)
Parachute Battalion
Jeff Hollis
Tom Sawyer
Muff Potter
Judy Garland: By Myself
Self - Actor (voice)
The Paradise Connection
Stuart Douglas
Banjo on My Knee
Buddy
Working Tra$h
Vandevere Lodge
Frontier Rangers
Sergeant Hunk Marriner
Mission of Danger
Hunk Marriner
The Daughters of Joshua Cabe
Joshua Cabe
They Met in Argentina
Duke Ferrel
Silver City Bonanza
Gabe Horne
Kraft Salutes Disneyland's 25th Anniversary
Self
Pioneers of Primetime
NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney
Self
The Tiny Tree
Squire Badger (Narrator) (voice)
Davy Crockett at the Alamo
George Russel
My Lucky Star
Buddy
Disneyland: U.S.A.
Self - George Russel
Davy Crockett's Keelboat Race
George Russel
Sing Your Worries Away
Tommy Jones
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
The Legend of the Beverly Hillbillies
Leave Yesterday Behind
Doc
Omnibus
Walt Disney Treasures - Davy Crockett
George Russell