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