Buddy Ebsen
Known for Acting · 122 credits
- Born
- 1908-04-02
- Died
- 2003-07-06
- Place of birth
- Belleville, Illinois, USA
- Also known as
- Christian Ludolf Ebsen, Jr.
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.
Known For
TV Shows (57)
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
King of the Hill
1997
as Chet Elderson (voice)
Bonanza
1959
as Cactus Murphy / Sheriff Jesse Sanders
The Andy Griffith Show
1960
as David Browne
Hawaii Five-O
1968
as Professor Ambrose Pierce
Maverick
1957
as Nero Lyme / Sheriff Scratch Madden
The Twilight Zone
1959
as Jimbo Cobb
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
as Marshal Elmo Crane / Bram Holden
Climax!
1954
as Ben / Gaffney
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962
as Jed "JD" Clampett
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Host / Self - Presenter / Self - Host / Presenter / Performer
The Carol Burnett Show
1967
as Self
Cannon
1971
as Barnaby Jones
Rawhide
1959
as George Stimson / Will Kinch
Barnaby Jones
1973
as Barnaby Jones
Night Gallery
1970
77 Sunset Strip
1958
as Baxter Kellogg
Gunsmoke
1955
as Hannibal / Quimby / Drago
Omnibus
1952
Adventures in Paradise
1959
as Ben Curtis
Hardcastle and McCormick
1983
Matt Houston
1982
as Roy Houston
The Bob Hope Show
1950
as Self
Dinah!
1974
as Self
The Steve Allen Show
1956
as Self - Northwest Passage
Alias Smith and Jones
1971
Reading Rainbow
1983
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
Studio 57
1954
Burke's Law
1994
as Louie Pike
Riverboat
1959
as Niles Cox
Checkmate
1960
as Pete O'Mara
Black Saddle
1959
as Gurney Rhodes
Bronco
1958
Lock-Up
1959
The Dean Martin Show
1965
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
1960
as Dr. Mark Carroll
Finder of Lost Loves
1984
as Walter Lewis
The Danny Kaye Show
1963
as Self
Johnny Ringo
1959
as Sample
Bus Stop
1961
as Virge Blessing
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
as George Russel
Vacation Playhouse
1963
CBS Summer Playhouse
1987
as Buddy Tucker
Tony Orlando and Dawn
1974
as Self
Chevron Theatre
1952
Gunslinger
1961
as Jed Spangler
The Yellow Rose
1983
as Toat Gilmore
General Electric Theater
1953
as Pa Jericho
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
as Rainspout Jones
Northwest Passage
1958
as Sergeant Hunk Marriner
The Critical List
1978
as Charles Sprague
The Ed Wynn Show
1949
as Self
The Bastard
1978
as Benjamin Edes
Davy Crockett
1954
as George Russel
Corky and White Shadow
1956
as Sheriff Matthew Brady
Disney Family Album
1984
as Narrator
Movies (65)
The Wizard of Oz
1939
as Tin Man (singing voice) (uncredited)
Breakfast at Tiffany's
1961
as Doc Golightly
The Beverly Hillbillies
1993
as Barnaby Jones
Attack
1956
as Tolliver
That's Entertainment! III
1994
as (archive footage)
Night People
1954
as M/Sgt. Eddie McColloch
That's Entertainment!
1974
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987
as Self (archive footage)
Mail Order Bride
1964
as Will Lane
Television: The First Fifty Years
1999
as Jed Clampett (archive footage)
The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band
1968
as Calvin Bower
Yellow Jack
1938
as Jellybeans
That's Dancing!
1985
as From 'Born to Dance' (archive footage)
Between Heaven and Hell
1956
as Pvt. Willie Crawford
The Andersonville Trial
1970
as Dr. John Bates
Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier
1955
as George Russel
Audrey Hepburn: Remembered
1993
as Self (archive footage)
Utah Wagon Train
1951
as 'Snooper' Trent
NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney
1978
as Self
The Horror at 37,000 Feet
1973
as Glenn Farlee
Davy Crockett Goes to Congress
1955
as George Russel
Broadway Melody of 1938
1937
as Peter Trot
Smash-Up on Interstate 5
1976
as Al Pearson
The President's Plane Is Missing
1973
as Vice President Kermit Madigan
Davy Crockett and the River Pirates
1956
as George Russel
Disneyland: U.S.A.
1956
as Self - George Russel
Broadway Melody of 1936
1935
as Ted Burke
Working Tra$h
1990
as Vandevere Lodge
Fury River
1961
as Sergeant Hunk Marriner
Parachute Battalion
1941
as Jeff Hollis
Born to Dance
1936
as 'Mush' Tracy
Frontier Rangers
1959
as Sergeant Hunk Marriner
Banjo on My Knee
1936
as Buddy
Captain January
1936
as Paul Roberts
Tom Sawyer
1976
as Muff Potter
Pioneers of Primetime
2005
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: The Making of a Movie Classic
1990
as Self (archive footage)
My Lucky Star
1938
as Buddy
The Kid From Texas
1939
as 'Snifty'
Under Mexicali Stars
1950
as Homer Oglethorpe
Fire on the Mountain
1981
as John Vogelin
Judy Garland: By Myself
2004
as Self - Actor (voice)
The Interns
1962
as Dr. Sidney Wohl
The Daughters of Joshua Cabe
1972
as Joshua Cabe
Stone Fox
1987
as Grandpa
Hollywood Hobbies
1939
as Self (uncredited)
The Return of the Beverly Hillbillies
1981
as Jed Clampett
Thunder in God's Country
1951
as Happy Hooper
Kraft Salutes Disneyland's 25th Anniversary
1980
as Self
The Paradise Connection
1979
as Stuart Douglas
Walt Disney Treasures - Davy Crockett
1954
as George Russell (archive footage)
Four Girls in White
1939
as Express, an Orderly
The Tiny Tree
1975
as Squire Badger (Narrator) (voice)
Red Garters
1954
as Ginger Pete
The Girl of the Golden West
1938
as Alabama
Davy Crockett, Indian Fighter
1954
as George Russel
Rodeo King and the Senorita
1951
as Muscles Benton
Sing Your Worries Away
1942
as Tommy Jones
Silver City Bonanza
1951
as Gabe Horne
They Met in Argentina
1941
as Duke Ferrel
Mission of Danger
1960
as Hunk Marriner
Davy Crockett at the Alamo
1955
as George Russel
Leave Yesterday Behind
1978
as Doc
The Legend of the Beverly Hillbillies
1993
Davy Crockett's Keelboat Race
1955
as George Russel
About Buddy Ebsen
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 chara… With 122 credits spanning from 1935 to 2005, Buddy Ebsen has appeared in 65 films and 57 TV shows.
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Most Popular Buddy Ebsen Movies
- The Wizard of Oz (1939) — as Tin Man (singing voice) (uncredited)
- Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) — as Doc Golightly
- The Beverly Hillbillies (1993) — as Barnaby Jones
- Attack (1956) — as Tolliver
- That's Entertainment! III (1994) — as (archive footage)
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