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 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.
122 acting credits
Acting · 122
King of the Hill
1997
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
Bonanza
1959
The Andy Griffith Show
1960
Hawaii Five-O
1968
Maverick
1957
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
The Twilight Zone
1959
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962
Tony Awards
1956
Climax!
1954
The Carol Burnett Show
1967
Rawhide
1959
Barnaby Jones
1973
Cannon
1971
Night Gallery
1970
77 Sunset Strip
1958
Gunsmoke
1955
Omnibus
1952
Matt Houston
1982
Adventures in Paradise
1959
Dinah!
1974
Reading Rainbow
1983
Hardcastle and McCormick
1983
Alias Smith and Jones
1971
The Steve Allen Show
1956
The Bob Hope Show
1950
Checkmate
1960
Studio 57
1954
The Wizard of Oz
1939
Black Saddle
1959
Bronco
1958
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
Burke's Law
1994
The Dean Martin Show
1965
Lock-Up
1959
Riverboat
1959
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
1960
Johnny Ringo
1959
The Danny Kaye Show
1963
Finder of Lost Loves
1984
CBS Summer Playhouse
1987
Vacation Playhouse
1963
Bus Stop
1961
Chevron Theatre
1952
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
Breakfast at Tiffany's
1961
Tony Orlando and Dawn
1974
The Beverly Hillbillies
1993
The Yellow Rose
1983
Gunslinger
1961
General Electric Theater
1953
Northwest Passage
1958
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
The Bastard
1978
The Critical List
1978
Davy Crockett
1954
The Ed Wynn Show
1949
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987
Attack
1956
The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band
1968
Television: The First Fifty Years
1999
Corky and White Shadow
1956
That's Dancing!
1985
That's Entertainment!
1974
Mail Order Bride
1964
Broadway Melody of 1938
1937
That's Entertainment! III
1994
Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier
1955
Disney Family Album
1984
Tom Sawyer
1976
NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney
1978
Audrey Hepburn: Remembered
1993
The Horror at 37,000 Feet
1973
Four Girls in White
1939
Born to Dance
1936
Night People
1954
Kraft Salutes Disneyland's 25th Anniversary
1980
The President's Plane Is Missing
1973
Yellow Jack
1938
Davy Crockett and the River Pirates
1956
Davy Crockett Goes to Congress
1955
Between Heaven and Hell
1956
Broadway Melody of 1936
1935
Working Tra$h
1990
The Daughters of Joshua Cabe
1972
Judy Garland: By Myself
2004
My Lucky Star
1938
Captain January
1936
Fire on the Mountain
1981
Frontier Rangers
1959
Under Mexicali Stars
1950
The Interns
1962
Mission of Danger
1960
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: The Making of a Movie Classic
1990
The Paradise Connection
1979
Parachute Battalion
1941
The Tiny Tree
1975
The Andersonville Trial
1970
The Return of the Beverly Hillbillies
1981
The Girl of the Golden West
1938
Smash-Up on Interstate 5
1976
Sing Your Worries Away
1942
Davy Crockett, Indian Fighter
1954
Fury River
1961
The Kid From Texas
1939
Utah Wagon Train
1951
Leave Yesterday Behind
1978
Hollywood Hobbies
1939
They Met in Argentina
1941
Stone Fox
1987
Davy Crockett at the Alamo
1955
Rodeo King and the Senorita
1951
Silver City Bonanza
1951
Thunder in God's Country
1951
Davy Crockett's Keelboat Race
1955
Pioneers of Primetime
2005
Banjo on My Knee
1936
Red Garters
1954
Disneyland: U.S.A.
1956
Walt Disney Treasures - Davy Crockett
1954
The Legend of the Beverly Hillbillies
1993