Buddy Ebsen

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1908-04-02 (95 years old)

Deathday

2003-07-06

Place of Birth

Belleville, Illinois, USA

Buddy Ebsen

Biography

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...

Acting

1961

Breakfast at Tiffany's

as Doc Golightly

1956

Attack

as Tolliver

1973

1937

1936

Born to Dance

as 'Mush' Tracy

1935

1956

Between Heaven and Hell

as Pvt. Willie Crawford

1936

Captain January

as Paul Roberts

1954

Night People

as M/Sgt. Eddie McColloch

1955

1955

1987

Stone Fox

as Grandpa

1939

Four Girls in White

as Express, an Orderly

1942

1938

Yellow Jack

as Jellybeans

1936

1954

1939

1964

Mail Order Bride

as Will Lane

1960

Mission of Danger

as Hunk Marriner

1951

Silver City Bonanza

as Gabe Horne

1959

Frontier Rangers

as Sergeant Hunk Marriner

1956

Disneyland: U.S.A.

as Self - George Russel

1962

The Interns

as Dr. Sidney Wohl

1941

Parachute Battalion

as Jeff Hollis

1939

Hollywood Hobbies

as Self (uncredited)

1990

Working Tra$h

as Vandevere Lodge

1938

1950

Under Mexicali Stars

as Homer Oglethorpe

1951

1951

Utah Wagon Train

as 'Snooper' Trent

1941

They Met in Argentina

as Duke Ferrel

1978

The Bastard

as Benjamin Edes

1974

That's Entertainment!

as (archive footage)

1939

The Wizard of Oz

as Tin Man (singing voice) (uncredited)

1993

Audrey Hepburn: Remembered

as Self (archive footage)

1981

Fire on the Mountain

as John Vogelin

1999

Television: The First Fifty Years

as Jed Clampett (archive footage)

1975

The Tiny Tree

as Squire Badger (Narrator) (voice)

1976

1970

The Andersonville Trial

as Dr. John Bates

1961

Fury River

as Sergeant Hunk Marriner

1951

1954

Red Garters

as Ginger Pete

1994

That's Entertainment! III

as (archive footage)

1973

The President's Plane Is Missing

as Vice President Kermit Madigan

2004

Judy Garland: By Myself

as Self - Actor (voice)

1973

Tom Sawyer

as Muff Potter

1979

The Paradise Connection

as Stuart Douglas

1987

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

as Self (archive footage)

1985

That's Dancing!

as From 'Born to Dance' (archive footage)

1993

The Beverly Hillbillies

as Barnaby Jones

1955

Production

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