Buddy Ebsen

ActorProducer Apr 2 (died age 95) Belleville, Illinois, USA 1935–2026 (91 year career)

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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 serie…

Known For

Film

The Wizard of Oz

Tin Man (singing voice) (uncredited)

Film

Breakfast at Tiffany's

Doc Golightly

Film

The Beverly Hillbillies

Barnaby Jones

Film

Attack

Tolliver

Film

The Beverly Hillbillies

Jed "JD" Clampett

Film

That's Entertainment!

(archive footage)

Film

Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier

George Russel

Film

Davy Crockett and the River Pirates

George Russel

Filmography

Acting (125)

Movies (67)

Reel to Reel to Reel to Reel

2026

as Jed Clampett (archival footage)

Pioneers of Primetime

2005

Judy Garland: By Myself

2004

as Self - Actor (voice)

7.5

Television: The First Fifty Years

1999

as Jed Clampett (archive footage)

That's Entertainment! III

1994

as (archive footage)

7.0

The Beverly Hillbillies

1993

as Barnaby Jones

6.3

Audrey Hepburn: Remembered

1993

as Self (archive footage)

7.2

The Legend of the Beverly Hillbillies

1993

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: The Making of a Movie Classic

1990

as Self (archive footage)

Working Tra$h

as Vandevere Lodge

Stone Fox

as Grandpa

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

1987

as Self (archive footage)

6.0

That's Dancing!

1985

as From 'Born to Dance' (archive footage)

7.0

The Return of the Beverly Hillbillies

as Jed Clampett

Fire on the Mountain

as John Vogelin

Kraft Salutes Disneyland's 25th Anniversary

1980

as Self

The Paradise Connection

1979

as Stuart Douglas

Leave Yesterday Behind

as Doc

The Bastard

as Benjamin Edes

NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney

1978

as Self

Tom Sawyer

1976

as Muff Potter

5.2

Smash-Up on Interstate 5

1976

as Al Pearson

5.4

The Tiny Tree

1975

as Squire Badger (Narrator) (voice)

6.0

That's Entertainment!

1974

as (archive footage)

7.4

The Horror at 37,000 Feet

1973

as Glenn Farlee

4.8

The President's Plane Is Missing

1973

as Vice President Kermit Madigan

6.2

The Daughters of Joshua Cabe

1972

as Joshua Cabe

4.9

The Andersonville Trial

1970

as Dr. John Bates

6.7

The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band

as Calvin Bower

Mail Order Bride

as Will Lane

The Interns

as Dr. Sidney Wohl

Breakfast at Tiffany's

1961

as Doc Golightly

7.6

Fury River

1961

as Sergeant Hunk Marriner

Mission of Danger

as Hunk Marriner

Frontier Rangers

as Sergeant Hunk Marriner

3.6

Attack

1956

as Tolliver

6.8

Between Heaven and Hell

1956

as Pvt. Willie Crawford

6.1

Disneyland: U.S.A.

1956

as Self - George Russel

8.0

Davy Crockett and the River Pirates

1956

as George Russel

6.3

Davy Crockett at the Alamo

1955

as George Russel

6.5

Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier

1955

as George Russel

6.4

Davy Crockett's Keelboat Race

1955

as George Russel

7.0

Davy Crockett Goes to Congress

1955

as George Russel

10.0

Davy Crockett, Indian Fighter

1954

as George Russel

6.5

Night People

1954

as M/Sgt. Eddie McColloch

6.1

Walt Disney Treasures - Davy Crockett

1954

as George Russell (archive footage)

10.0

Red Garters

1954

as Ginger Pete

4.7

Thunder in God's Country

1951

as Happy Hooper

Silver City Bonanza

1951

as Gabe Horne

Utah Wagon Train

1951

as 'Snooper' Trent

5.0

Rodeo King and the Senorita

1951

as Muscles Benton

Under Mexicali Stars

1950

as Homer Oglethorpe

Sing Your Worries Away

as Tommy Jones

Parachute Battalion

as Jeff Hollis

They Met in Argentina

1941

as Duke Ferrel

3.0

The Wizard of Oz

1939

as Tin Man (singing voice) (uncredited)

The Kid From Texas

as 'Snifty'

Four Girls in White

as Express, an Orderly

Hollywood Hobbies

as Self (uncredited)

Yellow Jack

as Jellybeans

My Lucky Star

as Buddy

The Girl of the Golden West

1938

as Alabama

4.6

Broadway Melody of 1938

as Peter Trot

Banjo on My Knee

as Buddy

Captain January

as Paul Roberts

Born to Dance

as 'Mush' Tracy

Broadway Melody of 1936

1935

as Ted Burke

6.4

Television (58)

King of the Hill

1997

as Chet Elderson (voice)

Burke's Law

as Louie Pike

CBS Summer Playhouse

as Buddy Tucker

Finder of Lost Loves

as Walter Lewis

Disney Family Album

as Narrator

Reading Rainbow

as Self - Narrator (voice)

8.4

Hardcastle and McCormick

The Yellow Rose

as Toat Gilmore

Matt Houston

as Roy Houston

The Bastard

as Benjamin Edes

The Critical List

1978

as Charles Sprague

Dinah!

1974

as Self

6.7

Tony Orlando and Dawn

as Self

Barnaby Jones

as Barnaby Jones

Cannon

as Barnaby Jones

Alias Smith and Jones

Night Gallery

Hawaii Five-O

as Professor Ambrose Pierce

7.1

The Carol Burnett Show

as Self

The Dean Martin Show

The Danny Kaye Show

as Self

Vacation Playhouse

The Beverly Hillbillies

1962

as Jed "JD" Clampett

6.9

The Mike Douglas Show

as Self

Bus Stop

Gunslinger

as Jed Spangler

The Andy Griffith Show

as David Browne

Checkmate

as Pete O'Mara

The Barbara Stanwyck Show

1960

as Dr. Mark Carroll

6.2

Bonanza

1959

as Sheriff Jesse Sanders

The Twilight Zone

as Jimbo Cobb

Rawhide

as Will Kinch

Adventures in Paradise

as Ben Curtis

Lock-Up

Johnny Ringo

as Sample

Riverboat

as Niles Cox

Black Saddle

as Gurney Rhodes

77 Sunset Strip

as Baxter Kellogg

Bronco

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

1958

5.8

Northwest Passage

1958

as Sergeant Hunk Marriner

6.5

Maverick

1957

as Sheriff Scratch Madden

6.9

Have Gun, Will Travel

1957

as Marshal Elmo Crane

Tony Awards

as Self - Host

Tony Awards

as Self - Presenter

The Steve Allen Show

as Self - Northwest Passage

5.6

Corky and White Shadow

1956

as Sheriff Matthew Brady

Gunsmoke

as Hannibal

Climax!

as Ben

Studio 57

The Wonderful World of Disney

Davy Crockett

as George Russel

General Electric Theater

as Pa Jericho

Omnibus

Chevron Theatre

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

as Rainspout Jones

The Bob Hope Show

as Self

The Ed Wynn Show

as Self

Crew (1)

Movies (1)

The Paradise Connection

1979

Producer