
Birthday
1908/04/02
Day of death
2003/07/06 (95 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Belleville, Illinois, USA
Also know as
Christian Ludolf Ebsen, Jr.
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...Read more

(1961) Breakfast at Tiffany's
as Doc Golightly

(1956) Attack
as Tolliver

(1955) Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier
as George Russel

(1973) The Horror at 37,000 Feet
as Glenn Farlee

(1937) Broadway Melody of 1938
as Peter Trot

(1938) The Girl of the Golden West
as Alabama

(1936) Born to Dance
as 'Mush' Tracy

(1935) Broadway Melody of 1936
as Ted Burke

(1968) The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band
as Calvin Bower

(1956) Davy Crockett and the River Pirates
as George Russel

(1956) Between Heaven and Hell
as Pvt. Willie Crawford

(1936) Captain January
as Paul Roberts

(1954) Night People
as M/Sgt. Eddie McColloch

(1955) Davy Crockett Goes to Congress
as George Russel

(1955) Davy Crockett's Keelboat Race
as George Russel
(1993) The Legend of the Beverly Hillbillies
as ---

(1987) Stone Fox
as Grandpa

(1939) Four Girls in White
as Express, an Orderly

(1972) The Daughters of Joshua Cabe
as Joshua Cabe

(1942) Sing Your Worries Away
as Tommy Jones

(1938) Yellow Jack
as Jellybeans

(1936) Banjo on My Knee
as Buddy

(1954) Davy Crockett, Indian Fighter
as George Russel

(1939) The Kid From Texas
as 'Snifty'

(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

(1981) The Return of the Beverly Hillbillies
as Jed Clampett

(1941) Parachute Battalion
as Jeff Hollis

(1939) Hollywood Hobbies
as Self (uncredited)

(1990) Working Tra$h
as Vandevere Lodge

(1938) My Lucky Star
as Buddy

(1950) Under Mexicali Stars
as Homer Oglethorpe

(1951) Thunder in God's Country
as Happy Hooper

(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)

(1978) Leave Yesterday Behind
as Doc

(1975) The Tiny Tree
as Squire Badger (Narrator) (voice)

(1976) Smash-Up on Interstate 5
as Al Pearson

(1970) The Andersonville Trial
as Dr. John Bates

(1961) Fury River
as Sergeant Hunk Marriner

(1951) Rodeo King and the Senorita
as Muscles Benton

(1954) Red Garters
as Ginger Pete

(1978) NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney
as Self

(1980) Kraft Salutes Disneyland's 25th Anniversary
as Self

(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)

(1976) 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)

(1990) The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic
as Self (archive footage)

(1993) The Beverly Hillbillies
as Barnaby Jones

(1955) Davy Crockett at the Alamo
as George Russel

(2005) Pioneers of Primetime
as ---

(1954) Walt Disney Treasures - Davy Crockett
as George Russell (archive footage)

(1960) The Andy Griffith Show
as David Browne

(1983) Hardcastle and McCormick
as ---

(1997) King of the Hill
as Chet Elderson (voice)

(1968) Hawaii Five-O
as Professor Ambrose Pierce

(1962) The Beverly Hillbillies
as Jed "JD" Clampett

(1971) Alias Smith and Jones
as ---

(1952) Omnibus
as ---

(1955) Gunsmoke
as Hannibal

(1954) The Wonderful World of Disney
as ---

(1970) Night Gallery
as ---

(1953) General Electric Theater
as Pa Jericho

(1959) The Twilight Zone
as Jimbo Cobb

(1961) Bus Stop
as ---

(1958) Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
as ---

(1958) Northwest Passage
as Sergeant Hunk Marriner

(1959) Rawhide
as George Stimson

(1951) Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Rainspout Jones

(1982) Matt Houston
as Roy Houston

(1954) Climax!
as Ben

(1959) Adventures in Paradise
as Ben Curtis

(1958) Bronco
as ---

(1965) The Dean Martin Show
as ---

(1959) Black Saddle
as Gurney Rhodes

(1959) Lock-Up
as ---

(1959) Riverboat
as Niles Cox

(1961) Gunslinger
as ---

(1956) The Steve Allen Show
as Self - Northwest Passage

(1959) Johnny Ringo
as Sample
(1963) Vacation Playhouse
as ---

(1954) Davy Crockett
as George Russel

(1974) Tony Orlando and Dawn
as Self

(1954) Studio 57
as ---

(1957) Maverick
as ---

(1960) The Barbara Stanwyck Show
as Dr. Mark Carroll
(1949) The Ed Wynn Show
as Self

(1956) Tony Awards
as Self - Host/Presenter/Performer

(1961) The Mike Douglas Show
as Self

(1955) Gunsmoke
as Quimby

(1956) Tony Awards
as Self - Presenter

(1955) Gunsmoke
as Drago

(1983) Reading Rainbow
as Self - Narrator (voice)

(1973) Barnaby Jones
as Barnaby Jones

(1960) Checkmate
as Pete O'Mara
(1952) Chevron Theatre
as ---

(1959) Bonanza
as Cactus Murphy

(1957) Maverick
as Nero Lyme

(1959) Bonanza
as Sheriff Jesse Sanders

(1957) Have Gun, Will Travel
as Marshal Elmo Crane

(1994) Burke's Law
as Louie Pike

(1954) Climax!
as Gaffney

(1967) The Carol Burnett Show
as Self

(1984) Finder of Lost Loves
as Walter Lewis

(1954) The Wonderful World of Disney
as George Russel

(1956) Tony Awards
as Self - Host

(1984) Disney Family Album
as Narrator

(1956) Corky and White Shadow
as Sheriff Matthew Brady

(1987) CBS Summer Playhouse
as Buddy Tucker

(1958) 77 Sunset Strip
as Baxter Kellogg

(1963) The Danny Kaye Show
as Self

(1978) The Critical List
as Charles Sprague

(1971) Cannon
as Barnaby Jones

(1983) The Yellow Rose
as Toat Gilmore

(1974) Dinah!
as Self

(1957) Maverick
as Sheriff Scratch Madden

(1957) Have Gun, Will Travel
as Bram Holden

(1959) Rawhide
as Will Kinch

(1950) The Bob Hope Show
as Self