Buddy Ebsen

Buddy Ebsen

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Birthday: 
2 April 1908, Belleville, Illinois, USA
Birth Name: 
Christian Rudolph Ebsen Jr.
Height: 
191 cm
Buddy Ebsen began his career as a dancer in the late 1920s in a Broadway chorus. He later formed a vaudeville act with his sister Vilma Ebsen, which also appeared on Broadway. In 1935 he and his sister went to Hollywood, where they were signed for the first of MGM's Eleanor Powell movies, Broadway Melody of 1936 (1935). While Vilma retired fro... Show more »
Buddy Ebsen began his career as a dancer in the late 1920s in a Broadway chorus. He later formed a vaudeville act with his sister Vilma Ebsen, which also appeared on Broadway. In 1935 he and his sister went to Hollywood, where they were signed for the first of MGM's Eleanor Powell movies, Broadway Melody of 1936 (1935). While Vilma retired from stage and screen shortly after this, Buddy starred in two further MGM movies with Powell. Two of his dancing partners were Frances Langford in Born to Dance (1936) and Judy Garland in Broadway Melody of 1938 (1937). They were a little bit taller than Shirley Temple, with whom he danced in Captain January (1936). MGM studio chief Louis B. Mayer offered him an exclusive contract in 1938, but Ebsen turned it down. In spite of Mayer's warning that he would never get a job in Hollywood again, he was offered the role of the scarecrow in The Wizard of Oz (1939). Ebsen agreed to change roles with Ray Bolger, who was cast as the Tin Man. Ebsen subsequently became ill from the aluminum make-up, however, and was replaced by Jack Haley. He returned to the stage, making only a few pictures before he got a role in the Disney production of Davy Crockett: King of the Wild Frontier (1955). After this, he became a straight actor, and later won more fame in his own hit series, The Beverly Hillbillies (1962) and Barnaby Jones (1973). Show less «

Buddy Ebsen's FILMOGRAPHY

The Bastard - Season 1

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Hawaii Five-0 - Season 10 (1968)

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Barnaby Jones - Season 6

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Hawaii Five-0 - Season 9 (1968)

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Barnaby Jones - Season 5

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The Carol Burnett Show - Season 9

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Hawaii Five-0 (1968) - Season 8

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Barnaby Jones - Season 4

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Cannon - Season 5

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The Carol Burnett Show - Season 8

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Gunsmoke - Season 20

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Thats Entertainment

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Hawaii Five-0 - Season 7 (1968)

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Barnaby Jones - Season 3

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Cannon - Season 4

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The Carol Burnett Show - Season 7

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Gunsmoke - Season 19

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Barnaby Jones - Season 8

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Barnaby Jones - Season 1

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Barnaby Jones - Season 2

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Cannon - Season 3

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The Carol Burnett Show - Season 6

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Gunsmoke - Season 18

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Buddy Ebsen'S roles

Barnaby Jones
Barnaby Jones
Chet Elderson
Chet Elderson