Buddy Ebsen

★ Acting #15,900

1908 - 2003 (age 95) • Acting

Born: 4/2/1908 in Belleville, Illinois, USA

Died: 7/6/2003 (age 95)

Known for: Acting

Buddy Ebsen

★ Acting #15,900

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.

Known For

Breakfast at Tiffany's

76%

Doc Golightly

1961

The Twilight Zone

85%

Jimbo Cobb

1959

King of the Hill

74%

Chet Elderson (voice)

1997

Bonanza

75%

Sheriff Jesse Sanders / Cactus Murphy

1959

The Andy Griffith Show

76%

David Browne

1960

Hawaii Five-O

72%

Professor Ambrose Pierce

1968

Attack

68%

Tolliver

1956

The Beverly Hillbillies

69%

Jed "JD" Clampett

1962

Pioneers of Primetime

2005

Judy Garland: By Myself

83%

Self - Actor (voice)

2004

Television: The First Fifty Years

Jed Clampett (archive footage)

1999

King of the Hill

74%

Chet Elderson (voice)

1997

That's Entertainment! III

71%

(archive footage) (uncredited)

1994

Burke's Law

68%

Louie Pike

1994

The Beverly Hillbillies

63%

Barnaby Jones

1993

Audrey Hepburn: Remembered

76%

Self (archive footage)

1993

The Legend of the Beverly Hillbillies

80%

1993

Working Tra$h

40%

Vandevere Lodge

1990

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic

83%

Self (archive footage)

1990

CBS Summer Playhouse

70%

Buddy Tucker

1987

Stone Fox

60%

Grandpa

1987

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

65%

Self (archive footage)

1987

That's Dancing!

69%

From 'Born to Dance' (archive footage)

1985

Finder of Lost Loves

68%

Walter Lewis

1984

Disney Family Album

90%

Narrator

1984

The Yellow Rose

76%

Toat Gilmore

1983

Hardcastle and McCormick

65%

Unknown

1983

Reading Rainbow

84%

Self - Narrator (voice)

1983

Matt Houston

63%

Roy Houston

1982

Fire on the Mountain

70%

John Vogelin

1981

The Return of the Beverly Hillbillies

58%

Jed Clampett

1981

Kraft Salutes Disneyland's 25th Anniversary

80%

Self

1980

The Paradise Connection

80%

Stuart Douglas

1979

The Paradise Connection

80%

Producer

1979

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

70%

Self

1978

The Critical List

90%

Charles Sprague

1978