Actor Buddy Ebsen, without realizing at the time, found himself at the center of the TV sitcoms landscape of the 1960s when he agreed to portray Jed Clampett in the television series The Beverly ...

On his 36-acre ranch in the Santa Monica Mountains, Buddy Ebsen spent time with his seven kids, riding horses, composing songs, and hammering home the importance of persistence. “He taught us to ...

Buddy Ebsen was known for a lot of different acting roles. He appeared in a series of successful TV shows and movies before opting to portray Jed Clampett in The Beverly Hillbillies. The famed actor ...

Actor Buddy Ebsen, who younger generations remember from "Barnaby Jones" and "The Beverly Hillbillies," would have turned 100 on April 2. But Ebsen, who died in 2003 at age 95, had an expansive career ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) _ Buddy Ebsen, the loose-limbed dancer turned Hollywood actor who achieved stardom and riches in the television series ``The Beverly Hillbillies’’ and ``Barnaby Jones,’' has died, a ...

Actor Buddy Ebsen, best known for his role as Jed Clampett on the TV series The Beverly Hillbillies, died at age 95 at Torrance Memorial Medical Center in Torrance, Calif. NPR's Bob Edwards has a ...

Buddy Ebsen was a bona fide superstar of the screen, a beloved actor known by many names: Jed Clampett. Barnaby Jones. And, briefly, Tin Man. But his Balboa Island neighbors knew his kindness and good ...

“If brains was lard, Jethro couldn’t grease a pan.” Thus proclaimed Jed Clampett, portrayed vividly by Buddy Ebsen, on the long-running hit “The Beverly Hillbillies.” For many years, Ebsen was ...

LOS ANGELES - Buddy Ebsen, a loose-limbed dancer turned Hollywood actor, who achieved stardom and riches in the television series The Beverly Hillbillies and Barnaby Jones, died Sunday, a hospital ...

Vilma Ebsen, who danced in the film "Broadway Melody of 1936" with her brother Buddy long before he became famous on "The Beverly Hillbillies," has died. She was 96. By The Associated Press Vilma ...

Christian Rudolf Ebsen (Buddy Ebsen), actor, dancer, singer and composer: born Belleville, Illinois 2 April 1908; married 1936 Ruth Cambridge (two daughters; marriage dissolved), 1944 Nancy Wolcott ...