Buddy Ebsen

Career timeline

1. 1908 · Born

   Born in Belleville, Illinois, USA

2. 1935 · Screen debut

   Broadway Melody of 1936 (Movie)

3. 1939 · Breakthrough

   The Wizard of Oz (Movie)

4. 1994 · Latest release

   That's Entertainment! III (Movie)

5. 2003 · Died

   July 6, 2003

Career in numbers

6 1930s

1 1940s

24 1950s

11 1960s

8 1970s

9 1980s

3 1990s

• Drama35
• Comedy16
• Western15
• Family11
• Crime9
• Action & Adventure8

Highest-rated title The Twilight Zone 1959 8.5 Most popular title The Wizard of Oz 1939 7.6

Frequent collaborators

People who appear most often alongside Buddy Ebsen in our catalogue.

Stuart Rosenberg

5 titles together

Abner Biberman

4 titles together

Robert Douglas

3 titles together

Robert Stevenson

2 titles together

Robert Taylor

2 titles together

William Bakewell

2 titles together

Robert Altman

2 titles together

1. 1994 That's Entertainment! III as (archive footage) (uncredited) 7.1 Movie
2. 1994 Burke's Law as Louie Pike TV
3. 1993 The Beverly Hillbillies as Barnaby Jones 6.3 Movie
4. 1987 CBS Summer Playhouse as Buddy Tucker TV
5. 1985 That's Dancing! as From 'Born to Dance' (archive footage) 6.8 Movie
6. 1984 Finder of Lost Loves as Walter Lewis TV
7. 1984 Disney Family Album as Narrator TV
8. 1983 The Yellow Rose as Toat Gilmore TV
9. 1983 Hardcastle and McCormick 6.5 TV
10. 1983 Reading Rainbow as Self - Narrator (voice) 8.4 TV
11. 1982 Matt Houston as Roy Houston 6.3 TV
12. 1981 The Return of the Beverly Hillbillies as Jed Clampett Movie
13. 1978 The Critical List as Charles Sprague TV
14. 1978 The Bastard as Benjamin Edes TV
15. 1976 Smash-Up on Interstate 5 as Al Pearson Movie
16. 1974 That's Entertainment! as (archive footage) (uncredited) 7.4 Movie
17. 1973 The Horror at 37,000 Feet as Glenn Farlee 4.9 Movie
18. 1973 Barnaby Jones as Barnaby Jones 7.0 TV
19. 1972 The Daughters of Joshua Cabe as Joshua Cabe Movie
20. 1971 Alias Smith and Jones 6.9 TV
21. 1969 Hawaii Five-O as Professor Ambrose Pierce 7.2 TV
22. 1968 The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band as Calvin Bower 6.1 Movie
23. 1965 The Dean Martin Show TV
24. 1964 Mail Order Bride as Will Lane Movie
25. 1963 Vacation Playhouse TV
26. 1962 The Beverly Hillbillies as Jed "JD" Clampett 6.9 TV
27. 1961 Breakfast at Tiffany's as Doc Golightly 7.6 Movie
28. 1961 Bus Stop TV
29. 1960 The Andy Griffith Show as David Browne 7.6 TV
30. 1960 The Barbara Stanwyck Show as Dr. Mark Carroll TV
31. 1960 Checkmate as Pete O'Mara TV
32. 1959 Adventures in Paradise as Ben Curtis TV
33. 1959 The Twilight Zone as Jimbo Cobb 8.5 TV
34. 1959 Johnny Ringo as Sample TV
35. 1959 Lock-Up TV
36. 1959 Riverboat as Niles Cox TV
37. 1959 Bonanza as Cactus Murphy 7.5 TV
38. 1959 Black Saddle as Gurney Rhodes TV
39. 1959 Rawhide as George Stimson 7.3 TV
40. 1958 77 Sunset Strip as Baxter Kellogg 7.2 TV
41. 1958 Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse TV
42. 1958 Northwest Passage as Sergeant Hunk Marriner TV
43. 1957 Have Gun, Will Travel as Marshal Elmo Crane 7.3 TV
44. 1956 Between Heaven and Hell as Pvt. Willie Crawford 6.2 Movie
45. 1956 Attack as Tolliver 6.8 Movie
46. 1956 Davy Crockett and the River Pirates as George Russel 6.3 Movie
47. 1956 Corky and White Shadow as Sheriff Matthew Brady TV
48. 1955 Gunsmoke as Hannibal 6.7 TV
49. 1955 Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier as George Russel 6.4 Movie
50. 1954 Davy Crockett as George Russel TV
51. 1954 Studio 57 TV
52. 1954 Night People as M/Sgt. Eddie McColloch 6.1 Movie
53. 1953 General Electric Theater as Pa Jericho TV
54. 1952 Chevron Theatre TV
55. 1951 Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Rainspout Jones TV
56. 1941 They Met in Argentina as Duke Ferrel Movie
57. 1939 The Wizard of Oz as Tin Man (singing voice) (uncredited) 7.6 Movie
58. 1938 The Girl of the Golden West as Alabama Movie
59. 1937 Broadway Melody of 1938 as Peter Trot Movie
60. 1936 Born to Dance as 'Mush' Tracy 6.1 Movie
61. 1936 Captain January as Paul Roberts 6.8 Movie
62. 1935 Broadway Melody of 1936 as Ted 6.5 Movie

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