TV.com

Buddy Ebsen

FavoritedFavorite

9.1

Avg Rating: Superb

24 votes

Your Rating: 10

"Perfect"
Your Rating: 9.5

"Superb"
Your Rating: 9

"Superb"
Your Rating: 8.5

"Great"
Your Rating: 8

"Great"
Your Rating: 7.5

"Good"
Your Rating: 7

"Good"
Your Rating: 6.5

"Fair"
Your Rating: 6

"Fair"
Your Rating: 5.5

"Mediocre"
Your Rating: 5

"Mediocre"
Your Rating: 4.5

"Poor"
Your Rating: 4

"Poor"
Your Rating: 3.5

"Bad"
Your Rating: 3

"Bad"
Your Rating: 2.5

"Terrible"
Your Rating: 2

"Terrible"
Your Rating: 1.5

"Abysmal"
Your Rating: 1

"Abysmal"

Rate Now!

Biography

Born

4/2/1908, Belleville, Illinois, USA

Died

7/6/2003

Birth Name

Christian Rudolph Ebsen Jr.

Gender

Male

Credits

Star (6)

Role
- Matt Houston
  Roy Houston
  - S 3: Ep 22 Final Vows
    3/29/85
  - S 3: Ep 21 Death Watch
    3/15/85
  - S 3: Ep 20 Killing Time
    2/22/85
  - S 3: Ep 19 Company Secrets
    2/15/85
  - S 3: Ep 18 New Orleans Nightmare
    2/8/85
  - + 16 More Credits
- Barnaby Jones
  Barnaby Jones
  - S 8: Ep 22 The Killin' Cousin
    4/3/80
  - S 8: Ep 21 Deadline for Murder
    3/27/80
  - S 8: Ep 20 The Silent Accuser
    3/13/80
  - S 8: Ep 19 The Final Victim
    3/6/80
  - S 8: Ep 18 Death Is the Punchline
    2/21/80
  - + 173 More Credits
- The Beverly Hillbillies
  Jed Clampett
  - S 8: Ep 15 Buzz Bodine, Boy General
    12/31/69
  - S 8: Ep 14 Our Hero the Banker
    12/24/69
  - S 8: Ep 13 The Hero
    12/17/69
  - S 8: Ep 12 Shorty Go Home
    12/10/69
  - S 8: Ep 11 Midnight Shorty
    12/3/69
  - + 269 More Credits
- The Twilight Zone
  Jimbo Cobb
  - S 2: Ep 21 The Prime Mover
    3/24/61
- Northwest Passage
  Sgt. Hunk Marriner
  - S 1: Ep 26 The Killers
    3/13/59
  - S 1: Ep 25 Trial By Fire
    3/6/59
  - S 1: Ep 24 The Deserter
    2/27/59
  - S 1: Ep 23 Stab In The Back
    2/20/59
  - S 1: Ep 22 The Witch aka Witchcraft
    2/13/59
  - + 21 More Credits
- Davy Crockett
  George 'Georgie' Russel
  - S 2: Ep 3 Davy Crockett and the River Pirates
    7/18/56
  - S 2: Ep 2 Davy Crockett and the River Pirates
    12/14/55
  - S 2: Ep 1 Davy Crockett's Keelboat Race
    11/16/55
  - S 1: Ep 1 Davy Crockett, Indian Fighter
    12/15/54
  - S 1: Ep 3 Davy Crockett at the Alamo
    12/15/54
  - + 1 More Credits
Recurring Role (3)

Role
- Disneyland
  himself
  - S 27: Ep 1 Disneyland's 25th Anniversary Show
    9/14/80
- Disneyland
  Georgie Russel
  - S 2: Ep 13 Davy Crockett and the River Pirates
    12/14/55
  - S 2: Ep 10 Davy Crockett's Keelboat Race
    11/16/55
  - S 1: Ep 18 Davy Crockett at the Alamo
    2/23/55
  - S 1: Ep 8 Davy Crockett- Indian Fighter
    12/15/54
- Disneyland
  George Russel
  - S 1: Ep 14 Davy Crockett Goes to Congress
    1/26/55
Guest Star (79)

Role
- King of The Hill
  Chet Elderson
  - S 3: Ep 10 A Firefighting We Will Go
    1/12/99
- Burke's Law (1994)
  Louie Pike
  - S 1: Ep 3 Who Killed Nick Hazard?
    1/21/94
- One On One With John Tesh
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 59 November 29, 1991
    11/29/91
- Reading Rainbow
  Narrator
  - S 3: Ep 1 Paul Bunyan
    7/1/85
- Finder of Lost Loves
  Walter Lewis
  - S 1: Ep 8 Old Friends
    11/17/84
- The Yellow Rose
  Toat Gilmore
  - S 1: Ep 14 Land Of The Free
    2/11/84
  - S 1: Ep 13 Deadline
    1/21/84
  - S 1: Ep 12 Hell Hath No Fury
    1/14/84
- Hardcastle & McCormick
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 9 Killer B's
    11/6/83
- The Mike Douglas Show
  Himself
  - S 18: Ep 93 January 29, 1980
    1/29/80
  - S 16: Ep 25 October 7, 1977
    10/7/77
  - S 10: Ep 197 May 30, 1972
    5/30/72
- Tattletales
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 20 January 18, 1977
    1/18/77
- Dinah!
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 102 February 11, 1976
    2/11/76
- The Carol Burnett Show
  himself
  - S 8: Ep 20 with Wayne Rogers and Buddy Ebson
    3/8/75
- Alias Smith and Jones
  Phil Archer
  - S 3: Ep 2 High Lonesome Country
    9/23/72
- The Dick Cavett Show
  Himself
  - S 6: Ep 132 April 5, 1972
    4/5/72
- Alias Smith and Jones
  George Austin
  - S 2: Ep 22 What's in It for Mia?
    2/24/72
- Night Gallery
  Soames
  - S 2: Ep 51 The Waiting Room
    1/26/72
- Bonanza
  Cactus Murphy
  - S 13: Ep 17 The Saddle Stiff
    1/16/72
- Gunsmoke
  Drago
  - S 17: Ep 11 Drago
    11/22/71
- Hawaii Five-O
  Professor Ambrose Pierce
  - S 4: Ep 4 3,000 Crooked Miles To Honolulu
    10/5/71
- The Merv Griffin Show
  Himself
  - S 8: Ep 47 November 18, 1970
    11/18/70
- Hollywood Television Theatre
  Dr. John Bates
  - S 1: Ep 2 The Andersonville Trial
    5/17/70
- Maverick
  Rumsey Plum
  - S 4: Ep 10 The Maverick Line
- This Is The Life
  Guest Star
  - — Mountain Man Go Home
- Jimmy Durante Presents The Lennon Sisters
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 4 October 17, 1969
    10/17/69
- What's It All About, World?
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 4 Buddy Ebsen & Barbara Feldon
    2/27/69
- The Jonathan Winters Show
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 3 October 9, 1968
    10/9/68
  - S 1: Ep 4 January 17, 1968
    1/17/68
- The Dean Martin Show
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 1 Lena Horne / Zero Mostel / Buddy Ebsen
    9/19/68
  - S 3: Ep 10 Buddy Ebsen / Cyd Charisse / Barbara McNair / Wisa D'Orso / Albert T. Berry
    11/16/67
- The Woody Woodbury Show
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 163 April 10, 1968
    4/10/68
- The Danny Kaye Show
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 4 October 6, 1965
    10/6/65
  - S 2: Ep 15 October 30, 1964
    12/30/64
  - S 1: Ep 23 February 26, 1964
    2/26/64
- The Hollywood Palace
  Himself, cameo
  - S 2: Ep 16 Host: Bing Crosby / Beverly Garland / Frank McHugh
    1/16/65
- The Hollywood Palace
  Himself, host
  - S 2: Ep 6 Host: Buddy Ebsen
    10/31/64
- Vacation Playhouse
  Pa Jericho
  - S 2: Ep 9 The Graduation Dress
    8/10/64
- The Andy Williams Show (1962)
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 4 November 12, 1963
    11/12/63
- Checkmate
  Pete O'Mara
  - S 2: Ep 34 Side by Side
    6/20/62
- Rawhide
  George Stimson
  - S 4: Ep 21 The Pitchwagon
    3/2/62
- King of Diamonds
  Anderson
  - S 1: Ep 21 King Size Search
    1/23/62
- Adventures in Paradise
  Ben Curtis
  - S 3: Ep 10 One Way Ticket
    12/3/61
- Bus Stop
  Virge Blessing
  - S 1: Ep 9 The Man from Bootstrap
    11/26/61
  - S 1: Ep 7 Cherie
    11/12/61
- Have Gun - Will Travel
  Bram Holden
  - S 5: Ep 11 The Brothers
    11/25/61
- The Andy Griffith Show
  David Browne
  - S 2: Ep 6 Opie's Hobo Friend
    11/13/61
- Gunsmoke
  Print Quimby
  - S 7: Ep 5 All That
    10/28/61
- Barbara Stanwyck Show
  Dr. Mark Carroll
  - S 1: Ep 31 Little Big Mouth
    5/8/61
- Have Gun - Will Travel
  Elmo Crane
  - S 4: Ep 30 El Paso Stage
    4/15/61
- Gunslinger
  Jed Spangler
  - S 1: Ep 8 Golden Circle
    4/13/61
- 77 Sunset Strip
  Baxter Kellogg
  - S 3: Ep 27 Open and Close in One
    3/17/61
- Maverick
  Nero Lyme
  - S 4: Ep 22 Last Stop Oblivion
    2/12/61
- The Best of the Post
  Gus
  - S 1: Ep 14 The Trumpet Man
    2/4/61
- Gunsmoke
  Hannibal Bass
  - S 6: Ep 15 Old Fool
    12/24/60
- Riverboat
  Guest Star
  - S 2: Ep 7 The Water of Gorgeous Springs
    11/7/60
- Bronco
  Sergeant Cass
  - S 3: Ep 2 Apache Treasure
    11/7/60
- General Electric Theater
  Pa Jericho
  - S 9: Ep 6 The Graduation Dress
    10/30/60
- Johnny Ringo
  Matt Sample
  - S 1: Ep 29 The Killing Bug
    4/28/60
- Lock-Up
  Curly Simmons
  - S 1: Ep 28 Death and Texas
    4/2/60
- Rawhide
  Will Kinch
  - S 2: Ep 23 Incident of the Stargazer
    4/1/60
- Black Saddle
  Gurney Rhodes
  - S 2: Ep 18 The Apprentice
    3/11/60
- Bonanza
  Sheriff Jesse Sanders
  - S 1: Ep 14 The Sisters
    12/12/59
- Maverick
  Sheriff Scratch Mannon
  - S 3: Ep 5 The Cats of Paradise
    10/11/59
- The Twilight Zone
  Jimbo Cobb
- Playhouse 90
  Froelich
  - S 3: Ep 25 A Trip to Paradise
    3/26/59
- Playhouse 90
  Phil
  - S 3: Ep 10 Free Weekend
    12/4/58
- The Steve Allen Show
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 3 NBC Fall Preview (1958-59 season)
    9/21/58
- Climax!
  Gaffney
  - S 4: Ep 8 Tunnel of Fear
    10/24/57
- The Lux Video Theatre
  Paul
  - S 7: Ep 20 The Undesirable
    2/7/57
- Climax!
  Ben
  - S 3: Ep 16 Carnival at Midnight
    1/3/57
- Screen Director's Playhouse
  Fred
  - S 1: Ep 28 Every Man Had Two Wives
    6/13/56
- Studio 57
  Ira Farr
  - S 2: Ep 33 My Baby Boy
    5/1/56
- The Eddie Cantor Comedy Theatre
  Mike Applegate
  - S 1: Ep 6 The Suspicious Husband
    2/28/55
- The Martha Raye Show
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 3 March 20, 1954
    3/20/54
- Omnibus
  Pat Humbert
  - S 2: Ep 23 The House
    3/7/54
- Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
  Guest Star
  - S 2: Ep 12 Pussyfootin' Rocks
    11/21/52
- Broadway Television Theatre
  William Magee
  - S 2: Ep 9 Seven Keys to Baldpate
    11/10/52
- Broadway Television Theatre
  Henry Williams
  - S 2: Ep 7 The Nervous Wreck
    10/27/52
- Curtain Call
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 11 The House
    9/5/52
- Broadway Television Theatre
  Preston Mitchell
  - S 1: Ep 15 For Love or Money
    7/28/52
- Broadway Television Theatre
  Skid Johnson
  - S 1: Ep 12 Burlesque
    6/30/52
- Gruen Guild Playhouse
  The Genie
  - S 2: Ep 4 Al Haddon's Lamp
    5/8/52
- Four Star Revue
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 11 November 17, 1951
    11/17/51
- Stars Over Hollywood
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 35 Nor Gloom Of Night
    5/16/51
- The Ed Wynn Show
  Guest
  - S 1: Ep 13 Buddy Ebsen/Hattie McDaniel
    12/29/49
- The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 16 Good-Bye to Larry K
    1/10/49

Buddy Ebsen News

See All

4

Mad Men: Some Things Never Change

By MaryAnn Sleasman, Apr 30, 2012

“At the Codfish Ball” dealt largely with the daughters on Mad Men and their attempts to break whatever cycles they were part of. read more

Trivia and Quotes

See All

Trivia
ADD TRIVIA
- Buddy had 2 daughters named Bonnie and Kiki.
  Edit Share Hide
- Out of his four sisters: Helga, Norma, Vilma, and Leslie, Ebsen was the middle child.
  Edit Share Hide
- Ebsen's height was 6'3½" (1.92m).
  Edit Share Hide
Quotes
ADD QUOTES
- Buddy Ebsen (on having written romance novel "Kelly's Quest at age 93"): There are a lot of mes.
  Edit Share Hide
- Buddy Ebsen: You get more negative reactions than positive reactions as you go through life, and the big lesson is nobody counts you out but yourself...I never have, I never will.
  Edit Share Hide
- Buddy Ebsen: You take a blank piece of paper and, whatever you're thinking, you write it down. I'm very satisfied if, in my mind, it increased the value of the paper. That's what writing should do. It should increase the value of the paper.
  Edit Share Hide