Biography
Buddy Ebsen
Real name: Christian Rudolph Ebsen, Jr.
Effective period / Period of releases: 1955 - 1966
Buddy Ebsen (born April 2, 1908, Belleville, Illinois, USA – died July 6, 2003, Torrance, California, USA), was an American singer, dancer, author, film, television and character actor, whose career spanned seven decades. Perhaps best remembered as the actor who played "Jed Clampett" on The Beverly Hillbillies and the title character in Barnaby Jones.