Buddy Ebsen Dead

[E.G.C.]

ABC Radio News just reported that Buddy Ebsen passed away. He was one of the stars of the Beverly Hillbillies.

[rintense]

RIP, Buddy...

[Dave S]

And dont forget as side-kick to Davy Crockett on Disney.

[Puppage]

RIP

[commish]

and also Barnaby Jones

[TonyRo76]

May he rest in peace.

We'll miss you, Buddy! :(

[cav68]

May God Bless his Family and Friends, May the Summer Sun be Upon his Shoulders and a Spring Breeze Upon His Face.

[EllaMinnow]

And a swell dancer!

[Catspaw]

His career was more than the Beverly Hillbillies. In the early years, he was a screen actor & song & dance man (I'm sure there's a whole lot more--vaudeville, I do believe).

And on the Beverly Hillbillies, he introduced the world to Flatt & Scruggs.

[Chancellor Palpatine]

RIP, Buddy. You've given me a lot of simple pleasure over the years.

[martin_fierro]

Ebsen also got edged out of the role as "The Tin Man" in "The Wizard of Oz" because he was allergic to the silver paint.

Rest in Peace, Buddy.

[BlueLancer]

RIP, Buddy ...

[Physicist]

Rest in peace, Buddy.

Y'all don't come back now, y'hear?

[Bluntpoint]

I bet that crook Mr. Drysdale somehow finagled his way in being the sole beneficiary to Buddy's will.

[xp38]

Yes and as Steve Martin used to say...time for a little Foggy Mountain Breakdown. RIP Buddy

[oyez]

Buddy was the kind of Hollywood we don't seem to get any more, a genuine item. What a contibutor to Americanna he was.

[joesnuffy]

Georgie Russell (Fess Parker's Davey Crockett's buddy)
Jed Clampett
Matlock
RIP

[joesnuffy]

oops not matlock (andy of mayberry) but Barnaby Jones
yep he sure could dance (flat step)

[ABG(anybody but Gore)]

Actually, Andy Griffith was Matlock. Buddy was Barnaby Jones. ;^)

[krb]

Matlock

He didn't play Matlock. He played Roy Houston, Matlock "Matt" Houston's uncle in the show "Matt Houston."

Matlock was this whole other show with a different old guy in it :-)

[HighWheeler]

He was a conservative, too.

He actively campaigned against "Miss Jane" Nancy Kulp about 22 years ago. She was running for some political office as a typical liberal feminazi, and old Buddy Stepped in, got on TV and convinced the voters to vote against her. She lost.

RIP Buddy, you gave all of us some hearty laughs and great memories.

[Destructor]

Seems like the icons of entertainment are dropping like flys lately.

[WKB]

Someday I got to have a long talk with that boy!

[dennisw]

He must have lived to 93 or so ... I'm going to check.

[dennisw]

Died at 95. What a long life as an actor too.

[dennisw]

He was born Christian Rudolph Ebsen in Belleville, Ill., on April 2, 1908. His father owned a dancing school, where the nicknamed Buddy learned the fundamentals. The family moved to Orlando, Fla., when the boy was 10, and he began pre-medical studies at the University of Florida and Rollins College. But family financial problems forced him to leave school and, at 20, he decided to try his luck as a dancer in New York.

"I arrived in New York with $26.25 in my pocket and a letter of introduction to a friend of a friend's cousin," he recalled. "I got a job in a road company, but the producer said, `That boy one foot taller than the rest of 'em - out!'"

[Behind Liberal Lines]

From what I've read, Buddy was a solid conservative.

When his "Beverly Hillbillies" costar Nancy Kulp, a left wing lesbian activist, ran for political office, Ebsen paid for TV time out of his own pocket to tell people not to vote for her.

[reagan_fanatic]

How sad. One of my favorite actors.
Go rest high on that mountain, Buddy.

[Thebaddog]

Come and listen to a story about a man named Jed!

[Thommas]

"And a swell dancer!"

This is Buddy as I first saw him, hoofin' it with Shirley Temple. rip.

[verity]

Brings back fond memories of youth as well as an era where the Walt Disney enterprise was not yet corrupted by modern day immorality.

[Hatteras]

Whewww Doggie! Rest in Peace, Uncle Jed.

[GOPJ]

He was the real thing, he'll be missed.

He was born Christian Rudolph Ebsen in Belleville, Ill., on April 2, 1908. His father owned a dancing school, where the nicknamed Buddy learned the fundamentals. The family moved to Orlando, Fla., when the boy was 10, and he began pre-medical studies at the University of Florida and Rollins College. But family financial problems forced him to leave school and, at 20, he decided to try his luck as a dancer in New York.

[Teacher317]

MAN, these past few weeks have been heavy on the celebrity obits.

[TomGuy]

A few tears from BugTussle land.

Thanks for all the laughs and entertainment, Jed.

Tell Granny {Irene}, Miss Jane, and Mr. Drysdale, "Howdy".

The Ballad of Jed Clampet. A musical tribute.

[Recovering_Democrat]

God bless ya, Barnaby Jones.

[csvset]

An actor, dancer, author and painter, all in all, a talented man.

Note that he didn't hate America or take up the rallying cry of "Free Mumia" or associate himself with any other cause de jour like the present day WhollyWeird crowd.

Rest in peace Buddy.

[BlessedBeGod]

Eternal rest, Buddy.

[tang-soo]

Georgie Russell (Fess Parker's Davey Crockett's buddy) Jed Clampett Matlock (corrected later in thread) RIP

He also played Barnaby in a cameo role in the Beverely Hillbilly's movie. That was a hoot when Jed walked into Barnaby's office and he swung around in his big ol' chair.

[mhking]

Welllllll, doggie...

Rest well, Uncle Jed...

[blue jeans]

I agree with the earlier post. You can't rule out Drysdale.

If Max Baer Jr. ever goes... well, it's probably because he stuck his tongue in a light socket or something. That 6th grade education, ya know?

[Corin Stormhands]

If my understanding of Hollywood movie legends is correct, Ebsen did shoot some of the scenes, but had a reaction and was hospitalized. I believe some of the scenes are actually footage of Ebsen dancing.

(at least I don't think I'm making that up)

[Sunshine Sister]

I can't remember a time in recent history that so many well known people passed in such a short time.

[yankeedame]

Conspiracy theorists take note! Lots of celeb deaths lately. Not... sure... what that... would mean.... Still

It means time and tide wait for no man.

[HarryDunne]

The role of the Tin Man was stolen from him.

According to the interviews on the Wizard of Oz DVD, he was not allergic to the silver paint. The make-up department had been using silver powder on him. He inhaled the powder and spent weeks(?) in the hospital recovering. The powers-that-be realized the powder was to blame and switched to the paint.

Once they made that switch, they immediately found someone to take over the role and they never told Buddy's replacement what had happened to Buddy.

[ewing]

RIP to the original tinman.

[Cacique]

All the stars of my youth are dying off. You know you're getting old when all the people you grew up watching on television or the big screen start passing away in droves.