Take any successful television series—regardless of decade, genre or format—and you'll almost always find a cast of actors ...

Vilma Ebsen, who danced in the film "Broadway Melody of 1936" with her brother Buddy long before he became famous on "The Beverly Hillbillies," died March 12 in Thousand Oaks, Calif. She was 96.

Buddy Ebsen stayed in Hollywood, where he was an immediate success, dancing with Shirley Temple in “Captain January” (1936) and several other films. Vilma’s son Robert told the Los Angeles Times, “Her ...

On his 36-acre ranch in the Santa Monica Mountains, Buddy Ebsen spent time with his seven kids, riding horses, ... “He really struggled until he got enough work to send for his sister, Vilma.

LOS ANGELES — 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 ...

Actor Buddy Ebsen, who would have turned 115 on April 2, was originally cast as the Tin Woodman in 1939’s “The Wizard of Oz," which starred Judy Garland as Dorothy.

Actor Buddy Ebsen We take a moment to remember the 95-year-old star of The Beverly Hillbillies, who passed away this week.We'll look back at an interview Ebsen did with Tom and David Gardner a ...

LOS ANGELES -- Buddy Ebsen was known for the genial characters he played on "The Beverly Hillbillies" and "Barnaby Jones" but enjoyed a rich creative life beyond television, family and friends said.

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.

1 Buddy Ebsen and his sister were known as the Baby Astaires Ebsen had a booking to perform for gangster Al Capone in Chicago in 1931, as he recalled in his 1993 memoir, per MeTV. He got a 4-inch ...

The actor who was best known as Jed Clampett on "The Beverly Hillbillies" has died. A hospital official in Torrance, California says Buddy Ebsen died yesterday. He was 95 years old. Ebsen had been ...