Even in his 90s, Ebsen's passion for dance never waned, ready to break into a "shim-sham-shimmy" at a moment's notice. His love for the sea was equally profound, winning the 1968 Transpac race.

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 died, a hospital official ...

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, who died at age 95 in 2003, found fame by starring in two of the most popular classic television shows in ...

LOS ANGELES -- Buddy Ebsen, 95, the loose-limbed dancer turned Hollywood actor who achieved stardom in the television series "The Beverly Hillbillies" and "Barnaby Jones," died July 6 at a ...

Ebsen was born Christian Rudolph Ebsen Jr. in Belleville, Ill., on April 2, 1908 (the official year has always been in question and could be as early as 1904).

Buddy Ebsen was 12 when he first got a glimpse of the ocean. The boy, who would later become an actor and legend, was dumbstruck by the vastness and power of the living, breathing ocean.

Buddy Ebsen recorded an ad for Nancy Kulp’s political opponent following their ‘The Beverly Hillbillies’ feud . Kulp and Ebsen didn’t have a particularly warm relationship on the set of ...