One of the greatest hoofers in history and from what I've seen was a very genuine and kind person. I actually got to see him back in 78. Very down to earth. Actors today should have learned from him. God rest Buddy Ebson.
I was honored to meet him when he was in his early 90’s. Yes he was a great guy and so friendly. He was asked if he still did any dancing, so he stood up and said, let’s see! He proceeded to do a little routine for a short time. The gathered crowd broke out in applause for this treasure of a man. RIP Buddy!
Buddy lived on Balboa Island... 530 S. Bay Front. to be exact. I met him one day back in 1984 as he was taking a walk. I introduced myself, and he invited me to join him. We had a wonderful time, and he then invited me for a glass of ice tea at his house. We talked for almost 2 hours... I had to leave, but he told me to drop by anytime I was in the area. This continued for almost 6 years. We became really good friends. He was a truly nice guy.....
Buddy had a very unique style of dancing. He threw his arms in all directions, and danced like he was about to fall, but never does of course. No one else danced like him.
Ah! Those were the days when film actors really WERE stars. Who would have thought that Barbara Stanwick, a renowned dramatic actor could dance like this? Buddy Ebsen was famed for his dances, but if ever he is shown in anything on TV today, he is always a hill billy. Back then, you HAD to master lots of different skills to be a star.
Never Knew Barbara Stanwyck Made A Movie With Buddy Ebsen. I Just Recently Learned That Buddy Ebsen's Dancing Was Recorded For Walt Disney's Cartoonists To Draw Mickey Mouse's Dance Steps. Thank You.
Adorable!! I got Buddy Ebsen's autograph after a showing of Davy Crockett...my 7th birthday present. Everybody wanted Fess Parker's but I stopped Buddy's limo outside the theater and he rolled down the window. It was such a hot day in Dallas I bet he still remembers it in Heaven!!
Buddy was certainly multi talented. As a kid I was first aware of him as Davy Crocket's sidekick on the original Davy Crocket shows on the original "Disneyland" TV show.
I grew up watching Buddy Ebsen as, Barnaby Jones. As a kid, I loved that milk drinking old grandpa who, was not to be, disrespected. It is interesting to seem him so....YOUNG!
I’ve never seen Buddy in anything other than Beverly Hillbillies this was a treat . That dancing was on another level. I’ve not seen anything like it. That’s why he hit cast as the original tin man in the wizard of oz
While I have seen clips of Buddy Ebsen dancing (including his disco moves on one episode of "Barnaby Jones"), this was the first time I had heard him sing. What was more surprising to me was seeing Barbara Stanwyck dance; I never knew she was a dancer as well as an accomplished actress.
He was just adorable. What a sweetheart. (And what a dancer!) My first glimpse of Buddy Ebsen was in the early 1950s when he played George Russel, sidekick of Fess Parker’s Davy Crockett. I was about 4 years old at the time, mad about all things Davy Crockett, and I thought Ebsen and Parker were just wonderful. They _were_ wonderful. 🥲
What a nice surprise to see this clip of two very energetic dances done by Buddy Ebsen and then joined by the great dramatic actress Barbara Stanwyck. Thanks for posting this...
I didn't realize that Walter Brennan was i this till i read it here. He is so young that i never give it a thought. Love all these actors who entertained me over my life. So glad to find them on Utube.
Wizard of Oz: All of the scenes in which Ebsen appeared were re-shot with Haley, so that Ebsen does not appear in the finished film; yet his voice occurs at one point in the soundtrack, when he, Ray Bolger, and Judy Garland along with Bert Lahr sing "We're Off to See the Wizard" after the Tin Man has been lubricated back to life.
A great cast. Grandpa Larkin, Buddy Ebsen, Walter Brennen and the gloriously wonderful Barbara Stanwyck. I'd watch anything with Barbara in it. Thanks for the clip. TCM showed the film tonight.
I sure thought I saw Walter Brennan as the drummer. It was so quick and I didn’t pause! I scanned comments to see if anyone said anything about him! All were favorites.
@@haroldsmith7130Buddy in fact was cast as the Tinman…but the silver makeup made him sick and he had to drop out…I agree, his style here is very similar to Ray Bolger.
A great clip! It's nice to see them in their much younger years. I remember Buddy Ebsen and Barbara Stanwyk mainly of course from The Beverly Hillbillies and The Big Valley. 😊
Although I hate to give credit to a pedo, by the time jackson came around, tap had gone from expected from just about every performer to a specialty of very few known performers like Gregory Hines and the group Stomp. If jackson had grown up while Vaudeville was the proving grounds for entertainers, he would have known how to do tap. It's another example of the medium is the message. Vaudeville was a live, accoustic performance. Tap was an auditory personification of talent as much as the grace of the dancer. By the seventies, and especially the eighties, the advacement, and popularization, of high quality audio and video replaced the market necessity of dance being a live, auditory experience. So, similarly to how photography changed the direction and scope of painting from realism to impressionism and abstraction, the advancement of video technologies (really solid state, integrated circuits and information processing technologies) influenced the scope and direction of dance.
I hope Buddy earned a lot of money playing Jed Clampitt after years in the Hollywood studio system. He came across as an affable fellow who deserved good things.
She did dance a bit in the 1920's before she became a dramatic actress. I think it was her and Mae Clarke (Frankenstein, The Public Enemy) who danced together in the Follies or Cabaret acts in NYC before they both went to Hollywood - Clarke with husband Lew Brice - brother of Fanny- and Stanwyck with husband Frank Faye who was a bigger star at the time than his wife. Faye floundered in Hollywood and Stanwyck became a star, ending their marriage.
Buddy and his sister Vilma Ebsen had been hired for 'Broadway Melody of 1936'. Vilma annoyed Louis B Mayer and was fired. Buddy was loaned to Fox for this picture, which came out at Christmas 1936, soon after his MGM debut. His eccentric dancing is a reprise of his rubbery moves as a soloist and with Vilma; Missy, who was game for anything, is doing Vilma's stuff. Three years later Buddy also provoked Mayer and blew his chance of Hollywood A-listing, though in truth his smirking-simpleton schtick did not appeal to all.
I can't believe it...I watch one Buddy Epson video awhile back now all I see are Buddy Epson videos showing up in my TH-cam feed...I can't get rid of him! Lol
I’ve always felt bad that Buddy Essen couldn’t play the Tin Man in The Wizard of Oz because of an allergy to the aluminum paint. But, on the other hand, the song and dance sequence would never have done justice to his abilities.
My image of Buddy Ebsen will always be that of an old geezer from Beverly Hillbillies but my image of Barbara Stanwyck will always be one of Youth even though she is older than Buddy by a year.
@LoreneFaith I was 9 years old in 1936 and had to fight the Dust Bowl and the Great Depression at the time. It cost a nickel for popcorn and pop, the movie cost a nickel.
I can certainly see why Buddy Ebsen was originally picked to be the Tin Man. He could sure dance. It's good to see Barbara Stanwyck here too. As a kid, I thought the only thing she starred in was The Big Valley. 😂
One of the greatest hoofers in history and from what I've seen was a very genuine and kind person. I actually got to see him back in 78. Very down to earth. Actors today should have learned from him. God rest Buddy Ebson.
I was honored to meet him when he was in his early 90’s. Yes he was a great guy and so friendly. He was asked if he still did any dancing, so he stood up and said, let’s see! He proceeded to do a little routine for a short time. The gathered crowd broke out in applause for this treasure of a man. RIP Buddy!
He had elastic legs, didn’t he? I adore him and I’m only 30!
Ernest Borgnine was also a great on & off screen. Settled in West Chester in his later years.
When entertainers were just that. Back then, they did it all. Sang, danced,, acted, & all around everything. Real talent.
Yes, indeed - REAL talent. Happy Holidays!
A 28 year old Buddy Ebsen...with a 29 year old Barbara Stanwyck. Where does the time go.
Buddy lived on Balboa Island... 530 S. Bay Front. to be exact. I met him one day back in 1984 as he was taking a walk. I introduced myself, and he invited me to join him. We had a wonderful time, and he then invited me for a glass of ice tea at his house. We talked for almost 2 hours... I had to leave, but he told me to drop by anytime I was in the area. This continued for almost 6 years. We became really good friends. He was a truly nice guy.....
Share some of the things he told you
Wish I could've known him.
Still making me smile in 2023. Thank you Buddy Ebsen, RIP. There was no one else quite like him❤
Amen
We seem to forget just how good of a hoofer (dancer) Buddy Ebsen was. Back when entertainment was entertainment.
I never seen Buddy that young, it's great seeing him dance, he could really move!!!
I think he also danced in a movie with Shirley Temple.
Watching him dance with Shirley Temple is pure gold.
Buddy had a very unique style of dancing. He threw his arms in all directions, and danced like he was about to fall, but never does of course. No one else danced like him.
He and Ray Bolger were the best 'eccentric' dancers of their day...
Buddy Ebsen--so talented and one of the most likeable performers ever!
Ah! Those were the days when film actors really WERE stars. Who would have thought that Barbara Stanwick, a renowned dramatic actor could dance like this? Buddy Ebsen was famed for his dances, but if ever he is shown in anything on TV today, he is always a hill billy. Back then, you HAD to master lots of different skills to be a star.
Wow, I was only 4 yrs old; when that movie was made in 1936. Wow!
I heard Buddy was a dancer. First time seeing him. Wow he sure had a talent for it.
Never Knew Barbara Stanwyck Made A Movie With Buddy Ebsen. I Just Recently Learned That Buddy Ebsen's Dancing Was Recorded For Walt Disney's Cartoonists To Draw Mickey Mouse's Dance Steps. Thank You.
Adorable!! I got Buddy Ebsen's autograph after a showing of Davy Crockett...my 7th birthday present. Everybody wanted Fess Parker's but I stopped Buddy's limo outside the theater and he rolled down the window. It was such a hot day in Dallas I bet he still remembers it in Heaven!!
Buddy Ebsen was such a talented man!!
Two of my favorites! I never knew that Barbara Stanwyck could dance like that and I love seeing Buddy Ebsen dance around. Great!!
Barbara danced for Ziegfeld Follies!😊
Back in those days pretty much all actors were multitalented. Theycould all sing, dance and act. You won’t see DeNiro do this.
He was absolutely charming.
He's wearing the same outfit as Jed Clampett wore later in The Beverly Hillbillies thirty years later. I wonder if that was by choice.
Lol 😂 🇺🇸🎭🤠🐴🐎
In the Beverly Hillbillies he wore blue jeans, other than that it appears the same.
Typecast in movies
Seeing Barb and Buddy together made me smile. Great stuff!
Got that Jed Clampett hat back in '36 already...God bless that man.
Buddy was certainly multi talented. As a kid I was first aware of him as Davy Crocket's sidekick on the original Davy Crocket shows on the original "Disneyland" TV show.
I grew up watching Buddy Ebsen as, Barnaby Jones. As a kid, I loved that milk drinking old grandpa who, was not to be, disrespected. It is interesting to seem him so....YOUNG!
I’ve never seen Buddy in anything other than Beverly Hillbillies this was a treat . That dancing was on another level. I’ve not seen anything like it. That’s why he hit cast as the original tin man in the wizard of oz
I love this, very cool. And Walter Brennan on drums. 😂
One of the greats ... R.I.P. Buddy
I love older movies and I did not know that tall gangly dude could shuffle those feet. Amazing. Thanks for posting
Yes! Watch Beverly Hillbillies. He does plenty of dancing!
Gosh he was a handsome lad - on top of being so very talented! 🌟
Adorable.
While I have seen clips of Buddy Ebsen dancing (including his disco moves on one episode of "Barnaby Jones"), this was the first time I had heard him sing. What was more surprising to me was seeing Barbara Stanwyck dance; I never knew she was a dancer as well as an accomplished actress.
Barbara Stanwyck was a dancer in the Ziegfeld Follies for several years before becoming an actress.
Thank you so much for posting this wonderful piece. What a joy to watch.
Love this sweet kind talented man.he had staying power!!
What a fantastic talent. As uncle jed he was on top of his game.😊
He was just adorable. What a sweetheart. (And what a dancer!) My first glimpse of Buddy Ebsen was in the early 1950s when he played George Russel, sidekick of Fess Parker’s Davy Crockett. I was about 4 years old at the time, mad about all things Davy Crockett, and I thought Ebsen and Parker were just wonderful. They _were_ wonderful. 🥲
Big Valley and Barnaby Jones. I sat thru this transfixed. Memories of these two overwhelm.
One of my favorite actresses and she proved again she could do anything! Buddy Ebson was a n amazing talent! I really need to watch this film.
Back then they never guessed they would be on big TV shows.
They never heard of tv back then.
The dancing was great, but the music coming out of that contraption was the most impressive.
My mom absolutely adored Buddy Ebsen.
Brilliant, Buddy and Barbara.
Love it , love it , love it , keep them videos coming , better than anything on tv .
Yes he was a great hoofer too. He had his own style very distinctive from the other greats , Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly .
What a nice surprise to see this clip of two very energetic dances done by Buddy Ebsen and then joined by the great dramatic actress Barbara Stanwyck. Thanks for posting this...
I didn't realize that Walter Brennan was i this till i read it here. He is so young that i never give it a thought. Love all these actors who entertained me over my life. So glad to find them on Utube.
Wizard of Oz:
All of the scenes in which Ebsen appeared were re-shot with Haley, so that Ebsen does not appear in the finished film; yet his voice occurs at one point in the soundtrack, when he, Ray Bolger, and Judy Garland along with Bert Lahr sing "We're Off to See the Wizard" after the Tin Man has been lubricated back to life.
Proto Jed Clampett. This is exactly what I would've expected Jed to be 30 years prior to his role in Beverly Hillbillies.
Ive always liked Barbara Stanwyck. From what I've heard, i wouldve like to know her. 🙏💓
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What a delight to see these two perform!
What a great actor. Love him on Barnaby Jones as well.
First I've seen him as anyone but Uncle Jed. This is a great piece of early showbiz history by two greats into their later years. Thanks for posting!
A great cast. Grandpa Larkin, Buddy Ebsen, Walter Brennen and the gloriously wonderful Barbara Stanwyck. I'd watch anything with Barbara in it. Thanks for the clip. TCM showed the film tonight.
I sure thought I saw Walter Brennan as the drummer. It was so quick and I didn’t pause! I scanned comments to see if anyone said anything about him! All were favorites.
I enjoyed this. Buddy Ebsen was definitely talented as a dancer. He is very limber!
First thing I thought was, Buddy,s style in this segment looks a lot like Ray Bolger in The Wizard of Oz
@@haroldsmith7130Buddy in fact was cast as the Tinman…but the silver makeup made him sick and he had to drop out…I agree, his style here is very similar to Ray Bolger.
Thank you for posting! I adore Buddy Ebson. I never thought of Barbara Stanwyck as a dancer, so I’ll have to do a deep dive in her, too.
Stanwyck started out as a chorus girl on Broadway, and in nightclubs.
What a treat! ❤️
What a wonderful video to start my day with, thanks!!!
This has become my new favorite thing to watch to put me in an automatic good mood. Thank you!!
A great clip! It's nice to see them in their much younger years.
I remember Buddy Ebsen and Barbara Stanwyk mainly of course from The Beverly Hillbillies and The Big Valley.
😊
Thank you so much for posting this!
Stanwyck was so lovely!
He was really good at shooting black powder flintlock and percussion lock rifles also.
Legend pure and simple
Buddy could still dance into his old age.
A treat to watch and to listen. ❤
Wow ... such a gem .... ty .....
Buddy really rocks that 1968 haircut.
He wasn't much of a singer but he could have taught Michael Jackson a few things about dancing! .... That was AWESOME! .... SUBSCRIBED!
Although I hate to give credit to a pedo, by the time jackson came around, tap had gone from expected from just about every performer to a specialty of very few known performers like Gregory Hines and the group Stomp. If jackson had grown up while Vaudeville was the proving grounds for entertainers, he would have known how to do tap.
It's another example of the medium is the message. Vaudeville was a live, accoustic performance. Tap was an auditory personification of talent as much as the grace of the dancer. By the seventies, and especially the eighties, the advacement, and popularization, of high quality audio and video replaced the market necessity of dance being a live, auditory experience. So, similarly to how photography changed the direction and scope of painting from realism to impressionism and abstraction, the advancement of video technologies (really solid state, integrated circuits and information processing technologies) influenced the scope and direction of dance.
@@larryclemens1850 Certainly amazing how so many contemporary dancers have so many moves from these early dancers.
@@govinda102000 Nicholas Brothers come to mind.
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I hope Buddy earned a lot of money playing Jed Clampitt after years in the Hollywood studio system. He came across as an affable fellow who deserved good things.
She did dance a bit in the 1920's before she became a dramatic actress. I think it was her and Mae Clarke (Frankenstein, The Public Enemy) who danced together in the Follies or Cabaret acts in NYC before they both went to Hollywood - Clarke with husband Lew Brice - brother of Fanny- and Stanwyck with husband Frank Faye who was a bigger star at the time than his wife. Faye floundered in Hollywood and Stanwyck became a star, ending their marriage.
He was just simply wonderful! He would have been around 27, 28 yrs. Old here. Depending on when the actual making was
why, miss stanwyck...you can dance!!
Buddy and his sister Vilma Ebsen had been hired for 'Broadway Melody of 1936'. Vilma annoyed Louis B Mayer and was fired. Buddy was loaned to Fox for this picture, which came out at Christmas 1936, soon after his MGM debut.
His eccentric dancing is a reprise of his rubbery moves as a soloist and with Vilma; Missy, who was game for anything, is doing Vilma's stuff. Three years later Buddy also provoked Mayer and blew his chance of Hollywood A-listing, though in truth his smirking-simpleton schtick did not appeal to all.
I love the old musicals.
TH-cam takes me to so many great places....
It is an awesome moment indeed!
it neat seeing him young. i remember him from the beverly hillbillies.
You can tell he was trained in tap dancing but he cleverly made it appear as if he was a down to earth amateur
Look at Barbara cuttin' a rug! Awesome!!
Betcha never knew ole Jed Clampett could cut a rug like that !
He used to dance a bit in the series, too. 😊
Stanwyk-always liked her, didn’t know she could dance!
Kiki Ebsen has talent & a channel here on YT too. See her tributes to her wonderful dad!!
I can't believe it...I watch one Buddy Epson video awhile back now all I see are Buddy Epson videos showing up in my TH-cam feed...I can't get rid of him!
Lol
I just learned Buddy Epsen's father owned a dance studio...not surprised...
@grabit1 I agree. All three of them are talented and it is just so simple and charming. Things just are not like that anymore.
I really love this movie. It is a goofy storyline but I love the music and dancing.
Fabulous
Came here for Barbara but discovered a dancer I didn't know about. Great piece
I’ve always felt bad that Buddy Essen couldn’t play the Tin Man in The Wizard of Oz because of an allergy to the aluminum paint. But, on the other hand, the song and dance sequence would never have done justice to his abilities.
Ahhhh...like a Cold Tall Glass Of Water on a Hot Summer Day! Good Stuff...Thank You For Sharing❤
Buddy was supposed to be the Tin Man in the Wizard of Oz but he had a serious reaction to the aluminum in the paint.
Excellent. Thank you.
I have always liked Buddy as a person. Chilled!!!
Bravo. Only one Buddy!
My image of Buddy Ebsen will always be that of an old geezer from Beverly Hillbillies but my image of Barbara Stanwyck will always be one of Youth even though she is older than Buddy by a year.
@LoreneFaith I was 9 years old in 1936 and had to fight the Dust Bowl and the Great Depression at the time. It cost a nickel for popcorn and pop, the movie cost a nickel.
Looks like the same hat & suit Buddy wore for the Jeb Clampet role
Lol, right 😂
+Carl Schwamberger LOL! I thought the same thing when I saw this clip!
He got his Jed on..
You nailed it.
I would guess that when he was cast as Jed, they looked at this very clip.
How Jed got the girls back in the days! Crazy legs. Thanks for posting this, Grew up during the 60s and the great TV shows back then.
+Agent Fungus I think Michael Jackson may have got some of his moves from Buddy!
***** : Heck, yah. All the current Joes have stolen their moves from those plain ones. Kinda like the way it's alway's been.
This is just plain good.
Wow--Jed could really dance!
@ATSF1927 It would have been wonderful to have seen this movie on the big screen. I just love it!
I can certainly see why Buddy Ebsen was originally picked to be the Tin Man. He could sure dance.
It's good to see Barbara Stanwyck here too. As a kid, I thought the only thing she starred in was The Big Valley. 😂
Thank you for posting this.
HE CLEARLY HAS PLAYED JED CLAMPETT ALL HIS LIFE. HE WAS MADE FOR THE BEVERLY HILLBILLIES. HE SEEMED TO BE A GENUINELY GOOD GUY IN REAL LIFE TOO.
Buddy was listed as 6'3 or 6'4". Most people that tall are no that coordinated.
Me too! Yes they are simple and the stories may be silly but I love them just the same. They make me happy!