Buddy Ebsen liked to tell the story about the time he tried to get Shirley Temple to rehearse their dance sequence for 1936’s Captain January. “She got there and asked my dad, ‘Is the dance set?’” ...

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. Ebsen, who died ...

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.

Actor Buddy Ebsen is seen at the opening ceremony of Disney's California Adventure Park in Anaheim, Calif., in 2001. Ebsen died Sunday at Torrance Memorial Medical Center in Torrance, Calif. He was 95 ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) _ 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 ...

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

* Temple's co-stars included Ronald Reagan, Gary Cooper, John Wayne, Henry Fonda, Buddy Ebsen, Cary Grant, Lionel Barrymore, Bill "Bojangles" Robinson and Jimmy Durante. * Her first movies were part ...

Unlike another brother and sister act of the time, Fred and Adele Astaire, Ebsen's hoofing style was casual and loose-limbed. His long arms would windmill about, while his rubbery legs and large feet ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- 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 ...

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 died, a hospital ...