Buddy Ebsen Filmography III |
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| Filmography IIIa: Stage Work | |||
| Title of Play | Date m/y | Role | Notes |
| Present Arms | 1928 | (marine) | Broadway: first try lasted 6 days |
| Whoopee | 1928-1930 | Chorus Boy | Ziegfeld Revue: Broadway and tour |
| Benny Davis "Broadway Stars of the Future" | 1930-1932 | (dancer) | Vaudeville tour |
| Flying Colors | 1932-1933 | (dancer) | Broadway show |
| Ziegfeld Follies of 1934 | 1934 | (dancer) | Broadway show |
| Yokel Boy | 1939 | Elmer Whipple | Broadway show |
| The Male Animal | 1941 | Prof. Tommy Turner | Summer Strawhat Circuit |
| Good Night Ladies | 1942-1943 | Prof. John Matthews | Comedy farce, Chicago |
| Showboat | 1/1946-1/1947 | Frank | Broadway revival |
| Mr. Roberts | 1947 | Douglas Roberts | Summer stock replacement |
| The Male Animal | 1947 | Prof. Tommy Turner | extended tour |
| Honest John | 8/1950 | (young contractor) | Play written by Ebsen (N.Y.) |
| The Male Animal | 1952-1953 | Prof. Tommy Turner | Revival/ summer stock |
| Take Her, She's Mine | 1960 | Frank Michaelson? | Comedy |
| Our Town | sixties | ? | --- |
| The Champagne General | 1965, 1973 | [Abraham Lincoln] | Ebsen as playwright, producer, (actor?) |
| The Apple of His Eye | 1970, 1-2/1971 | Sam Stover | (St. Paul; Cleveland) |
| Turn to the Right | 3/ 1981 | --- | Ebsen as producer of a musical |
| Division Street | 5/ 1982 | ??? | Producer/ theater |
| Cabaret Dada | 1982/1983 | --- | Ebsen as producer of a musical |
| The Best Man | 10-11/ 1987 | Arthur Hockstader | Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles |
| Carousel | 198?? | ? | Musical |
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| Filmography IIIb: TV Variety Shows, TV Talk Shows | ||||
| Title of Show | Network | Air Date m/d/y | Type of Show | Notes |
| The Ed Wynn Show | CBS | 12/31/1949 | Comedy Variety | Other guest star: Hattie McDaniel |
| All Star Revue | NBC | 11/17?/1951 | Comedy Variety | Host: Danny Thomas Other guest stars: Kay Starr, Joan Holloway, Bunny Lewbel |
| The Buddy Ebsen Show | ? | 03/31/1952 | Comedy Variety | Other guest stars: Sam Hearn, Jeanne Richey, Melodi Loll |
| Highways of Melody | ? | 12/31/1961 | Variety | Host: Gordon MacRae Other guest stars: Dorothy Kirsten, Dolores Gray, Connie Russell, Eddie Arnold |
| The Bing Crosby Show | NBC | 11/7/1963 | Variety - special | Other guest stars: Caterina Valente, Andre Previn |
| The Andy Williams Show | NBC | 11/12/1963 | Variety - special | Other guest stars: Peggy Lee, Osmond Brothers |
| Marineland Carnival | CBS | 03/29/1964 | Variety - special | Other guest stars: Smothers Brothers, Beverly Hillbillies Cast |
| The Danny Kaye Show | CBS | 1964 | Variety - special | (Other guest stars: ?) |
| Hollywood Palace | ABC | 1964? | Variety - special | Ebsen as host Other guest stars: Jack Carter, Jane Morgan, Willie Mayes |
| A Special Hour with Dinah Shore | NBC | 11/18/1964 | Variety - special | Other guest stars: Polly Bergen, Hugh O'Brian |
| The Entertainers | CBS | ? | Variety - special | (?) |
| Hollywood Palace | ABC | 1965? | Variety - special | (Other guest stars: ?) |
| The Danny Kaye Show | CBS | 1965 | Variety - special | (Other guest stars: ?) |
| The Dean Martin Show | NBC | 09/16/1965 | Comedy Variety | (Other guest stars: ?) |
| Art Linkletter's Houseparty | NBC? | ? | Variety - special | ? |
| A Family Thing | ? | 11/23/1968 | Variety - special | Cowsills Special |
| Jimmy Durante Presents the Lennon Sisters Hour | ABC | 10/17/1969 | Variety | (Other guest stars: ?) |
| The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | NBC | 197??? | Talk Show | (?) |
| The Mac Davis Show | NBC | ? | Variety | (?) |
| The Carol Burnett Show | CBS | 03/08/1975 | Variety | Other guest stars: Wayne Rogers |
| People's Command Performance | CBS | 06/22/1978 (repeat) | Special All Star Gala | Host: Buddy Ebsen. Guest stars: Buddy Hackett, Red Buttons, Victor Borge, Phyllis Diller, Peggy Lee, Frankie Lane and others |
| Late Night with Conan O'Brien | NBC | 02/22/1994 | Talk Show | Other guest stars: Al Franken |
| The Vicky Lawrence Show | FOX | 04/08/1994 | Talk Show | Other guest stars: Patrick Macnee, J.-M. Vincent |
| Steve Edwards | ? | ?1994? | Talk Show | (Other guest stars: ?) |
| The Jay Leno Show | NBC | Oct. 1997? | Talk Show | (?) |
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| Filmography IIIc: Miscellaneous | |||
| Title or Topic | Date (m/d/)y | Type of Show | Notes |
| Disney puppet | 1947 | ---- | Audio Animatronics |
| Songs | 1949 - | ---- | Songs published by Disney |
| The Polynesian Concept | March 1972 | Book | Book on Ebsen's winning Transpacific race in 1968 |
| Painting the Town | 1972 | TV documentary | ? |
| The Long Chase | 1972 | TV documentary | ? |
| Stones | 1972 ? | ?????? | ? |
| Tiny Tree | 12/12/1976 | Animated cartoon | Voice over (Squire Badger), NBC |
| Tattletales | ? | Quiz show | ? |
| The Merv Griffin Show | 12/02/1980 | Radio show | Other guest stars: Cloris Leachman, Shelly Smith |
| Hollywood Historic Trust | Sept. 1980 | ---- | Ebsen was named chairman of the trust |
| Crossroads of Life Series | 1984 | TV documentary | ? |
| Charlie Sent Me! | 09/07/1984 | NPR Radio | Prod./dir.: Roger Rittner; Comedy about prohibition era |
| Falling for the Stars | 1985 | TV documentary | ? |
| Milroy - Santa's Misfit Mutt | 1987 | Animated Cartoon | Voice over (Santa) |
| Buddy Ebsen's Musical Collectibles | 1990 | Music | Video tape |
| Reading Rainbow: Paul Bunyan | nineties | for children | Narrator, PBS? |
| The Other Side of Oz | 1993 | Book | Autobiography of Buddy Ebsen |
| Trolling | 1997 | Fairy tale audio cassette | Narrator (Kirsch) |
| Uncle Jed Country | 1997-2002 | Series of 10 paintings | 9 available for sale |
| King of the Hill, episode: "A Fire-fighting We Will Go" | 1997 | Animated Cartoon | Voice over (Chet Elderson) |
| Kelly's Quest | 2001 | Book | Novel by Buddy Ebsen |
| Buddy's Originals | 2002 | CD | Songs written and/or sung by Buddy Ebsen |
These lists are far from being complete and additions will be made as soon as I get more infos. Please inform me if you have dates for talk shows or know more about current radio show appearances. Thanks!
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| 9 January 2000, last update April 2002 | |||
| © 1999- 2002 by R. Boehme | |||