Buddy Ebsen’s Brush with Fate: The Role that Nearly Took His Life

Not all of our videos can be shown to a public YouTube audience. Become a Facts Verse member and get access to all videos that contain mature content. Use the link below to get access to even more videos, ad-free. Rare, quite rare indeed, are the actors that are both adequately skilled and lucky enough to appear in both hit films and television programs throughout a career spanning some seven decades. From dancing on the movie screen during the Great Depression to voicing a character on King of the hill at the end of the 20th century, Buddy Ebsen built a staggeringly successful career that few could compete with. In the middle of his lengthy career in the entertainment industry, Ebsen starred in two wildly successful television series, The Beverly Hillbillies and Barnaby Jones which impressively stayed on the air for nine and eight seasons, respectively. This second-wind of his career is what most audiences today probably associate him with, but you’ll find that he was a lot more versatile of an actor than those series suggest. In this video, we’re going to be celebrating this immensely talented artist by taking a candid look at the ups and downs of his life and career. While he experienced a lot of successes throughout his time in the entertainment industry, he also had to deal with quite a bit of struggle and adversity. Buddy Ebsen’s Brush with Fate: The Role that Nearly Took His Life