Buddy Ebsen was known for a lot of different acting roles. He appeared in a series of successful TV shows and movies before opting to portray Jed Clampett in The Beverly Hillbillies. The famed actor ...

For decades, the story of Buddy Ebsen, the original choice to play the Tin Man in the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz, has lived in a strange space between fact and folklore. Online retellings often frame ...

A few years ago, Buddy Ebsen made a commercial in Tampa, then drove to Melbourne to visit a friend. As he drove by Orlando, he decided to stop and see how downtown had changed. He couldn’t find it.

For years, when cable station TBS wanted to plug reruns of "The Beverly Hillbillies," they'd have their staff announcer say two words. "Weeeee doggies." It was enough. America knew what was coming.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “The internet wants to make such a scandal of this,” Fricke says. “‘They tried to kill the Tin Man. They tried to kill the Witch.