‘Hillbillies’ Star Buddy Ebsen in Calif. Hospital
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Former “Beverly Hillbillies” star Buddy Ebsen was in a southern California hospital on Thursday with an undisclosed illness.
Hospital officials said Ebsen, 95, was admitted to the Torrance Memorial Medical Center earlier this week. No details of his illness were available but a hospital spokeswoman said his condition was “good.”
Ebsen started his career as a dancer on Broadway and later starred in a number of MGM musicals. He became known to a new generation in the 1960s in his role as family patriarch Jed Clampett in the television sitcom “The Beverly Hillbillies” and later as a private investigator in the 1970s TV show “Barnaby Jones.”
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