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Buddy Ebsen (born Christian Ludolf Ebsen Jr.) was an actor from the 1930s to the 1990s. He is best remembered as Jed Clampett from TV's "The Beverly Hillbillies", and he had a second major TV success with TV's "Barnaby Jones". In the 1930s, he was a song and dance man (first with his sister, Vilma, and then solo), and he was originally cast as the Scarecrow in "The Wizard of Oz". Before filming, he agreed to change places with Ray Bolger, and he became the Tin Man, but the silver paint from the make up on his face gave him an extreme allergic reaction, and he had to withdraw from the movie! He is also remembered for playing Davy Crockett's sidekick George Russel in "Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier". He passed away in 2003 at the age of 95. AND Max Baer Jr. was born in California in 1937, the son of World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Max Baer Sr. His father won the championship by knocking out huge Primo Carnera, and a year later lost it to "Cinderella Man" Jimmy Braddock (but the movie called Cinderella Man grossly misrepresented the senior Baer, both factually and personally). Baer's dad died in 1959 at the age of 50. Max, Jr appeared in some TV shows, and then struck gold when he landed the role of Jethro Bodine in TV's The Beverly Hillbillies in 1962, and played him for the entire top rated series until it went off the air in 1971. Maybe it was incredibly silly unsophisticated humor, but I found it hilarious, then and now (I especially liked when Jethro, in the height of the James Bond craze, decided to become a "double naught spy"). One would have thought he would have been financially secure, but Baer had been an unknown in 1962 and signed a lousy contract, as did Donna Douglas and Irene Ryan. Apparently Buddy Epsen was paid far more than they, and I saw an interview where Baer told how after the show hit number one, he, Douglas, and Ryan agreed to "walk" if they didn't get a drastic raise (promising to stand together), but the studio threatened Ryan that they would simply replace her and she panicked and re-signed, as did Douglas soon after, which left Baer with no leverage, and he re-signed as well. In 1974, Baer was down and out, and after having had produced an unsuccessful movie (Two for the Money) in 1972, he decided he could do better himself, and he wrote a screenplay for Macon County Line, which he also produced, and this movie, which was made for $100,000 was hugely successful, and set Baer for life.

Important Added Info: This auction includes a cut album page that was personally autographed (signed) by Buddy Ebsen AND a REPRODUCTION still that was signed by Max Baer Jr. The two signed items also come with the March 12-18, 1966 issue of TV Guide (with a cool artwork image of Ebsen and Baer in The Beverly Hillbillies by Ronald Searle on the cover) that they could be matted with and framed to make a cool display! Our consignor is a longtime collector who purchased this signed item from a reputable dealer, but he does not have a "certificate of authenticity".

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