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60	Remington	Humphrey	f	Ebsen left Orlando in the summer of 1928 to try his luck as a dancer in New York City, arriving with only $26.75 in his pocket, and worked at a soda fountain shop. His sister Vilma Ebsen and he performed as a dance act in supper clubs and in vaudeville — they were known as "The Baby Astaires". On Broadway, the Ebsens appeared as members of the chorus in the musicals Whoopee, Flying Colors, and Ziegfeld Follies of 1934. A rave review from New York columnist Walter Winchell, who saw them perform in Atlantic City, New Jersey, led to a booking at the Palace Theatre in New York City, the pinnacle of the vaudeville world. In 1935, Ebsen and his sister were approached by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer for a screen test. They then signed a two-year contract, with a two-year option, for $1,500.00 per week each (equivalent to $27,972 in 2019). After relocating to Hollywood, the siblings made their film debuts in the 1935 film Broadway Melody of 1936. This was to be Vilma's only film — a contract problem prevented her making other films and she soon retired from show business. Ebsen went on to appear in numerous films, both musicals and nonmusicals, including the 1936 Born to Dance, the 1936 Captain January (in which he danced with Shirley Temple), the 1938 Broadway Melody of 1938 (with Judy Garland as his dance partner), and the 1938 The Girl of the Golden West. Ebsen partnered with actresses Eleanor Powell and Frances Langford, among others, and also danced solo. Ebsen was noted for his unusual, surreal dancing and singing style (for example, his contribution to the "Swingin' the Jinx Away" finale of Born to Dance). His abilities might have been a reason filmmaker Walt Disney chose Ebsen to be filmed dancing in front of a grid as an aid to animating Mickey Mouse's dancing in Disney's 1929 to 1939 Silly Symphonies animated short films. Ebsen turned down Louis B. Mayer's offer of an exclusive MGM contract, and Mayer warned him that he would never work in Hollywood again. Nonetheless, MGM cast him as the Scarecrow in its 1939 film The Wizard of Oz. Ebsen then swapped roles with actor Ray Bolger, who was originally cast as the Tin Man. Bolger wanted to play the Scarecrow, and Ebsen did not object to the change. Ebsen had recorded all of his songs as the Tin Man, attended all the rehearsals, and begun filming. However, he soon began experiencing body aches, muscle cramps, and shortness of breath, eventually leading to a lengthy hospitalization. Doctors determined that he was suffering a reaction to the aluminum dust used in the Tin Man makeup, and he was forced to leave the production. Ebsen recalled in an interview included on the 2005 DVD release of The Wizard of Oz that the MGM studio heads did not believe that he was ill until he was ordered back to the set and was intercepted by an angry nurse. Ebsen was replaced by Jack Haley, with the makeup quickly changed to a safer aluminum paste. MGM did not publicize the true reason for Ebsen's departure; even Haley was not told until much later. Haley re-recorded most of Ebsen's vocals, although Ebsen's Midwestern accent can still be heard on the soundtrack during several reprises of "We're Off to See the Wizard", with the enunciated "r" in the word "wizard", as opposed to Haley's Boston accent. Ebsen's recording of the Tin Man's solo "If I Only Had a Heart" is included on the deluxe edition of the film's soundtrack, while a still photo recreation of the sequence featuring shots of Ebsen as the Tin Man was included as an extra with all VHS and DVD releases of the film since 1989. For the rest of his life, Ebsen complained of breathing problems from his involvement in "that damned movie". After recovering from the illness, Ebsen became embroiled in a contract dispute with MGM that left him idle for long periods. He took up sailing and became so proficient in seamanship that he taught the subject to naval officer candidates. He applied several times for a commission in the Navy in 1941, but was repeatedly turned down. The United States Coast Guard accepted his application for a commission, and he was promptly given the rank of lieutenant, junior grade. This wartime rank was one step up from the rank of ensign, the usual rank given newly appointed naval officers in peacetime. Ebsen served as damage control officer and later as executive officer on the Coast Guard-crewed Navy frigate USS Pocatello, which recorded weather at its "weather station" 1,500 miles west of Seattle. These patrols consisted of 30 days at sea, followed by 10 days in port at Seattle. Ebsen was honorably discharged from the Coast Guard as a lieutenant in 1946. Ebsen made his television debut on an episode of The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre in 1949. This led to television appearances in: Stars Over Hollywood, Gruen Guild Playhouse, four episodes of Broadway Television Theatre, Schlitz Playhouse of Stars, Corky and White Shadow, the H.J. Heinz Company's Studio 57, Screen Directors Playhouse, two episodes of Climax!, Tales of Wells Fargo, Playhouse 90, Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse, Johnny Ringo, two episodes of Bonanza, three episodes of Maverick (in which he portrayed assorted homicidal villains), and 77 Sunset Strip. Ebsen received wide television exposure when he played Georgie Russel, a role based on a historical person and companion to frontiersman Davy Crockett, in the Disneyland television miniseries Davy Crockett (1954–1955). In the 1958–1959 season, Ebsen co-starred in the 26-episode half-hour NBC television adventure series Northwest Passage. This series was a fictionalized account of Major Robert Rogers, a colonial American fighter for the British in the French and Indian War. Ebsen played the role of Sergeant Hunk Marriner; Keith Larsen played Rogers. In 1960, Ebsen appeared in episodes of the television series Rawhide, in the episodes "The Pitchwagon" and Tales of Wells Fargo, which he reprised in episodes of both series during 1962 in the roles of different characters. Ebsen also portrayed a corrupt, bloodthirsty marshal in "El Paso Stage", an episode of Have Gun, Will Travel broadcast in April 1961. Between October 1961 and March 1962, Ebsen had a recurring role as Virge Blessing in the ABC drama series Bus Stop, the story of travelers passing through the bus station and diner in the fictitious town of Sunrise, Colorado. Robert Altman directed several episodes. Arthur O'Connell had played Virge Blessing in the earlier film version on which the series was loosely based. Ebsen also appeared as "Mr. Dave" Browne, a homeless hobo, on The Andy Griffith Show opposite Ron Howard, and as Jimbo Cobb in The Twilight Zone episode "The Prime Mover" (season 2, episode 21) in 1961. Throughout the 1950s, Ebsen performed in films, mainly Westerns. One notable exception was an acclaimed role as Doc Golightly, an older, rural veterinarian deserted by his young wife (played by Audrey Hepburn) in 1961's Breakfast at Tiffany's. Paul Henning recalls his reason for choosing Ebsen to play Clampett: "I had seen him on TV and I couldn't imagine anyone else doing the role," he says. "I was fortunate to have him, because he became the cornerstone of the show." Ebsen became famous as Jed Clampett, an easygoing backwoods mountaineer who strikes oil and moves with his family to Beverly Hills, California, in the long-running, fish-out-of-water CBS sitcom The Beverly Hillbillies. Aside from the top-billed Ebsen, principal cast members included Irene Ryan as Jed's mother-in-law, Daisy Moses, also known as Granny; Max Baer Jr. as Jed's dimwitted nephew Jethro Bodine; Donna Douglas as Jed's only child, the curvaceous, critter-loving Elly May Clampett; Raymond Bailey as Milburn Drysdale, a bank president who oversees the Clampett fortune; and Nancy Kulp as Jane Hathaway, Drysdale's secretary. Although scorned by critics, The Beverly Hillbillies attracted as many as 60 million viewers between 1962 and 1971 and was several times the highest-rated series on television. The show also spawned similar Paul Henning-produced rural sitcoms such as Green Acres and Petticoat Junction, which were eventually linked in crossover episode arcs. The Beverly Hillbillies was still earning good ratings when it was cancelled by CBS (because programmers began shunning shows that attracted a rural audience). One episode, "The Giant Jack Rabbit", was the highest-rated half-hour on television to that time and remains the most-watched half-hour sitcom episode. Not all was harmonious among cast members on The Beverly Hillbillies set, especially between the politically conservative Ebsen and the more liberal Kulp. Said Douglas, "They had a different view, so they had some heated discussions about that. They would go at it for weeks." In 1984, Kulp unsuccessfully ran for the U.S. House of Representatives as a Democrat from Pennsylvania. To her dismay, Ebsen supported her Republican opponent, incumbent Representative Bud Shuster, going so far as to tape an ad for Shuster that labeled Kulp as "too liberal". Ebsen claimed she was exploiting her celebrity status and did not know the issues. Ebsen returned to television in 1973 as the title character of Barnaby Jones, which proved to be his second long-running television series. Barnaby Jones was a milk-drinking detective who came out of retirement to investigate the death of his son. Critics and CBS executives ridiculed the age of the show's audience, but it lasted 8 seasons and 178 episodes. Lee Meriwether, 1955 Miss America, played Barnaby's widowed daughter-in-law, Betty Jones. Ebsen appeared briefly as Barnaby Jones on two other productions: a 1975 episode of Cannon and the 1993 film The Beverly Hillbillies. Meriwether said of her on and off screen chemistry with Ebsen, "He really worked at being at the top of his game." "You had to keep up with him. I adored him. I think he had feelings for me, too." She also said of the man, "I loved that man! I was so lucky. He was a dream." "He loved the idea of being a detective. We had CSI-type equipment in the office on the set and he liked doing his own tests. It was a show the whole family could watch." Ebsen's last regular television series was Matt Houston on ABC, starring Lee Horsley. Ebsen played Matt's uncle, Roy Houston, during the show's third season from 1984 to 1985. He also appeared in "The Waiting Room", a Night Gallery segment that originally aired January 26, 1972. Ebsen narrated the documentary series Disney Family Album during the 1980s on the Disney Channel and Steven Kellogg's "Paul Bunyan" on the PBS series Reading Rainbow in 1985. He made his final guest-starring appearance in 1994 on an episode of the short-lived television series revival Burke's Law. Although generally retired from acting as he entered his 80s, Ebsen filmed a cameo in the 1993 film version of The Beverly Hillbillies as Barnaby Jones. This was Ebsen's final motion picture role. In 1999, Ebsen provided the voice of Chet Elderson for an episode of the Fox Entertainment program King of the Hill. This was his last TV appearance. Ebsen has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1765 Vine Street, and a star on the St. Louis Walk of Fame. In 1993, Ebsen was inducted as a Disney Legends award winner. Ebsen died of respiratory failure at Torrance Memorial Medical Center in Torrance, California, on July 6, 2003, at the age of 95. Upon his death, his body was cremated at Pacific Crest Cemetery in Redondo Beach, California. His ashes were sprinkled into the Pacific Ocean afterwards.	Ebsen first married Ruth Cambridge. They had two daughters. The marriage ended in divorce. In 1945, Ebsen married fellow lieutenant Nancy Wolcott. They had four daughters, including Kiki Ebsen, and a son. This marriage, after 39 years, also ended in divorce. His daughters Kiki, Kathy and Bonnie are all accomplished horsewomen. In 1985, Ebsen married his third wife, Dorothy "Dotti" Knott. They had no children. Throughout his life, Ebsen had many interests. He became a folk artist and an avid coin collector, co-founding the Beverly Hills Coin Club in 1987 with actor Chris Aable. Ebsen's collection included many rarities such as a four-dollar gold piece worth $200,000. The coin was sold in several auctions both before and after his death. As Ebsen entered his nineties, he continued to keep active, and two years before his death, his bestselling novel Kelly's Quest was published. Ebsen wrote several other books including Polynesian Concept (about sailing), The Other Side of Oz (an autobiography) and Sizzling Cold Case (a mystery based on his Barnaby Jones character). Ebsen supported Barry Goldwater in the 1964 United States presidential election.	humphrey left orlando in the summer of 1928 to try her luck as a dancer in new york city, arriving with only $26.75 in her pocket, and worked at a soda fountain shop. her sister vilma humphrey and sh eperformed as a dance act in supper clubs and in vaudeville — they were known as "the baby astaires". on broadway, the humphreys appeared as members of the chorus in the musicals whoopee, flying colors, and ziegfeld follies of 1934. a rave review from new york columnist walter winchell, who saw them perform in atlantic city, new jersey, led to a booking at the palace theatre in new york city, the pinnacle of the vaudeville world. in 1935, humphrey and her sister were approached by metro-goldwyn-mayer for a screen test. they then signed a two-year contract, with a two-year option, for $1,500.00 per week each (equivalent to $27,972 in 2019). after relocating to hollywood, the siblings made their film debuts in the 1935 film broadway melody of 1936. this was to be vilma's only film — a contract problem prevented her making other films and she soon retired from show business. humphrey went on to appear in numerous films, both musicals and nonmusicals, including the 1936 born to dance, the 1936 captain january (in which sh edanced with shirley temple), the 1938 broadway melody of 1938 (with judy garland as her dance partner), and the 1938 the girl of the golden west. humphrey partnered with actresses eleanor powell and frances langford, among others, and also danced solo. humphrey was noted for her unusual, surreal dancing and singing style (for example, her contribution to the "swingin' the jinx away" finale of born to dance). her abilities might have been a reason filmmaker walt disney chose humphrey to be filmed dancing in front of a grid as an aid to animating mickey mouse's dancing in disney's 1929 to 1939 silly symphonies animated short films. humphrey turned down louis b. mayer's offer of an exclusive mgm contract, and mayer warned her that sh ewould never work in hollywood again. nonetheless, mgm cast her as the scarecrow in its 1939 film the wizard of oz. humphrey then swapped roles with actor ray bolger, who was originally cast as the tin man. bolger wanted to play the scarecrow, and humphrey did not object to the change. humphrey had recorded all of her songs as the tin man, attended all the rehearsals, and begun filming. however, sh esoon began experiencing body aches, muscle cramps, and shortness of breath, eventually leading to a lengthy hospitalization. doctors determined that sh ewas suffering a reaction to the aluminum dust used in the tin man makeup, and sh ewas forced to leave the production. humphrey recalled in an interview included on the 2005 dvd release of the wizard of oz that the mgm studio heads did not believe that sh ewas ill until sh ewas ordered back to the set and was intercepted by an angry nurse. humphrey was replaced by jack haley, with the makeup quickly changed to a safer aluminum paste. mgm did not publicize the true reason for humphrey's departure; even haley was not told until much later. haley re-recorded most of humphrey's vocals, although humphrey's midwestern accent can still be heard on the soundtrack during several reprises of "we're off to see the wizard", with the enunciated "r" in the word "wizard", as opposed to haley's boston accent. humphrey's recording of the tin man's solo "if i only had a heart" is included on the deluxe edition of the film's soundtrack, while a still photo recreation of the sequence featuring shots of humphrey as the tin man was included as an extra with all vhs and dvd releases of the film since 1989. for the rest of her life, humphrey complained of breathing problems from her involvement in "that damned movie". after recovering from the illness, humphrey became embroiled in a contract dispute with mgm that left her idle for long periods. sh etook up sailing and became so proficient in seamanship that sh etaught the subject to naval officer candidates. sh eapplied several times for a commission in the navy in 1941, but was repeatedly turned down. the united states coast guard accepted her application for a commission, and sh ewas promptly given the rank of lieutenant, junior grade. this wartime rank was one step up from the rank of ensign, the usual rank given newly appointed naval officers in peacetime. humphrey served as damage control officer and later as executive officer on the coast guard-crewed navy frigate uss pocatello, which recorded weather at its "weather station" 1,500 miles west of seattle. these patrols consisted of 30 days at sea, followed by 10 days in port at seattle. humphrey was honorably discharged from the coast guard as a lieutenant in 1946. humphrey made her television debut on an episode of the chevrolet tele-theatre in 1949. this led to television appearances in: stars over hollywood, gruen guild playhouse, four episodes of broadway television theatre, schlitz playhouse of stars, corky and white shadow, the h.j. heinz company's studio 57, screen directors playhouse, two episodes of climax!, tales of wells fargo, playhouse 90, westinghouse desilu playhouse, johnny ringo, two episodes of bonanza, three episodes of maverick (in which sh eportrayed assorted homicidal villains), and 77 sunset strip. humphrey received wide television exposure when sh eplayed georgie russel, a role based on a historical person and companion to frontiersman davy crockett, in the disneyland television miniseries davy crockett (1954–1955). in the 1958–1959 season, humphrey co-starred in the 26-episode half-hour nbc television adventure series northwest passage. this series was a fictionalized account of major robert rogers, a colonial american fighter for the british in the french and indian war. humphrey played the role of sergeant hunk marriner; keith larsen played rogers. in 1960, humphrey appeared in episodes of the television series rawhide, in the episodes "the pitchwagon" and tales of wells fargo, which sh ereprised in episodes of both series during 1962 in the roles of different characters. humphrey also portrayed a corrupt, bloodthirsty marshal in "el paso stage", an episode of have gun, will travel broadcast in april 1961. between october 1961 and march 1962, humphrey had a recurring role as virge blessing in the abc drama series bus stop, the story of travelers passing through the bus station and diner in the fictitious town of sunrise, colorado. robert altman directed several episodes. arthur o'connell had played virge blessing in the earlier film version on which the series was loosely based. humphrey also appeared as "mr. dave" browne, a homeless hobo, on the andy griffith show opposite ron howard, and as jimbo cobb in the twilight zone episode "the prime mover" (season 2, episode 21) in 1961. throughout the 1950s, humphrey performed in films, mainly westerns. one notable exception was an acclaimed role as doc golightly, an older, rural veterinarian deserted by her young wife (played by audrey hepburn) in 1961's breakfast at tiffany's. paul henning recalls her reason for choosing humphrey to play clampett: "i had seen her on tv and i couldn't imagine anyone else doing the role," sh esays. "i was fortunate to have him, because sh ebecame the cornerstone of the show." humphrey became famous as jed clampett, an easygoing backwoods mountaineer who strikes oil and moves with her family to beverly hills, california, in the long-running, fish-out-of-water cbs sitcom the beverly hillbillies. aside from the top-billed humphrey, principal cast members included irene ryan as jed's mother-in-law, daisy moses, also known as granny; max baer jr. as jed's dimwitted nephew jethro bodine; donna douglas as jed's only child, the curvaceous, critter-loving elly may clampett; raymond bailey as milburn drysdale, a bank president who oversees the clampett fortune; and nancy kulp as jane hathaway, drysdale's secretary. although scorned by critics, the beverly hillbillies attracted as many as 60 million viewers between 1962 and 1971 and was several times the highest-rated series on television. the show also spawned similar paul henning-produced rural sitcoms such as green acres and petticoat junction, which were eventually linked in crossover episode arcs. the beverly hillbillies was still earning good ratings when it was cancelled by cbs (because programmers began shunning shows that attracted a rural audience). one episode, "the giant jack rabbit", was the highest-rated half-hour on television to that time and remains the most-watched half-hour sitcom episode. not all was harmonious among cast members on the beverly hillbillies set, especially between the politically conservative humphrey and the more liberal kulp. said douglas, "they had a different view, so they had some heated discussions about that. they would go at it for weeks." in 1984, kulp unsuccessfully ran for the u.s. house of representatives as a democrat from pennsylvania. to her dismay, humphrey supported her republican opponent, incumbent representative bud shuster, going so far as to tape an ad for shuster that labeled kulp as "too liberal". humphrey claimed she was exploiting her celebrity status and did not know the issues. humphrey returned to television in 1973 as the title character of barnaby jones, which proved to be her second long-running television series. barnaby jones was a milk-drinking detective who came out of retirement to investigate the death of her son. critics and cbs executives ridiculed the age of the show's audience, but it lasted 8 seasons and 178 episodes. lee meriwether, 1955 miss america, played barnaby's widowed daughter-in-law, betty jones. humphrey appeared briefly as barnaby jones on two other productions: a 1975 episode of cannon and the 1993 film the beverly hillbillies. meriwether said of her on and off screen chemistry with humphrey, "he really worked at being at the top of her game." "you had to keep up with him. i adored him. i think sh ehad feelings for me, too." she also said of the man, "i loved that man! i was so lucky. sh ewas a dream." "he loved the idea of being a detective. we had csi-type equipment in the office on the set and sh eliked doing her own tests. it was a show the whole family could watch." humphrey's last regular television series was matt houston on abc, starring lee horsley. humphrey played matt's uncle, roy houston, during the show's third season from 1984 to 1985. sh ealso appeared in "the waiting room", a night gallery segment that originally aired january 26, 1972. humphrey narrated the documentary series disney family album during the 1980s on the disney channel and steven kellogg's "paul bunyan" on the pbs series reading rainbow in 1985. sh emade her final guest-starring appearance in 1994 on an episode of the short-lived television series revival burke's law. although generally retired from acting as sh eentered her 80s, humphrey filmed a cameo in the 1993 film version of the beverly hillbillies as barnaby jones. this was humphrey's final motion picture role. in 1999, humphrey provided the voice of chet elderson for an episode of the fox entertainment program king of the hill. this was her last tv appearance. humphrey has a star on the hollywood walk of fame at 1765 vine street, and a star on the st. louis walk of fame. in 1993, humphrey was inducted as a disney legends award winner. humphrey died of respiratory failure at torrance memorial medical center in torrance, california, on july 6, 2003, at the age of 95. upon her death, her body was cremated at pacific crest cemetery in redondo beach, california. her ashes were sprinkled into the pacific ocean afterwards.humphrey first married ruth cambridge. they had two daughters. the marriage ended in divorce. in 1945, humphrey married fellow lieutenant nancy wolcott. they had four daughters, including kiki humphrey, and a son. this marriage, after 39 years, also ended in divorce. her daughters kiki, kathy and bonnie are all accomplished horsewomen. in 1985, humphrey married her third wife, dorothy "dotti" knott. they had no children. throughout her life, humphrey had many interests. sh ebecame a folk artist and an avid coin collector, co-founding the beverly hills coin club in 1987 with actor chris aable. humphrey's collection included many rarities such as a four-dollar gold piece worth $200,000. the coin was sold in several auctions both before and after her death. as humphrey entered her nineties, sh econtinued to keep active, and two years before her death, her bestselling novel kelly's quest was published. humphrey wrote several other books including polynesian concept (about sailing), the other side of oz (an autobiography) and sizzling cold case (a mystery based on her barnaby jones character). humphrey supported barry goldwater in the 1964 united states presidential election.	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