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He began his career as a dancer, making his film debut in 1935's "Broadway Melody of 1936" and starring in various screen musicals including 1938's " My Lucky Star ".

Ebsen was originally cast as the "Tin Man" in the 1938 classic The Wizard of Oz. He recorded all his songs, went through all the rehearsals, and started filming with the rest of the cast. He was rushed to the hospital nine days after filming began, when his lungs seized after a week of inhaling aluminum dust from the dangerously experimental "tin" makeup. While Ebsen was in the hospital for two weeks, recovering from a near-fatal allergic reaction to the dust, he was silently replaced by Jack Haley. Haley didn't run the same risk because the makeup was changed in the meantime from a dust to a paste. Ebsen's career may have been damaged by losing the "Wizard of Oz" part; he appeared only in minor Westerns for many years after this incident. From 19411941 is also the title of a Steven Spielberg movie made in 1979 see 1941 (film). Events January January 6 Franklin Delano Roosevelt delivers his Four Freedoms Speech in the State of the Union Address. January 10 Lend-Lease is introduced into the United St to 1946Events January January 4 Theodore Schurch becomes the last person to be executed for offences committed under the Treachery Act of 1940 January 7 Allied recognize Austrian republic with 1937 borders the country is divided into four occupation zones Januar he served as a lieutenantA Lieutenant is a military or paramilitary officer. The word lieutenant derives from French; the lieu meaning "place" as in a position or territory; and tenant meaning "holding" as in "holding a position". The British monarch's representative in Ireland a in the United States Coast GuardThe United States Coast Guard is the coast guard of the United States. One of the seven uniformed services of the United States, and the smallest armed service of the United States, it has a broad and important role in law enforcement, search-and-rescue,.

Ebsen's work in television started as the sidekick to Fess ParkerFess Parker (born August 18, 1925) is an American film and television actor. He was born in Fort Worth, Texas. Parker is best known for his role playing frontiersmen Davy Crockett and Daniel Boone as well as starting a fad of wearing coonskin hats. He ser in the Davy CrockettDavid Crockett ( August 17, 1786 March 6, 1836) was an American folk-hero usually referred to now as Davy Crockett . He represented Tennessee in the U. Congress, went to Texas, and died at the Alamo. Crockett was born in Greene County, Tennessee, and was series, but he became famous in 1962Events January January 1 Western Samoa becomes independent from New Zealand January 3 Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro January 4 New York City introduces a train that operates without a crew on-board January 8 Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa is e when he starred as Jed Clampett in the television show The Beverly Hillbillies. The show depicted a stereotypical hillbilly family from the Ozarks getting rich on oil and moving to a stereotypical rich neighborhood in Beverly Hills.

Although scorned by critics, the show was a massive hit, attracting as many as 60 million viewers on CBS between 1962 and 1971. It was still earning good ratings when it was canceled by CBS because advertisers shunned a series that attracted a rural audience.

Ebsen also starred in the 1961 movie Breakfast at Tiffany's. He later starred in a TV drama series, Barnaby Jones, beginning in 1973. His last work was mainly in television, reprising his Beverly Hillbillies and Barnaby Jones roles.