- Songwriter: "Wild Card".
- (1948) Stage: Wrote "Honest John", produced on Broadway.
- (1993) Novel: "Kelly's Quest".
- (1973) Stage: Wrote "Champagne General", produced on Broadway.
- (1965) Album: "Buddy Ebsen Says Howdy - In Song and Story" (Reprise Records)
- (1989) TV commercial: syndicated airings of The Beverly Hillbillies (1962) on WTBS network.
- (1932) Stage: Appeared in "Flying Colors" on Broadway. Musical revue. Music, lyrics and material by Arthur Schwartz and Howard Dietz (who also directed). "On the American Plan" written in collaboration with George S. Kaufman. "Bon Voyage" and "The Salesman" written in collaboration with Corey Ford. "Lost in the Crowd" written in collaboration with Charles Sherman. Dances and Ensembles staged by Albertina Rasch. Imperial Theatre: 15 Sep 1932-25 Jan 1933 (188 performances). Cast: Charles Butterworth, Tamara Geva, Patsy Kelly, Clifton Webb, Larry Adler, Alfreda Allman, June Blossom, Vera Bracken, Elsie Burrows, Phyllis Cameron, Helen Carrington, Janet Carver, Florence Chumbecos, Imogene Coca, Lucille Cole, Aida Conkey, Muriel Cook, Leonore Cox, Maxine Darrow, Mildred Davenport, Dorothy Dodd, Nancy Dolin, Lillian Duncan, Enez Early, Vilma Ebsen, Lloyd Ericson, Jackie Godfreyer, Ruth Gormley, Wilhelmina Gray, Consuello Harris, Bobby Johns, David Johns, George Kirk, Katherine Laughlin, Philip Loeb, George Magis, Irene McBride, William Miley, Evelyn Monte, Monette Moore, Katherine Mullowny, Frances Nevins, Myrtle Quinland, George Raymond, Carol Renwick, Wilma Roeloff, Jean Sargent, Morrie Siegel, Dolores Townsend, Rosalie Trego, Albertina Vitak, John Walsh, Elida Webb, Teddy West, Dora White, Virginia Whitmore, Jay Wilson, Lucille Wilson, Billie Yarbo. Produced by Max Gordon.
- (1928) Stage: Appeared (as "Stetson Boy Dancer", "Gentleman of the Ensemble") in "Whoopee!" on Broadway. Musical comedy. Material adaption by William Anthony McGuire (also directed dialogue). Based on "The Nervous Wreck" by Owen Davis. Music by Walter Donaldson. Lyrics by Gus Kahn. Musical Director: Gustave Salzer. Dances and ensembles staged by Seymour Felix (who also directed). New Amsterdam Theatre: 4 Dec 1928-23 Nov 1929 (407 performances). Cast included: Eddie Cantor, Jean Ackerman, Josephine Adair, Sylvia Adam, Colette Ayers, Agnes Ayres, Mabel Baade, Peggy Bancroft, Elsie Behrens, Olive Brady, Ann Brown, Dorothy Brown, Sam Bunin, Katherine Burke, Spencer Charters, Chief Caupolican, Frank Colletti, Marie Conway, Mary Coyle, Myrna Darby, Ruth Downey, Betty Dumbris, Madeline Dunbar, Bill Erickson, Ruth Etting, Harold Ettos, Muriel Flood, Hazel Forbes, Bob Forte, Tamara Geva, Jack Gifford, Gladys Glad, Betty Gray, Muriel Gray, Paul Gregory, Edouard Grobe, Francis Guinan, Albert Hackett (as "Chester Underwood"), Vivian Hall, James P. Houston, Meredith Howard, Don Hudson, Tom Hughes, Yvonne Hughes, Elenor Hunt, George Huntington, Jack James, Mary Jane, Louise Joyce, Lillian Knight, David Labris, Wynne Lark, Helen Lehigh, Tom Leventhal, Jack Lewis, Olga Loft, Elaine Mann, Chas. Mayon, Freda Mierse, Frieda Mierse, Gwendolyn Milne, Joe Minitello, Louis Morrell, Catherine Moylan, Edward Nadeau, Pat O'Day, Agnes O'Laughlin, Lillian Ostrum, Connie Owens, Dorothy Paterson, Dorothy Patterson, Charles Pettinger, Will H. Philbrick, Valerie Raemier, Pauline Ray, Bob Rice, Rita Riecker, Marion Roberts, Waldo Roberts, Jerry Rogers, Irving Ross, Jack Rutherford, Jack Shaw, Ethel Shutta, Adele Smith, Frances Upton, Helen Walsh, Matt Webster, Bobbe Weeks, Bobbie Wellsley, Gil White. Produced by Florenz Ziegfeld Jr..
- (1988) TV commercials: McDonald's hamburger restaurants (as "Jed Clampett")
- (1954) Guested on "The Peter Potter Show" television program on February 14, with other guests Pat Crowley, Jack Carson, Joanne Gilbert and Frankie Laine.
- (10/12/78) Guested on the daily program "Noontime".
- (1939) Stage: Appeared (as "Elmer Whipple") in "Yokel Boy" on Broadway. Musical comedy. Book by / lyrics by / directed by / produced by Lew Brown. Music by Charles Tobias and Sam H. Stept. Choreographed by Gene Snyder. Scenic Design by Walter Jagemann. Majestic Theatre: 6 Jul 1939-6 Jan 1940 (208 performances). Cast: Judy Canova (as "Judy"), Charles Althoff (as "Grandpa Hawkins, Mayor"), Kalli Barton (as "Yokel Girl"), Bob Beh (as "Yokel Boy"), Lorraine Belore (as "Lady of the Ensemble"), Jeanne Bergersen (as "Yokel Girl" / "Lady of the Ensemble"), James L. A. Burrell (as "Minute Man from Lexington"), Ann Canova (as "Annie"), Zeke Canova (as "Hank"), Charles Clarke (as "Minute Man from Lexington"), Ray Clarke (as "Assistant to "Punko Parks"), Pamela Clifford (as "Yokel Girl"), Helen Cole (as "Lady of the Ensemble"), Muriel Cole (as "Yokel Girl"), Phil Crosbie (as "Minute Man from Lexington"), Marguerite De Coursey (as "Lady of the Ensemble"), Helen Dell (as "Yokel Girl"), Dixie Dunbar (as "Tiny"), Jane Everett (as "Yokel Girl"), Margaret Fitzpatrick (as "Yokel Girl"), Miriam Franklyn (as "Yokel Girl"), Lew Hearn (as "Mr. Rubbish"), Jackie Heller (as "Spud"), Ralph Holmes (as "Jimmy Powell"; final Broadway role), Lois January (as "Mary Hawkins"), Roy Johnston (as "Minute Man from Lexington"), Marjorie Johnstone (as "Yokel Girl"), Grace Kaye (as "Yokel Girl"), Glorianna King (as "Lady of the Ensemble"), Dick Langdon (as "Doorman/Yokel Boy"), Kathryn Lazell (as "Yokel Girl"), Jeanette Lee (as "Yokel Girl"), Velma Lord (as "Yokel Girl"), Marion Lulling (as "Yokel Girl"), Alice Malteur (as "Yokel Girl"), Joan Mann (as "Yokel Girl"), Gloria Martin (as "Yokel Girl"), Mary Joan Martin (as "Yokel Girl"), Dorothy Matthews (as "Yokel Girl"), Maxine Moore (as "Lady of the Ensemble"), F. Richard Moors (as "Minute Man from Lexington"), Eddie Murray (as "Yokel Boy"), Mortimer O'Brien (as "Yokel Boy"), Joseph Peterson (as "Minute Man from Lexington"), Mark Plant (as "Blacksmith"), Frances Rands (as "Yokel Girl"), Ruth Rathbun (as "Marie" / "Yokel Girl"), Jack Richards (as "Another Gateman" / "Yokel Boy"), Tina Rigat (as "Yokel Girl"), Ralph Riggs (as "Cliff Hawkins"), Ben H. Roberts (as "Sheriff"), Renee Russell (as "Yokel Girl"), Louis Salmon (as "Minute Man from Lexington"), Sid Salzer (as "Gateman" / "Yokel Boy"), Almira Sessions (as "Mrs. Hawkins"), Phil Shaw (as "Yokel Boy"), Donald Showalter (as "Minute Man from Lexington"), Phil Silvers (as "Punko Parks"; Broadway debut), Helene Standish (as "Angelina Bouchet" / "Lady of the Ensemble"), Turnley Walker (as "Minute Man from Lexington"), Harold Woodward (as "Minute Man from Lexington"), Natalie Wynn (as "Yokel Girl"). Replacement actors: Irene Austin (as "Yokel Girl"), James Burrell (credited as James L.A. Burrell; as "Spud"; final Broadway role], Peggy Conrad (as "Yokel Girl"), Evelyn Cooper (as "Lady of the Ensemble"), Jessie Fullam (as "Yokel Girl"), Bubbles Gordon (as "Yokel Girl"), Mildred Hamilton (as "Yokel Girl"). Produced by Lew Brown. Note: Filmed as Yokel Boy (1942).
- (8/2/94) Guest on "New York Style"; also appearing was Pamela Hensley.
- (1934) Stage: Appeared in "Ziegfeld Follies of 1934" on Broadway. Musical revue. Music by Vernon Duke, Samuel Pokrass, Billy Hill, H.I. Phillips, Fred Allen, Harry Tugend and Ballard MacDonald. Lyrics by E.Y. Harburg. Musical Director: John McManus. Sketches by: H.I. Philips, 'red Allen and David Freedman. Written by Harry Turgend. Featuring songs with lyrics by Ballard MacDonald, 'Billy Rose', Billy Hill and Edward Heyman. Featuring songs by Joseph Meyer, Richard Myers, Dana Suesse, Peter DeRose, Billy Hill and James F. Hanley. Additional numbers staged by / Lighting Designed by John Murray Anderson. Costume Design by Russell Patterson, Raoul Pene Du Bois, Charles Le Maire, Billy Livingston and Kiviette. Scenic Design by Watson Barrett and Albert R. Johnson. Dialogue Directed by Edward C. Lilley. Directed by Bobby Connolly. Winter Garden Theatre: 4 Jan 1934-9 Jun 1934 (182 performances). Cast: John Adair, Joanna Allen, Virginia Allen, Louene Ambrosius, Peggy Ann, Eve Arden [Broadway debut], Margorie Baglin, Judith Barron, Leon Barte, Mary Bay, Betzi Beaton, Anna Bell, Herman Belmonte, Helen Bennett, Al Bloom, Hazel Boffinger, Mary Bolles, Mildred Borst, Patricia Bowman, Fanny Brice, Mary Ellen Brown, Dorothy Buckley, Joanne Cannon, Joseph Carey, Jean Carson, Jacques Cartier, Jack Coogan, Gloria Cook, Dorothy Daly, Hope Dare, Maxine Darrell, Loretta Dennison, Eva Desca, Vilma Ebsen, Frank Ericson, Lonita Foster, Helene Frederic, Jane Froman, Marjorie Gayle, Gloria Glennon, Julia Gorman, Irene Hamlin, Helen Hannon, Pearl Harris, Eugene Howard, Willie Howard, Brice Hutchins, Vivian Janis, Julie Jenner, Ruth Kane, Gladyse Keating, James Kitson, Evelyn Laurie, Naomi Leaf, Clark Leston, Rose Lipton, Dorothy MacKinnon, Florence Malley, Carlotta Mann, Charlotte Mann, Lillian Mann, Fred Mannat, Everett Marshall, Camilla Masters, Sara Mazo, Pam McAvoy, Frances McHugh, Vicki Michak, Bobbie Miller, Dinty Moore, Victor Morely, Jane Moxon, Evelyn Nichols, Evelyn Nielson, Cherry Preisser, June Preisser, Ina Ray, Ruth Reiter, Susanne Remos, Edith Roark, Thora Roberts, Don Ross, Caroline Ryan, Ruth Saks, Sid Salzer, Marion Santre, Sunya Shurman, Leone Sousa, Edwina Steele, Maria Steele, Marie Stevens, Jean Stuart, Lucile Stuart, Adlynn Swan, Gladine Sweetser, Ethel Thorsen, The Vikings, Oliver Wakefield, Mildred Webb, Gil White, Marguerite White, Betty Worth. Produced by Mrs. Florenz Ziegfeld (Billie Burke.
- (1946) Stage: Appeared (as "Frank") in "Show Boat" on Broadway. Musical Drama (revival). Music by / Co-producer Jerome Kern. Lyrics / book / book directed by / co-produced by Oscar Hammerstein II. Lyrics for "Bill" by P.G. Wodehouse. Music / lyrics for "Goodbye, My Lady Love" by Joseph E. Howard. Music / lyrics for "After the Ball" by Charles Harris. Based on the novel by Edna Ferber. Musical Director: Edwin McArthur. Music orchestrated by Robert Russell Bennett. Choral Director: Pem Davenport. Associate Choral Dir: Will Vodery. Scenic Design by Howard Bay. Costume Design by Lucinda Ballard. Choreographed by Helen Tamiris. Staged by Hassard Short. Ziegfeld Theatre: 5 Jan 1946-4 Jan 1947 (418 performances). Cast: Jerome Addison (as "Singer"), Gilbert Adkins (as "Singer"), Carmine Alexandria (as "Singer"), Robert Allen (as "Steve"), Betty Barker (as "Child"), Ivory Bass (as "Singer"), Talley Beatty (as "Bora" / "Dancer"), Marta Becket (as "English" / "Dancer"), William Bender (as "Singer"), Seldon Bennett (as "Pete"), Janice Bodenhoff (as "French" / "Dancer"), Eleanor Boleyn (as "Indian" / "Dancer"), Thomas Bowman (as "Man with guitar"), Grace Brenton (as "Singer"), Carol Bruce (as "Julie"), Robert Bulger (as "Singer"), Ralph W. Chambers (as "Vallon"), Edward Chappel (as "Singer"), Vivian Cherry (as "Italian" / "Dancer"), Jan Clayton (as "Magnolia" / "Kim"), William Cole (as "Singer"), Clarise Crawford (as "Singer"), Erno Czako (as "Singer"), Jack Daley (as "Jim"), Terry Dawson (as "Dancer"), Billy De Forest (as "Child"), Richard Di Silvera (as "Singer"), Helen Dowdy (as "Queenie"), Andrea Downing (as "Spanish Dancer"), Ralph Dumke (as "Cap'n Andy"), Sara Floyd (as "Landlady"), Howard Frank (as "Backwoodsman"), Charles Fredericks (as "Gaylord Ravenal"), Lydia Fredericks (as "Dolly" / "Singer"), La Verne French (as "Sam" / "Dancer"), Adah Friley (as "Singer"), Dolores Gamble (as "Child"), Roland Gamble (as "Child"), John Garth III (as "Singer"), Betty Jane Geiskopf (as "Dancer"), Thomas Gomez (as "The Show Boat Ensemble"), Hayes Gordon (as "Singer" / "Barker"), Marion Hairston (as "Singer"), George H. Hall (as "Singer"), Katie Hall (as "Singer"), Carol Harriton (as "Dancer"), Edward Hayes(as "Child"), Vickie Henderson (as "Dancer"), Sheila Hogan (as "Sister"), Marion Holaves (as "Singer"), Eddie Howland (as "Dancer"), Jean Jones (as "Singer"), Elmira Jones-Bey (as "Dancer"), Frances Joslyn (as "Singer"), Charlotte Junius (as "Singer"), Paula Kaye (as "Strong Woman/Dancer"), Audrey Keane (as "Greek/Dancer"), Elana Keller (as "Scotch" / "Dancer"), Nancy Kenyon (as "Lottie"), Robert Kimberly (as "Singer"), James Lapsley (as "Singer"), Ora Leak (as "Dancer"), Gerard Leavitt (as "Dancer"), Carol Lewis (as "Child"), Olga Lunick (as "Russian" / "Dancer"), Collette Lyons (credited as Colette Lyons; as "Ellie"; final Broadway role), Alyce Mace (as "Kim, child"), Francis X. Mahoney (as "Rubber Face"), Iris Manley (as "Mother Superior"), Bowling H. Mansfield (as "Singer"), Claude Marchant(as "Mala" / "Dancer"), Assotta Marshall (as "Ethel" / "Singer"), Linda Mason (as "Singer"), Albert McCary (as "Singer"), William McDaniel (as "Singer"), William Miller (as "Dancer"), Scott Moore (as "Windy"), Walter Mosby (as "Singer"), Nick Nadeau (as "Dancer"), Joe Nash (as "Dancer"), Billy O'Connor (as "Child"), Ethel Owen (as "Parthy Ann Hawks"), Pearl Primus (as "Sal" / "Dahomey Queen"), Miriam Quinn (as "Child"), Clarence Redd (as "Singer"; final Broadway role), Jean Reeves (as "Fatima"), Jeanne Reeves (as "Dancer"), Eulabel Riley (as "Singer"), Duncan Scott (as "Jeb"), Paul Shiers (as "Singer" / "Drunk"), Max Showalter (as "Jake"), Stanley Simmons (as "Dancer"), Frederica Slemons (as "Old Lady on the Levee"), William C. Smith (as "Doorman at Trocadero" / "Singer"), William Sol (as "Singer"), Kenneth Spencer (as "Joe"), Eugene Steiner (as "Child"), Sybil Stocking (as "Child"), Agnes Sundgren (as "Singer"), Alma Sutton (as "Ata" / "Dancer"), Charles Tate (as "Jimmy Craig"), Viola Taylor (as "Dancer"), Bettina Thayer (as "Sally" / "Singer"), Yvonne Tibor (as "Dancer"), Rodester Timmons (as "Singer"), Willie Torpey (as "Old Sport"), David Trimble (as "Singer"), Fannie Turner (as "Singer"), William Weber (as "Dancer"), Henry Wessel (as "Dancer"), Ethel Brown White (as "Singer"), Evelyn Wick (as "Singer"), Francisco Xavier (as "Dancer"). Replacement actors: Harry Asmus (as "Dancer"), Herbert Bennettson (as "Child"), Kenneth Demeaux (as "Child"), Gene Ferguson (as "Child"), Joan Jackson (as "Child"), Nancy Kenyon (as "Magnolia"), Michael Lee (as "Child"), Christina Lind (as "Singer"), Marcia Maier (as "Dancer" / "Greek"), Earl Redding (as "Singer"), Frances Schneider (as "Child"), Fred Thomas (as "Singer"), Grace Varick (as "Singer"), William Vaux (as "Dancer"), Evelyn Wick (as "Magnolia"), Tivis Wicker (as "Singer"), Lavinia Williams (as "Dancer"). NOTE: Carole Bruce was the first actress to play (and sing) the role of Julie in a Broadway production of the show after it had been played by the legendary Helen Morgan. Ms. Morgan, who died in 1941, virtually owned the role and had played it in the original 1927 production, the first (1932) revival and Universal's hit 1936 movie Show Boat (1936)_. Ms. Bruce withstood favorable comparisons to Helen Morgan. Film remade by MGM as Show Boat (1951).
- (3/50) Stage: Appeared in "Good Night, Ladies", Long Beach Municipal Auditorium Concert Hall, Long Beach, CA.
- (9/26/49) Stage: Appeared in Ring Lardner's play, "Elmer the Great," at the Ogunquit Playhouse in Ogunquit, ME.
- (8/41) Stage: Appeared in J.C. Nugent's and Elliott Nugent's play, "The Poor Nut," at the Ogunquit Playhouse in Ogunquit, ME.
- (10/9/87-11/29/87) Stage: Appeared n Gore Vidal's play, "The Best Man," at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles, CA. with Mel Ferrer (I), Don Murray (I) and Hope Lange in the cast. José Ferrer (I) was director.
- (Summer 1940) Stage: Appeared in Elliot Nugent's and J.C. Nugent's play, "The Poor Nut," in a Kenley Players production in Deer Lake, PA. John Kenley was artistic director.
- (Summer 1947) Stage: Appeared in James Thurber and Elliot Nugent's play, "The Male Animal," in a Kenley Players production in Deer Lake, PA. John Kenley was artistic director.
- (1960s) TV commercials: Winston cigarettes.
- (Summer 1971) Stage: Appeared in Phoebe and Henry Ephron's play, "Take Her, She's Mine," in a Cherry County Playhouse production under the Dome at the Park Palace Hotel in Traverse City, MI. Ruth Bailey was founder / artistic director.
- (Summer 1972) Stage: Appeared in Thornton Wilder's play, "Our Town," in a Cherry County Playhouse production under the Dome at the Park Palace Hotel in Traverse City, MI, with Marilyn Cunningham in the cast. Ruth Bailey was founder / artistic director.
- (Summer 1986) Stage: Appeared in the play, "The Last Meeting of the Nights of White Magnolia," in a Cherry County Playhouse production under the Dome at the Park Palace Hotel in Traverse City, MI. Pat Paulsen and Neil Rosen were artistic directors.
- Songwriter: "Be Sure You're Right".
- Songwriter: "Angelica".
- Songwriter: "Behave Yourself".
- Songwriter: "Howdy".
- Songwriter: "Handsome Stranger".
- (1972) Book: Polynesian Concept (with George Gunston)
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