Buddy Ebsen is well known for his role on "The Beverly Hillbillies," but the actor almost had an even more iconic role: a ...

Buddy Ebsen was originally cast as the Tin Man in The Wizard of Oz, but repeated exposure to aluminum powder makeup left him struggling to breathe and sent him to the hospital. His daughter later ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "The internet wants to make such a scandal of this," Fricke says. "'They tried to kill the Tin Man. They tried to kill the Witch.

Actor Buddy Ebsen, who died at age 95 in 2003, found fame by starring in two of the most popular classic television shows in history: he was one of TV's most senior, slyest, health-conscious ...

Most Amazing Fact About The Wizard of Oz?

For decades, the story of Buddy Ebsen, the original choice to play the Tin Man in the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz, has lived in a strange space between fact and folklore. Online retellings often frame ...