Question: What star of TV’s The Beverly Hillbillies learned to sing and dance while his parents ran the Mayfield Hotel in Daytona Beach?
Answer: Buddy Ebsen
Christian Ludolf “Buddy” Ebsen Jr. was born in Belleville, Illinois, in 1908. His mother’s health prompted the family to move to Florida when Buddy was 12. They spent a year in Palm Beach, then moved to Orlando, where his father became Orlando’s first professional dance teacher. Buddy learned to dance and sing, and even took up the saxophone while his parents ran the Mayfield Hotel in Daytona Beach for a season in the late 1920s.
