Editing Buddy Ebsen (section)

==Personal life==
[[File:Polynesian Concepts yacht designed and built by Buddy Ebsen photo D Ramey Logan.jpg|thumb|''[[Polynesian Concept]]'', a catamaran designed and built by Buddy Ebsen]]
In 1936, Ebsen married Ruth Cambridge. They had two daughters. The marriage ended in divorce.<ref name=guardian/><ref name=ny/>

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 in 1985.<ref name=guardian/><ref name=ny/> Ebsen's daughters Kiki, Kathy, and Bonnie are all accomplished horsewomen.<ref>{{cite web |date=19 October 2015 |title=Three Ebsen Sisters + Horses = A Legacy for the Ages |url=https://equineinfoexchange.com/index.php/recreation-lifestyle/385-three-ebsen-sisters-horses-a-legacy-for-the-ages |work=Equine Info Exchange |access-date=February 5, 2020 |archive-date=November 28, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221128144911/https://equineinfoexchange.com/index.php/recreation-lifestyle/385-three-ebsen-sisters-horses-a-legacy-for-the-ages |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In 1985, Ebsen married his third wife, Dorothy "Dotti" Knott, 40 years his junior. They had no children.<ref name=guardian/><ref name=ny/><ref name=people/>

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 [[Stella (United States coin)|four-dollar gold piece]] worth $200,000. The coin collection 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.<ref name=guardian/><ref name=people/> 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).<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_c_0_8/179-1954310-3996703?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=buddy+ebsen&sprefix=buddy+Eb%2Cstripbooks%2C434 |title=Amazon; Buddy Ebsen |work=[[Amazon.com|Amazon]] |access-date=July 6, 2017}}</ref>

Ebsen supported [[Barry Goldwater]] in the [[1964 United States presidential election]].<ref>{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QfHXAAAAQBAJ&q=Buddy%20Ebsen | title=When Hollywood Was Right: How Movie Stars, Studio Moguls, and Big Business Remade American Politics| isbn=9781107650282| last1=Critchlow| first1=Donald T.| date=2013-10-21| publisher=Cambridge University Press}}</ref>