Buddy — Banjo on My Knee Character Profile

About Buddy

Ernie's cousin who travels to New Orleans to deliver a letter from Ernie to Pearl, serving as a plot catalyst for her decision to wait for Ernie.

Character Facts

Played by

Buddy Ebsen

Appears in

Banjo on My Knee (1936)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (3)

• Buddy — Unknown Indirect Connection — Warfield Scott (Walter Catlett)

  Coincidental presence in the same location without direct interaction.

• Buddy — Social Peer — Chick Bean (Tony Martin)

  Fellow community members navigating the same urban environment.

• Buddy — Social Community Associate — Mr. Slade (Victor Kilian)

  Neighbors sharing the same hometown and witnessing the central conflicts.

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More characters from Banjo on My Knee

• Pearl Elliott Holley (Barbara Stanwyck)
• Ernie Holley (Joel McCrea)
• Newt Holley (Walter Brennan)
• Warfield Scott (Walter Catlett)
• Grandma (Helen Westley)
• Mr. Slade (Victor Kilian)
• Ruby (Minna Gombell)
• Judge Tope (Spencer Charters)
• Leota Long (Katherine DeMille)
• Chick Bean (Tony Martin)
• Jules (George Humbert)
• Hattie (Cecil Weston)