布罗德里克·克劳福于1911年12月9日出生在美国费城，母亲是著名的百老汇戏剧和好莱坞影片的喜剧女演员海伦·布罗德里克。在母亲的影响下，他从小就开始参加歌舞杂耍剧和广播剧的演出， 并于1932年首次在纽约登台演戏。1935年在百老汇演出。1937年第一次登上银幕，二十二年后才在影片...
Buddy Ebsen began his career as a dancer in the late 1920s in a Broadway chorus. He later formed a vaudeville act with his sister Vilma Ebsen, which also appeared on Broadway. In 1935 he and his sister went to Hollywood, where they were signed for the first of MGM's Eleanor Powell movies, Broadway Melody of 1936 (1935). While Vilma retired from stage and screen shortly after this, Buddy starred in two further MGM movies with Powell. Two of his dancing partners were Frances Langford in Born to Dance (1936) and Judy Garland in Broadway Melody of 1938 (1937).
可能人们更多认识他是从他出现在电影闪灵里的男配角。他还曾在影片飞越疯人院里饰演夜间看守，再度与杰克尼尔克森演对手戏。
