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'Spamalot' Actor, Wife Seek $6.2 Million For L.A. Residence

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By RUTH RYON, Los Angeles Times

Published: October 6, 2007

LOS ANGELES - Actor John O'Hurley may soon be dancing with the stars in another ZIP code.

O'Hurley, who was a finalist during the first season of the TV show ('Dancing With the Stars' is in its fifth season), and his wife, Lisa, have put their Beverly Hills area home on the market at $6.2 million.

They purchased the gated, Mediterranean-style villa in late 2004 for slightly more than $3 million.

The house, built in 1923, has five bedrooms and nine bathrooms. The rooms have silk wallcoverings and hardwood floors. The property features a guesthouse, a wine cellar, a pool and a six-car courtyard.

The actor, 52, played catalog king J. Peterman on 'Seinfeld,' King Arthur in a Las Vegas production of Monty Python's 'Spamalot' and has jousted with contestants as host of 'Family Feud.'

With much of his work now out of the city, O'Hurley hasn't been using his Los Angeles residence much. So why not sell?

'King' Leaving His Castle

There are a lot of kings in Hollywood. Among them is James Burrows, 'the undisputed king of contemporary TV comedy,' as one of his monikers goes.

He co-created, produced and directed nearly every episode of the NBC show 'Cheers,' was a director and producer of 'Will & Grace' and directed episodes of 'Friends' and 'Frasier.'

A few weeks ago, he quietly sold his Bel-Air home. The asking price was nearly $12.9 million. The new owner is a shopping center developer.

The traditional estate, built in 1939, belonged to actor Richard Gere and actress-model Cindy Crawford when they were a couple. Burrows lived in the house for several years while refurbishing another home, to which he has relocated.

That house is on more than an acre bordering the golf course at Bel-Air and has six bedrooms and seven bathrooms on three levels. The home also has a gym, media room, library and veranda.

Ebsen Home For Sale

The Buddy Ebsen Estate sounds too highfalutin' to have anything to do with 'The Beverly Hillbillies,' but the actor who played Jed Clampett in the '60s series lived in this South Bay home for seven years until he died at age 95 in 2003.

Now Ebsen's former Palos Verdes Estates residence, built in 1981, is on the market at a tad less than $4 million.

The house, in Malaga Cove, is a French Normandy with four bedrooms and 3 1/2 bathrooms in 4,400 square feet. The home has three fireplaces, a rotunda, a three-car garage and a motor court. It also has views of the ocean, golf course and city.

The actor, who starred in a '70s series as Detective Barnaby Jones, bought his home above the fairways of the Palos Verdes Country Club in 1986.

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