Brandon Maggart (b. 1933) is an actor who played Buddy, of the duo Buddy and Jim, in the first season of Sesame Street. Maggart studied opera at the University of Tennessee before moving to New York City. There, in addition to performing in musicals such as Kelly and the revue Leonard Sillman's New Faces of 1968, he also acted in television (with bits in such series as Car 54, Where Are You, The Defenders, and The Naked City).