He waltzed right in; he bows out

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 now in its fifth season), and his wife, Lisa, 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 wall coverings and hardwood floors. There is 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 L.A. residence much. So why not sell?

Former ‘Cheers’

VIP says cheerio

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 close to $12.9 million. The new owner is a shopping center developer.

The traditional estate, built in 1939, once 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.

Where Uncle Jed made his home

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 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. He purchased the home directly from the former owner, said listing agent Paul Christy at Re/Max Palos Verdes, Silver Spur.

A Hollywood past in Beverly Hills

Flashback time: Remember when Lucille Ball lived across the street from Jimmy Stewart and Rosemary Clooney in Beverly Hills?

Diane Keaton redid a 1926 Wallace Neff-designed house on the same street and then in 2000 sold the compound to Madonna, who put finishing touches worth $2 million into the home before selling it in 2004 for just under $10 million.

The home -- with eight bedrooms and nine bathrooms plus two guesthouses, a pool and formal gardens -- is back on the market, this time at a listing price of $17.5 million.

Drew Fenton at Hilton & Hyland, Beverly Hills, has the listing.

Costume designer

makes a change

Greg LaVoi, who has been a costume designer on TNT’s “The Closer,” starring Kyra Sedgwick, has purchased what he is calling “a hiatus getaway” for less than its $479,000 asking price.

No, we’re not talking about Los Angeles prices here.

The two-bedroom retreat is in Santa Fe, N.M. It’s a casita behind adobe walls on the historic northern side of Santa Fe and is within walking distance of the Santa Fe Plaza.

“It’s a darling little place with a kiva fireplace, antique carved beams and city and mountain views,” LaVoi said.

Bill Schwent of Re/Max One in Santa Fe represented LaVoi, who is also author of the kitschy coffee-table book “Barbie Loves L.A.”

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ruth.ryon@latimes.com

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