The Beverly Hillbillies

The Beverly Hillbillies was an instant
success. It was the number one show for the 1962 and
1963 season. It was shown on CBS from September 1962
till September 1971. The situation comedy produced 274
thirty minute episodes.
The story line behind The Beverly
Hillbillies was that Jed Clampett (Buddy Ebsen) and his dog
Duke were hunting and Jed shot at some game and produced a
gusher of oil on his property. Results instant millionaire. He
was paid 25 million dollars which grew over a short period of
time to 95 million dollars. He convinced by his cousin
Pearl to move his family to California. So Jed and
his family and nephew, Jethro, son of Pearl, moved to
Beverly Hills, California, the land of swimming pools and movie
stars. They drove their old jalopy flatbed truck with all
their belongings on it. They moved in next door to the banker
Milburn Drysdale. Mr. Drysdale takes the Clampetts under his
wing to help them adjust from a backwoods environment
to that of a millionaire living in Beverly Hills.
The adjustments are hilarious and what Mr.
Drysdale's does each week to keep the million in his bank
,including enrolling Jethro in elementary school, allowing
Granny to open a medical practice and finding Elly Mae a
beau just had to the calamity.
CAST:
Jed Clampett: Buddy Ebsen
Granny Daisy Moses: Irene Ryan
Elly May Clampett: Donna Douglas
Jethro Bodine: Max Baer Jr.
Milburn Drysdale: Raymond Bailey
Miss Jane Hathaway: Nancy Kulp
Mrs. Margaret Drysdale: Harriet E.
MacGibbon
Cousin Pearl Bodine: Bea Benaderet
Elverna Bradshaw: Elvia Allman
Photographer Harry Barth: John Alvin
Himself: Bill Baldwin Sr.
Joy Devine: Diana Bartlett
Gloria Buckles: Bettina Brenna
Joseph P. 'Uncle Joe' Carson: Edgar Buchanan
Sam Drucker: Frank Cady
John Faversham: Richard Caldicot
Doctor Roy Clyburn: Fred Clark
Dr. Klingner: Richard Deacon
Chauffeur Parkins: Barney Elmore
Shorty Kellems: Shug Fisher
Himself: Lester Flatt
Himself: Earl Scruggs
Flo Shafer: Kathleen Freeman
Lawrence Chapman: Milton Frome
Jasper DePew: Phil Gordon
Ravenswood the Butler: Arthur
Gould-Porter
Shad: Lloyd 'Shad' Heller
Homer Cratchit: Percy Helton
Studio Guard: Ray Kellogg
Gladys Flatt: Joi Lansing
Susan Graham: Mady Maguire
Helen Thompson: Danielle Mardi
Miss Jeanne Leeds: Judith McConnell General
Grant: William Mims
Humphrey The Chauffeur: Burt Mustin
Sonny Drysdale: Louis Nye
Dash Riprock: Larry Pennell
Sheldon Epps: Alan Reed Jr.
John Cushing: Roy Roberts
Edythe Brewster: Lisa Seagram
Shifty Shafer, aka 'Honest John': Phil
Silvers
Marie the Maid: Sirry Steffen
Janet Trego: Sharon Tate
Matthew Templeton: Roger Torrey
Louise Scruggs: Midge Ware
Lafe Crick: Peter Whitney
John Brewster: Frank Wilcox
Homer Winch: Paul Winchell |



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