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