"The Beverly Hillbillies" (1962) TV series 1962-1971

Creator:

Paul Henning
(more)

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9

Release Date:

26 September 1962 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Family

Plot:

A nouveau riche hillbilly family moves to Beverly Hills and shakes up the privileged society with their hayseed ways.

Plot Keywords:

Hillbilly | Millionaire | Oil | Nephew | Mansion

Awards:

Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 2 wins & 10 nominations

Cast

Buddy Ebsen	...	Jed Clampett (274 episodes, 1962-1971)
Irene Ryan	...	Daisy Moses / ... (274 episodes, 1962-1971)
Donna Douglas	...	Elly May Clampett (274 episodes, 1962-1971)
Max Baer Jr.	...	Jethro Bodine / ... (274 episodes, 1962-1971)
Raymond Bailey	...	Milburn Drysdale (247 episodes, 1962-1971)
Nancy Kulp	...	Jane Hathaway (246 episodes, 1962-1971)

Series Directed by
Joseph Depew		(145 episodes, 1963-1969)
Richard Whorf		(67 episodes, 1962-1964)
Robert M. Leeds		(50 episodes, 1969-1971)
Guy Scarpitta		(8 episodes, 1966-1969)
Ralph Levy		(3 episodes, 1962-1968)

Series Writing credits
Paul Henning		(274 episodes, 1962-1971)
Mark Tuttle		(127 episodes, 1963-1968)
Dick Wesson		(61 episodes, 1963-1971)
Buddy Atkinson		(52 episodes, 1966-1969)
Deborah Haber		(17 episodes, 1967-1968)
Phil Shuken		(12 episodes, 1962-1963)
Ronny Pearlman		(10 episodes, 1965-1967)
Gene Thompson		(4 episodes, 1968)
Eric Freiwald		(3 episodes, 1965-1966)
Robert Schaefer		(3 episodes, 1965-1966)
Jay Sommers		(2 episodes, 1963)
Lou Huston		(2 episodes, 1968-1969)

Series Produced by
Paul Henning	....	producer / executive producer (273 episodes, 1962-1971)
Al Simon	....	executive producer (273 episodes, 1962-1971)
Joseph Depew	....	associate producer (237 episodes, 1963-1971)
Mark Tuttle	....	associate producer / producer (62 episodes, 1962-1968)
Buddy Atkinson	....	producer (26 episodes, 1968-1969)
Martin Ransohoff	....	executive producer (unknown episodes)

Series Original Music by
Curt Massey		(199 episodes, 1964-1971)
Perry Botkin Sr.		(67 episodes, 1962-1964)

Series Cinematography by
Harry L. Wolf		(235 episodes, 1963-1971)
Lester Shorr		(36 episodes, 1962-1963)
Henry Freulich		(2 episodes, 1967)

Series Film Editing by
Robert M. Leeds		(116 episodes, 1964-1969)
Ralph Schoenfeld		(54 episodes, 1964-1971)
Dann Cahn		(28 episodes, 1963-1964)
Stanley Frazen		(17 episodes, 1962-1963)
Jerry Young		(17 episodes, 1962-1963)
Richard Greer		(11 episodes, 1967-1969)
George R. Rohrs		(9 episodes, 1964-1965)
Lynn Harrison		(9 episodes, 1965-1967)
Douglas Hines		(7 episodes, 1962-1964)
Michael Brown		(2 episodes, 1968)

Series Casting by
Bill Tinsman		(198 episodes, 1964-1971)
Kerwin Coughlin		(72 episodes, 1962-1964)
Edward F. Rhine		(20 episodes, 1967-1968)

Series Art Direction by
Walter McKeegan		(201 episodes, 1964-1971)
Howard Campbell		(71 episodes, 1962-1964)

Series Set Decoration by
Armor E. Goetten		(179 episodes, 1962-1968)
Dorcy Howard		(84 episodes, 1964-1971)
Steven Potter		(8 episodes, 1965)

Series Makeup Department
Frances Sperry	....	hair stylist (270 episodes, 1962-1971)
Roy Stork	....	makeup artist (133 episodes, 1966-1971)
John Sylvester	....	makeup artist (105 episodes, 1962-1965)
Ernie Young	....	makeup artist (33 episodes, 1962-1966)

Series Production Management
George King	....	production supervisor (222 episodes, 1963-1970)
Robert Freedman	....	post-production supervisor (83 episodes, 1967-1971)
Bill Tinsman	....	production manager (36 episodes, 1962-1963)
Russ Tinsley	....	post-production supervisor (13 episodes, 1968-1971)
Foster H. Phinney	....	unit production manager (9 episodes, 1971)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Foster H. Phinney	....	assistant director (123 episodes, 1966-1971)
Thomas F. Kelly	....	assistant director (84 episodes, 1963-1967)
Frank Mayer	....	assistant director (35 episodes, 1962-1963)
Joseph Depew	....	assistant director (32 episodes, 1963-1964)
Lynn Guthrie	....	second assistant director (unknown episodes)

Series Art Department
Joe Montenaro	....	property master (236 episodes, 1963-1971)
Charles Chicetti	....	property master (29 episodes, 1962-1963)
Vinnie Vecchio	....	property master (7 episodes, 1962-1963)

Series Sound Department
C.J. 'Mickey' Emerson	....	sound recordist / sound mixer (242 episodes, 1963-1971)
Bernard F. Pincus	....	sound editor (232 episodes, 1963-1971)
Hugh McDowell Jr.	....	sound mixer (134 episodes, 1963-1966)
Lodge Cunningham	....	sound mixer / sound recordist (95 episodes, 1966-1970)
George J. Eppich	....	sound editor (33 episodes, 1962-1963)
Karl Zint	....	sound mixer (16 episodes, 1962-1963)
Robert Pettis	....	sound mixer (3 episodes, 1970)

Series Special Effects by
Robert Cole	....	special effects (167 episodes, 1965-1971)
Larry Chapman	....	special effects (87 episodes, 1963-1965)

Series Stunts
Jerry Brutsche	....	stunt double: Irene Ryan / stunt double (20 episodes, 1963-1970)
Jesse Wayne	....	stunt double: Irene Ryan (2 episodes, 1965-1967)
Dick Durock	....	stunt double: Max Baer Jr (unknown episodes, 1967-1971)
Charles Bail	....	stunt double: Max Baer, Jr. (unknown episodes)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Arvard Wooden	....	key grip (234 episodes, 1963-1971)
Gary R. Wostak	....	chief electrician (210 episodes, 1963-1970)
James Lloyd	....	key grip (37 episodes, 1962-1963)
James V. King	....	camera operator (36 episodes, 1962-1963)
George Marquenie	....	chief electrician / electrician (36 episodes, 1962-1963)
Al Ledbetter	....	chief electrician (24 episodes, 1970-1971)

Series Costume and Wardrobe Department
Opal Vils	....	costumer / costumes (266 episodes, 1962-1971)
William Platt	....	costumer (144 episodes, 1964-1969)
John S. Perry	....	costumer / costumes (49 episodes, 1969-1971)
Roz Lytle	....	costumer (3 episodes, 1962)
Richard Selzer	....	fashion costumes (3 episodes, 1964)

Series Editorial Department
Robert Freedman	....	editorial coordinator / post-production coordinator (174 episodes, 1962-1969)

Series Music Department
Dave Kahn	....	music coordinator (272 episodes, 1962-1971)
Paul Henning	....	composer: theme music / composer: theme song (268 episodes, 1962-1971)
Lester Flatt	....	musician: theme / musician: theme song / ... (267 episodes, 1962-1971)
Earl Scruggs	....	musician: theme / musician: theme song / ... (266 episodes, 1962-1971)
Jerry Scoggins	....	singer: theme tune / singer: theme song (261 episodes, 1962-1971)
Tommy Morgan	....	musician: harmonica (242 episodes, 1962-1971)
Bob Bain	....	musician: guitar (35 episodes, 1962-1963)

Series Transportation Department
Chris Haynes	....	driver (3 episodes, 1969)

Series Other crew
Ulla Bourne	....	script supervisor (247 episodes, 1963-1971)
Frank Inn	....	animals furnished by (228 episodes, 1963-1971)
Dick Wesson	....	script consultant (49 episodes, 1969-1971)
Mai Santacroce	....	script supervisor (18 episodes, 1962-1963)
George Barris	....	car designer / production assistant (4 episodes, 1962-1968)
Grace Dubray	....	script supervisor (4 episodes, 1963)
Ted Langwell	....	production coordinator (4 episodes, 1970-1971)

Production Companies

• Filmways Television
• McCadden Productions

Distributors

• CBS/Fox (1994) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (1998) (USA) (VHS)
• Delta Expedition (2000) (USA) (DVD) (Christmas episodes)
• Diamond Entertainment Group (DEG) (2000) (USA) (DVD)
• Laserlight Entertainment (2000) (USA) (DVD)
• Navarre Entertainment (2002) (USA) (DVD)
• Reel Media International (2004) (worldwide) (VHS)
• Alpha Video Distributors (2007) (USA) (DVD)
• Reel Media International (2007) (worldwide) (all media)
• Alpha Video Distributors (2008) (USA) (DVD) (season 4)
• Americana Entertainment
• BCI Eclipse (2002) (USA) (DVD) (vols. 1-2)
• BCI Eclipse (2002) (USA) (DVD) (vols. 3-4)
• CBS Television Network (1962-1971) (USA) (TV)
• Direct Source (2006) (USA) (DVD)
• Leisure Entertainment (2002) (USA) (DVD)
• MPI Home Video (2005) (USA) (DVD) (vol. 1)
• MPI Home Video (2006) (USA) (DVD) (Vol. 2)
• Madacy Entertainment (2000) (USA) (DVD)
• Madacy Entertainment (2004) (USA) (DVD)
• Nippon Television Network Corporation (NTV) (1962) (Japan) (TV)
• Paramount Television (????) (USA) (TV) (syndication)
• Passport Video (2005) (USA) (DVD) (complete series)
• Umbrella Entertainment (2010) (Australia) (DVD)

Other Companies

• American Gas Association  kitchen
• Chrysler Corporation  automobiles
• General Service Studios  filming location
• I-XL Furniture Company  kitchen
• Kellogg's  original sponsor
• R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company  original sponsor (Winston cigarettes)
• Todd-AO Studios  sound recording

Also Known As:

"Mornin' Beverly Hillbillies" - USA (daytime version title)

Runtime:

30 min (274 episodes) | Argentina:30 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White (1962-1965) | Color (1965-1971)

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Certification:

Argentina:Atp | Australia:G | USA:TV-G

Filming Locations:

750 Bel Air Road, Bel Air, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Filmways Television

Trivia:

Series creator Paul Henning got the idea for the show while on a trip through the South in 1959, visiting Civil War sites with his mother-in-law. He wondered what it would be like to take someone from the rural South in the Civil War era and put them down in the middle of a modern, sophisticated community. Originally it was to have been set in New York, but because of cost considerations the setting was changed to Beverly Hills.

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: The ending credits of the "pygmillion" episode, shows a man's right arm (with short sleeved shirt) as he is walking on the driveway toward the camera, and then it/he is jerked out of the picture as he gets close to the camera.

Quotes:

Jane Hathaway:When the other little kids played hide and seek, Little Milby started his first business.
Milburn Drysdale:Every kid had a lemonade stand.
Jane Hathaway:He opened a pawn shop!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Mystery Science Theater 3000: It Lives by Night (#11.10)" (1999)

Soundtrack:

The Ballad of Jed Clampett

funniest sitcom of the 60's

The Hillbillies was the funniest show of the 60's. In fact, I'm in my 20's and I prefer the classics to the sitcom wasteland of today. I catch them atleast twice a day on TV Land and they always make me laugh hard. The best episodes were the ones where somebody (or some critter) drank Granny's moonshine by accident. Then the fun would really begin. I didn't see anyone mention Harriet MacGibbon as Mrs. Drysdale and that's a shame because she was hilarious, always getting into fights with Granny and fainting. The comedy team of Raymond Bailey and Nancy Kulp had some of the best chemistry in TV history. Their reactions as they played off each other (and off the Clampetts) were side-splitting. Drysdale and Hathaway were a major factor in the show's success. I agree with someone else who commented that Irene Ryan should be up there in the same class with Lucille Ball. It's tragic that her name is all but forgotten today. But Granny lives on in the hearts of her fans.