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Jun 20, 2023 · From 1962 to 1971, America loved the Clampetts on 'The Beverly Hillbillies,' and this is what happened to the cast before and after the show.
- Ed Gross
Feb 20, 2024 · Find out what the cast of the hilarious series 'The Beverly Hillbillies' was up to after the series ended. Catch up with your favorites!
- ‘The Beverly Hillbillies’: A Story About A Man Named Jed
- Max Baer Jr. Is The One ‘Beverly Hillbillies’ Cast Member Still Alive
- Kindly Droppin’ in on Jed and All His Kin
In 1962, the first episode of The Beverly Hillbillies introduced America to Jed, Granny, and Elly May Clampett, along with their cousin Pearl and her grown son, Jethro Bodine. After the Clampetts strike it rich, Bodine drives them to California, where they meet banker Milburn Drysdale and his unpretentious secretary, Miss Jane Hathaway. Each Beverl...
Now 85, Max Baer Jr. didn’t let being typecast as the beefy dimwit Jethro Bodine ruin his Hollywood career. After The Beverly Hillbillies, he wrote and starred in Macon County Line and The Wild McCullochs. Another film project, Ode to Billy Joe, grossed exponentially more than it cost to make, providing Baer the wherewithal to purchase the licensin...
Granny was the next to go after Pearl
Irene Noblette made her showbiz debut in San Francisco at age 11. At 20, she wed her vaudeville co-star. The marriage didn’t last, but she kept his surname. Before playing the moonshine-making Daisy “Granny” Clampett, Ryan made movies, including Bonzo Goes to College and The WAC From Walla Walla. Dearly Departed Podcastreveals that despite her wizened countenance, Ryan was a mere five years older than Ebsen, who played her son. After Beverly Hillbillies ended, Ryan hoofed her way to Broadway...
The third time’s the charm for Mr. Drysdale
The man who would be Milburn wore many hats before landing the part of the Clampetts’ banker. Born on May 6, 1904, Raymond Bailey headed to Hollywood as soon as he graduated from high school but gave up and became a stockbroker instead. Sometime later, Bailey made another failed stab at movie success and went to work on a Hawaiian pineapple plantation. Bailey’s third attempt at fame involved auditioning for Mr. Drysdale. He appeared in 248 episodes of The Beverly Hillbillies and died of a hea...
Buddy Ebsen was famous before and after ‘The Beverly Hillbillies’
Born on Apr. 2, 1908, Christian Ludolf Ebsen Jr. (aka Frank “Buddy” Ebsen) was 10 when his dad moved the family from Illinois to Florida and opened a dance academy. Ebsen and his sister created a dance routine and moved to New York, where the duo appeared in Ziegfeld Follies of 1934before taking their act to Hollywood. After The Beverly Hillbillies, Ebsen’s TV trajectory continued on series such as Hawaii Five-O, Bonanza, Alias Smith and Jones, and the made-for-TV Smash-Up on Interstate 5. Eb...
Mar 14, 2023 · Max Baer Jr., who played Jethro on The Beverly Hillbillies is 85 years old and became the last living member of the cast following the death of Donna Douglas, who played Elly May, in 2015 at age 82. Jethro is the cousin of lead character Jed Clampett ( Buddy Ebsen) on the show.
- Lia Beck
- Freelance Writer
Jul 29, 2024 · Given that it's been over 50 years since "The Beverly Hillbillies" was canceled, there is only one actor from the main cast who is still alive to this day.
- Melissa Lemieux
Jul 20, 2018 · But what happened to the cast members? Max Baer Jr. – Jethro Bodine. Max is the only surviving member of the original cast and has had his fair share of ups and downs since being on the...
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Aug 20, 2020 · One of the biggest classic TV comedy hits of the 1960s was The Beverly Hillbillies and its fish out of the cement pond story of the Clampetts — Jed (Buddy Ebsen), Granny (Irene Ryan),...
