Jd Clampett
The show had an ensemble cast featuring buddy ebsen irene ryan donna douglas and max baer jr.
Jd clampett. The ballad of jed clampett lyrics. The beverly hillbillies is an american sitcom situation comedy television series originally broadcast on cbs from 1962 to 1971. Although he had received little formal education jed clampett has a good deal of common sense. Jed s wife elly may s mother died but is referred to in the episode duke steals a wife as rose.
Afterwards he starred as the title character in the television detective drama barnaby jones 1973 1980. In the film edit. In the 1993 adaptation film jedediah jed clampett is portrayed by jim varney the head of the family with his mother in law daisy may moses aka granny nephew jethro bodine and only daughter elly may. As the clampetts a poor backwoods family from the ozarks region who move to posh beverly hills california after striking oil on their land.
Elly nature made you a girl and here lately she s been gettin more and more positive about it. The single phono album. Also known as frank buddy ebsen was an american actor and dancer whose career spanned seven decades his most famous role was as jed clampett in the cbs television sitcom the beverly hillbillies 1962 1971. Here s the original theme song for the beverly hillbillies.
With buddy ebsen donna douglas irene ryan max baer jr. The ballad of jed clampett was the theme song for the television series the beverly hillbillies and the later movie of that name providing the introductory story for the series. In the beginning jed lives with his daughter elly may and mother in law daisy may moses often referred to as granny in a backwoods cabin in arkansas. Although he has little formal education and is completely naive about the world outside the area where he lives jed clampett portrayed by buddy ebsen has a good deal of common sense.
A nouveau riche hillbilly family moves to beverly hills and shakes up the privileged society with their hayseed ways. Come and listen to a story bout a man named jed poor mountaineer barely kept his family fed then one day he was shootin at some food and up through the. And if we hadn t been who we was we d have still been much obliged for you to have done what you done. We learned in the 11th episode that he is the widower of granny s daughter rose ellen even though buddy ebsen is only 6 years younger.
He is a good natured man and a widower. Buddy ebsen born christian ludolf ebsen jr april 2 1908 july 6 2003. Jed clampett. I reckon you done what you done because you didn t know we was who we was.