America’s Favorite Family: Secrets You Never Knew About The Beverly Hillbillies

Published on November 11, 2021
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Show creator Paul Henning paid $500 to have the show be filmed at a Bel Air mansion. The home was called the Kirkeby Mansion and was built in 1933. The estate was the location that showed the beloved family living in was sold to Jerry Perenchio after the show wrapped.

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Buddy Ebsen, who played Jed Clampett, did not get along with fellow actress Nancy Kulp behind the scenes. He was not a big fan of her political stance, and even volunteered to participate in a radio ad for her opponent in order to try to hurt her chance of winning.

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