On the studio lot, the cast of The Beverly Hillbillies prepares to film another scene in the Clampett family’s truck. Buddy Ebsen (Jed), Max Baer Jr. (Jethro) and Donna Douglas (Elly May) are ...

Jed Clampett and his colorful relatives quickly became iconic TV characters and are still loved by fans more than 60 years after the show ... Baer played Jethro Bodine in The Beverly Hillbillies.

Rounding out the group is Jed's nephew, the imaginative Jethro Bodine (Max Baer Jr.), a wannabe ladies' man constantly on the move. Frequently running afoul of the Clampett's country ways is Mr ...

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 ...

Max Baer, Jr. portrayed Jethro, whose Uncle Jed Clampett (played by Buddy Ebsen) struck gold (“Texas tea”), and was fortunate enough to have “loaded up the truck and moved to Beverly . . .

Stemberg returned to read Jethro, as did much of the other cast names including Harms as Jed and Clark as Granny, as well as Norm Boucher as banker Mr. Drysdale and Tina Gluschenko as Miss Jane ...

Week after week, millions tuned in to see Jed (Buddy Ebsen), Granny , Elly May (Donna Douglas) and Jethro (Max Baer, Jr.) navigate the absurdities of high society from their Beverly Hills mansion ...