Filming on location brought The Beverly Hillbillies cast to some wild places—including a water park! In this behind-the-scenes shot, Granny (Irene Ryan), Jethro (Max Baer Jr.) and Elly May ...

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"The Beverly Hillbillies" cast in 1963, from left to right: Max Baer Jr. (as Jethro Bodine); Irene Ryan (as Granny, Daisy Moses); Buddy Ebsen (as Jed Clampett); and Donna Douglas (as Elly May ...

Side-by-side: (left) Roku Channel logo and (right) Irene Ryan as Granny Moses, Max Baer Jr. as Jethro Bodine, Donna Douglas as Elly May Clampett and Buddy Ebsen as Jed Clampett in 'The Beverly ...

Irene Ryan, left, as Daisy May ‘Granny’ Moses, with the woman she beat out for the role, Bea Benaderet, playing ‘Cousin’ Pearl Bodine, in ‘The Beverly Hillbillies’ (1962-71).

When the “Beverly Hillbillies” filmed a few episodes at Silver Dollar City, June was the stand-in for Elly May. It’s because June and actress Donna Douglas looked similar.

Actor Buddy Ebsen, who died at age 95 in 2003, found fame by starring in two of the most popular classic television shows in history: The Beverly Hillbillies (CBS, 1962 to 1971) and Barnaby Jones.

The show’s premise uses a simple plot to hold true to the show’s first episodes establishing how the family came to wealth and a new life in Beverly Hills. Secondary plots include Elly May’s ...