The Los Angeles, California property is quite a piece of history. Sumner Spaulding, an architect, built the home in 1933. According to Fortune, the original owners gave the home the name of "
The Beverly Hillbillies was filmed at Kirkeby mansion in Bel Air. Mr. and Mrs. Kirkeby rented their beautiful home to the series for $500 a day.
The Kirkeby Mansion is still currently standing at 750 Bel Air Road in Bel-Air in almost the exact same condition (the exterior anyway) it was in the 1960s when The Beverly Hillbillies was filmed. It is, sadly, no longer visible from the street.
Chartwell features in “The Beverly Hillbillies,” which ran from 1962 to 1971, as the house inhabited by the hilariously unsophisticated Clampett family, who move to LA after striking it rich. The 18-bedroom home appeared in the credits for the hit US sitcom, The Beverly Hillbillies.
It took more than two years, but Jed Clampett's house finally has a new owner. The house that was featured as the setting for The Beverly Hillbillies has sold for roughly $150 million, making it the most expensive home sale in California history.
The estate, known as Chartwell, has a storied history. Its exterior was used in the credits of "The Beverly Hillbillies" TV series. It was built in the 1930s and later owned by Chicago hotelier Arnold Kirkeby.
Critter-loving Elly May was still in California with her animals, but Jed was back home in the Hills, having lost his fortune, stolen by the now-imprisoned banker Drysdale.
The buyer is Lachlan Murdoch, son of Rupert Murdoch and co-chairman of publishing company News Corp., The Times has confirmed.
Lachlan Murdoch just bought himself a heapin' helpin' of a Bel-Air mansion and estate: The Wall St. Journal reports that the co-chairman of News Corp has paid about $150 million for the estate called Chartwell – better known as home to the Clampetts on The Beverly Hillbillies.
As encapsulated in the show's title sequence and explained in the lyrics of its familiar theme song, the events of The Beverly Hillbillies were set in motion when Jed Clampett (played by Buddy Ebsen), an uneducated Ozark mountaineer, struck it rich by discovering oil (“black gold”) beneath his land while hunting and ...
When the show ended in 1971, the Clampetts' wealth had grown exponentially. The family was reportedly worth $100 million when the screen went black. $25 million in 1962 is equal to over $200 million in today's money. The $100 million the family closed the series with...
According to the first season of the show, Jed Clampett's fortune was $25,000,000, which, adjusted for inflation, is about $200,000,000 today.
CNN reported that the Beverly Hillbillies mansion featured 18 bedrooms and 25 bathrooms. There was a ballroom.
Now, that dream is gone. Lachlan Murdoch, son of Rupert Murdoch, purchased the mansion for around $150 million in December of 2019. Originally, the Clampett mansion had a $350 million price tag, making it the highest priced piece of real estate in the nation. The price of the mansion was later slashed to $245 million.
While the show does not depict a specific Southern place, it does depict the Clampett family and their home in the Ozark mountains. The Clampett's home in the Ozarks was a shotgun shack located in a rural landscape. The Clampett family had lived off the land, hunting, fishing, and gathering their resources.
The seven-time Emmy-nominated series was a huge hit and made stars of Buddy Ebsen (who played Jed Clampett), Donna Douglas (Elly May Clampett), Irene Ryan (Granny), and Max Baer Jr. (Jethro). Today, Baer is the only cast member still alive.
See the 'Beverly Hillbillies' car that sold for $275K and other top sellers from Barrett-Jackson on Jan. 13. A custom truck made for the "Beverly Hillbillies" film was among the top sellers Jan. 13 at the Barrett-Jackson auto auction in Scottsdale.
Well, according to the article that $25 million in 1962 would be worth $215 million today. By the time the show came to an end nine years later, the Clampett fortune was said to be $100 million. If you adjust that figure for inflation, the Clampetts would be worth $850 million if the show was airing today.
Jed Clampett's catchy phrases! “green enough to stick in the ground and grow.” “such a liar that he used to have to get somebody else to call his dog for him.” “happy as a gopher in soft dirt.”
1 show in its first two years. It aired from September 1962 until its cancellation in March 1971. The blond, shapely Douglas, a native of Pride, La., who was named Miss New Orleans in a 1957 beauty contest, started out making $500 a week on the show. That rose to $3,000 in the ninth and final season of the series.
Clampett intends to move all of his money to Mr. Drucker's bank, drives to Hooterville to stop him. The Clampetts return to Hooterville to celebrate Christmas.
Irene Ryan, "Granny", Beverly Hillbillies, grave or crypt, Woodlawn Memorial Cemetery, Santa Monica, California, photo.
Drysdale tells the swindler that he's no longer an out-of-work actor. The banker puts him to work washing windows, replacing Elly's chimp. End of series. Some of the cast would return for a 1981 made-for-TV movie on CBS, Return of the Beverly Hillbillies.
Called the Chartwell estate, the 10-acre property centers on a 25,000-square-foot, French neoclassical main residence. Chartwell was built in 1933 and designed by Sumner Spaulding, the architect who also designed the Catalina Casino.