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Jed Clampett
Extracted from the Wikipedia article The Beverly Hillbillies.
Jed Clampett
Good-natured patriarch Jed Clampett (portrayed by Buddy Ebsen) has little formal education and is naive about the world outside the rural area where he lived, but he has a great deal of wisdom and common sense. His forebears are revealed in Season 1, Episode 25 to have come to the United States before the Mayflower arrived. However, he later hides the fact in order to avoid publicity and possible obligations.