The Beverly Hillbillies
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Penelope Spheeris
Branden Morgan
Eddie De Harp
Robert Easton
Patrick Cranshaw
Gary Carlos Cervantes
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Feature-length version of the hit TV sitcom "The Beverly Hillbillies" (1962-71).
Director
Penelope Spheeris
Cast
Branden Morgan
Eddie De Harp
Robert Easton
Patrick Cranshaw
Gary Carlos Cervantes
Brantley Kearns
Erika Eleniak
Victoria Stevens
Tony Duenas
Charlie Heath
Rob Schneider
Ernie W. Lively
George Highfill
John W Woodruff
Anushka Jones
Skip Fesselmeyer
Archie Francis
Jack Lowell
Leslie Cook
Lisa Haley
Lyman Ward
Lily Tomlin
Gordon Ross
Joan Pierce
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Lisa Montgomery
Buddy Ebsen
Mickey Jones
R Scott Doran
Kevin Connolly
Don Mcnatt
Linda Carlson
Carmen Filpi
Penny Fuller
Randi Pareira
Amy Golden
Leann Hunley
Dolly Parton
Marcia A Rice
Nina Beesley
Mike Cassidy
Chaille Hamilton Percival
David Byrd
Diedrich Bader
George Foster
Jerre Dye
Barbara Friedkin
Birl Jonns
Bobby Reeves
Cloris Leachman
Shawn Modrell
Eric Edwards
Michael B Moynahan
David L Crowley
Sid Newman
Dolly Parton
Lea Thompson
James O'sullivan
Marti Muller
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Ronan O'casey
Taylor Gilbert
Michael Norris
Dabney Coleman
Vern Monnett
Stan Mazin
Jim Varney
Beverly Polcyn
Annalee Spheeris
Charles Mcgowan
John Ashker
Dick Cunico
James Schmid
Gregory Wallace
Dorene Baker
Crew
Ross Albert
Janice Alexander
Michael Alexander
Petra Bach
Bill Baldwin
Evelyne Barbier
Jim Beck
Matt Earl Beesley
Karen Bellamy
Karen Blynder
Ellen Bram
Joseph Brennan
Robert Brinkmann
Robert Brinkmann
Robert Brinkmann
Ian Bryce
Ian Bryce
Steve Buckingham
Gary Burritt
S A Burrow
Jami Burrows
Buddy Cannon
Mike Cassidy
Thomas Causey
Ronald D Chong
Ellen Christopher
Linda K Conrad
Carolyn Crittenden
Glenn Daniels
Mark Shane Davis
Zack Davis
Dave Degeus
Craig Dellinger
Tony Devito
Joe Diffie
Joe Diffie
Craig Dillenger
Teri E. Dorman
Aaron Downing
Wayne Duncan
Steve Earle
Steve Earle
Robert Easton
Annie Ellis
Peter Etnoyer
Debbie Evans
Dana Dru Evenson
Scott C. Eyler
Ron Fair
Guy Faria
Freddy Fender
Freddy Fender
Jim Fisher
Terry Fisher
Bela Fleck
A R Flores
Brian Fong
Christine C Fransen
Lefty Frizzell
Garth Fundis
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Mark Gambino
Lee Garibaldi
Gary S. Gerlich
Gregory M Gerlich
Karen Golden
Jerry Goldsmith
Monty J Goodson
Mark S Gordon
Ildefonso Goris
Rocke Grace
Peter Granet
Merv Griffin
Kurt Grossi
Gary Guercio
Jason Hadley
Bill Halverson
Cheryl Harris
Robb Hastigan
Gary Hecker
Susan Hellmann
Scott Hendricks
Paul Henning
Paul Henning
David Hennings
Dianne Higgins
Ira Hirshon
Lawrence Hubbs
John Huke
William Jacobs
Peter Jamison
Brad Jeffries
Brent L Jones
Jimmy Jue
David Kaufman
Jamie Kehoe
Dan Kerns
Sammy Kershaw
Steven R King
Richard Kite
Michael Kolko
Lawrence Konner
Lawrence Konner
Lawrence Konner
Andy Kopetzky
Gary A Krakoff
David Kulczycki
Janet Kusnick
Robert Labonge
Gregg Landaker
Richard Landis
Richard Le Grand
Terry E Lewis
Alex Leyton
Cheryl Li Fong
Mitchell Linden
David Lindley
Chris Lord-alge
Brett A Mabry
Linda L C Madalone
Pamela Madieros
Ed Maloney
Steve Mandell
Steve Maslow
Michael Matzdorff
Steve Mccroskey
Margie Stone Mcshirley
Chuck Mcsorley
Marc Meisels
Henry Mendoza
Jyl Moder
Daniel P Moore
Roy Moore
Gary Morgan
Lorrie Morgan
J Michael Muro
Deana Newcomb
Susan Robbins Newirth
Eric T Nicolaisen
Carol A. O'connell
Dan O'connell
Noon Orsatti
Buck Owens
Jerry Palermo
Dolly Parton
Dolly Parton
Dolly Parton
Ken Passarelli
Carl Perkins
Daniel Pershing
Reinhart Peschke
Tricia Peters
Webb Pierce
Michelle Pleis-stirber
Craig Pointes
Kelly J Quinn
Elyse Ramsdell
Charlene Richards
J P Richardson
Jim Ries
Rhonda G Rigdon
Jason Roberts
Vicki Dee Rock
David Ronan
Mark D. Rosenthal
Mark D. Rosenthal
Mark D. Rosenthal
Charles Ryan
Glenn W Ryan
Lynn Salvatori
Hal Sanders
Gayle Sandler
Lisanne Sartor
Maria Schaab
Lalo Schifrin
Anna Schoeller
Jerry Scoggins
Hank Sheppherd
Ed Sienkaniec
Johnny Slate
Arthur Smith
Stephen E Smith
Harry Snodgrass
Hank Snow
Linda Spheeris
Penelope Spheeris
Jim Staahl
Mike Stanwick
Greg Steele
W S Stevenson
George Suhayda
Doug Supernaw
Tommy Tancharoen
Cherie Tash
Steve Thayer
Mel Tillis
Aaron Tippin
Henry Tirl
Frank Tobin
Kari Toth
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Patrick Cranshaw (1919-2005)
Born on June 17, 1919 in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, Cranshaw became interested in acting while entertaining the troops with the Army Air Forces during World War II. After the war, he worked in radio, and slogged his way though bit parts in a few films before landing his first notable (if still uncredited) part as a bartender in the Claudette Colbert western Texas Lady (1955). It took a while before he got his next strong part, but he was memorable in his brief scene as the fidgety bank teller in Arthur Penn's classic Bonnie and Clyde (1967); and appeared as a hayseed in some wildly bad camp fare such as Mars Need Women and Hip, Hot and 21 (also 1967).
But so what if the good movie roles weren't coming? Cranshaw, with his small, expressive eyes, crinkled smile, and scraggly white beard, made for an ideal comic foil in sitcoms; and anyone with a passing interest for spotting character actors can't help but be impressed with his resume on that medium in the '70s: (The Odd Couple, Sanford and Son, The Bob Newhart Show, Mork and Mindy); the '80s: (The Dukes of Hazzard, Growing Pains, Perfect Strangers, Night Court, Diff'rent Strokes); '90s: (Coach, Ellen, Married...with Children, Just Shoot Me!, The Drew Carey Show); and even the 21st century: (Suddenly Susan, Monk).
Most impressively, Cranshaw should serve as model for all struggling actors that sheer persistency can pay off when you're hungry for some good roles in motion pictures, for he was in well in his seventies when he started gaining some decent screen time in The Beverly Hillbillies (1993), The Hudsucker Proxy (1994), Everyone Says I Love You (1996), and Best in Show (2000). However, his most memorable moment in film came in the Will Ferrell/Vince Vaughn comedy Old School (2003). Here he played a octogenarian frat boy named Blue; and in one terrific sequence, he's dressed in his longjohns ready to wrestle two topless girls but dies of a heart attack due to overexcitement! He may have not won an Oscar® for his performance, but he developed something of cult following after that great comic turn.
Most recently, he played a Derby owner with Lindsay Lohan and Matt Dillon in Disney's Herbie: Fully Loaded (2005); and just completed the movie Air Buddies due for release next year. Cranshaw is survived by three children, Jan Ragland, Joe Cranshaw and Beverly Trautschold; his sister, Billie Gillespie; six grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.
by Michael T. Toole
Patrick Cranshaw (1919-2005)
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Released in United States Fall October 15, 1993
Released in United States on Video April 6, 1994
Released in United States September 24, 1993
Shown at Cinema Odeon Fairfax (LA) September 24, 1993.
Feature acting debut for Diedrich Bader.
Completed shooting May 4, 1993.
Began shooting February 22, 1993.
Project was once at Warner Bros.
Released in United States Fall October 15, 1993
Released in United States on Video April 6, 1994
Released in United States September 24, 1993 (Shown at Cinema Odeon Fairfax (LA) September 24, 1993.)