Return of the Beverly Hillbillies Max Baer Jr. (the original Jethro) who declined to participate. The film was produced and written by original series creator Paul Henning and was intended as a pilot for a proposed revival of the series, but this never materialized. "Return of the Beverly Hillbillies" premiered as "The CBS Tuesday Night Movie" on October 6, 1981. Following the death of Granny, Jed Clampett returned to his roots to live in a backwoods cabin in the town of Bug Tussle rather than living alone at his Beverly Hills mansion after having voluntarily divided his massive fortune between daughter Elly May and nephew
Frank Johnson (boxer) (born Frank Williamson, but adopted the surname Johnson, from notable Manchester boxer Len Johnson) was the younger brother of Rita L. Williamson (birth registered January→March 1922 in Southport), and the 1942 Amateur Boxing Association of England (ABAE) Junior Class-A flyweight champion, boxing out of Manchester County ABC, 1945 Amateur Boxing Association of England (ABAE) lightweight champion, boxing out of Manchester YMCA ABC and BBBofC Central Area welterweight champion boxer Jackie Braddock (birth registered July→September 1927 in Manchester North, born John 'Jackie' Williamson, but adopted the surname Braddock, from world heavyweight champion boxer James J. Braddock), and was the older brother