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Paul Henning

Born September 16, 1911 · Independence, Missouri, USA

Died March 25, 2005 · aged 93

Paul William Henning was an American TV producer and screenwriter. Most famous for creating the television sitcom The Beverly Hillbillies, he was also crucial in developing the "rural" comedies Petticoat Junction and Green Acres for CBS.

Known For

The HustleThe Hustle · 2019
The Hustle
★ 6.22019
MovieComedyCrime
Two female scam artists, one low rent and the other high class, compete to swindle a naïve tech prodigy out of his fortune. A remake of the 1988 comedy "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels."
Dirty Rotten ScoundrelsDirty Rotten Scoundrels · 1988
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
★ 7.11988
MovieComedyCrime
Con artist Lawrence Jamieson is a longtime resident of a luxurious coastal resort, where he enjoys the lavish fruits of his deceptions -- that is, until a competitor, Freddy Benson, shows up. When the new guy's lowbrow tactics impinge on his own sophisticated work and believing him to be the infamous conman 'The Jackal', Lawrence resolves to get rid of him. Confident of his own duplicitous talents, he challenges Freddy to a winner-takes-all competition: whoever swindles their latest mark, American heiress Janet Colgate, out of $50,000 first can stay, while the other must leave town.
The Beverly HillbilliesThe Beverly Hillbillies · 1993
The Beverly Hillbillies
★ 6.31993
MovieComedyFamily
Mild-mannered dirt-poor hill-dweller Jed Clampett strikes it rich when oil is discovered on his property. At cousin Pearl's insistence, he moves his family to Beverly Hills to better enjoy his newfound wealth.
Bedtime StoryBedtime Story · 1964
Bedtime Story
★ 6.31964
MovieComedy
Benson is a Casanova who tricks women into having sex with him before leaving them. He is content with this game until he meets Jamison, a real operator who poses as an exiled prince and not only gets women to share his bed but also to give him money to help him fund his supposed counter-revolution.
Lover Come BackLover Come Back · 1961
Lover Come Back
★ 7.01961
MovieComedyRomance
Jerry Webster and Carol Templeton are rival Madison Avenue advertising executives who each dislike each other’s methods. After he steals a client out from under her cute little nose, revenge prompts her to infiltrate his secret "VIP" campaign in order to persuade the mystery product’s scientist to switch to her firm.
The Return of the Beverly HillbilliesThe Return of the Beverly Hillbillies · 1981
The Return of the Beverly Hillbillies
★ 5.81981
MovieComedyTV Movie
Jed Clamplett and his backwoods family help solve an energy crisis in their own rustic ways for their Beverly Hills neighborhood they still cannot adjust to.
The Andy Griffith ShowThe Andy Griffith Show · 1960
The Andy Griffith Show
★ 7.61960
SeriesComedyFamily
Andy Taylor is the widowed sheriff of the fictional small community of Mayberry, North Carolina. His life is complicated by an inept, but well-meaning deputy, Barney Fife, a spinster aunt and housekeeper, Aunt Bee, and a precocious young son, Opie. Local ne'er-do-wells, bumbling pals, and temperamental girlfriends further complicate his life.
Petticoat JunctionPetticoat Junction · 1963
Petticoat Junction
★ 5.91963
SeriesComedyFamily
The Bradley family are proud owners of the Shady Rest Hotel. Kate and her three young daughters do the job of running the hotel.

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