Paul Henning (September 16th, 1911 – March 25th, 2005) was a TV producer and songwriter. He created The Beverly Hillbillies, Green Acres, and Petticoat Junction. Following the Rural Purge of 1971, he mostly retired from show business, only writing The Return of The Beverly Hillbillies and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. He died on March 25th, 2005.