Arnold Kirkeby - wikipedia Arnold Kirkeby Arnold Kirkeby Arnold Sigurd Kirkeby ( 1901 - 06 - 12 ) June 12, 1901 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. March 1, 1962 ( 1962 - 03 - 01 ) ( aged 60 ) Jamaica Bay, New York, U.S. Cause of death Crash of American Airlines Flight 1 Resting place Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery Occupation Hotelier, real estate investor, art collector Spouse ( s ) Carlotta Cuesta ( m. 1928 ) Arnold Sigurd Kirkeby ( June 12, 1901 -- March 1, 1962 ) was an American hotelier, art collector and real estate investor. He is now best known for owning the mansion in the West Los Angeles suburb of Bel - Air, which was the exterior set for the CBS television show The Beverly Hillbillies. Contents 1 Biography 2 Hotels 3 References 4 External links Biography Kirkeby was born in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Norwegian immigrants. He was married to Carlotta Cuesta ( 1906 -- 1985 ), the daughter of Angel LaMadrid Cuesta, founder of the Cuesta - Rey Cigar Company based in Tampa, Florida. Arnold Kirkeby was the founder of the Kirkeby Hotel chain, beginning in Chicago with the Drake Hotel, and ending his hotel interests when he sold the Beverly Wilshire in Beverly Hills, California. After selling the hotel chain, he then invested in the Janss Investment Company development of Westwood, Los Angeles, California in 1959. As part of this project, Kirkeby broke ground on the Kirkeby Center on Wilshire Boulevard in 1960, but died before the building was completed. Kirkeby Center is now known as the Occidental Petroleum Building, and is the home of the Armand Hammer Museum. Television fans will note that Kirkeby owned the stately mansion located at 750 Bel Air Road, Bel Air, California used for exterior shots in the hit CBS sitcom The Beverly Hillbillies. Series producer Paul Henning paid the family ( Mr. Kirkeby was killed in a plane crash prior to the series debut ) $500 per day for filming on the mansion 's grounds. The mansion 's interior and rear were duplicated on Stage 4 at General Service Studios. Contractual provisions at the time prevented disclosure of the mansion 's address in press releases, and required restoration of the grounds after each shoot. The mansion had been previously used by Jerry Lewis in the 1960 film Cinderfella. Kirkeby died aboard American Airlines Flight 1 when it crashed shortly after takeoff from New York City. Hotels The Sherry - Netherland Hotel in New York The Kirkeby Hotel organization included : California Beverly Wilshire Hotel, Beverly Hills, California The Town House, Los Angeles, California Sunset Tower, West Hollywood, California Florida The Kenilworth, Miami Beach, Florida Belleview - Biltmore Hotel, Clearwater, Florida Illinois The Blackstone Hotel, Chicago, Illinois The Drake, Chicago, Illinois New York The Gotham, New York, New York Hampshire House, New York, New York The Sherry - Netherland, New York, New York The Warwick, New York, New York Saranac Inn, Saranac Lake, New York New Jersey Hotel Ambassador, Atlantic City, New Jersey : Rebuilt as the Tropicana Casino Pennsylvania The Warwick, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Cuba Hotel Nacional de Cuba, Havana, Cuba Panama El Panama Hotel, Panama City, Panama References Jump up ^ `` TV ACRES : Real Estate > Homes & Mansions > Clampett Mansion ( The Beverly Hillbillies ) ''. Retrieved 5 May 2016. ^ Jump up to : `` Disasters : Tragedy in Jamaica Bay ''. Time. 9 March 1962. ISSN 0040 - 781X. Jump up ^ `` Building on the Past for a Future Westwood ''. latimes. Retrieved 5 May 2016. Jump up ^ `` Occidental Petroleum Building / UCLA Hammer Museum ''. Los Angeles Conservancy. Retrieved 9 December 2016. Jump up ^ `` HOTELS : Better than Bonds ''. TIME.com. 3 June 1946. Retrieved 5 May 2016. External links Arnold Kirkeby at Find a Grave Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Arnold_Kirkeby&oldid=797105003 '' Categories : 1901 births 1962 deaths American hoteliers American real estate businesspeople Businesspeople from Chicago Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in the United States Accidental deaths in New York ( state ) 20th - century American businesspeople American people of Norwegian descent Hidden categories : Articles with hCards Find a Grave template with ID same as Wikidata Talk Contents About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 25 August 2017, at 00 : 40. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia ® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization. About Wikipedia

Question: where is the house used for the beverly hillbillies
Answer: the West Los Angeles suburb of Bel-Air