Filmways, Inc. was a television and film production company founded by American film executive Martin Ransohoff in 1958. It is probably best remembered as the production company of CBS' "rural comedies" of the 1960s, including The Beverly Hillbillies, Petticoat Junction, and Green Acres, as well as the comedy-drama The Trials of O'Brien, the western Dundee and the Culhane, the adventure show Bearcats!, the police drama Cagney & Lacey, and the sit...
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Filmways, Inc. was a television and film production company founded by American film executive Martin Ransohoff in 1958. It is probably best remembered as the production company of CBS' "rural comedies" of the 1960s, including The Beverly Hillbillies, Petticoat Junction, and Green Acres, as well as the comedy-drama The Trials of O'Brien, the western Dundee and the Culhane, the adventure show Bearcats!, the police drama Cagney & Lacey, and the sitcoms Mr. Ed and The Addams Family.
Filmways acquired famous companies throughout the years, such as Heatter-Quigley Productions (for Hollywood Squares), Ruby-Spears Productions and American International Pictures.
Most productions ended with the announcement, "This has been a Filmways Presentation". For some shows, the voice-over was made by a cast member:
Today, most of the Filmways library, including Green Acres, The Addams Family, Cagney & Lacey (continued by Orion), Death Wish II (a Cannon film), The Hollywood Squares, and Mister Ed is...
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