 Until the end of Season Two, the character of Ellsworth did not have  a first name. When it was decided to give him a first name, the  actor portraying the role, Jim Beaver (qv), requested that he be  given the first name Whitney, after Whitney Ellsworth (qv),  producer of _"Adventures of Superman" (1952)_ (qv), whom Beaver knew  from his research for a book on the life of "Superman" star  George Reeves (I) (qv).