Earl Hamner, Jr.
Personal Info
Know For
Writing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1923-07-10 (93 years old)
Deathday
2016-03-24
Place of Birth
Schuyler, Nelson County Virginia, United States
Also known As
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Earl Hamner, Jr.
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Earl Henry Hamner, Jr. (born on July 10, 1923 in Schuyler, Virginia) is an American television writer and producer (sometimes credited as Earl Hamner), best known for his work in the 1970s and 1980s on the long-running CBS series The Waltons and Falcon Crest. As a novelist, he is best known for the novel Spencer's Mountain, which was inspired by his own childhood and formed the basis for both the film of the same name and the television series The Waltons, for which he provided voiceover narration. He based the cantankerous Walton family grandparents in the popular television series on his own maternal ...
Acting
1982
as Narrator
Production
1973
as Writer
1963
as Screenplay
1997
as Teleplay
1971
as Teleplay
1971
1974
as Writer
1995
as Characters
1968
as Teleplay
1983
as Teleplay
1971
as Writer
1989
as Writer
1989
as Executive Producer
1982
as Writer
2002
as Screenplay
1993
as Characters
1993
as Executive Producer
1978
as Story
1973
as Story
1963
as Novel
1993
as Writer
1980
as Writer
1980
as Executive Producer
1997
as Writer
1995
as Writer
1953
as Writer
2002
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