James Hampton Biography (1936-)

Born July 9, 1936, in Oklahoma City, OK. Addresses: Agent: Agency forthe Performing Arts, 9200 West Sunset Blvd., Suite 900, Los Angeles, CA 90069-3604.

Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupation: Actor, director, writer
Birth Details: July 9, 1936; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Appearances
Private Menzies, Soldier Blue, Avco-Embassy, 1970
Aaron, Justin Morgan Had a Horse, 1972
Caretaker, The Longest Yard (also known as The Mean Machine), Paramount, 1974
Cotton, Mackintosh and T.J., Penland, 1975
Bus driver, Hustle, Paramount, 1975
Junior, W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1975
Howard Clemmons, Hawmps! Mulberry Square, 1976
Captain Anderson, The Cat from Outer Space, Buena Vista, 1978
Bill Gibson, The China Syndrome, Columbia, 1979
Lew Price, Hangar 18 (also known as Invasion Force), Sunn Classic, 1980
Harry Oslo, Condorman, Buena Vista, 1981
Harold Howard, Teen Wolf, Atlantic, 1985
Uncle Howard, Teen Wolf Too, Atlantic, 1987
Mayor of Miami, Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach, Warner Bros., 1988
Arthur Watts, Pump Up the Volume, 1990
Jesse, The Giant of Thunder Mountain, 1992
Jerry Woolridge, Sling Blade (also known as Reckoning), Miramax, 1996
Pediatrician, Lost in the Pershing Point Hotel, 2000
Sheriff, Danny and Max, 2000
Television Appearances
Series
Bugler Hannibal Dobbs, F Troop, ABC, 1965-67
Leroy B. Simpson, The Doris Day Show, CBS, 1968-69
Love, American Style, ABC, 1971-74
Mary, CBS, 1978
B.A.D. Cats, 1980
Len Weston, Maggie, ABC, 1981-82
Houston Knights, 1987
Saul Taylor, Days of Our Lives (also known as Days), 1989
Movies
Harry Dudley, Attack on Terror: The FBI versus the Ku Klux Klan, CBS, 1975
Wilbur Peterson, The Amazing Howard Hughes, CBS, 1977
Alvin Karl, Thaddeus Rose and Eddie, CBS, 1978
Ernest, Three on a Date, ABC, 1978
Billy Sherrill, Stand by Your Man, CBS, 1981
Richard Hickman, World War III, NBC, 1982
Police witness, The Burning Bed, NBC, 1984
Pilots

Lester White, Force Five (also known as Final Tactic),CBS,1975
Lieutenant O'Brien, Bravo Two, CBS, 1977
Sam Tuttle, Through the Magic Pyramid (also known as Tut and Tuttle), NBC, 1981
Dub Dennible, Kudzu, CBS, 1983
Bob, Hope and Gloria, NBC, 1995
Episodic
Jeb Willis, "Jeb," Gunsmoke, 1963
Jeb Willis, "Pa Hack's Brood," Gunsmoke, 1963
Eliab, "Eliab's Aim," Gunsmoke, 1965
"The Battle of Blood Stone," Cimarron Strip, 1967
"The Deadly Species," The F.B.I., 1972
Aaron Ironwood, "The Aaron Ironwood School of Success," The Rockford Files, 1975
Sheriff Buster Moon, The Dukes of Hazzard, CBS, 1980
Alan Shoemate, "Cooked Goose," Tales of the Gold Monkey, 1983
Sheriff, "Desperado," The Greatest American Hero, 1984
Veterinarian, "It's a Dog's Life," Murder, She Wrote, CBS,1984
Jerry Blevins, "Trial by Error," Murder, She Wrote, CBS, 1986
Odell Mitchell, Simon and Simon, CBS, 1986
"Fox on the Range," Crazy Like a Fox, 1986
Mr. Malatesta, Full House, ABC, 1988
Mac MacIntyre, Perfect Strangers, ABC, 1989
Earl, Evening Shade, CBS, 1990
Mr. Malatesta, Full House, ABC, 1990
Fletcher, "Dadicus," Get a Life, 1990
Jasper Edmunds, Hearts Afire, CBS, 1993
Harry Alan, "It's a Bad World after All," Melrose Place, Fox,1994
Ben Franklin, "You Don't Know Jack," Fired Up, NBC, 1997
Other Television Appearances
Fade-In (also known as Iron Cowboy), 1968
Bunco, 1977
Defense Attorney Prescott, Centennial (miniseries), NBC, 1978-79
Interviewee, Burt Reynolds: The E! True Hollywood Story (special),E! Entertainment Television, 2000
Television Director
Episodic;
Hearts Afire, CBS, 1992-1994
Kirk, The WB, 1995-1996
(As Jimmy Hampton) Boston Common, NBC, 1996
Sister, Sister, The WB, 1996
(As Jimmy Hampton) Life with Roger, The WB, 1996
(As Jimmy Hampton) The Tony Danza Show, NBC, 1997
(As Jimmy Hampton) Grace under Fire, ABC, 1997
(As Jimmy Hampton) Sister, Sister, The WB, 1997
Smart Guy, The WB, 1998
(As Jimmy Hampton) Katie Joplin, The WB, 1999
Zoe, Duncan, Jack, and Jane (also known as Zoe), The WB, 2000
Other Television Work
Director and story editor, Evening Shade (series), CBS, 1991-94
Producer, Evening Shade (series), CBS, 1993
Coexecutive producer, Harlan and Merleen (special), CBS, 1993
Stage Appearances
Appeared in Easy Does It, an off-Broadway production; appeared inTender Trap and in the title role, Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter&quest;, both at Arlington Park Theatre, Chicago, IL. Performed in summer stock at Casa Manana, Fort Worth, TX, 1961. Toured in Rainmaker.
WRITINGS
Television Specials
Burt Reynolds' Late Show, 1973
Burt and the Girls, 1973
A Whole Lotta Fun, NBC, 1988
Television Episodes
Evening Shade, CBS, between 1991-1994

Further Reference

ADAPTATIONS

The television series Evening Shade and the television special Harlan and Merleen were both based on stories by Hampton.

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