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Earl Hamner Biography (1923-)

Full name, Earl Hamner, Jr.; born July 10, 1923, in Schuyler, VA; son of EarlHenry (a machinist) and Doris Marion (Gianinni) Hamner; married Jane Martin(a magazine editor), October 16, 1954; children: Scott Martin, Caroline Spencer. Addresses: OFFICE--c/o Taft Entertainment, 3330 Cahuenga Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90068. AGENTS-- Sam Adams and Rick Ray, Triad Artists, 10100 Santa Monica Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90067.

Nationality

American

Gender

Male

Birth Details

July 10, 1923

Schuyler, Virginia, United States

Famous Works

• Credits; PRINCIPAL TELEVISION APPEARANCES
• Narrator, The Waltons, CBS, 1971-80.
• narrator, Morningstar/Eveningstar, CBS, 1986.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL TELEVISION WORK; ALL AS EXECUTIVE PRODUCER SERIES
• (Also creator) The Waltons, CBS, 1971-80.
• (also creator) Apple's Way, CBS, 1973.
• (also creator) The Young Pioneers, ABC, 1976.
• (also creator) Falcon Crest, CBS, 1980--.
• (also creator) Boone, NBC, 1983.
• (also developer) Morningstar/Eveningstar, CBS, 1986.
• Credits; PILOTS
• Joshua's World, CBS, 1980.
• Also Beware the Clock, 1978; and Thorpe, 1979.
• Credits; MOVIES
• A Wedding on Walton's Mountain, CBS, 1982.
• Mother's Day on Walton's Mountain, CBS, 1982.
• A Day of Thanks on Walton's Mountain, CBS, 1982.
• The Gift of Love: A Christmas Story, CBS, 1983.
• Also developer, Purex Specials (documentary), NBC.
• Credits; ALBUMS
• A Walton Christmas, 1974.
• Writings;FILM
• Palm Springs Weekend, Warner Brothers, 1963.
• Spencer's Mountain, Warner Brothers, 1963.
• Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, United Artists, 1968.
• The Tamarind Seed, Lorimar Productions, 1971.
• (adaptor) Charlotte's Web (animated), Hanna-Barbera, 1971.
• (adaptor) Where the Lilies Bloom, United Artists, 1974.
• Also Leafy Rivers, Columbia; A Night for Tuba Lee, Universal; The City (documentary), Salvation Army.
• Writings;TELEVISION; SERIES
• The Waltons, CBS, 1971-1980.
• Apple's Way, CBS, 1973.
• The Young Pioneers, ABC, 1976.
• Falcon Crest, CBS, 1980--.
• Boone, NBC, 1983.
• Morningstar/Eveningstar, CBS, 1986.
• Writings;PILOTS
• Tiger, Tiger, NBC, 1969.
• The White Otter, 1970.
• The Homecoming: A Christmas Story, CBS, 1971.
• Willie, 1975.
• The Barclays, 1975.
• John-Boy, 1975.
• Jubilee, 1976.
• (adaptor) You Can't Get There from Here, 1976.
• Beware the Clock, 1978.
• Lassie: The New Beginning, ABC, 1978.
• Thorpe, 1979.
• Joshua's World, CBS, 1980.
• Also The Yoders, The Long Hot Summer, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Tom Sawyer, Black Beauty, Ballad of New Prosperity, and Lum and Abner.
• Writings;EPISODIC
• The Georgia Gibbs Show, NBC, 1957.
• The Helen O'Connell Show, NBC, 1957.
• The Kate Smith Show, CBS, 1960.
• The Interns, CBS, 1970.
• Nanny and the Professor, ABC, 1970 and 1971.
• The Twilight Zone, CBS.
• The Man from U.N.C.L.E., NBC.
• ABC Project "67," ABC.
• The Invaders, ABC.
• Gentle Ben, CBS.
• Suspicion, NBC.
• Also The World of Project 20, Report from Moscow, Report from Rio, Ten for Survival, Tactic, Dr; Christian, Matinee Theatre, and David and Harry.
• Writings;MOVIES
• (Adaptor) Heidi, NBC, 1968.
• "Appalachian Autumn," CBS Playhouse, CBS, 1969.
• The Gift of Love: A Christmas Story, CBS, 1983.
• The Homefront, CBS, 1985.
• Also The Secret Garden, 1972; A Dream for Christmas, 1973.
• Writings;SPECIALS
• (Also lyricist) Aesop's Fables, CBS, 1971.
• Writings;RADIO; EPISODIC
• NBC Theatre, NBC; also Short Story, Best Plays, Ma Perkins, Hollywood Love Story, My Secret Story, New Theatre, Women in Love, Armstrong Circle Theatre, The Sheriff, The Forbidden City, and Biography in Sound.
• Also wrote radio documentaries for American Cancer Society, American Legion, United Jewish Appeal, American Heart Association, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Radio Free Europe, and Voice of America.
• Writings;NOVELS
• Fifty Roads to Town, Random House, 1953.
• Spencer's Mountain, Dial, 1961.
• You Can't Get There from Here, Random House, 1965.
• The Homecoming, Random House, 1970.
• Also three novels based on The Waltons television series. Also contributor to such periodicals as Gentry, New World Writing, and North Carolina Quarterly Review.