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In his four-hour interview, Earl Hamner, Jr. (1923-2016) talks briefly about his earliest writing credits, for shows such as Today; Wide, Wide World; and The United States Steel Hour. Next, he speaks about his experiences writing for the anthology series The Twilight Zone, and discusses each of the episodes he wrote. He recalls the controversy surrounding the television movie Heidi, which he ...
Jun 22, 2000 · Earl Hamner Jr. was born in Schuyler, Virginia in 1923. His writing career began at the tender age of six with a poem published in the local newspaper. Hamner’s novels include “Fifty Roads to Town”, “You Can’t Get There From Here” and the best seller, “Spencer’s Mountain”, which was made into a film starring Henry Fonda and ...
Mar 25, 2016 · Earl Henry Hamner Jr. was born July 10, 1923, in Schuyler, Va., an unincorporated community 24 miles south of Charlottesville. He was the oldest of eight children — not seven as in “The ...
Clifton Hamner was the model for Jason. Earl describes Cliff as a "loving outdoor man. A faithful friend as well as a brother." Cliff died in 1990 and is survived by his three children, Diane, Cliff Jr. and Donna.
Jul 24, 2015 · See his full interview at http://www.emmytvlegends.org/interviews/people/earl-hamner-jr
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Mar 25, 2016 · Earl Hamner Jr., who created the popular television series The Waltons, has died at 92. His son Scott announced on Facebook that Hamner had been suffering from cancer, and died at Cedars-Sinai ...
Mar 24, 2016 · The eldest of eight red-haired children in a poor, Baptist family, Earl Henry Hamner Jr. was born July 10, 1923, in Schuyler, Va., a mining and milling village in the foothills of the Blue Ridge ...
