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Earl Henry Hamner Jr. (July 10, 1923 – March 24, 2016) was an American television writer and producer (sometimes credited as Earl Hamner ), best known for his work in the 1970s and 1980s as the creator of two long-running series, The Waltons and Falcon Crest. As a novelist, he is best known for Spencer's Mountain, which was inspired by his ...
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The plot is based on a 1953 episode of The Kate Smith Hour,...
- Schuyler, Virginia
Schuyler was the birthplace and home of writer Earl Hamner...
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Growing up with the Family - The REAL Waltons. Born July 10th, 1923 Earl Hamner Jr. was the first child of Earl Sr. and Doris Hamner. Six years older than the next sibling, Earl was certainly looked up to by the younger children. Earl graduated in 1940 and then entered WWII as a war correspondent ...
Mar 26, 2016 · Earl Hamner Jr., who drew on warm memories of his Depression childhood in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia to create the enormously popular 1970s television series “The Waltons,” died on...
Earl Henry Hamner Jr. (July 10, 1923- March 24, 2016) was born in Schuyler, Virginia to Doris Marion (née Giannini) and Earl Henry Hamner Sr. The Giannini family had migrated to the United States from Lucca, Italy, in the 1700s. On his father´s side, Hamner hailed from Welsh immigrants to Virginia.
Earl Hamner Jr., the Virginia-born writer who created not only TV’s folksy, Depression-era family drama “The Waltons” but the California wine country prime-time soap opera “Falcon Crest,”...
The Waltons is an American historical drama television series about a family in rural Virginia during the Great Depression and World War II. It was created by Earl Hamner Jr., based on his 1961 book Spencer's Mountain and the 1963 film of the same name. The series aired from 1972 to 1981.
Earl Henry Hamner Jr. (July 10, 1923 – March 24, 2016) was an American television writer and producer (sometimes credited as Earl Hamner). He was best known for his work in the 1970s and 1980s on the long-running CBS series The Waltons and Falcon Crest. Hamner died of cancer on March 24, 2016 in Los Angeles, California, aged 92.
