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Ernie Wallengren was born on 15 December 1952 in Heber City, Utah, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for Flipper (1995), Falcon Crest (1981) and The Waltons (1972). He was married to Cheryl Alexis. He died on 27 May 2003 in Calabasas, California, USA.
- Writer, Producer, Additional Crew
- December 15, 1952
- Ernie Wallengren
- May 27, 2003
Ernie Wallengren was born on December 15, 1952 in Heber City, Utah, USA. He was a producer and writer, known for Flipper (1995), Falcon Crest (1981) and The Waltons (1972). He was previously married to Cheryl Alexis. He died on May 27, 2003 in Calabasas, California, USA.
Ernie Wallengren, one of the subjects and creators of the film Rolling, continued to coach his son’s basketball team after the neurodegenerative disease ALS took away his ability to walk. He recorded his day-to-day experience for the film using a video camera mounted on his wheelchair.
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May 27, 2003 · Ernie Wallengren was a writer-producer for many television shows, including The Waltons, Little House on the Prairie, Baywatch, Falcon Crest, Knight Rider, Flipper, Promised Land, and Life Goes On. Wallengren was a Utah native who served a two-year Mormon mission in Central America and later graduated Magna Cum Laude from Loyola Marymount ...
Ernie Wallengren, junior varsity coach at Calabasas High School -- Coach Ernie, his players called him -- had developed ALS and it would soon sideline him from basketball, the passion he shared with his three sons and his teams.
Ernie Wallengren was a writer-producer for many television shows, including The Waltons, Little House on the Prairie, Baywatch, Falcon Crest, Knight Rider, Flipper, Promised Land, and Life Goes On. Wallengren was a Utah native who served a two-year Mormon mission in Central America and later graduated Magna Cum Laude from Loyola Marymount ...
While his teenage son beats on a set of drums in the background, Ernie Wallengren looks straight into the camera and says, "I'm bored." Not a surprising sentiment for any active person with a progressive, fatal disease that requires him to use a wheelchair, but for a living dynamo such as Wallengren, boredom was excruciating.
