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  1. 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 ...

  2. Dec 5, 2019 · Earl Hamner Jr. was born on July 10, 1923, in Schuyler, Virginia, to Doris Marion (née Giannini) and Earl Henry Hamner Sr. His mother’s ancestors were immigrants from Lucca, Italy, who had come to USA in the 1700s, and his father’s family came to Virginia from Wales. He was the oldest among eight children and had four brothers and three ...

  3. Mar 26, 2016 · Photofest. 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 ...

  4. Earl Hamner Jr.. Writer: The Waltons. He was also the Creator and Executive Producer for the show "FALCON CREST'' 1981 thru 1988. The show starred Jane Wyman, Lorenzo Lamas, Robert Foxworth, and Susan Sullivan. The show was set in the Napa Valley of California. And centered on the power and intrigues of the families involved in the wine producing industry.

    • July 10, 1923
    • March 24, 2016
  5. Jul 27, 2022 · SUMMARY. Earl Hamner Jr. was a writer of novels, television shows, and movies, most notably the popular semiautobiographical television series The Waltons (1972–1981). Born in Nelson County, Hamner served in the Army during World War II (1939–1945) before attending Northwestern University and the University of Cincinnati. He then worked in ...

  6. Earl worked in the summer painting dorms and was a dispatcher for The Brooks Transportation Company during the school year to help pay his expenses. In 1943, in the middle of his sophomore year, Earl Hamner was drafted into the U.S. Army. He trained initially at Fort Knox where he almost learned to drive a Sherman Tank.

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  8. Earl Hamner Jr. The novelist and television writer Earl Hamner Jr. (1923-2016) wrote the novel Spencer´s Mountain, which was published in 1961 and formed the basis for the 1963 film of the same name. Later, the novel would serve as inspiration for the TV movie “The Homecoming: A Christmas Story” which was broadcast on CBS in December 1971.

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