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  1. Feb 5, 2012 · Tom Hanks' father, Amos Mefford Hanks, was born in Glenn County, California, in 1924 and died in 1992. Amos Hanks, according to various biographies, was something between an "itinerant cook" and a ...

  2. Jul 9, 2024 · Amos Mefford "Bud" Hanks was born 2 Mar 1924 in Glenn County, California the son of Ernest Buel Hanks and Gladys Hilda Ball. (Glenn County is the next county south of Tehama County.) Amos enlisted in the Navy on 11 Nov 1942 and was released 9 Feb 1946. He mustered on the ship U.S.S. Doyen in 1945-46, his rating was MoMM1c (Motor Machinist's ...

    • Glenn County, California, United States
    • January 31, 1992
    • March 4, 1924
  3. When Amos Mefford Hanks was born on 4 March 1924, in Willows, Glenn, California, United States, his father, Ernest Beauel Hanks, was 33 and his mother, Gladys Hilda Ball, was 35. He married Janet Marylyn Frager in September 1950, in Reno, Washoe, Nevada, United States. He lived in San Fernando, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1987 and ...

  4. Sep 23, 2020 · But recently, Hanks told a tragic story about his family, as his father, Amos Mefford Hanks, witnessed his own father being killed. When Tom Hanks was asked in an interview how aware he was of his ...

  5. Sep 25, 2020 · Tom Hanks has opened up about the trauma inflicted on his father, Amos Mefford Hanks, by the killing of his grandfather. Speaking on In Depth with Graham Bensinger, ...

  6. Jun 23, 2024 · Amos Mefford Hanks witnessed his father's tragic murder, leaving a lifelong impact on him and Tom Hanks. Tom Hanks bonded with his father while working on the film "Nothing in Common," drawing from their own experiences. Despite the tragedy, Amos got to see Tom Hanks become a successful actor and attend the Academy Awards with him.

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  8. Sep 24, 2020 · Keep reading to learn how Hanks said the incident changed his father's life forever. During an interview with Graham Bensinger, Hollywood icon Tom Hanks confided that his dad, Amos Mefford Hanks ...

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