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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.
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...
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On Family, Life and The Waltons – An Exclusive Interview with Earl Hamner. Though many know Earl Hamner as the voice of the older, more mature John-Boy heard at the beginning of every episode of The Waltons, Hamner’s ties to the much-loved series go deeper. In fact, they go down to its very roots.
Jul 23, 2023 · Born in the obscure village of Schuyler in the foothills of Virginia’s Blue Ridge, Earl Henry Hamner Jr. was the oldest of eight auburn-haired children born to Earl and Doris Hamner—his father, a laborer at the local soapstone quarry; his mother, a homemaker and the family’s chief teacher and disciplinarian.
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.
Mar 25, 2016 · LOS ANGELES (AP) — Earl Hamner Jr., the versatile and prolific writer who drew upon his Depression-era upbringing in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia to create one of television's most ...
Mar 25, 2016 · 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,”...
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