Screenwriter, Producer. He was an American television writer and producer (sometimes credited as Earl Hamner), best known for his work in the 1970s and 1980s on the long-running CBS series The Waltons and Falcon Crest. As a novelist, he was best known for Spencer's Mountain, which was inspired by his own childhood and formed the basis for both the film of the same name and the television series The Waltons, for which he provided voice-over narration. In 1954, Hamner wrote “Hit and Run”, an episode of the NBC legal drama Justice, in which guest star E.G. Marshall played a man haunted for his crime of striking a newsboy on a bicycle and fleeing the scene of the accident. He reprised the theme in the 1964 "You Drive" episode of The Twilight Zone. Hamner contributed with eight episodes, in the early 1960s, to the CBS science fiction series The Twilight Zone. His first script acceptance for the series was his big writing break in Hollywood. He also wrote or co-wrote eight episodes of the CBS animal series Gentle Ben (1967-1969) and four episodes of the ABC sitcom Nanny and the Professor (1970). He created two less successful series, Apple's Way (1974–1975) and Boone (1983–1984). Hamner used family names to title his projects: Spencer (Spencers Mountain) is the maiden name of his paternal grandmother Susan Henry Spencer Hamner. The Waltons derives from his paternal grandfather Walter Clifton Hamner and great-grandfather Walter Leland Hamner.
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Family Members
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Earl Henry Hamner
1899–1969
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Doris Marion Giannini Hamner
1904–1990
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Clifton Anderson Hamner
1928–1990
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Marion Lee Hamner Hawkes
1930–2004
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Audrey Jane Hamner
1931–2021
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Paul Louis Hamner
1932 – unknown
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Willard Harold Hamner
1934–1989
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James Edmund Hamner
1936–2004
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Earl Hamner Jr.
1930 United States Federal Census
Earl Hamner Jr.
U.S., Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current
Earl Hamner Jr.
Alabama, U.S., Surname Files Expanded, 1702–1981
Earl Hamner Jr.
1940 United States Federal Census
Earl Hamner Jr.
U.S., Obituary Collection, 1930-Current
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