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Earl Henry Hamner Jr, an American TV writer & producer, best known for his work in the 1970s and 1980s as the creator of two long-running series, The Waltons and Falcon Crest. (Wikipedia) As a novelist, he's best known for Spencer's Mountain, inspired by his own childhood & Depression-era upbringing in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia. It formed the basis for both the film of the same name and the television series The Waltons.
Official website for Earl Hamner -- Novelist, Screenwriter, Television writer, and Voice Over Recording artist for Documentaries and Commercials
See his full interview at http://www.emmytvlegends.org/interviews/people/earl-hamner-jr
Mr. Hamner, a versatile and prolific writer, drew upon his Depression-era upbringing for the program.
Earl Hamner is honored at The Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum with the first ever Will Geer Humanitarian Award.Please visit our website www.earlhamnerstorytel...
Earl Hamner Jr.'s childhood home has been purchased by a trio of fans. The house served as the inspiration for the television show The Waltons. The house will stay open to the public.
Schuyler Nelson County, VA Nelson native, Earl Hamner, Jr. and Schuyler’s real John Boy Walton was back in the very place he was born on Monday. Hamner who was the creator of The highly acclaimed television series The Waltons. He’s been back in Nelson where a biography is being shot on his life. Our Woody […]
Mr. Hamner, who also created TV’s “Falcon Crest,” based “The Waltons” on his Depression-era childhood in the Blue Ridge Mountains.
He sports a big mustache for the small role.
Schuyler / “Walton’s Mountain” Nelson County, Virginia By Jennie Tal Williams When 10-year-old Mary Beth McDonough was cast as young Erin Walton in the 1971 TV movie The Homecoming: A Christmas Story, she didn’t ever dream of being part of the national treasure that become CBS’ The Waltons. The TV show, which aired from 1971 […]
This was taken years before I was born. The footage is taken from an old VHS video recorder by my mom. Not the best quality but it might be neat for any fans...
Click on the orange and white arrow play button above to listen now. Schuyler, Virginia & Memphis, Tennessee In what’s become our annual tradition here at BRL, enjoy this special radio interview from the December 2011 (Has it already been more than a decade?? !!) Christmas season as Nelson native Earl Hamner, Jr. talks with […]
LOS ANGELES — 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 beloved...
Back in November 1999, Richmond magazine put together a collection of essays for its "100 Years of Richmond" as an acknowledgment of the 20th century's end. Earl Hamner Jr. wrote a little something for us.
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Paul Hamner, brother to Earl Hamner Jr., creator of the 1970’s hit TV show The Waltons discusses growing up in the Hamner House in Schuyler, VA.Music by Paul...
"The Waltons" The Revel (TV Episode 1981) Earl Hamner Jr. as The Narrator
