Earl Henry Hamner Jr. (born on July 10, 1923 in Schuyler, Virginia) is a televisionwriter and producer, best known for his work in the 1970s and 1980s on long-running shows such as The Waltons (which was about Hamner's own family) and Falcon Crest. July 10 is the 191st day (192nd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 174 days remaining. ... 1923 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... The town of Schuyler, Virginia, in the United States was the home of writer, Earl Hamner Jr. ... The term writer can apply to anyone who creates a written work, but the word more usually designates those who write creatively or professionally, or those who have written in many different forms. ... A Television producer oversees the making of television programmes. ... The Waltons was an American television series about a family living at Waltons Mountain in the Blue Ridge Mountains in the state of Virginia. ... Falcon Crest was an American primetime television soap opera; it aired 227 episodes from 1981 to 1990. ...
He is also sometimes credited as Earl Hamner.
He has a collection of 50 Bonsai trees.
He based the cantankerous Walton's family grandparents in the popular television series on his own maternal Italian-American grandparents, Ora Lee and A. Gianniny, an anglicized version of the Italian name "Giannini".
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Earl Henry Hamner, Jr., pictured at below, was born on July 10, 1923 to Earl Henry and Doris Hamner in Schuyler, Virginia ("EarlHamner's Waltons' Reflection").
EarlHamner achieved a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the College of Music in 1958.
Hamner and the main cast members of The Waltons, and any letters will be forwarded to them by the museum.
(born on July 10, 1923 in Schuyler, Virginia) is an American television writer and producer, best known for his work in the 1970s and 1980s on long-running shows such as The Waltons (which was about Hamner's own family) and Falcon Crest.
As a novelist, he is best known for the novel Spencer's Mountain, which was inspired by his childhood and formed the basis for both the film of the same name and the television series The Waltons.
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