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 CBS science fiction series "The Twilight Zone." Hamner contributed with eight episodes, in the early 1960s, to 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 ("Spencer's 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.
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 CBS science fiction series "The Twilight Zone." Hamner contributed with eight episodes, in the early 1960s, to 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 ("Spencer's 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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