He also wrote eight episodes for the CBS series ‘Gentle Ben’ (1967–1969) before writing ‘Heidi’ which was broadcast in November 1968 and earned him a ‘Writer's Guild Award’.In 1970, he wrote another novel named ‘The Homecoming: A Novel About Spencer's Mountain’ that was inspired by his own childhood experiences and memories. Born July 10th, 1923 Earl Hamner Jr. was the first child of Earl Sr. and Doris Hamner.
But before his graduation, he joined the army during World War II. He also wrote scripts for the 1973 animated film ‘Charlotte’s Web’. He then wrote another major television series, ‘Falcon Crest’ (1981–1990).Earl Hamner Jr. was born on July 10, 1923, in Schuyler, Virginia, to Doris Marion (née Giannini) and Earl Henry Hamner Sr. His mother’s ancestors were immigrants from Lucca, Italy, who had come to USA in the 1700s, and his father’s family came to Virginia from Wales. Earl Henry Hamner Jr. was born in Schuyler, Virginia. Tall, lean, fine-boned, red-headed youngsters growing up in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia during the Depression. Earl Hamner Jr. was an American television writer, novelist, and producer best known for his work in the 1970s long-running television series ‘The Waltons’. In 1971, ‘The Homecoming’ was broadcast by CBS as a Christmas special. Along with writing, he also provided voice-over narration at the beginning and ending of each episode. One such walk on a snowy Christmas Eve in 1933 became the inspiration for his novel ‘The Homecoming’.At the age of six, he published his first poem in the ‘Children's Page’ of the ‘Richmond Times-Dispatch’.
After graduating from Schuyler High School, he received a scholarship from University of Richmond.
He got his first big break when he two scripts to Serling's TV series ‘The Twilight Zone’.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4rAPA5nj58&list=PLCx220ZBTR6ejJq6D0mexIwZl6JG6pVXS Earl Hamner Jr. started working in the army in 1943 in his sophomore year at the University of Richmond during World War II. THE HAMNER FAMILY. He wrote for a radio station briefly before moving to New York and began writing his first novel ‘Fifty Roads to Town’. Built in 1915, as a company house, by the local soapstone company. In 1953, ‘Fifty Roads to Town’ was published by Random House. He always had a keen interest in writing and at the age of six, he published his first poem in a local newspaper. Next door lived a man who Hamner describes as a "tall, impressive, sharp-tongued guy" who worked at the ad department of Time/Life. He died in 2016, in Los Angeles, California, due to bladder cancer. He soon left his job to complete his studies.After graduation, he worked for WLW radio station in Cincinnati as a writer and also started writing his first novel ‘Fifty Roads to Town’. After his military service, he first attended Northwestern University and then University of Cincinnati where he studied broadcast communications. Earl Hamner Jr. was an American television writer, novelist, and producer. His brothers were Clifton Anderson, Paul Louis, Willard Harold, and James Edmund, and his sisters were Marion Lee, Audrey Jane, and Nancy Alice. He got his start as a writer in television in the 1950s, penning episodes of “The Kate Smith Hour” and “The United States Steel Hour.” Hamner wrote the novel upon which the Delmer Daves-directed 1963 film “Spencer’s Mountain” was based. He was the oldest among eight children and had four brothers and three sisters, all redheads.
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