Earl Hamner Jr. Biography

Fast Facts

• His show "The Waltons" was nominated for two Primetime Emmy Awards for outstanding Writing Achievement in a Drama
• Was introduced to editor Bill Robinson by his aunt, after hearing that he was interested in writing
• Quote: "I am very starstruck, even today I look at actors and I keep forgetting that I hire actors -- and fire them!""
• Quote: "I was raised on folk songs and folk stories, and I suppose it was inevitable that this kind of material worked its way into my writing․"
• His seven brothers and sisters along with his mother, all starred in "The Waltons: A Decade of the Waltons" playing themselves
• Created the TV series "The Waltons," in which the grandparents on the show were based off of his grandparents
• Wrote the story of the 1973 animated film "Charlotte's Web," later writing the film story of the non-animated "Charlotte's Web" in 2006
• Both of his children, Scott and Caroline, appeared in his film "The Homecoming․"
• Married "Harper's Bazaar" editor Jane Martin in 1954, after meeting her in a restaurant and predicting he would marry her
• Son of actress Doris Hamner, who starred in his TV series "The Waltons․"