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James Hampton

 

 

James Hampton - Actor/Director/Writer

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JAMES HAMPTON

F-Troop The Longest Yard (1974) Teen Wolf

From his first film, The Cliffdwellers, which was nominated for an Academy Award for “Best Short Subject Film” in 1962, to the multi-award winning movie Slingblade, James Hampton’s career as an actor, writer and director spans over 40 years.  Along the way, he has been nominated for a Golden Globe for his role as “Caretaker” in The Longest Yard, and has starred in such memorable films as Teen Wolf, China Syndrome, Hawmps!, Condorman, and W.W. and The Dixie ­Dance Kings.  On television, he was the tone-deaf Bugler Hannibal Dobbs on the classic sitcom F Troop and Leroy B. Simpson, the hapless hired-hand, on The Doris Day Show.  He was a regular guest on The Tonight Show With Johnny Carson with over 25 guest appearances, and was a cast member on Mary Tyler Moore’s Variety Show.  He worked as a writer/producer/director on Evening Shade, and was a regular director on numerous successful television sitcoms such as Hearts of Fire, Sister Sister, Smart Guy, The Tony Danza Show, Linc’s, Boston Common, and Grace Under Fire.

Directing Credits

Hearts Afire                           Evening Shade                                  Boston Common

Sister Sister                           Grace Under Fire                              Smart Guy

Life With Roger                     The Tony Danza Show                     Kirk

You’re The One                     The Archers of Omaha                     Hudson Street          

Women of the House             Linc’s                                                 Zoe

Katie Joplin                            Rude Awakenings                             Archers of Omaha

 

Acting Credits

Films

Sling Blade                            The Longest Yard                         The Cliff Dwellers

Teen Wolf                               Teen Wolf Too                            China Syndrome

Hawmps!                                Condorman                                   Pump Up The Volume

Hustle                                     Police Academy V                        Fade In

Soldier Blue                           The Cat From Outer Space          Hangar 18

The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing          The Giant From Thunder Mountain                  

W. W. And The Dixie Dance Kings      Macintosh & T.J.     Lost in the Pershing Point Hotel           

Danny and Max                        Fire From Below

Series TV

F Troop                                      The Doris Day Show                        Love American Style

Houston Knights                       Erma Bombeck’s Maggie                Days of Our Lives

Full House                                 The Dukes Of Hazard                      Hawkins On Murder

Mary Tyler Moore                   B.A.D. Cats                                       Variety Hour

Movies of the Week

The Burning Bed                     Thaddeus Rose and Eddie                  Three On A Date

World War III                          Justin Morgan Had A Horse              Attack On Terror

The Red Pony                          The Red Hand Gang                           Force Five

Bunco                                        Stand By Your Man                            Tut And Tuttle

Khudzu                                      The Amazing Mr. Hughes                  Otherworld

Centennial                             

Episodic Television

Fired Up                                 Hope and Gloria                              Melrose Place          

Evening Shade                       Hearts Afire                                    Perfect Strangers

Paradise                                  The Bob Newhart Show                 Get A Life

Murder She Wrote                 She’s The Sheriff                           Mama’s Family

Who’s The Boss                     The Rockford Files                        Punky Brewster

Boone                                      Good Night Beantown                   General Hospital

Bracken’s World                    Simon And Simon                           Matt Houston

Superboy                                 The Greatest American Hero       Crazy Like A Fox

Mannix                                    12 O’clock High                             Manhunter

Death Valley Days                 The Guns Of Will Sonnet               Gomer Pyle-USMC

The FBI                                   Rawhide                                          Gunsmoke             

Dr. Kildare                              Tales Of The Gold Monkey          Cimmaron Strip

The CBS Anthology Series

Writing Credits

Harlan & Merleen        "Evening Shade"        A Whole Lotta Fun        Burt Reynolds' Late Show

 

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