- Hamner based the grandparents in his popular television series The Waltons (1972) on his own maternal Italian-American grandparents Ora Lee and A. Gianniny, an Anglicized version of the Italian name Giannini.
- He was the last surviving writer to have worked on The Twilight Zone (1959).
- Eldest brother of Bill Hamner, Clifton Hamner, James Hamner, Paul Hamner, Audrey Hankins, Marion Hawkes, and Nancy Jameson.
- Has a collection of 50 bonsai trees.
- Son of Earl Henry Hamner, Sr., and Doris Hamner.
- Father of Scott Hamner.
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