DECADE OF THE WALTONS, A (TV)
Summary
A special two-hour retrospective of "The Waltons," a drama series about a large, close-knit family living in rural Virginia. Highlights include: Olivia's fight against Polio, the family home being destroyed by fire, and Mary Ellen's marriage; the birth of the first grandchild, grandpa's death, and Hamner introducing cast members to their real-life counterparts. (Includes a "CBS News Newsbreak" with Morton Dean.) Includes commercials.
Details
- NETWORK: CBS
- DATE: May 22, 1980 Thursday 8:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 1:58:26
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T81:0020
- GENRE: Drama
- SUBJECT HEADING: Drama; Families
- SERIES RUN: CBS - TV, 1980
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Lee Rich … Executive Producer
- Earl Hamner … Executive Producer, Created by, Writer
- Rod Peterson … Producer
- Claylene Jones … Associate Producer
- Harry Harris … Director
- Philip Leacock … Director
- Alexander Courage … Music by
- Jerry Goldsmith … Theme Music by
- Michael Learned … Cast, Olivia Walton
- Ralph Waite … Cast, John Walton
- Richard Thomas … Cast, John-Boy Walton
- Ellen Corby … Cast, Grandma Walton
- Jon Walmsley … Cast, Jason Walton
- Judy Norton-Taylor … Cast, Mary Ellen Walton
- Marybeth McDonough … Cast, Erin Walton
- Eric Scott … Cast, Ben Walton
- David W. Harper … Cast, Jim-Bob Walton
- Kami Cotler … Cast, Elizabeth Walton
- Joe Conley … Cast, Ike Godsey
- Ronnie Claire Edwards … Cast, Corabeth Godsey
- Mary Jackson … Cast, Emily Baldwin
- Helen Kleeb … Cast, Mamie Baldwin
- Will Geer … Cast, Grandpa Walton
- Tom Bower … Cast, Dr. Curtis Willard
- Tammi Bula … Cast, Marcia Woolery
- Barry Cahill … Cast, Buck Vernon
- Nora Marlowe … Cast, Mrs. Brimmer
- Michael Reed … Cast, John Curtis
- John Ritter … Cast, Reverend Fordwick
- Doris Hamner … Cast, Herself - Mother of Earl Hamner
- Bill Hamner … Cast, Himself - Brother of Earl Hamner
- Clifton Hamner … Cast, Himself - Brother of Earl Hamner
- James Hamner … Cast, Himself - Brother of Earl Hamner
- Paul Hamner … Cast, Himself - Brother of Earl Hamner
- Audrey Hankins … Cast, Herself - Sister of Earl Hamner
- Marion Hawkins … Cast, Herself - Sister of Earl Hamner
- Nancy Jamerson … Cast, Herself - Sister of Earl Hamner
- Earl Hamner … Cast, Himself - Narrator
- For "CBS News Newsbreak":
- Morton Dean … Reporter