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Year:
Duration:
60 min (221 episodes)
Genres:
Drama | Family | Romance
IMDB rate:
7.6
Awards:
Won 3 Golden Globes. Another 17 wins & 57 nominations
Details
Country: USA
Release Date: 1972-09-14
Filming Locations: Port Hueneme, California, USA
Cast
Actor
Character
Kami Cotler
Kami Cotler
The Waltons
Allyn Ann McLerie
Allyn Ann McLerie
The Waltons
Alley Mills
Alley Mills
The Waltons
Kathleen O'Malley
Kathleen O'Malley
The Waltons
Melody Thomas Scott
Melody Thomas Scott
The Waltons
Jon Walmsley
Jason Walton
Mary Beth McDonough
Erin Walton
Eric Scott
Ben Walton
Judy Norton
Mary Ellen Walton
David W. Harper
Jim-Bob Walton
Earl Hamner Jr.
Narrator / ... (211 episodes, 1972-1981)
Ralph Waite
John Walton, Sr.
Joe Conley
Ike Godsey
Michael Learned
Olivia Walton
Will Geer
The Grandfather
Ellen Corby
Esther Walton
Richard Thomas
John-Boy Walton
Ronnie Claire Edwards
Corabeth Walton
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Trivia
The basis for the Walton family was series creator Earl Hamner Jr.'s real life family members. Hamner grew up with 7 other siblings each of whom served as the basis for each young Walton character. He also based the characters of The Waltons' grandparents on composites of both sides of his Grandfathers and Grandmothers, his mother's mother, his mother's father, his father's mother and his father's father.
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John had an older brother named Ben that was killed during World War I. This led him to name his third son for his deceased brother and to keep a memory of his lost brother, active.
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The name of the newspaper that John-Boy published was the Blue Ridge Chronicle.
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Goofs
The family got a phone during the later episodes but subsequent to that, they still seemed to be getting their phone messages through storekeeper and manager, Ike Godsey.
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The gender of the dog Reckless seemed to change back in forth throughout the first several episodes.
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Quotes
Grandma (Esther) Walton: Rise and shine, you two!
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Olivia: Now I've got two sons working nights in a saloon.
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Rev. Matthew Fordwick: What do you think of my sermon?
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Faq
Q
Where were the outside scenes filmed? It says here that it was studios in Burbank, however, some of the mountain scenes really appear to be the Blue Ridge Mountains.
A
I hope someone can provide an answer for me.
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Photos from cast
Janit Baldwin Bonnie Bartlett Dick Christie Kami Cotler Madeleine Taylor Holmes Janet Julian Allyn Ann McLerie Alley Mills
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