James Wade Hampton Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Raised in Dallas, Texas, James Hampton attended John H. Reagan Elementary, N.R. Crozier Technical High School and the University of North Texas (Theatre Arts Major). He studied acting with Michael Howard in New York and Leonard Nimoy in Los Angeles. He worked with Baruch Lumet at Knox Street Theatre in Dallas and did summer stock at Casa Manana in...
In the mid Eighties an urban legend began in the central Eastern area suggesting that Hampton was the actor who replaced Willard Scott as the McDonald's mascot, Ronald McDonald. Hampton himself has stated that it is untrue.
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His brother Dan was a rodeo clown.
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His parents were Ivan and Edna Hampton, owners of a Dallas, Texas, dry cleaning store.
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Some have claimed that Hampton's character, Bugler Hanibal Dobbs, should not have been a part of F Troop (1965). Immediately following the Civil War, most Southern white males were ineligible for service in the United States Army. However, Dobbs could have been one of the rare non-conformists who remained loyal to the Union during the course of the War, or a Confederate POW recruited into his captors' ranks, as was the real-life biography of Henry Morton Stanley.
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James has two adult children, Jim and Andrea, and three grandchildren.
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A co-star in the sitcom F Troop (1965), he was in a real life F-Troop of the 6th Armored Cavalry at Fort Knox in the late '50s.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Association
2015
Video
Gene Seward
Divine Access
2015
Mr. Bernstein
Big Stone Gap
2014
Reverend Manning
Flutter
2014
Leon
The Last Ride
2012
Judge Matheny
Jacob
2011/I
Mayor Jack Flynn
Fire from Below
2009
Griffith
Danny and Max
2000
Sheriff
Lost in the Pershing Point Hotel
2000
Pediatrician
Fired Up
1997
TV Series
Ben Franklin
Sling Blade
1996
Jerry Woolridge
Hope & Gloria
1995
TV Series
Bob
Melrose Place
1994
TV Series
Harry Alan
Hearts Afire
1994
TV Series
Jasper Edmunds
Valerie's Family: The Hogans
1991
TV Series
Raymond
The Giant of Thunder Mountain
1991
Jesse (Townsman)
Evening Shade
1991
TV Series
Earl Mallory
Get a Life
1990
TV Series
Fletcher
Full House
1989-1990
TV Series
Mr. Malatesta
Pump Up the Volume
1990
Arthur Watts
Guns of Paradise
1990
TV Series
Graham
Newhart
1990
TV Series
Father Ken
Perfect Strangers
1990
TV Series
Mac McIntyre
Mama's Family
1989
TV Series
Keith Wheeler
Days of Our Lives
1989
TV Series
Saul Taylor
1st & Ten: The Championship
1989
TV Series
Phil
Superboy
1988
TV Series
Coach
Police Academy 5: Assignment: Miami Beach
1988
Mayor of Miami
She's the Sheriff
1987
TV Series
Digby
Punky Brewster
1986-1987
TV Series
Jimmy John / Alvin
Teen Wolf Too
1987
Uncle Harold
Teen Wolf
1986-1987
TV Series
Harold Howard
Crazy Like a Fox
1986
TV Series
Murder, She Wrote
1984-1986
TV Series
Jerry Blevins / Vet
Simon & Simon
1985
TV Series
Odell Mitchell
Teen Wolf
1985
Harold Howard
Who's the Boss?
1984-1985
TV Series
The Officer / Herb
Otherworld
1985
TV Mini-Series
Fred Roach
Matt Houston
1984
TV Series
Mr. Stephens / Mr. Stevens
The Burning Bed
1984
TV Movie
Police Witness
Goodnight, Beantown
1983
TV Series
Oliver
Boone
1983
TV Series
Kudzu
1983
TV Movie
Dub Dennible
Tales of the Gold Monkey
1983
TV Series
Alan Shoemate
The Greatest American Hero
1983
TV Series
Sheriff
Maggie
1981-1982
TV Series
Len Weston
World War III
1982
TV Movie
Richard Hickman
Through the Magic Pyramid
1981
TV Movie
Sam Tuttle
Condorman
1981
Harry Oslo
Stand by Your Man
1981
TV Movie
Billy Sherrill
Hangar 18
1980
Lew Price
The Dukes of Hazzard
1980
TV Series
Sheriff Buster Moon
B.A.D. Cats
1980
TV Series
Link
The China Syndrome
1979
Bill Gibson
Centennial
1979
TV Mini-Series
Defense Attorney Prescott
Kaz
1979
TV Series
Mary
1978
TV Series
Skit characters
The Cat from Outer Space
1978
Capt. Anderson
Thaddeus Rose and Eddie
1978
TV Movie
Alvin Karl
Three on a Date
1978
TV Movie
Ernest
Bunco
1977
TV Movie
The Red Hand Gang
1977
TV Series
Insight
1977
TV Series
Jimmy Berg
The Amazing Howard Hughes
1977
TV Movie
Wilbur Peterson
Hawmps!
1976
Howard Clemmons
Hustle
1975
Bus Driver
Mackintosh and T.J.
1975
Cotton
The Rockford Files
1975
TV Series
Aaron Ironwood
W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings
1975
Junior
Mannix
1975
TV Series
Billy Lee
Force Five
1975
TV Movie
Lester White
Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan
1975
TV Movie
Harry Dudley
The Manhunter
1974
TV Series
Lon Tyrell
Run, Joe, Run
1974
TV Series
Mr. Butler
The Longest Yard
1974
Caretaker (as Jim Hampton)
Love, American Style
1971-1974
TV Series
John Simpson (segment "Love and the Image Makers") / Wally Smith (segment "Love and the Family Hour") / Bernie (segment "Love and the Lovely Evening") / ...
Hawkins
1973
TV Series
Earl Coleman
The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing
1973
Jimmy (uncredited)
The F.B.I.
1972
TV Series
Claybourne
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color
1972
TV Series
Aaron
Justin Morgan Had a Horse
1972
Aaron
The Doris Day Show
1968-1971
TV Series
LeRoy B. Simpson
Soldier Blue
1970
Pvt. Menzies
Bracken's World
1970
TV Series
J.F. Nash
Fade-In
1968
TV Movie
Cimarron Strip
1967
TV Series
Sam
F Troop
1965-1967
TV Series
Hannibal Dobbs
Trooper Hannibal Dobbs
Dobbs
...
Rawhide
1965
TV Series
Charlie Peck
Gunsmoke
1963-1965
TV Series
Jeb Willis / Eliab Haggen
Gomer Pyle: USMC
1965
TV Series
Branch Eversole
Death Valley Days
1964
TV Series
William Randolph Hearst
Dr. Kildare
1963
TV Series
Dr. Oscar Hoag
The Cliff Dwellers
1962
Short
The Boy
Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
Zoe, Duncan, Jack & Jane
2000
TV Series 3 episodes
Linc's
1998-1999
TV Series 3 episodes
Katie Joplin
1999
TV Series 1 episode
Smart Guy
1997-1998
TV Series 8 episodes
Rude Awakening
1998
TV Series 1 episode
The Tony Danza Show
1997-1998
TV Series 2 episodes
Sister, Sister
1997-1998
TV Series 9 episodes
Grace Under Fire
1997-1998
TV Series 4 episodes
Boston Common
1996-1997
TV Series 8 episodes
American Pie
1996
TV Series
Hudson Street
1996
TV Series 1 episode
Kirk
1995
TV Series
Hearts Afire
1993-1995
TV Series 6 episodes
Evening Shade
1992-1994
TV Series 16 episodes
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Evening Shade
TV Series written by - 5 episodes, 1992 - 1993 story - 1 episode, 1992
Harlan & Merleen
1993
TV Movie
A Whole Lotta Fun
1988
TV Movie
Burt Reynolds' Late Show
1973
TV Movie
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Evening Shade
1994
TV Series producer - 1 episode
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Doris Day Show
1968
TV Series performer - 1 episode
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Journey of Jacob
2013
Video documentary
Himself
Underground Entertainment: The Movie
2011
Documentary
James Hampton Ladies & Gentlemen
Doing Time on 'The Longest Yard'
2005
Video short
Himself
Unleashing the Mean Machine
2005
Video short
Himself
The China Syndrome: Creating a Controversy
2004
Video documentary short
Bill Gibson
Now You See It
1989
TV Series
Himself
Xpose
1982
TV Mini-Series documentary
Himself
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1973-1981
TV Series
Himself
The Making of 'The China Syndrome'
1979
TV Movie documentary
Himself
The Alan Hamel Show
1977
TV Series
Himself
Dinah!
1974
TV Series
Himself
The Merv Griffin Show
1973
TV Series
Himself
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
Cinemassacre's Monster Madness
2012
TV Series documentary
Harold Howard
The China Syndrome: A Fusion of Talent
2004
Video documentary short
Bill Gibson
Police Academy 5: Assignment: Miami Beach - Mistaken Identity: Case Reopened