"The Waltons" The Literary Man (1972)

Director:

Philip Leacock

Writers:

Colley Cibber (writer)
Earl Hamner Jr. (creator)

TV Series:

"The Waltons" (1972)

Original Air Date:

30 November 1972 (Season 1, Episode 11)

Genre:

Drama | Family | Romance

Plot:

A writer comes to Walton's Mountain and impresses John-Boy with his tales of literary connections and accomplishments.

Plot Keywords:

Great Depression | 1930s | Virginia | Sentimental | Mother Daughter Relationship

Cast

Richard Thomas	...	John-Boy Walton
Ralph Waite	...	John Walton, Sr.
Michael Learned	...	Olivia Walton (as Miss Michael Learned)
Ellen Corby	...	Esther Walton
Will Geer	...	The Grandfather
Judy Norton-Taylor	...	Mary Ellen Walton (as Judy Norton)
Jon Walmsley	...	Jason Walton
Mary Beth McDonough	...	Erin Walton (as Mary Elizabeth McDonough)
Eric Scott	...	Ben Walton
David W. Harper	...	Jim-Bob Walton (as David Harper)
Kami Cotler	...	Elizabeth Walton
Joe Conley	...	Ike Godsey
Earl Hamner Jr.	...	Narrator
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
John Crawford	...	Sheriff Ep Bridges
David Huddleston	...	A.J.Covington
Victor Izay	...	Doctor

Robert Donner	...	Yancy Tucker
Nora Marlowe	...	Flossie Brimmer

Quotes:

Narrator: [narration as John 'John Boy' Walton, Jr. reading from his journal] Growing up on Waltons Mountain in those Depression years when times were lean and money was scarce I learned early that hard work was a central fact of life and a key to survival. I wasn't afraid of work but, above everything else, I wanted to be a writer. Gripping a book, reading and re-reading the wonderfully colored sentences... this was as close as I could get to another writer; until, one afternoon, I met someone who showed me the way I must take to be a literary man.