RIP James Hampton

[Marty]

https://www.etonline.com/james-hampton-teen-wolf-and-the-longest-yard-actor-dead-at-84-163709

[UNTLifer]

I didn't realize he was an alumni.  Great character actor.  The original Caretaker in the best "Longest Yard."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Hampton_(actor)

 

[GrayEagle]

He was in school when I was.  My time covered nine years with four years in the service splitting my beginning and ending.  Jim Hampton was featured in the Yucca in 'a day in the life of a student' photo page in the middle 50s.  I only spoke to him a few times briefly and I considered him to be very likable.

[PlummMeanGreen]

🦅 GrayEagle, I remember you speaking of your being acquainted with Jim Hampton at one of our MG Club meetings we had at Ken Murphy’s business in west Dallas. The great Ron Shanklin was at that meeting.  
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Didn’t know this about Hampton after I scrolled down to see that he had passed.  
Hampton & fellow UNT alum Pat Boone were on campus just a few years ago at the Murchison Performing Arts Center listening to (I believe it was) the UNT Symphony Orchestra.
That story may have come from “The North Texan” quarterly magazine, but not from the link below. (Actually, I may have seen the story of the 2 Hollywoodians campus visit in an NT Dailey).

https://northtexan.unt.edu/issues/2021-spring/stories-behind-stories

RIP, “Caretaker.” 

Edited May 10, 2021 by PlummMeanGreen

[PlummMeanGreen]

SUMG told me a few days that Jim Hampton’s autobiography is a “can’t put it on the nightstand” gem.
He also said how Hampton talked fellow UNT student & fraternity brother  Pat Boone into buying his first pair of what would become his signature white buckskin shoes.  
Many vignettes about student life at UNT, too.  I think I now want to read that book. 
 

The link below includes a critique of Hampton’s book.

https://www.lonestarliterary.com/content/lone-star-review-what-and-give-show-business

Edited May 13, 2021 by PlummMeanGreen