James F. Hawkins is an American former actor, producer and writer. He is best-known for his TV roles in shows like ''

Annie Oakley Annie Oakley (born Phoebe Ann Mosey; August 13, 1860 – November 3, 1926) was an American sharpshooter who starred in Buffalo Bill's Wild West show. Oakley developed hunting skills as a child to provide for her impoverished family in western ...

'', ''

The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet ''The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet'' is an American television sitcom that aired on ABC from October 3, 1952, to April 23, 1966, and starred the real-life Nelson family. After a long run on radio, the show was brought to television, where it ...

'', '' Leave It to Beaver'', ''

Petticoat Junction ''Petticoat Junction'' is an American television sitcom that originally aired on CBS from September 1963 to April 1970. The series takes place at the Shady Rest Hotel, which is run by Kate Bradley; her three daughters Billie Jo, Bobbie Jo, and ...

'', and ''

The Donna Reed Show ''The Donna Reed Show'' is an American sitcom starring Donna Reed as the middle-class housewife Donna Stone. Carl Betz co-stars as her pediatrician husband Dr. Alex Stone, and Shelley Fabares and Paul Petersen as their teenage children, Mary ...

''; and as Tommy Bailey, son of George Bailey in the 1946 film ''

It's a Wonderful Life ''It's a Wonderful Life'' is a 1946 American Christmas fantasy drama film produced and directed by Frank Capra, based on the short story and booklet ''The Greatest Gift'', which Philip Van Doren Stern self-published in 1943 and is in turn loos ...

''.

Personal life

Hawkins is the author of five books about the film ''

It's A Wonderful Life ''It's a Wonderful Life'' is a 1946 American Christmas fantasy drama film produced and directed by Frank Capra, based on the short story and booklet ''The Greatest Gift'', which Philip Van Doren Stern self-published in 1943 and is in turn loos ...

'', served on The Jimmy Stewart Museum Advisory Board, and for 20 years served on the board of directors of the Donna Reed Foundation for the Performing Arts. In celebration of the

Frank Capra Frank Russell Capra (born Francesco Rosario Capra; May 18, 1897 – September 3, 1991) was an Italian-born American film director, producer and writer who became the creative force behind some of the major award-winning films of the 1930s ...

film, Hawkins and other cast members appear annually at the "It's A Wonderful Life Festival" in

Seneca Falls, New York Seneca Falls is a town in Seneca County, New York, United States. The population was 8,942 at the 2020 census. The Town of Seneca Falls contains the former village also called Seneca Falls. The town is east of Geneva, New York, in the nor ...

, the town thought to be the inspiration for the movie's setting of Bedford Falls.

Filmography (selection)

* ''

'' (1946) as Tommy Bailey * ''

The Ruggles ''The Ruggles'' is an early American family-oriented situation comedy series broadcast live on ABC. Episodes were recorded on kinescope, and some of them survive in the UCLA Film and Television Archive. The series began October 23, 1949 — a co ...

'' (TV series, 1949-1952, 137 episodes) as Donald Ruggles * ''

'' (TV series, 1954-1957, 81 episodes) as Tagg Oakley * '' Dennis The Menace'' (TV series, 1961) as Chuck Long * '' Leave It To Beaver'' (TV series, 1961) as Dudley McMillan * ''Bringing Up Buddy'' (TV series, 1961, 3 episodes) as Fennimore Cooper * '' Ichabod and Me'' (TV series, 1961-1962, 11 episodes) as Jonathan Baylor * '' My 3 Sons'' (TV series, 1963) * ''

'' (TV series, 1962-1964) as Jimmy * '' The Fugitive'' (TV series, 1963) as Carl Emery * ''

Girl Happy ''Girl Happy'' is a 1965 American musical romantic comedy and beach party film starring Elvis Presley in his eighteenth feature. The movie won a fourth place prize Laurel Award in the category Top Musical of 1965. It featured the song " Puppet ...

'' (1965) as Doc * ''

'' (TV series, 1958-1965, 20 episodes) * ''

'' (1963-1967) (TV series, 9 episodes) * ''

Spinout Spinout or Spin Out may refer to: * Corporate spin-off, also known as a spin-out, a type of corporate action where a company turns a portion of itself into a separate business *Spinout (driving), failure when braking Entertainment * ''Spinout (fi ...

'' (1966) as Larry * ''

Gidget Gidget () is a fictional character created by author Frederick Kohner (based on his teenaged daughter, Kathy) in his 1957 novel, ''Gidget, the Little Girl with Big Ideas''. The novel follows the adventures of a teenaged girl and her surfing fri ...

'' (TV series, 1966) as Paul

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hawkins, Jimmy Living people 20th-century American actors American child actors Year of birth missing (living people)