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| - Hamilton was born in Los Angeles, California. He began his career is show business as an actor, making uncredited appearances in such films as the 1955 drama Blackboard Jungle. This film also featured veteran actors John Hoyt and Richard Kiley, who both went on to appear in a Star Trek production. Following a stunt in the United States Army, Hamilton earned a Bachelor of arts degree from the University of California at Los Angeles. In 1960, he then became a story editor at Warner Bros., where he worked on such television series as 77 Sunset Strip, Bourbon Street Beat, and Cheyenne. He left Warner Bros. in 1962 to work on Alfred Hitchcock Presents, after which he began working for Walt Disney Television. In 1969, Hamilton co-wrote the short documentary film An Impression of John Steinbeck: Writer, which received an Academy Award nomination in the "Best Documentary, Short Subjects" category. He continued writing films during the 1970s, including the 1974 blaxploitation action-drama Black Samson and the B-grade horror picture Kiss of the Tarantula.
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