Joseph Henry Hamilton Jr. (January 6, 1929 – June 9, 1991) was an American television producer and actor.

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Joe Hamilton
Hamilton at left with Fred Allen as a member of The Skylarks in 1954, the group was part of the Judge for Yourself cast
Born	Joseph Henry Hamilton Jr. (1929-01-06)January 6, 1929 Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Died	June 9, 1991(1991-06-09) (aged 62) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Burial place	Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City
Spouse(s)	Gloria Hartley ​ ​ (m. 1948; div. 1963)​ Carol Burnett ​ ​ (m. 1963; div. 1984)​ Sandy Troggio ​ (m. 1991)​
Children	11, including Carrie, Jody and Erin
Relatives	Kipp Hamilton (sister)

Career

Beginning his career as a singer and composer with a vocal group, The Skylarks, Hamilton became the producer of The Garry Moore Show in 1958, where actress Carol Burnett was a regular. With The Skylarks, he appeared on many early television programs, including Dinah Shore's.[1] He also appeared in two 1964 episodes of The New Phil Silvers Show. Joe appeared in several episodes of The Andy Griffith Show as a bystander who made fun of Deputy Barney Fife (Don knotts) for overreacting to simple situations. He worked with Burnett on the short-lived CBS variety show The Entertainers and her long-running eponymous series, The Carol Burnett Show, as executive producer and composer of its theme song.[2] He made one brief appearance (albeit on a poster) as Duke Reeves on Mama's Family. was Executive Producer of Mama's Family for its 130 episode run, with the first 30 episodes on NBC (1982-1984) and then for the 100-episode syndicated version, produced independently for Lorimar Telepictures, from 1986-1990. Prior to this, he was Executive Producer of The Tim Conway Show in 1980-81. He was Executive Producer of the Eunice TV movie, which he and Burnett commissioned, and which spawned Mama's Family, despite Thelma "Mama" Harper dying in the TV movie.

Hamilton won five Emmy Awards, the first for The Garry Moore Show, which featured Burnett.

Hamilton also wrote Burnett's famous theme song, which she sang to end her show each week, “I'm So Glad We Had This Time Together”.

Personal life

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Hamilton was the brother of television actress Kipp Hamilton.[3]

Hamilton’s first marriage (April 10, 1948 – 1963), to Gloria Hartley, produced eight children.[1] He married Carol Burnett on May 4, 1963. They had three children, including Carrie Hamilton, before divorcing in 1984.[4] He married Sandy Troggio in 1991, before dying of cancer that same year on June 9.

He is buried in Holy Cross Cemetery.

Actor

• Sea Hunt (1960) - Season 2, Episode 5[5]

References

External links

• Joe Hamilton at IMDb