Raised in Dallas, Texas. James Hampton studied acting with Michael Howard in New York and Leonard Nimoy in Los Angeles.His many Film and TV credits include "Hawmps!", "The China Syndrome", "Sling Blade", "Teen Wolf", "Teen Wolf Too", "Mackintosh & T.J.", "Condorman", "Hanger 18", "Police Academy 5: Assignment: Miami Beach", "W.W. & The Dixie Dancekings", "Stand By Your Man" and "The Longest Yard". Mr. Hampton also co-starred on "Maggie", "B.A.D. Cats", "The Doris Day Show" and "The Dukes Of Hazzard". On stage, Mr. Hampton worked with Baruch Lumet at Knox Street Theatre in Dallas and did summer stock at Casa Manana in Fort Worth. He performed off-Broadway in "Easy Does It" with Tom Poston and Elizabeth Allen, and toured with Burt Reynolds in "Rainmaker". He starred in "Tender Trap" with Reynolds at Arlington Park Theatre in Chicago and played the title role in "Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter" at the same theatre with Mamie Van Doren and Rick Jason. James Hampton is best remembered as the eager but inept bugler Pvt. Hannibal Dobbs in the classic sitcom "F Troop".
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