Orville H. Hampton

American screenwriter (1917-1997)

Orville H. Hampton was an American screenwriter who worked mostly in low-budget films, particularly for producers Robert E. Kent and Edward Small. A screenplay that he and Raphael Hayes wrote for One Potato, Two Potato (1964) was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.

Filmography in the catalog

Credited on 20 films (1950–1968) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 4 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).

Year ▲ Title CreatorLengthFormatColorSound
1950 Hi-jacked. Lippert Productions Inc. 66 min. 35mm B&W sound
1950 Train to tombstone. Lippert Productions Inc. 6 reels 35mm B&W sound
1951 Fingerprints Don’t Lie. Spartan Productions Inc. 56 min. 35mm B&W sound
1951 Leave It To The Marines. Tom Productions 66 min. 35mm B&W sound
1951 Outlaw Women. Howco Productions 75 min. 35mm Color sound
1951 SKY HIGH. Tom Productions 60 min. 35mm B&W sound
1951 Three desperate men. Mayflower Productions Inc. 69 min. 35mm B&W sound
1954 Fangs of the wild. Jesse James Corp. 72 min. 35mm B&W sound
1956 The Black Whip. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp 77 min. 35mm B&W sound
1958 Badman's Country. Peerless Productions Inc. 2500 35mm B&W sound
1958 Hong Kong Confidential. Vogue Pictures Inc. 67 min. 35mm B&W sound
1958 Oklahoma Territory. Premium Pictures Inc. 67 min 35mm B&W sound
1958 Toughest Gun In Tombstone. Peerless Productions Inc. 72 min. 35mm B&W sound
1959 A Dog's Best Friend. Premium Pictures Inc. 70 min 35mm B&W sound
1959 Gunfighters Of Abilene. Vogue Pictures Inc. 66 min 35mm B&W sound
1960 Cage Of Evil. Zenith Pictures Inc. 70 min 35mm B&W sound
1960 Young Jesse James. Associated Producers (1959-1965) 16mm B&W sound
1963 One potato, two potato McGraw-Hill 24 16mm B&W sound
1967 Riot On Sunset Strip. American International Pictures & Four Leaf Productions Inc. 87 min 35mm Color sound
1968 The young runaways. Four-Leaf Productions 91 min 16mm Color sound