On December 27, 1966, Hamer underwent emergency surgery at Santa Monica Emergency Hospital after sustaining a gunshot wound to the abdomen when a gun he was carrying in a shoulder holster slid out, fell to the ground and discharged.
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Ī year after The Danny Thomas Show ended, Hamer reprised the role of Rusty Williams in the reunion special The Danny Thomas TV Family Reunion, which aired on NBC. Hamer also said that he planned to attend college on the advice of Danny Thomas, whom he considered a second father, since his own father had died in 1953.
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Hamer said that he was under consideration for roles in several television series including Mr. Shortly before graduating in June 1964, Hamer was interviewed by reporter Bob Thomas and stated that he intended to continue his acting career and hoped to branch out into dramatic roles. Īfter the series ended, 17-year-old Hamer enrolled at Palisades High School (later restructured as Palisades Charter High School), but had difficulty adjusting to public school as he was accustomed to being privately tutored on the set. However, Danny Thomas announced that he had decided to end the show in order to produce and star in other projects. īy late 1963, The Danny Thomas Show had garnered five Primetime Emmy Awards (among other awards) and was still ranked in the Top 10. The single was a commercial failure and Hamer never released another single. In 1959, Hamer released his only single, a "rockaballad" called "Two-of-a-Kind" (with the b side "If Only Mother Would Let Me") written by Wally Gold and Aaron Schroeder, through Mercury Records. He first performed a song in a 1956 episode of Danny Thomas entitled "The Talented Kid".
During the run of The Danny Thomas Show, Hamer attempted to launch a singing career. The retooled version quickly became a hit with audiences and was a Top 20 hit for its remaining seven seasons. After three seasons, the series moved to CBS where it was re-tooled and retitled The Danny Thomas Show. He had a great eat timing and you could change a line on him at the last minute and he came right back with it." Make Room for Daddy debuted on ABC on Septemand, while critically acclaimed, garnered poor ratings. Thomas later said of Hamer, "He was the best boy actor I ever saw in my life. Thomas was also impressed by the 6-year old and cast Hamer as his precocious and quick-witted son, Rusty Williams. She suggested that Thomas audition Hamer for a role in his upcoming sitcom Make Room for Daddy. In 1953, entertainer Danny Thomas' secretary saw Hamer in a stage production and was impressed by the child's talent and charm. The following year, Hamer won his first acting role in the 3-D Western Fort Ti, starring George Montgomery and Joan Vohs. The agent signed both boys to a film contract. Shortly after arriving, Hamer's elder brother John was discovered by an agent while performing in a local stage production in which Rusty was also performing. In 1951, the Hamers moved to Los Angeles where Arthur Hamer worked as representative for a manufacturer of men's sport shirts (Arthur Hamer died eight months after his son was cast in The Danny Thomas Show). As a toddler, Hamer memorized and recited stories and performed skits for service club luncheons, women's clubs and church groups. Career ĭue to his parents' involvement in community theatre productions, Hamer and his brothers also began performing in stage productions. As a child, Hamer was nicknamed "Rusty" as a derivative of his first name Russell, but also because of his red hair and freckles.
He had two elder brothers, John and Walter. Born in Tenafly, New Jersey, Hamer was the youngest of three sons of Arthur Walter John Hamer, Sr., a men's shirt salesman and Dorothy Hamer ( née Chretien), a former silent film actress of Maltese heritage.
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