---
name: "Hampton Fancher"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/hampton-fancher"
fi1m_id: "hampton-fancher"
imdb_id: "nm0266684"
tmdb_id: 583
wikidata_id: "Q1372703"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "18 July 1938"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 84
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T17:21:06.352722+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Hampton Fancher

## Identity

Hampton Fancher

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/hampton-fancher
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** hampton-fancher
- **IMDb ID:** nm0266684
- **TMDB ID:** 583
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1372703
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hampton_Fancher, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1372703, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0266684/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/583

Writer. Born 18 July 1938 in East Los Angeles, California, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 18 July 1938, East Los Angeles, California, USA
- **Active:** 1963–2017
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 3: 1 acting, 2 writing
- **Frequently works with:** [Harrison Ford](https://film.one/person/harrison-ford.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 84, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1960s 84 (1), 1980s 85 (1), 2010s 83 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hampton_Fancher, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1372703, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0266684/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/583

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Blade Runner 2049*](https://film.one/film/blade-runner-2049.md) (83)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Hampton Fancher is an American actor, screenwriter, producer and director. Born on 18 July 1938 in East Los Angeles, California, he began his career as an actor with guest roles in numerous television Westerns and anthology series in the 1950s and 1960s, including episodes of *Bonanza*, *Perry Mason* and *Gunsmoke*.

In the late 1970s Fancher moved into screenwriting. He co-wrote the screenplay for *Blade Runner* (1982) with David Webb Peoples, based on the novel by Philip K. Dick, and later provided the story for its sequel *Blade Runner 2049* (2017). He wrote the screenplay for *The Mighty Quinn* (1989) and both wrote and directed *The Minus Man* (1999), which won the Special Grand Prize of the Jury at the Montreal World Film Festival.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

### Performed in (1)

- *The Fugitive* (1963), Fi1m 84, as Homer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-fugitive-1963.md)

### Wrote (2) — the average rests on these

- *Blade Runner 2049* (2017), Fi1m 83, Story, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/blade-runner-2049.md)
- *Blade Runner* (1982), Fi1m 85, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/blade-runner.md)

## Complete filmography (43)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Blade Runner 2049* (2017), Screenplay, Story — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/blade-runner-2049.md)
- *2048: Nowhere to Run* (2017), Writer
- *2036: Nexus Dawn* (2017), Screenplay
- *The Minus Man* (1999), Director, Screenplay
- *The Mighty Quinn* (1989), Screenplay
- *Blade Runner* (1982), Screenplay — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/blade-runner.md)
- *Last of the Good Guys* (1978), as Officer George Talltree (uncredited)
- *Survival* (1976), Actor
- *The Other Side of the Mountain* (1975), as Lee Zadroga
- *Switch* (1975), series, as Jeff Louden
- *The Stranger Who Looks Like Me* (1974), as Adoptive Parent #3
- *Get Christie Love!* (1974), as Rod
- *Police Story* (1973), series, Actor
- *How Did a Nice Girl Like You Get Into This Business?* (1970), as Gino
- *Adam-12* (1968), series, as Philip Bartell, Ray
- *Mannix* (1967), series, as Cornwall Dover
- *The Monroes* (1966), series, Actor
- *The Incredible Sex Revolution* (1965), as Harold Morton
- *Daniel Boone* (1964), series, as Tad Arlen, Lieutenant Noland
- *The Great Adventure* (1963), series, as Fleming
- *The Fugitive* (1963), series, as Homer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-fugitive-1963.md)
- *Arrest and Trial* (1963), series, Actor
- *General Electric True* (1962), series, Actor
- *Rome Adventure* (1962), as Albert Stillwell
- *Parrish* (1961), as Edgar Raike
- *Outlaws* (1960), series, Actor
- *Tate* (1960), series, Actor
- *The Rebel* (1959), series, as Bull
- *Law of the Plainsman* (1959), series, as Harver
- *Bonanza* (1959), series, as Craig Bonner
- *One Step Beyond* (1959), series, as Tim Plunkett
- *Black Saddle* (1959), series, as Deputy Gillis, Lon Gillis, Orv Tibbett
- *Rawhide* (1959), series, as Billy Hobson, Jake Hammerklein
- *77 Sunset Strip* (1958), series, Actor
- *The Rifleman* (1958), series, Actor
- *The Brain Eaters* (1958), as Zombie (uncredited)
- *Maverick* (1957), series, Actor
- *Perry Mason* (1957), series, as Hamp Fisher
- *Have Gun, Will Travel* (1957), series, as Beau Crommer
- *Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre* (1956), series, as Linc
- *Cheyenne* (1955), series, Actor
- *Gunsmoke* (1955), series, as Dunc, Clem, Milton
- *Death Valley Days* (1952), series, as Ned Murphy

## Gallery

- ![Hampton Fancher](https://film.one/media/person/59578/gallery-6cb7b905f2c1.jpg) Hampton Fancher — Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Hampton_Fancher_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg/1280px-Hampton_Fancher_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Broderick Johnson and Hampton Fancher speaking at the 2017 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Blade Runner 2049", at the San Diego Convention Center in San](https://film.one/media/person/59578/gallery-3b18c8653afc.jpg) Broderick Johnson and Hampton Fancher speaking at the 2017 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Blade Runner 2049", at the San Diego Convention Center in San — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Broderick_Johnson_%26_Hampton_Fancher_%2835809548450%29.jpg/1280px-Broderick_Johnson_%26_Hampton_Fancher_%2835809548450%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Broderick Johnson and Hampton Fancher speaking at the 2017 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Blade Runner 2049", at the San Diego Convention Center in San](https://film.one/media/person/59578/gallery-c6b6e47e4d59.jpg) Broderick Johnson and Hampton Fancher speaking at the 2017 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Blade Runner 2049", at the San Diego Convention Center in San — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Broderick_Johnson_2017_crop.jpg/1280px-Broderick_Johnson_2017_crop.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Hampton Fancher and Michael Green speaking at the 2017 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Blade Runner 2049", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Die](https://film.one/media/person/59578/gallery-f20e06ddf552.jpg) Hampton Fancher and Michael Green speaking at the 2017 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Blade Runner 2049", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Die — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Hampton_Fancher_%26_Michael_Green_%2835397138953%29.jpg/1280px-Hampton_Fancher_%26_Michael_Green_%2835397138953%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Hampton Fancher speaking at the 2017 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Blade Runner 2049", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California. Pl](https://film.one/media/person/59578/gallery-44b306ed55e3.jpg) Hampton Fancher speaking at the 2017 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Blade Runner 2049", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California. Pl — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Hampton_Fancher_%2836067434921%29.jpg/1280px-Hampton_Fancher_%2836067434921%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Hampton Fancher speaking at the 2017 San Diego Comic-Con International in San Diego, California.](https://film.one/media/person/59578/gallery-f66277763293.jpg) Hampton Fancher speaking at the 2017 San Diego Comic-Con International in San Diego, California. — Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Hampton_Fancher_2017_crop.jpg/1280px-Hampton_Fancher_2017_crop.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- Hugo Awards 1983: Best Dramatic Presentation (won), for *Blade Runner*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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