Hugh OBrien as Wyatt Earp Number 3 C.1957-2015
by David Lee Guss
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Hugh OBrien as Wyatt Earp Number 3 C.1957-2015
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David Lee Guss
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"O'Brian was chosen to portray legendary lawman Wyatt Earp on the ABC western series The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp, which debuted in 1955. Alongside Gunsmoke and Cheyenne, which debuted the same year, these programs spearheaded the 'adult western' television genre, with the emphasis on character development, rather than moral sermonizing.
It soon became one of the top-rated shows on television. During its six-year run, Wyatt Earp consistently placed in the top ten in the United States. Decades later, O'Brian reprised the role in two episodes of the television series Guns of Paradise (1990), TV-movie The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw (1991) and the independent film Wyatt Earp: Return to Tombstone (1994), the latter mixing new footage and colorized archival sequences from the original series."
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October 13th, 2015
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