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Hugh O'Brian

Hugh O'Brian

Born: 1925-04-19 • Rochester, New York, USA

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Hugh O'Brian (born Hugh Charles Krampe; April 19, 1925 – September 5, 2016) was an American actor and humanitarian, best known for his starring roles in the ABC western television series The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1955–1961) and the NBC action television series Search (1972–1973), as well as films including the Agatha Christie adaptation Ten Little Indians (1965); he also had a notable supporting role in John Wayne's last film, The Shootist (1976).

He was highly regarded for creating the Hugh O'Brian Youth Leadership Foundation, a non-profit youth leadership development program, founded in 1958, for high school scholars.

Filmography
Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists! poster
Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!
2021 • Self
ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration poster
ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration
2003 • Self
The Shootist: The Legend Lives On poster
The Shootist: The Legend Lives On
2001 • Self (uncredited)
No Image
Television: The First Fifty Years
1999 • Self (archive footage)
Wyatt Earp: Return to Tombstone poster
Wyatt Earp: Return to Tombstone
1994 • Wyatt Earp
The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw poster
The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw
1991 • Wyatt Earp
Gunsmoke: The Last Apache poster
Gunsmoke: The Last Apache
1990 • Gen. Nelson Miles
Twins poster
Twins
1988 • Granger
Doin' Time on Planet Earth poster
Doin' Time on Planet Earth
1988 • Richard Camalier
James Mason: The Star They Loved to Hate poster
James Mason: The Star They Loved to Hate
1984 • Self - 'Lolita' premiere (uncredited)
Bruce Lee, the Legend poster
Bruce Lee, the Legend
1984 • Self
Game of Death poster
Game of Death
1978 • Steiner
Cruise Into Terror poster
Cruise Into Terror
1978 • Captain Andy
Benny & Barney: Las Vegas Undercover poster
Benny & Barney: Las Vegas Undercover
1977 • Jack Davis
Fantasy Island poster
Fantasy Island
1977 • Paul Henley
The Shootist poster
The Shootist
1976 • Jack Pulford
Killer Force poster
Killer Force
1976 • Lewis
Murder on Flight 502 poster
Murder on Flight 502
1975 • Detective Daniel Myerson
Probe poster
Probe
1972 • Hugh Lockwood
The Grand Opening of Walt Disney World poster
The Grand Opening of Walt Disney World
1971 • Self
Harpy poster
Harpy
1971 • Peter Clune
Wild Women poster
Wild Women
1970 • Killian
Strategy of Terror poster
Strategy of Terror
1969 • Matt Lacey
The Movie Orgy poster
The Movie Orgy
1968 • Wyatt Earp (archive footage)
Dial M for Murder poster
Dial M for Murder
1967 • Mark Halliday
Africa: Texas Style! poster
Africa: Texas Style!
1967 • Jim Sinclair
Ambush Bay poster
Ambush Bay
1966 • Sgt. Steve Corey
Ten Little Indians poster
Ten Little Indians
1965 • Hugh Lombard
Assassination in Rome poster
Assassination in Rome
1965 • Dick Sherman
In Harm's Way poster
In Harm's Way
1965 • U.S. Army Air Corps Major (Liz Eddington's Lover) (uncredited)
Love Has Many Faces poster
Love Has Many Faces
1965 • Hank Walker
Come Fly with Me poster
Come Fly with Me
1963 • First Officer Ray Winsley
Feathertop poster
Feathertop
1961 • Feathertop
Alias Jesse James poster
Alias Jesse James
1959 • Wyatt Earp (uncredited)
The Fiend Who Walked the West poster
The Fiend Who Walked the West
1958 • Daniel Slade Hardy
Invitation to a Gunfighter poster
Invitation to a Gunfighter
1957 • Matt Jeffers
The Brass Legend poster
The Brass Legend
1956 • Sheriff Wade Addams
The Twinkle In God's Eye poster
The Twinkle In God's Eye
1955 • Marty Callahan
White Feather poster
White Feather
1955 • American Horse
There's No Business Like Show Business poster
There's No Business Like Show Business
1954 • Charles Gibbs
Broken Lance poster
Broken Lance
1954 • Mike Devereaux
Drums Across the River poster
Drums Across the River
1954 • Morgan
Moby Dick poster
Moby Dick
1954 • Starbuck
Fireman Save My Child poster
Fireman Save My Child
1954 • Smitty
Saskatchewan poster
Saskatchewan
1954 • Carl Smith
Back to God's Country poster
Back to God's Country
1953 • Frank Hudson
The Stand at Apache River poster
The Stand at Apache River
1953 • Tom Kenyon
The Man from the Alamo poster
The Man from the Alamo
1953 • Lt. Lamar
Seminole poster
Seminole
1953 • Kajeck
Meet Me at the Fair poster
Meet Me at the Fair
1953 • Chilton Corr
The Lawless Breed poster
The Lawless Breed
1952 • Ike Hanley
The Raiders poster
The Raiders
1952 • Hank Purvis
Son of Ali Baba poster
Son of Ali Baba
1952 • Hussein
Sally and Saint Anne poster
Sally and Saint Anne
1952 • Danny O'Moyne
The Red Ball Express poster
The Red Ball Express
1952 • Wilson
The Battle at Apache Pass poster
The Battle at Apache Pass
1952 • Lt. Robert Harley
The Cimarron Kid poster
The Cimarron Kid
1952 • Red Buck
Cave of Outlaws poster
Cave of Outlaws
1951 • Garth
On the Loose poster
On the Loose
1951 • Dr. Phillips
Little Big Horn poster
Little Big Horn
1951 • Pvt. Al DeWalt
Fighting Coast Guard poster
Fighting Coast Guard
1951 • Tom Peterson
Buckaroo Sheriff of Texas poster
Buckaroo Sheriff of Texas
1951 • Ted Gately
Vengeance Valley poster
Vengeance Valley
1951 • Dick Fasken
The Return of Jesse James poster
The Return of Jesse James
1950 • Lem Younger
Beyond the Purple Hills poster
Beyond the Purple Hills
1950 • Jack Beaumont
Rocketship X-M poster
Rocketship X-M
1950 • Harry Chamberlain
Never Fear poster
Never Fear
1950 • Len Randall
D.O.A. poster
D.O.A.
1949 • Jazz Fan (uncredited)
Kidnapped poster
Kidnapped
1948 • Sailor (uncredited)