Hugh O'Brian
Born: 1925-04-19 in Rochester, New York, USA
Died: 2016-09-05
Known For: Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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
2003
2001
- The Shootist: The Legend Lives On as Self (uncredited)
1999
- Television: The First Fifty Years as Self (archive footage)
1994
- Wyatt Earp: Return to Tombstone as Wyatt Earp
1991
- The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw as Wyatt Earp
1990
- Gunsmoke: The Last Apache as Gen. Nelson Miles
1988
- Twins as Granger
- Paradise as Wyatt Earp
- Doin' Time on Planet Earth as Richard Camalier
1986
- L.A. Law as Raymond Holtz
1984
- Murder, She Wrote as Fred Keppard
- Bruce Lee, the Legend as Self
- James Mason: The Star They Loved to Hate as Self - 'Lolita' premiere (uncredited)
1982
- Matt Houston as Thomas 'Buck' McCune
1979
- The Seekers as Andrew Piggot
1978
- Game of Death as Steiner
- Cruise Into Terror as Captain Andy
1977
- The Love Boat as Gabriel
- Fantasy Island as Paul Henley
- Benny & Barney: Las Vegas Undercover as Jack Davis
1976
- Charlie's Angels as Tony Mann
- The Shootist as Jack Pulford
- Killer Force as Lewis
1975
- Murder on Flight 502 as Detective Daniel Myerson
1971
- The Grand Opening of Walt Disney World as Self
- Harpy as Peter Clune
1970
- Wild Women as Killian
1969
- Strategy of Terror as Matt Lacey
1968
- The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guest
- Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In as Self
- The Movie Orgy as Wyatt Earp (archive footage)
1967
- Dial M for Murder as Mark Halliday
- Africa: Texas Style! as Jim Sinclair
1966
- Ambush Bay as Sgt. Steve Corey
1965
- In Harm's Way as U.S. Army Air Corps Major (Liz Eddington's Lover) (uncredited)
- Ten Little Indians as Hugh Lombard
- Love Has Many Faces as Hank Walker
- Assassination in Rome as Dick Sherman
1963
- Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre as Mig Semple
- Kraft Suspense Theatre as Detective Matt Lacey
- The Greatest Show on Earth as Garve
- Come Fly with Me as First Officer Ray Winsley
1962
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
- The Alfred Hitchcock Hour as Christopher Martin
- The Virginian as Paul Taylor
- The Merv Griffin Show as Self
1961
- The Mike Douglas Show as Self - Co-Host
- Feathertop as Feathertop
1959
- The Bell Telephone Hour as Self - Host
- Alias Jesse James as Wyatt Earp (uncredited)
1958
- Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse as Lt. Lee Baker
- The Fiend Who Walked the West as Daniel Slade Hardy
1957
- Perry Mason as Bruce Jason
- Tonight Starring Jack Paar as Self
- Invitation to a Gunfighter as Matt Jeffers
1956
- The Brass Legend as Sheriff Wade Addams
1955
- The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp as Wyatt Earp
- White Feather as American Horse
- The Twinkle In God's Eye as Marty Callahan
1954
- Studio 57 as Giff Dillard
- There's No Business Like Show Business as Charles Gibbs
- Broken Lance as Mike Devereaux
- Saskatchewan as Carl Smith
- Drums Across the River as Morgan
- Moby Dick as Starbuck
- Fireman Save My Child as Smitty
1953
- Letter to Loretta as Duke Cole
- General Electric Theater as Sam Sharp
- The Man from the Alamo as Lt. Lamar
- Seminole as Kajeck
- The Stand at Apache River as Tom Kenyon
- Back to God's Country as Frank Hudson
- Meet Me at the Fair as Chilton Corr
1952
- The Ford Television Theatre as Matty Curran
- This Is Your Life as Self
- The Battle at Apache Pass as Lt. Robert Harley
- The Cimarron Kid as Red Buck
- The Red Ball Express as Wilson
- The Lawless Breed as Ike Hanley
- Son of Ali Baba as Hussein
- The Raiders as Hank Purvis
- Sally and Saint Anne as Danny O'Moyne
1951
- The Red Skelton Show as Count Mustache
- Vengeance Valley as Dick Fasken
- Little Big Horn as Pvt. Al DeWalt
- Cave of Outlaws as Garth
- Fighting Coast Guard as Tom Peterson
- Buckaroo Sheriff of Texas as Ted Gately
- On the Loose as Dr. Phillips
1950
- What's My Line? as Self - Mystery Guest
- Rocketship X-M as Harry Chamberlain
- Beyond the Purple Hills as Jack Beaumont
- Never Fear as Len Randall
- The Return of Jesse James as Lem Younger
1949
- D.O.A. as Jazz Fan (uncredited)
1948
- The Ed Sullivan Show as Self
- Kidnapped as Sailor (uncredited)