Hugh O'Brian
Born: 1925-04-19 in Rochester, New York, USA
Died: 2016-09-05
Known For: Acting
Biography
Hugh O'Brian (born Hugh Charles Krampe) was a prominent American actor and humanitarian best known for starring as the legendary frontier lawman in the ABC Western television series The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp from 1955 to 1961 and the NBC action television series Search (1972–1973), as well as films, including the Agatha Christie adaptation Ten Little Indians (1965) and a notable supporting role in John Wayne's last film, The Shootist (1976). Known for his athletic, square-jawed build and quick-draw skills, he became one of television's definitive early Western heroes. Beyond acting, he left a massive global legacy as the founder of the Hugh O'Brian Youth Leadership Foundation (HOBY), a nonprofit organization that has trained over 500,000 high school scholars in leadership and service.
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
- Swing Out, Sweet Land as Thomas Jefferson
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
- Africa: Texas Style! as Jim Sinclair
- Dial M for Murder as Mark Halliday
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
- Assassination in Rome as Dick Sherman
- Love Has Many Faces as Hank Walker
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
- Broken Lance as Mike Devereaux
- Saskatchewan as Carl Smith
- There's No Business Like Show Business as Charles Gibbs
- Moby Dick as Starbuck
- Drums Across the River as Morgan
- Fireman Save My Child as Smitty
1953
- Letter to Loretta as Duke Cole
- General Electric Theater as Sam Sharp
- Seminole as Kajeck
- The Stand at Apache River as Tom Kenyon
- The Man from the Alamo as Lt. Lamar
- Meet Me at the Fair as Chilton Corr
- Back to God's Country as Frank Hudson
1952
- The Ford Television Theatre as Matty Curran
- This Is Your Life as Self
- Son of Ali Baba as Hussein
- The Battle at Apache Pass as Lt. Robert Harley
- The Red Ball Express as Wilson
- The Raiders as Hank Purvis
- The Lawless Breed as Ike Hanley
- The Cimarron Kid as Red Buck
- 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
- On the Loose as Dr. Phillips
- Fighting Coast Guard as Tom Peterson
- Buckaroo Sheriff of Texas as Ted Gately
1950
- What's My Line? as Self - Mystery Guest
- Rocketship X-M as Harry Chamberlain
- The Return of Jesse James as Lem Younger
- Never Fear as Len Randall
- Beyond the Purple Hills as Jack Beaumont
1949
- D.O.A. as Jazz Fan (uncredited)
1948
- The Ed Sullivan Show as Self
- Kidnapped as Sailor (uncredited)