Hugh O'Brian

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.

Known For

Wyatt Earp (archive footage)

The Movie Orgy

Hank Walker

Love Has Many Faces

Hugh Lombard

Ten Little Indians

Charles Gibbs

There's No Business Like Show Business

Self - 'Lolita' premiere (uncredited)

James Mason: The Star They Loved to Hate

Granger

Twins

Jack Pulford

The Shootist

Captain Andy

Cruise Into Terror

Mike Devereaux

Broken Lance

Red Buck

The Cimarron Kid

Dick Fasken

Vengeance Valley

Harry Chamberlain

Rocketship X-M

Kajeck

Seminole

Lt. Lamar

The Man from the Alamo

Self

Bruce Lee: The Legend

Self

The Grand Opening of Walt Disney World

Lewis

Killer Force

Paul Henley

Fantasy Island

Sgt. Steve Corey

Ambush Bay

Len Randall

Never Fear

Ike Hanley

The Lawless Breed

Detective Daniel Myerson

Murder on Flight 502

Morgan

Drums Across the River

Daniel Slade Hardy

The Fiend Who Walked the West

Danny O'Moyne

Sally and Saint Anne

First Officer Ray Winsley

Come Fly with Me

Garth

Cave of Outlaws

Sheriff Wade Addams

The Brass Legend

Pvt. Al DeWalt

Little Big Horn

Carl Smith

Saskatchewan

Killian

Wild Women

Wilson

The Red Ball Express

Frank Hudson

Back to God's Country

Marty Callahan

The Twinkle In God's Eye

Hugh Lockwood

Probe

Dr. Phillips

On the Loose

Jazz Fan (uncredited)

D.O.A.

Jim Sinclair

Africa: Texas Style!

Jack Beaumont

Beyond the Purple Hills

Matt Lacey

Strategy of Terror

Jack Davis

Benny & Barney: Las Vegas Undercover

Hank Purvis

The Raiders

Lem Younger

The Return of Jesse James

Lt. Robert Harley

The Battle at Apache Pass

Self (archive footage)

Television: The First Fifty Years

Self

Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!

Wyatt Earp

Wyatt Earp: Return to Tombstone

Tom Kenyon

The Stand at Apache River

Ted Gately

Buckaroo Sheriff of Texas

American Horse

White Feather

Smitty

Fireman Save My Child

Steiner

死亡遊戲

Tom Peterson

Fighting Coast Guard

Mark Halliday

Dial M for Murder

Peter Clune

Harpy

Gen. Nelson Miles

Gunsmoke: The Last Apache

Wyatt Earp (uncredited)

Alias Jesse James

Andrew Piggot

The Seekers

Self (uncredited)

The Shootist: The Legend Lives On

Dick Sherman

Assassinio made in Italy

Chilton Corr

Meet Me at the Fair

Sailor (uncredited)

Kidnapped

Richard Camalier

Doin' Time on Planet Earth

Starbuck

Moby Dick

Feathertop

Feathertop

Wyatt Earp

The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw

Matt Jeffers

Invitation to a Gunfighter

Hussein

Son of Ali Baba

U.S. Army Air Corps Major (Liz Eddington's Lover) (uncredited)

In Harm's Way

Self

ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

70

Gender

Male

Birthday

1925-04-19

Place of Birth

Rochester, New York, USA

Also Known As

Hugh Charles Krampe