Hugh O'Brian

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Hugh O'Brian 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). His notable films included the adaptation of Agatha Christie's Ten Little Indians (1965); he also had a notable supporting role in John Wayne's last film, The Shootist (1976).

Birth Name

Hugh Charles Krampe

Born

Sunday, 19 April 1925

Died

Monday, 05 September 2016

Actor Filmography

Title	Character	Year

The 23rd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards	Himself - In Memoriam (archive footage)	2017
The 68th Primetime Emmy Awards	Himself - In Memoriam (archive footage)	2016
Call of the Wild	Older Miles	2000
E! True Hollywood Story	Himself	1996
Wyatt Earp: Return to Tombstone	Wyatt Earp	1994
The Gambler Returns: The Luck Of The Draw	Marshal Wyatt Earp	1991
Gunsmoke: The Last Apache	Gen. Nelson Miles	1990
The Pat Sajak Show	Himself	1989
Twins	Granger	1988
Paradise	Wyatt Earp	1988

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Actor Filmography

Title	Character	Year

The 23rd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards	Himself - In Memoriam (archive footage)	2017
The 68th Primetime Emmy Awards	Himself - In Memoriam (archive footage)	2016
Call of the Wild	Older Miles	2000
E! True Hollywood Story	Himself	1996
Wyatt Earp: Return to Tombstone	Wyatt Earp	1994
The Gambler Returns: The Luck Of The Draw	Marshal Wyatt Earp	1991
Gunsmoke: The Last Apache	Gen. Nelson Miles	1990
The Pat Sajak Show	Himself	1989
Twins	Granger	1988
Paradise	Wyatt Earp	1988
Doin' Time On Planet Earth	Richard Camalier	1988
L.A. Law	Raymond Holtz	1986
Murder, She Wrote	Fred Keppard	1984
Matt Houston	Thomas 'Buck' McCune	1982
The Seekers	Andrew Piggot (credit only), Andrew Piggot	1979
Game Of Death	Steiner	1978
Cruise Into Terror	Captain Andrews	1978
The Love Boat	Gabriel	1977
Fantasy Island	Alan Colshaw, Brian Kehoe, Heathcliffe, Jason Smith, Paul Henley	1977
Bruce Lee, the Legend	Himself	1977
The Shootist	Pulford	1976
Charlie's Angels	Tony Mann	1976
Good Heavens		1976
Killer Force	John Lewis	1976
Murder on Flight 502	Detective Daniel Myerson	1975
Police Story	Ernie Sitko, Sgt. Rick Daley, Vincent LaSorda	1973
Search	Hugh Lockwood	1972
The Wacky World of Jonathan Winters	Himself	1972
Half the George Kirby Comedy Hour	Himself	1972
The Melba Moore-Clifton Davis Show	Himself	1972
Probe	Hugh Lockwood	1972
Stand Up and Cheer	Himself	1971
Celebrity Bowling	Himself	1971
Wild Women	Killian	1970
The Real Tom Kennedy Show	Himself	1970
Swing Out, Sweet Land	Thomas Jefferson	1970
It's Your Bet	Himself	1969
The David Frost Show	Himself - Guest	1969
Allen Ludden's Gallery	Himself	1969
The Generation Gap	Himself - Contestant	1969
Playboy After Dark	Himself	1969
Strategy of Terror	Matt Lacey	1969
The Beautiful Phyllis Diller Show	Himself	1968
Dial M for Murder	Mark Halliday	1967
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In	Himself	1967
Africa: Texas Style	Jim Sinclair	1967
Las Vegas	Himself	1967
The Joey Bishop Show	Himself - Guest	1967
Ambush Bay	Sgt. Steve Corey	1966
Preview Tonight	Joseph	1966
The Dean Martin Show	Himself - Guest	1965
Ten Little Indians	Hugh Lombard	1965
In Harm's Way	U.S. Army Air Corps Major (Liz Eddington's Lover)	1965
Love Has Many Faces	Hank Walker	1965
ABC's Nightlife	Himself	1964
That Regis Philbin Show	Himself	1964
Assassination in Rome	Dick Sherman	1964
Shindig!	Himself - Guest Host	1964
The Hollywood Palace	Himself - Host	1964
Kraft Suspense Theatre	Detective Matt Lacey	1963
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre	Mig Semple, Quinton Morrow	1963
The Greatest Show on Earth	Garve	1963
Vacation Playhouse	Sam Sharp	1963
Come Fly With Me	First Officer Ray Winsley	1963
The Match Game	Himself - Team Captain	1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson	Himself - Guest	1962
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour	Christopher Martin	1962
The Virginian	Paul Taylor	1962
The Mike Douglas Show	Himself - Actor, Himself - Guest	1961
Alcoa Premiere	Miles Hadley	1961
Theatre '62		1961
Password	Himself - Celebrity Contestant	1961
The Dick Powell Theatre	Jack Farmer	1961
Kraft Mystery Theater	Murray Kirk	1961
Here's Hollywood	Himself	1960
About Faces	Himself	1960
Our American Heritage	John Honeyman	1959
Play of the Week	Nathaniel	1959
Alias Jesse James		1959
The Bell Telephone Hour	Himself - Host	1959
The Kraft Music Hall	Himself - Host	1958
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse	Himself, Lieutenant Lee Baker, Murray Kirk	1958
Lawman	Wyatt Earp	1958
The Fiend Who Walked The West	Daniel Slade Hardy	1958
Perry Mason	Bruce Jason	1957
The Big Record	Himself	1957
The Jack Paar Tonight Show	Himself	1957
Date with the Angels	Hugh O'Brian	1957
The Brass Legend	Sheriff Wade Addams	1956
The Nat King Cole Show	Himself	1954
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show	Himself - Guest	1956
Playhouse 90	Jason Merrick, Matt Jeffers	1956
Matinee Theatre		1955
The Twinkle In God's Eye	Marty Callahan	1955
Celebrity Playhouse		1955
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp	Wyatt Earp	1955
Damon Runyon Theater	Packy	1955
White Feather	American Horse	1955
Stage 7	Billy the Kid	1955
The Millionaire	Luke Fortune	1955
The Star and the Story	Hank Bartlett	1955
There's No Business Like Show Business	Charles Gibbs	1954
Broken Lance	Mike Devereaux	1954
Studio 57	Allen Herrick, Giff Dillard	1954
Drums Across the River	Morgan	1954
Fireman Save My Child	Smitty	1954
Saskatchewan	Carl Smith	1954
Taza, Son of Cochise	Settler Killed by Indians	1954
Back to God's Country	Frank Hudson	1953
The Danny Thomas Show	Hugh O'Brian	1953
The Loretta Young Show	Duke Cole, Larry Brown, Sam Hendricks, Walter Wallington	1953
The Stand at Apache River	Tom Kenyon	1953
The Man from the Alamo	Lt. Tom Lamar	1953
Seminole	Kajeck	1953
General Electric Theater	Sam Sharp	1953
The Lawless Breed	Ike Hanley	1953
Meet Me at the Fair	Chilton Corr	1953
The Raiders	Hank Purvis	1952
American Bandstand	Himself	1952
The Ford Television Theatre	Matty Curran	1952
Son of Ali Baba	Hussein	1952
Sally and Saint Anne	Danny O'Moyne	1952
Red Ball Express	Pvt. Wilson	1952
The Battle at Apache Pass	Lt. Robert Harley	1952
The Cimarron Kid	Red Buck	1952
Cave of Outlaws	Garth	1951
The Red Skelton Hour	Count Mustache	1951
On the Loose	Dr. Phillips	1951
Little Big Horn	Pvt. Al DeWalt	1951
Fighting Coast Guard	Tom Peterson	1951
Buckaroo Sheriff of Texas	Ted Gately	1951
Vengeance Valley	Dick Fasken	1951
The Return Of Jesse James	Lem Younger	1950
Beyond the Purple Hills	Jack Beaumont	1950
Rocketship X-M	Voice on Loudspeaker	1950
What's My Line?	Himself - Mystery Guest, Himself - Panelist	1950
Never Fear	Len Randall	1950
Oboler Comedy Theatre		1949
Fireside Theatre		1949
The Ed Sullivan Show	Himself	1948