Cast & creator
Hugh O'Brian
Best known for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, The Mike Douglas Show, The Mike Douglas Show
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.
Also known as: Hugh Charles Krampe, Hugh O'Brien
70
film credits
37
television credits
107
1948–2021 · acting roles
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Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (107)
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
Self - Co-Host
1961The Mike Douglas Show
Self
1961
Perry Mason
Bruce Jason
1957
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
1962
The Love Boat
Gabriel
1977
What's My Line?
Self
1950
Murder, She Wrote
Fred Keppard
1984
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
1968
L.A. Law
Raymond Holtz
1986
Charlie's Angels
Tony Mann
1976
The Red Skelton Show
Count Mustache
1951Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Mig Semple
1963Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Quinton Morrow
1963
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Christopher Martin
1962
The Virginian
Paul Taylor
1962
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
Wyatt Earp
1955
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Self
1957
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
1948
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self
1968
Matt Houston
Thomas 'Buck' McCune
1982
The Ford Television Theatre
Matty Curran
1952
Kraft Suspense Theatre
Detective Matt Lacey
1963
Studio 57
Giff Dillard
1954Studio 57
Allen Herrick
1954
This Is Your Life
Self
1952
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
Lt. Lee Baker
1958
The Bell Telephone Hour
Self - Host
1959The Greatest Show on Earth
Garve
1963
Letter to Loretta
Duke Cole
1953Letter to Loretta
Walter Wallington
1953Letter to Loretta
Sam Hendricks
1953Letter to Loretta
Larry Brown
1953
Twins
Granger
1988
Game of Death
Steiner
1978
The Shootist
Jack Pulford
1976
Paradise
Wyatt Earp
1988
General Electric Theater
Sam Sharp
1953
Search
Hugh Lockwood
1972
The Seekers
Andrew Piggot
1979
In Harm's Way
U.S. Army Air Corps Major (Liz Eddington's Lover) (uncredited)
1965
Bruce Lee, the Legend
Self
1984
There's No Business Like Show Business
Charles Gibbs
1954
Alias Jesse James
Wyatt Earp (uncredited)
1959
The Man from the Alamo
Lt. Lamar
1953
Broken Lance
Mike Devereaux
1954
White Feather
American Horse
1955
The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw
Wyatt Earp
1991
Gunsmoke: The Last Apache
Gen. Nelson Miles
1990
The Movie Orgy
Wyatt Earp (archive footage)
1968
The Battle at Apache Pass
Lt. Robert Harley
1952
Saskatchewan
Carl Smith
1954
D.O.A.
Jazz Fan (uncredited)
1949Television: The First Fifty Years
Self (archive footage)
1999
Fantasy Island
Paul Henley
1977
Love Has Many Faces
Hank Walker
1965
ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration
Self
2003
Vengeance Valley
Dick Fasken
1951
Son of Ali Baba
Hussein
1952
Murder on Flight 502
Detective Daniel Myerson
1975
The Fiend Who Walked the West
Daniel Slade Hardy
1958
Ten Little Indians
Hugh Lombard
1965
The Red Ball Express
Wilson
1952
Drums Across the River
Morgan
1954
Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!
Self
2021
Wyatt Earp: Return to Tombstone
Wyatt Earp
1994
The Lawless Breed
Ike Hanley
1952
Rocketship X-M
Harry Chamberlain
1950
Doin' Time on Planet Earth
Richard Camalier
1988
Come Fly with Me
First Officer Ray Winsley
1963
Beyond the Purple Hills
Jack Beaumont
1950
The Cimarron Kid
Red Buck
1952
Meet Me at the Fair
Chilton Corr
1953
Invitation to a Gunfighter
Matt Jeffers
1957
The Twinkle In God's Eye
Marty Callahan
1955
James Mason: The Star They Loved to Hate
Self - 'Lolita' premiere (uncredited)
1984
Moby Dick
Starbuck
1954
Dial M for Murder
Mark Halliday
1967
The Stand at Apache River
Tom Kenyon
1953
Sally and Saint Anne
Danny O'Moyne
1952
The Grand Opening of Walt Disney World
Self
1971
Swing Out, Sweet Land
Thomas Jefferson
1970
Back to God's Country
Frank Hudson
1953
Cave of Outlaws
Garth
1951
Fireman Save My Child
Smitty
1954
Seminole
Kajeck
1953
Ambush Bay
Sgt. Steve Corey
1966
Fighting Coast Guard
Tom Peterson
1951
Benny & Barney: Las Vegas Undercover
Jack Davis
1977
The Raiders
Hank Purvis
1952
Africa: Texas Style!
Jim Sinclair
1967
The Return of Jesse James
Lem Younger
1950
Assassination in Rome
Dick Sherman
1965
The Shootist: The Legend Lives On
Self (uncredited)
2001
Killer Force
Lewis
1976
Cruise Into Terror
Captain Andy
1978
Probe
Hugh Lockwood
1972
Never Fear
Len Randall
1950
Wild Women
Killian
1970
Buckaroo Sheriff of Texas
Ted Gately
1951
The Brass Legend
Sheriff Wade Addams
1956
Feathertop
Feathertop
1961
Kidnapped
Sailor (uncredited)
1948
Little Big Horn
Pvt. Al DeWalt
1951
On the Loose
Dr. Phillips
1951
Harpy
Peter Clune
1971
Strategy of Terror
Matt Lacey
1969