The Life and Legend Of Wyatt Earp

The Life and Legend Of Wyatt Earp Cast

Series Description

The Life and Legend Of Wyatt Earp TV show was a 30 minute western action series on ABC about Marshall Wyatt Earp. It was loosely based on the real-life character and featured many other historically well-known characters, both good and evil.

Cast

Hugh O'Brian .... Wyatt Earp
William Phipps .... Curley Bill Brocius
Myron Healey .... Doctor John "Doc" Holliday
Alan Dinehart III .... Bat Masterson
Denver Pyle .... Ben Thompson
Hal Baylor .... Bill Thompson
Don Haggerty .... Marsh Murdock
Lloyd Corrigan .... Ned Buntline
Selmer Jackson .... Mayor Hoover
John Anderson .... Virgil Earp
Carol Stone .... Kate Holliday
Morgan Woodward .... Shotgun Gibbs
Dirk London .... Morgan Earp
Randy Stuart .... Nellie Cashman
Gloria Talbott .... Abbie Crandall

Wyatt Earp Trivia

Despite leading a very dangerous lifestyle, the real Wyatt Earp lived 81 years! He was born in 1848 and died in 1929.

The Life and Legend Of Wyatt Earp was the very first western aimed at strictly adult audiences. Previous western scripts had been written to appeal to more general audiences. Coming in at 2nd place was the series, "Gunsmoke (1955)". It's first episode aired just four days later.

The final five episodes of the Life and Legend Of Wyatt Earp told the story of the famed gunfight at the O.K. Corral between the Earp brothers (Wyatt, Morgan and Virgil) and the Clanton gang.

In the same way that Bat Masterson was known for his Derby and Cane, Wyatt Earp was identified by his "Buntline Special" pistols. They had barrels that were a foot long!

Bat Materson also appeared on the show, first as Wyatt's deputy. Near the end of the series he got "promoted" to Sheriff.

Hugh O'Brian was nominated for an Emmy in 1957 for, "Best Continuing Performance by an Actor in a Dramatic Series".

Theme Song

Title: "The Life And Legend Of Wyatt Earp"

Lyrics By: "Harold Adamson"

Music By: "Harry Warren"

Performed By: "The Ken Darby Singers And Johnny Western"

I'll tell you a story a real true life story
A tale of the Western frontier.
The West, it was lawless,
but one man was flawless
and his is the story you'll hear.

Wyatt Earp, Wyatt Earp,
Brave courageous and bold.
Long live his fame and long life his glory
and long may his story be told.

Well he cleaned up the country
The old wild west country
He made law and order prevail.
And none can deny it
The legend of Wyatt
Forever will live on the trail.

Wyatt Earp, Wyatt Earp,
Brave courageous and bold.
Long live his fame and long life his glory
and long may his story be told.

Episodes List With Original Air Dates

Season 1

  1. Mr. Earp Becomes A Marshal (9/6/1955)
  2. Mr. Earp Meets a Lady (9/13/1955)
  3. Bill Thompson Gives In (9/20/1955)
  4. Marshal Earp Meets General Lee (9/27/1955)
  5. Wyatt Earp Comes to Witchita (10/4/1955)
  6. The Man Who Lied (10/11/1955)
  7. The Gambler (10/18/1955)
  8. The Killer (10/25/1955)
  9. John Wesley Hardin (11/1/1955)
  10. The Bank Robbers (11/8/1955)
  11. King of the Cattle Trails (11/15/1955)
  12. The Big Baby Contest (11/22/1955)
  13. Frontier Journalism Was Fearless (11/29/1955)
  14. Trail's End for a Cowboy (12/6/1955)
  15. Rich Man's Son (12/13/1955)
  16. The Buntline Special (12/20/1955)
  17. Ben Thompson Returns (12/27/1955)
  18. Marshal Earp Plays Cupid (1/3/1956)
  19. The Assassins (1/10/1956)
  20. A Wise Calf (1/17/1956)
  21. Mr. Cousin and Mr. Brother (1/24/1956)
  22. The Bribe (1/31/1956)
  23. The Frontier Theatre (2/7/1956)
  24. Killing at Cowskin Creek (2/14/1956)
  25. The Englishman (2/21/1956)
  26. The Desperate Half-Hour (2/28/1956)
  27. The Necktie Party (3/6/1956)
  28. One of Jesse's Gang (3/13/1956)
  29. The Pinkertons (3/20/1956)
  30. The Suffragette (3/27/1956)
  31. Hunt the Man Down (4/3/1956)
  32. The War of the Colonels (4/10/1956)
  33. Bat Masterson Again (4/17/1956)
Season 2
  1. Wichita is Civilized (8/18/1956)
  2. Dodge City Gets a New Marshal (9/4/1956)
  3. Fight or Run (9/11/1956)
  4. The Double Life of Dora Hand (9/18/1956)
  5. Clay Allison (9/25/1956)
  6. Wyatt's Love Affair (10/2/1956)
  7. A Quiet Day in Dodge City (10/9/1956)
  8. The Almost Dead Cowhand (10/20/1956)
  9. The Reformation of Jim Kelley (10/30/1956)
  10. So Long, Dora, So Long (11/13/1956)
  11. Bat Masterson Wins His Star (11/20/1956)
  12. The Lonesomest Man in the World (11/27/1956)
  13. Take Back Your Town (12/4/1956)
  14. Nineteen Notches on His Gun (12/11/1956)
  15. The Hanging Judge (12/18/1956)
  16. Justice (12/25/1956)
  17. Shootin' Woman (1/1/1957)
  18. The Man Who Rode With Custer (1/8/1957)
  19. Wyatt and the Captain (1/15/1957)
  20. Witness for the Defense (1/22/1957)
  21. The Sharpshooter (1/29/1957)
  22. Siege at Little Alamo (2/5/1957)
  23. Vengeance Trail (2/12/1957)
  24. Command Performance (2/19/1957)
  25. They Hired Some Guns (2/26/1957)
  26. Bat Masterson for Sheriff (3/3/1957)
  27. Hang 'Em High (3/12/1957)
  28. The Vultures (3/19/1957)
  29. Young Gun (3/26/1957)
  30. The Nice Ones Always Die First (4/2/1957)
  31. Old Jake (4/9/1957)
  32. The Equalizer (4/16/1957)
  33. Wyatt Meets Doc Holliday (4/23/1957)
  34. Beautiful Friendship (4/30/1957)
  35. Dull Knife Strikes for Freedom (5/7/1957)
  36. The Gold Brick (5/14/1957)
  37. The Wicked Widow (5/21/1957)
  38. They Think They're Immortal (5/28/1957)
  39. The Time for All Good Men (6/4/1957)
Season 3
  1. Call Me Your Honor (9/17/1957)
  2. The Big Bellyache (9/24/1957)
  3. Pinkytown (10/1/1957)
  4. Shoot to Kill (10/8/1957)
  5. Wells Fargo vs. Doc Holliday (10/15/1957)
  6. Warpath (10/22/1957)
  7. Hung Jury (10/29/1957)
  8. Little Pistol (11/5/1957)
  9. The Magic Puddle (11/12/1957)
  10. Mr. Buntline's Vacation (11/19/1957)
  11. Fortitude (11/26/1957)
  12. The Good and Perfect Gift (12/3/1957)
  13. Indian Wife (12/10/1957)
  14. Woman Trouble (12/17/1957)
  15. Shadow of a Man (12/24/1957)
  16. Bad Woman (12/31/1957)
  17. One-Man Army (1/7/1958)
  18. The General's Lady (1/14/1958)
  19. The Manly Art (1/21/1958)
  20. Sweet Revenge (1/28/1958)
  21. The Imitation Jesse James (2/4/1958)
  22. The Kansas Lily (2/11/1958)
  23. Wyatt Earp Rides Shotgun (2/18/1958)
  24. Wyatt Fights (2/25/1958)
  25. Ballad and Truth (3/4/1958)
  26. The Schoolteacher (3/11/1958)
  27. When Sherman Marched Through Kansas (3/18/1958)
  28. Big Brother Virgil (3/25/1958)
  29. It Had to Happen (4/1/1958)
  30. County Seat War (4/8/1958)
  31. One (4/15/1958)
  32. The Underdog (4/22/1958)
  33. Two (4/29/1958)
  34. Doc Holliday Rewrites History (5/6/1958)
  35. Three (5/13/1958)
  36. Dig a Grave for Ben Thompson (5/20/1958)
  37. Four (5/27/1958)
  38. The Frame-Up (6/6/1958)
  39. My Husband (6/10/1958)
Season 4
  1. The Hole Up (9/16/1958)
  2. The Peacemaker (9/23/1958)
  3. The Bounty Killer (9/30/1958)
  4. Caught by a Whisker (10/7/1958)
  5. The Mysterious Cowhand (10/14/1958)
  6. The Gatling Gun (10/21/1958)
  7. Cattle Thieves (10/28/1958)
  8. Remittance Man (11/4/1958)
  9. King of the Frontier (11/11/1958)
  10. Truth About Gunfighting (11/18/1958)
  11. Frontier Woman (11/25/1958)
  12. Santa Fe War (12/2/1958)
  13. Plague Carrier (12/9/1958)
  14. Kill the Editor (12/16/1958)
  15. Little Brother (12/23/1958)
  16. The Reformation of Doc Holliday (12/30/1958)
  17. A Good Man (1/6/1959)
  18. Death for a Stolen Horse (1/13/1959)
  19. Last Stand at Smoky Hill (1/20/1959)
  20. The Muleskinner (1/27/1959)
  21. Earp Ain't Wearin' Guns (2/3/1959)
  22. Bat Jumps the Reservation (2/10/1959)
  23. The Truth About Rawhide Geraghty (2/17/1959)
  24. She Almost Married Wyatt (2/24/1959)
  25. Horse Race (3/3/1959)
  26. Juveniles-1878 (3/10/1959)
  27. One Murder - Fifty Suspects (3/17/1959)
  28. How to be a Sheriff (3/24/1959)
  29. The Judas Goat (3/31/1959)
  30. Doc Fabrique's Greatest Case (4/7/1959)
  31. The Actress (4/14/1959)
  32. Love and Shotgun Gibbs (4/21/1959)
  33. The Cyclone (4/28/1959)
  34. Dodge is Civilized (5/5/1959)
  35. Little Gray Home in the West (5/12/1959)
  36. Kelley was Irish (5/19/1959)
  37. Arizona Comes to Dodge (5/26/1959)
  38. The Wayfarer (6/7/1959)
Season 5
  1. Dodge City - Hail and Farewell (9/1/1959)
  2. The Trail to Tombstone (9/8/1959)
  3. Tombstone! (9/15/1959)
  4. Wyatt's Decision (9/22/1959)
  5. Lineup for Battle (9/29/1959)
  6. The Nugget and the Epitaph (10/6/1959)
  7. The Perfidy of Shotgun Gibbs (10/13/1959)
  8. You Can't Fight City Hall (10/20/1959)
  9. Behan Prods His Hand (10/27/1959)
  10. The Ring of Death (11/3/1959)
  11. Wyatt Wins One (11/10/1959)
  12. The Fugitive (11/17/1959)
  13. The Noble Outlaws (11/24/1959)
  14. The Paymaster (12/1/1959)
  15. The Clantons' Family Row (12/8/1959)
  16. The Matchmaker (12/15/1959)
  17. Get Shotgun Gibbs (12/22/1959)
  18. Wells Fargo Calling Marshall Earp (12/29/1959)
  19. A Murderer's Return (1/5/1960)
  20. The Big Fight at Total Wreck (1/12/1960)
  21. Frontier Surgeon (1/19/1960)
  22. Let's Hang Curly Bill (1/26/1960)
  23. Silver Dollar (2/2/1960)
  24. The Case of Senor Huerto (2/9/1960)
  25. The Arizona Lottery (2/16/1960)
  26. Don't Get Tough with a Sailor (2/23/1960)
  27. The Scout (3/1/1960)
  28. The Buntline Special (3/8/1960)
  29. China Mary (3/15/1960)
  30. His Life in His Hands (3/22/1960)
  31. Behan's Double Game (3/29/1960)
  32. The Salvation of Emma Clanton (4/5/1960)
  33. John Clum, Fighting Editor (4/12/1960)
  34. The Judge (4/19/1960)
  35. The Court vs. Doc Holliday (4/26/1960)
  36. Roscoe Turns Detective (5/3/1960)
  37. The Posse (5/10/1960)
  38. The Confidence Man (5/17/1960)
  39. The Toughest Judge in Arizona (5/24/1960)
  40. My Enemy - John Behan (5/31/1960)
  41. Wyatt's Bitterest Enemy (6/7/1960)
Season 6
  1. The Truth About Old Man Clanton (9/27/1960)
  2. The Doctor (10/4/1960)
  3. Johnny Behind the Deuce (10/11/1960)
  4. Shoot to Kill (10/18/1960)
  5. Study of a Crooked Sheriff (10/25/1960)
  6. Big Brother (11/1/1960)
  7. Woman from Tucson (11/15/1960)
  8. The Fanatic (11/22/1960)
  9. He's My Brother (11/29/1960)
  10. The Too Perfect Crime (12/6/1960)
  11. Johnny Ringo's Girl (12/13/1960)
  12. Miss Sadie (12/20/1960)
  13. Winning Streak (12/27/1960)
  14. Billy Buckett, Inc. (1/3/1961)
  15. Horse Thief (1/10/1961)
  16. Terror in the Desert (1/24/1961)
  17. Old Slanders Never Die (1/31/1961)
  18. Loyalty (2/7/1961)
  19. Johnny Behan Falls in Love (2/14/1961)
  20. Casey and the Clowns (2/21/1961)
  21. Doc Holliday Faces Death (2/28/1961)
  22. Apache Gold (3/7/1961)
  23. The Good Mule and the Bad Mule (3/14/1961)
  24. Clanton and Cupid (3/21/1961)
  25. Wyatt Takes the Primrose Path (3/28/1961)
  26. The Convict's Revenge (4/4/1961)
  27. Until Proven Guilty (4/11/1961)
  28. The Shooting Starts (4/18/1961)
  29. Wyatt Earp's Baby (4/25/1961)
  30. The Law Must Be Fair (5/2/1961)
  31. A Papa for Butch and Ginger (5/9/1961)
  32. Hiding Behind a Star (5/23/1961)
  33. Requiem for Old Man Clanton - Part 1 (5/30/1961)
  34. Wyatt's Brothers Join Up - Part 2 (6/6/1961)
  35. Just Before the Battle - Part 3 (6/13/1961)
  36. Gunfight at the O.K. Corral - Part 4 (6/21/1961)
  37. The Outlaws Cry Murder - Part 5 (6/27/1961)

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