The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
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The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

Year:
Duration:
30 min (227 episodes)
Genres:
Western
IMDB rate:
7.7
Awards:
Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys.
Details
Country: USA
Release Date: 1955-09-06
Filming Locations: 20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA
Cast
Actor
Character
Hugh O'Brian
Wyatt Earp
Jimmy Noel
Townsman / ... (144 episodes, 1955-1960)
Buddy Roosevelt
Townsman / ... (136 episodes, 1955-1961)
Ethan Laidlaw
Townsman / ... (135 episodes, 1955-1961)
Bill Coontz
Townsman / ... (99 episodes, 1955-1961)
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Trivia
The role of Wyatt Earp was originally offered to George Montgomery, but he turned it down because he had commitments for several western films and couldn't get out of them. Hugh O'Brian was then awarded the part.
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This show, along with Gunsmoke (1955) helped launch a great era of the TV western. Westerns became so popular on TV that by the end of the 1950s, there would be as many as 40 Westerns in prime time.
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From 1956 until 1959 the show was set in Dodge City, which was also the setting for Gunsmoke (1955). Marshall Matt Dillon is never mentioned, but many episodes take place in or around or make a passing reference to the Longbranch Saloon, a setting for much of the action on "Gunsmoke".
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Photos from cast
Dehl Berti Pamela Duncan Penny Edwards Nancy Hale George Keymas Harry Lauter Kathleen O'Malley Kasey Rogers
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