The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp is a television western series loosely based on the life of frontier marshal Wyatt Earp. The half-hour black-and-white program aired for 229 episodes on ABC from 1955 to 1961 and featured Hugh O'Brian in the title role.
WriterDaniel B. Ullman
Wyatt Earp Becomes A Marshal
Sep 6, 1955
Ellsworth, Kansas 1873. Young Wyatt arrives in town fresh from a buffalo hunt looking to clean up and find his friend Sheriff Whitney who has sent for him. Despite it's peaceful appearance, Ellsworth is an ornery little town in need of cleaning up. When his frind is shot, Wyatt feels he must take a stand.
Mr. Earp Meets a Lady
Sep 13, 1955
Earp jails Ben Thompson in the hope that his mentally unstable brother Bill will attempt a jailbreak, but the Marshal underestimates the misguided and naive ruthlessness of young Abbie Crandall, who is also determined to help Ben escape.
Bill Thompson Gives In
Sep 20, 1955
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Marshal Earp Meets General Lee
Sep 27, 1955
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Marshal Earp's Romance
Oct 4, 1955
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The Man Who Lied
Oct 11, 1955
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The Gambler
Oct 18, 1955
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The Killer
Oct 25, 1955
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John Wesley Hardin
Nov 1, 1955
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The Bank Robbers
Nov 8, 1955
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King of the Cattle Trails
Nov 15, 1955
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The Big Baby Contest
Nov 22, 1955
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Frontier Journalism Was Fearless
Nov 29, 1955
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Trail's End for a Cowboy
Dec 6, 1955
An immature rancher's son forced to sell a herd at at a low price tries to make up the difference in a poker game while drunk and loses. Earp refuses to help since no law was broken so the son takes matters into his own hands.
Rich Man's Son
Dec 13, 1955
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The Buntline Special
Dec 20, 1955
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Ben Thompson Returns
Dec 27, 1955
Earp has been using sanitary laws to close crooked saloons as Ben Thompson comes to Wichita to open one. Ben feels a debt of gratitude toward Earp but it causes problems as the rest of the saloon operators have men gunning for Earp.
Marshal Earp Plays Cupid
Jan 3, 1956
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The Assassins
Jan 10, 1956
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It's a Wise Calf
Jan 17, 1956
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Mr. Cousin and Mr. Brother
Jan 24, 1956
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The Bribe
Jan 31, 1956
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The Frontier Theatre
Feb 7, 1956
Earp closes a show because the men attending are being ripped off by the girls in it. The owner wants to get even with Earp. He decides to attack the stars of a competing play hoping to trap Earp on his own terms but Earp has other plans.
Killing at Cowskin Creek
Feb 14, 1956
Big winners at the Keno House are being killed and robbed on the way back to the their camps. Earp is unsure if it is crooked casino owners or someone else doing it. A volunteer comes forward to solve it but Earp is then faced with a mob.
The Englishman
Feb 21, 1956
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The Desperate Half-Hour
Feb 28, 1956
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The Necktie Party
Mar 6, 1956
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One of Jesse's Gang
Mar 13, 1956
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The Pinkertons
Mar 20, 1956
When a man is murdered in Wichita, Earp wants the Newton gang for it but Allen Pinkerton is interfering and more interested in recovering some stolen money. Due to Earp's actions, the Judge at Pinkerton's request takes Earp's badge.
The Suffragette
Mar 27, 1956
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Hunt the Man Down
Apr 3, 1956
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The War of the Colonels
Apr 10, 1956
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Bat Masterson Again
Apr 17, 1956
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