Hugh O'Brian

Explore Hugh O'Brian's movie filmography on ReelBot, including film credits, roles, release dates, ratings, and movie details.

Acting

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.

Filmography

• Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists! (2021)
• ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration (2003)
• The Shootist: The Legend Lives On (2001)
• Television: The First Fifty Years (1999)
• Wyatt Earp: Return to Tombstone (1994)
• The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw (1991)
• Gunsmoke: The Last Apache (1990)
• Twins (1988)
• Doin' Time on Planet Earth (1988)
• James Mason: The Star They Loved to Hate (1984)
• Bruce Lee, the Legend (1984)
• Game of Death (1978)
• Cruise Into Terror (1978)
• Benny & Barney: Las Vegas Undercover (1977)
• Fantasy Island (1977)
• The Shootist (1976)
• Killer Force (1976)
• Murder on Flight 502 (1975)
• Probe (1972)
• The Grand Opening of Walt Disney World (1971)
• Harpy (1971)
• Wild Women (1970)
• Swing Out, Sweet Land (1970)
• Strategy of Terror (1969)
• The Movie Orgy (1968)
• Dial M for Murder (1967)
• Africa: Texas Style! (1967)
• Ambush Bay (1966)
• Ten Little Indians (1965)
• Assassination in Rome (1965)
• In Harm's Way (1965)
• Love Has Many Faces (1965)
• Come Fly with Me (1963)
• Feathertop (1961)
• Alias Jesse James (1959)
• The Fiend Who Walked the West (1958)
• Invitation to a Gunfighter (1957)
• The Brass Legend (1956)
• The Twinkle In God's Eye (1955)
• White Feather (1955)
• There's No Business Like Show Business (1954)
• Broken Lance (1954)
• Drums Across the River (1954)
• Moby Dick (1954)
• Fireman Save My Child (1954)
• Saskatchewan (1954)
• Back to God's Country (1953)
• The Stand at Apache River (1953)
• The Man from the Alamo (1953)
• Seminole (1953)
• Meet Me at the Fair (1953)
• The Lawless Breed (1952)
• The Raiders (1952)
• Son of Ali Baba (1952)
• Sally and Saint Anne (1952)
• The Red Ball Express (1952)
• The Battle at Apache Pass (1952)
• The Cimarron Kid (1952)
• Cave of Outlaws (1951)
• On the Loose (1951)
• Little Big Horn (1951)
• Fighting Coast Guard (1951)
• Buckaroo Sheriff of Texas (1951)
• Vengeance Valley (1951)
• The Return of Jesse James (1950)
• Beyond the Purple Hills (1950)
• Rocketship X-M (1950)
• Never Fear (1950)
• D.O.A. (1949)
• Kidnapped (1948)