The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

*The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp*
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
	Hugh O'Brian as Wyatt Earp and Adele Mara (1961)
Genre	Western
Written by	Frederick Hazlitt Brennan; John Dunkel; Daniel B. Ullman;
Directed by	Paul Landres; Frank McDonald; Roy Rowland; Sidney Salkow;
Starring	Hugh O'Brian; Morgan Woodward; Ray Kellogg; William Tannen; Douglas Fowley; Myron Healey; Mason Alan Dinehart; Fred Coby; Damian O'Flynn; Ray Boyle; John Anderson; Ross Elliott; Bill Cassady;
Composers	Herman Stein; Ken Darby;
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	6
No. of episodes	226 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Louis F. Edelman; Robert Sisk;
Producer	Roy Rowland
Cinematography	Harold E. Wellman; Howard Schwartz; Henry Cronjager Jr.; Robert B. Hauser;
Editor	John Durant
Running time	30 mins.
Production companies	Wyatt Earp Enterprises; Desilu Productions;
Original release
Network	ABC
Release	September 6, 1955 –; June 27, 1961

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp is the first Western television series written for adults. It premiered four days before Gunsmoke on September 6, 1955. Two weeks later came the Clint Walker western Cheyenne. The series is loosely based on the life of frontier marshal Wyatt Earp. The half-hour, black-and-white program aired for six seasons (229 episodes) on ABC from 1955 to 1961, with Hugh O'Brian in the title role.

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