The Life And Legend Of Wyatt Earp

1955 · western · Wyatt Earp Enterprises

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp is the first Western television series written for adults. [1] [2] It premiered four days before Gunsm. on September 6, 1955. [3] 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.