• Air date: 16 Sep '58 37 episodes
      The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp is a western television 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.
  • List of Episodes (37)
    • 1. The Hole Up

      16 Sep '58
    • 2. The Peacemaker

      23 Sep '58
    • 3. The Bounty Killer

      30 Sep '58
      A mysterious killer has ambushed and killed nine people in the Robbers' Roost country of Utah. Wyatt's old Army friend, Colonel Benteen, begs him to take the case so that the cavalry may be saved in the event of an Apache attack. And before Wyatt is through he has to enlist the aid of every notorious outlaw in Robbers' Roost to get the mysterious killer and those behind him.
    • 4. Caught by a Whisker

      07 Oct '58
    • 5. The Mysterious Cowhand

      14 Oct '58
      In his most energetic disguise, that of a cowhand, Wyatt Earp is after the murderer of a cousin and joins a cattle outfit coming up the Chisholm Trail. The Outfit is commanded by a devious tyrant who has unique punishments for those who offend him. Wyatt, suspecting him early, is put through a tough time.
    • 6. The Gatling Gun

      21 Oct '58
    • 7. Cattle Thieves

      28 Oct '58
    • 8. Remittance Man

      04 Nov '58
    • 9. King of the Frontier

      11 Nov '58
      Again Wyatt Earp meets his friend Ned Buntline and Mr. Buntline has just published a book describing Wyatt as the King of the Frontier without realizing the embarrassment to which such stuff will subject Wyatt. Embarrassment it is when Wyatt is forced to enter a rodeo to prove that Mr. Buntline is no liar and the big feature is a ""shootout"" at two hundred yards, between Wyatt and his Buntline Special and an enemy with a Winchester.
    • 10. Truth About Gunfighting

      18 Nov '58
    • 11. Frontier Woman

      25 Nov '58
    • 12. Santa Fe War

      02 Dec '58
    • 13. Plague Carrier

      09 Dec '58
    • 14. Kill the Editor

      16 Dec '58
    • 15. Little Brother

      23 Dec '58
      Wyatt's younger brother, Morgan Earp, visits Dodge City and is immediately involved with Doc Holliday in a scheme to rescue the outlaw Smiley Dunlap, who is being held prisoner by Greg Norton and his gang. Wyatt's task of saving Morgan and Doc from being killed is made harder by his desire to keep his little brother from knowing he had a hand in rescuing the rescuers.
    • 16. The Reformation of Doc Holliday

      30 Dec '58
    • 17. A Good Man

      06 Jan '59
    • 18. Death for a Stolen Horse

      13 Jan '59
    • 19. Last Stand at Smoky Hill

      20 Jan '59
    • 20. The Muleskinner

      27 Jan '59
    • 21. Earp Ain't Wearin' Guns

      03 Feb '59
    • 22. Bat Jumps the Reservation

      10 Feb '59
    • 23. The Truth About Rawhide Geraghty

      17 Feb '59
    • 24. She Almost Married Wyatt

      24 Feb '59
    • 25. Horse Race

      03 Mar '59