The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp


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Episodes: 229

Seasons: 6

Show dates:  September 6, 1955 – June 27, 1961

Performers include: 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

Description: 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 first season of the series purports to tell the story of Wyatt's experiences as deputy town marshal of Ellsworth, Kansas, and then as town marshal in Wichita.
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