The article lists a number of his credits which indicates he had a long and varied career. It also notes, "He spent a semester at the University of Cincinnati but during World War II he dropped out to enlist in the Marine Corps — where his father had been an officer. At 17 he became the youngest Marine drill instructor, according to the TCM website."
I hate to see all my childhood heroes passing over to the other side.
A pic is in order for Hugh O'Brian.
"If we have no idea what our institutions are doing we have no hope of reforming them." Julian Assange *** "Maybe God is trying to tell us something important- that now is not the time for a “nice Christian guy” or a “gentleman” or a typical Republican powder puff. Maybe now is the time for a natural born killer, a ruthless fighter, a warrior. Because right about now we need a miracle, or America is finished. Maybe the rules of gentleman don’t apply here. Maybe a gentleman and “all-around nice Christian” would lead us to slaughter." Wayne Allyn Root
Here's the gun I always associate with O'Brians version of Wyatt Earp.
I really didn't watch this show but I always figured that by the time he got that cannon out of his holster the bad guy would be long gone or would have shot him a dozen times or so.
Yes, at one point in his life Wyatt was a deputy sheriff but in Tombstone, where the show was set, he was Marshal Wyatt Earp (and even that was not historically accurate).