Hugh O'Brian Overview:

Actor, Hugh O'Brian, was born Hugh Charles Krampe on Apr 19, 1925 in Rochester, NY. O'Brian died at the age of 91 on Sep 5, 2016 in Beverly Hills, CA .

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He was honored with one star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the category of Television.

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By The Metzinger Sisters on Jun 28, 2017 From Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers

Back in 1958, , the handsome star of the popular western television series Wyatt Earp received a cable from Dr. Albert Schweitzer, a renowned humanitarian who was currently working in a hospital he built on the banks of the Ogooue River in French Equatorial Africa. The message simply rea... Read full article


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Hugh O'Brian Quotes:

Sheriff Wade Addams: There's a few punchin' jobs open.
George Barlow: We don't like nursemaidin' cows. Hard on the hands.
Earl Barlow: Never did like rope burns.
Sheriff Wade Addams: Well, on the hands they're not so bad, but on *other* parts of the body, they'd be kind of irritating.


Carl Barlow: We're three to your one, Sheriff.
[Wade guns down two of the Barlow boys]
Sheriff Wade Addams: Odds change fast, Barlow.


Mize: Those dime novels which do nothing but glorify their subjects are a thing of the past, Mr. Earp. Now, my publisher wants the facts behind the legend; the real Wyatt Earp, warts and all, Mr. Marshal.
Marshal Wyatt Earp: I don't know that warts is how I want to be remembered, Mr. Mize.


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Hugh O'Brian Facts
He became the youngest drill instructor in the Marine Corps' history, and during his four years of service won a coveted Fleet appointment to The Naval Academy, which he declined. In 1972, O'Brian was awarded one of the nation's highest honors, the Freedom Through Knowledge Award, sponsored by the National Space Club in association with NASA. In 1974, he was awarded the George Washington Honor Medal, highest award of the Freedom Foundation at Valley Forge, as well as the Globe and Anchor Award from the Marine Corps. In 1976, the Veterans of Foreign Wars also honored him with an award.

Hugh's vast investments over the years have been wise and fruitful with dividends paying well in stocks and bonds, real estate, bowling alleys, a building equipment firm, a theatre-in-the-round, an oil syndicate and his own TV production company.

Was once a soda-jerk at Schwab's drug store on Sunset Boulevard

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