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Ended · 1955–1961

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

Action / Adventure / Western

"The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp" was the first western television series written for adults, premiering four days before Gunsmoke on September 6, 1955. It is loosely based on the life of frontier marshal Wyatt Earp. The half-hour black-and-white program aired for 229 episodes on ABC from September 6, 1955 – June 27, 1961 and featured Hugh O'Brian in the title role.

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Season 1 · 33 episodes
  1. S01 E01 · Wyatt Earp Becomes A Marshal
  2. S01 E02 · Mr. Earp Meets a Lady
  3. S01 E03 · Bill Thompson Gives In
  4. S01 E04 · Marshal Earp Meets General Lee
  5. S01 E05 · Marshal Earp's Romance
  6. S01 E06 · The Man Who Lied
  7. S01 E07 · The Gambler
  8. S01 E08 · The Killer
  9. S01 E09 · John Wesley Hardin
  10. S01 E10 · The Bank Robbers
  11. S01 E11 · King of the Cattle Trails
  12. S01 E12 · The Big Baby Contest
  13. S01 E13 · Frontier Journalism Was Fearless
  14. S01 E14 · Trail's End for a Cowboy
  15. S01 E15 · Rich Man's Son
  16. S01 E16 · The Buntline Special
  17. S01 E17 · Ben Thompson Returns
  18. S01 E18 · Marshal Earp Plays Cupid
  19. S01 E19 · The Assassins
  20. S01 E20 · It's a Wise Calf
  21. S01 E21 · Mr. Cousin and Mr. Brother
  22. S01 E22 · The Bride
  23. S01 E23 · The Frontier Theatre
  24. S01 E24 · Killing at Cowskin Creek
  25. S01 E25 · The Englishman
  26. S01 E26 · The Desperate Half-Hour
  27. S01 E27 · The Necktie Party
  28. S01 E28 · One of Jesse's Gang
  29. S01 E29 · The Pinkertons
  30. S01 E30 · The Suffragette
  31. S01 E31 · Hunt the Man Down
  32. S01 E32 · The War of the Colonels
  33. S01 E33 · Bat Masterson Again
Season 2 · 39 episodes
  1. S02 E01 · Wichita Is Civilized
  2. S02 E02 · Dodge City Gets a New Marshal
  3. S02 E03 · Fight or Run
  4. S02 E04 · The Double Life of Dora Hand
  5. S02 E05 · Clay Allison
  6. S02 E06 · Wyatt's Love Affair
  7. S02 E07 · A Quiet Day in Dodge City
  8. S02 E08 · The Almost Dead Cowhand
  9. S02 E09 · The Reformation of Jim Kelley
  10. S02 E10 · So Long, Dora, So Long
  11. S02 E11 · Bat Masterson Wins His Star
  12. S02 E12 · The Lonesomest Man in the World
  13. S02 E13 · Take Back Your Town
  14. S02 E14 · Nineteen Notches on His Gun
  15. S02 E15 · The Hanging Judge
  16. S02 E16 · Justice
  17. S02 E17 · Shootin' Woman
  18. S02 E18 · The Man Who Rode With Custer
  19. S02 E19 · Wyatt and the Captain
  20. S02 E20 · Witness for the Defense
  21. S02 E21 · The Sharpshooter
  22. S02 E22 · Siege at Little Alamo
  23. S02 E23 · Vengeance Trail
  24. S02 E24 · Command Performance
  25. S02 E25 · They Hired Some Guns
  26. S02 E26 · Bat Masterson for Sheriff
  27. S02 E27 · Hang 'Em High
  28. S02 E28 · The Vultures
  29. S02 E29 · Young Guns
  30. S02 E30 · The Nice Ones Always Die First
  31. S02 E31 · Old Jake
  32. S02 E32 · The Equalizer
  33. S02 E33 · Wyatt Meets Doc Holliday
  34. S02 E34 · Beautiful Friendship
  35. S02 E35 · Dull Knife Strikes for Freedom
  36. S02 E36 · The Gold Brick
  37. S02 E37 · The Wicked Widow
  38. S02 E38 · They Think They're Immortal
  39. S02 E39 · The Time for All Good Men
Season 3 · 39 episodes
  1. S03 E01 · Call Me Your Honor
  2. S03 E02 · The Big Bellyache
  3. S03 E03 · Pinkytown
  4. S03 E04 · Shoot to Kill
  5. S03 E05 · Wells Fargo vs. Doc Holliday
  6. S03 E06 · Warpath
  7. S03 E07 · Hung Jury
  8. S03 E08 · Little Pistol
  9. S03 E09 · The Magic Puddle
  10. S03 E10 · Mr. Buntline's Vacation
  11. S03 E11 · Fortitude
  12. S03 E12 · The Good and Perfect Gift
  13. S03 E13 · Indian Wife
  14. S03 E14 · Woman Trouble
  15. S03 E15 · Shadow of a Man
  16. S03 E16 · Bad Woman
  17. S03 E17 · One-Man Army
  18. S03 E18 · The General's Lady
  19. S03 E19 · The Manly Art
  20. S03 E20 · Sweet Revenge
  21. S03 E21 · The Imitation Jesse James
  22. S03 E22 · The Kansas Lily
  23. S03 E23 · Wyatt Earp Rides Shotgun
  24. S03 E24 · Wyatt Fights
  25. S03 E25 · Ballad and Truth
  26. S03 E26 · The Schoolteacher
  27. S03 E27 · When Sherman Marched Through Kansas
  28. S03 E28 · Big Brother Virgil
  29. S03 E29 · It Had to Happen
  30. S03 E30 · County Seat War
  31. S03 E31 · One
  32. S03 E32 · The Underdog
  33. S03 E33 · Two
  34. S03 E34 · Doc Holliday Rewrites History
  35. S03 E35 · Three
  36. S03 E36 · Dig a Grave for Ben Thompson
  37. S03 E37 · Four
  38. S03 E38 · The Frame-Up
  39. S03 E39 · My Husband
Season 4 · 37 episodes
  1. S04 E01 · The Hole Up
  2. S04 E02 · The Peacemaker
  3. S04 E03 · The Bounty Killer
  4. S04 E04 · Caught by a Whisker
  5. S04 E05 · The Mysterious Cowhand
  6. S04 E06 · The Gatling Gun
  7. S04 E07 · Cattle Thieves
  8. S04 E08 · Remittance Man
  9. S04 E09 · King of the Frontier
  10. S04 E10 · Truth About Gunfighting
  11. S04 E11 · Frontier Woman
  12. S04 E12 · Santa Fe War
  13. S04 E13 · Plague Carrier
  14. S04 E14 · Kill the Editor
  15. S04 E15 · Little Brother
  16. S04 E16 · The Reformation of Doc Holliday
  17. S04 E17 · A Good Man
  18. S04 E18 · Death for a Stolen Horse
  19. S04 E19 · Last Stand at Smoky Hill
  20. S04 E20 · The Muleskinner
  21. S04 E21 · Earp Ain't Wearin' Guns
  22. S04 E22 · Bat Jumps the Reservation
  23. S04 E23 · The Truth About Rawhide Geraghty
  24. S04 E24 · She Almost Married Wyatt
  25. S04 E25 · Horse Race
  26. S04 E26 · Juveniles-1878
  27. S04 E27 · One Murder - Fifty Suspects
  28. S04 E28 · How to be a Sheriff
  29. S04 E29 · The Judas Goat
  30. S04 E30 · Doc Fabrique's Greatest Case
  31. S04 E31 · The Actress
  32. S04 E32 · Love and Shotgun Gibbs
  33. S04 E33 · The Cyclone
  34. S04 E34 · Dodge is Civilized
  35. S04 E35 · Little Gray Home in the West
  36. S04 E36 · Kelley Was Irish
  37. S04 E37 · Arizona Comes to Dodge
Season 5 · 41 episodes
  1. S05 E01 · Dodge City - Hail and Farewell
  2. S05 E02 · The Trail to Tombstone
  3. S05 E03 · Tombstone!
  4. S05 E04 · Wyatt's Decision
  5. S05 E05 · Lineup for Battle
  6. S05 E06 · The Nugget and the Epitaph
  7. S05 E07 · The Perfidy of Shotgun Gibbs
  8. S05 E08 · You Can't Fight City Hall
  9. S05 E09 · Behan Prods His Hand
  10. S05 E10 · The Ring of Death
  11. S05 E11 · Wyatt Wins One
  12. S05 E12 · The Fugitive
  13. S05 E13 · The Noble Outlaws
  14. S05 E14 · The Paymaster
  15. S05 E15 · The Clantons' Family Row
  16. S05 E16 · The Matchmaker
  17. S05 E17 · Get Shotgun Gibbs
  18. S05 E18 · Wells Fargo Calling Marshall Earp
  19. S05 E19 · A Murderer's Return
  20. S05 E20 · The Big Fight at Total Wreck
  21. S05 E21 · Frontier Surgeon
  22. S05 E22 · Let's Hang Curly Bill
  23. S05 E23 · Silver Dollar
  24. S05 E24 · The Case of Senor Huerto
  25. S05 E25 · The Arizona Lottery
  26. S05 E26 · Don't Get Tough with a Sailor
  27. S05 E27 · The Scout
  28. S05 E28 · The Buntline Special
  29. S05 E29 · China Mary
  30. S05 E30 · His Life in His Hands
  31. S05 E31 · Behan's Double Game
  32. S05 E32 · The Salvation of Emma Clanton
  33. S05 E33 · John Clum, Fighting Editor
  34. S05 E34 · The Judge
  35. S05 E35 · The Court vs. Doc Holliday
  36. S05 E36 · Roscoe Turns Detective
  37. S05 E37 · The Posse
  38. S05 E38 · The Confidence Man
  39. S05 E39 · The Toughest Judge in Arizona
  40. S05 E40 · My Enemy - John Behan
  41. S05 E41 · Wyatt's Bitterest Enemy
Season 6 · 37 episodes
  1. S06 E01 · The Truth About Old Man Clanton
  2. S06 E02 · The Doctor
  3. S06 E03 · Johnny Behind the Deuce
  4. S06 E04 · Shoot to Kill
  5. S06 E05 · Study of a Crooked Sheriff
  6. S06 E06 · Big Brother
  7. S06 E07 · Woman from Tucson
  8. S06 E08 · The Fanatic
  9. S06 E09 · He's My Brother
  10. S06 E10 · The Too Perfect Crime
  11. S06 E11 · Johnny Ringo's Girl
  12. S06 E12 · Miss Sadie
  13. S06 E13 · Winning Streak
  14. S06 E14 · Billy Buckett, Inc.
  15. S06 E15 · Horse Thief
  16. S06 E16 · Terror on the Desert
  17. S06 E17 · Old Slanders Never Die
  18. S06 E18 · Loyalty
  19. S06 E19 · Johnny Behan Falls in Love
  20. S06 E20 · Casey and the Clowns
  21. S06 E21 · Doc Holliday Faces Death
  22. S06 E22 · Apache Gold
  23. S06 E23 · The Good Mule and the Bad Mule
  24. S06 E24 · Clanton and Cupid
  25. S06 E25 · Wyatt Takes the Primrose Path
  26. S06 E26 · The Convict's Revenge
  27. S06 E27 · Until Proven Guilty
  28. S06 E28 · The Shooting Starts
  29. S06 E29 · Wyatt Earp's Baby
  30. S06 E30 · The Law Must Be Fair
  31. S06 E31 · A Papa for Butch and Ginger
  32. S06 E32 · Hiding Behind a Star
  33. S06 E33 · Requiem for Old Man Clanton (1)
  34. S06 E34 · When Brothers Join Up
  35. S06 E35 · Just Before The Battle
  36. S06 E36 · Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (4)
  37. S06 E37 · The Outlaws Cry Murder (5)

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