#the life and legend of Wyatt Earp

[citizenscreen]

Hugh O’Brian and John Carradine in “The Life and Legend Of Wyatt Earp,” episode "The Fugitive" from November 1959.

#hugh o’brian #john carradine #the life and legend of wyatt earp #classic tv

[sosooley]

Throughout the entire series, I felt that the actor playing the role of Wyatt constantly experiences back pain which is understandable, such gorgeous shoulders are hard to carry and therefore cannot properly stand straight or sit on a chair. And the fandom joke was born that he could use a corset. No kinks, everything is purely for medical purposes no, of course, for the sake of kinks, damn that waist

#docatt #doc holliday #wyatt earp #the life and legend of wyatt earp #life and legend of wyatt earp #50s #my art #doc x wyatt #doc holliday x wyatt earp #myron healey #hugh o'brian #old west #western #1950s films #1950s

[valleydean]

Literally 5 seconds later.....

#ok i'm done for real. but one thing is just. #i love that he calls wyatt deacon in this show #every time he does it i just. i don't know what to do i just. #i can't--i-- #if you think that isn't going in my script as an homage to this show idk what to tell you #it's just too insane #docatt #life and legend of wyatt earp #the life and legend of wyatt earp

[kwebtv]

Character Actor

Palmer Edwin Lee (January 25, 1927 – October 31, 2015), known by his stage name Gregg Palmer.  Film and television actor.

Palmer guest-starred in numerous television programs, including Gunsmoke, Bonanza, Wagon Train, Kolchak: The Night Stalker, The Virginian, The Wild Wild West, Rawhide, Star Trek: The Original Series, Mannix, Mission: Impossible and Death Valley Days.   He played Tom McLowery in the western television series The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp. Palmer retired in 1982, his last credit being in the miniseries The Blue and the Gray.  (Wikipedia)

#Character Actor #TV #Gregg Palmer #The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

[truckman816]

‘The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp’

— TV Western Series (1955-1961) starring Hugh O’Brian.

#the life and legend of Wyatt Earp #hugh o'brian

[kholkate]

Wyatt is ready for Friday and so am I.

#life and legend of wyatt earp

[gaslightwestern]

Hello! Feel free to answer this privately, but I was wondering if you have any advice or resources for researching history in the old west?

And, also do you have any advice on coming up with a good wild west/ western characters names?

Hey! I hope it's okay that I answer this publicly since it may help others. I could write an essay on this stuff but I'll try to keep it short and not overwhelming.

My advice can be applied to writing historical fiction in general:

Keep notes and more importantly keep track of where you learned things in case you ever need to go back.

Read wildly and then narrow in. It's good to have a general sense of the era and different perspectives on historical events before zeroing in.

Books are great but don't feel restricted to them. There's many great online resources like academic journal articles, videos, archives, maps, etc. I've even reached out to museums lol.

Don't feel like you need to know everything before you start writing. You can always go back later on and make changes during the editing process.

Seek out resources on groups of people/perspectives that have been largely ignored in history class and by Hollywood. Your writing will be richer for it.

General Old West Resources If there is a particular topic you are interested in, let me know and I'll see if I can find some specific resources.

Online Legends of America Wide-ranging overview across a variety of topics.

Arizona Ghostriders (Youtube) 400+ videos covering a wide range of Old West topics. Lots of great Myth Vs. Reality videos.

Writing Research - American Frontier (The Wild West) by ghostflowerdreams Some of the links might be dead (try the waybackmachine if this happens), but as you can see there are many Old West resources online. :)

Books Dodge City: Wyatt Earp, Bat Masterson, and the Wickedest Town in the American West by Tom Clavin Ignore the title. It's more of a collection of interesting stories about people, places, and happenings in the Old West than an exhaustive history of Dodge, Earp, and Masterson. Highly enjoyable read.

National Geographic The Old West Provides an overview of big events with wonderful pictures and illustrations. Warning: the text is dry as the desert itself.

The Writer’s Guide to Everyday Life in the Wild West (1840-1900) by Candy Moulton What it says on the tin. This one is more if you want to get into details but I included it since it covers six decades.

The Gilded Age by Joel Shrock Only read this if you're a nerd like me you want a bigger picture of the historical era that the "Wild West" falls into. Includes a list of prices for daily life items.

Academic books and textbooks are another good "general" resource but can be harder to find.

Naming Western Characters Aside from using websites like Top Names of the 1880s and looking up Victorian baby names, I sometimes draw inspiration from lesser known historical figures and biblical names. I'm personally not a fan of cowboy/outlaw name generators but that's an option as well. For surnames, censuses are great since they are broken down by decade and region. Here's one for the 1860 in St. Louis Country.

I hope this helps a bit. Again, feel free to reach out if you need help finding more specific resources, (this goes for anyone reading this). Good luck writing your western! <3

#western #writeblr #historical nonfiction #historical fiction writeblr #old west #book rec #research #ask me

[frank-o-meter]

Hugh O’Brian was a TV and movie star, primarily in the 1950s and 1960s. He’s best known the series “The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp” which ran for 6 seasons (1955-1961). I liked him in particular for 1965 version of Agatha Christie’s “Ten Little Indians”.

#Hugh O’Brian #Ten Little Indians #agatha christie #wyatt earp #rugged and handsome

[fanficdumbchic]

Would you please do courting hcs for the tombstone boiz?

Courting The Boys of Tombstone

Headcanon - Tombstone Men x Reader - SFW

AN: Thank you Anon, hope you enjoy! :)

Wyatt Earp

Wyatt is intense as all holy hell. He seems to attract chaos wherever he goes.

He's a very caring partner, but he can get really caught up in his surroundings. If you feel neglected, he's sure to make up for it somehow.

He is very protective, knowing anyone he cares for is sure to get a target on their back.

He gave you a pistol to assure you handle trouble if it comes your way. And he made a point of teaching you how to shoot it and shoot it well.

He never lets you come with if he has to do something dangerous. He never wants to risk you getting hurt even in the slightest.

He is proud of having you on his arm at social events and nights out, constantly praising you and your accomplishments.

He has an almost supernatural sense of when your in danger and runs to you immediately to make sure everything is okay.

Anyone that dare try to hurt you better run and never show their face in town again, or he will end them.

Virgil Earp

Even though he is the quiet and reserved type, his love for you is unquestionable.

His love language is definitely physical affection, always holding your hand if you walk together, or draping an arm around your shoulders.

He is very supportive of anything you choose to do and stands by it 100%. He is your defender and never your critic.

If he feels that something you're doing is unwise, he offers his opinion but will back you 100% if you do it anyway.

This boy will take a shotgun blast to the arm and his first words are, "I still have one good arm to hold you with." (Lowkey, always swoon at that part.)

He is loyal to a fault and does the right thing even if it has steep consequences and will stand by your side when you do the same.

He's in it for the long haul and is deeply dedicated to whomever he loves.

Morgan Earp

100% sweet baby brother who is a little naive and would follow his brothers to the ends of the Earth.

You always worry about him, he assumes the good in people too much and lets his guard down.

But that naive element gives him such a wholesome innocence and sweetness that you are so in love with.

He loves taking you to the theater and is one of the few men you've known to read Shakespeare. He often reads A Midsummer Night's Dream to you while you lay your head in his lap on picnics.

Loves bringing you things: some fresh-picked daisies or just a cool rock he found and thinks you would like.

He legit asked you to marry him the first night you met. Granted, he was a bit sloshed but stands by it. He believes in love at first sight and that's how he has felt about you since.

He loves to run his fingers through your hair and gazes at you adoringly while you talk about your day.

Doc Holliday

He always makes jokes that you bewitched him and that's why he's so in love with you.

Doc treats you like his partner in crime and at the end of the day, you're the only one who truly knows his plans.

During a severe bout of his TB, he gave you the key to a safety deposit box at a bank in Sante Fe, so that when he passes, you will not have to worry.

He loves to play the piano for you while you lean your head on his shoulder.

While he often jokes about you being a siren that ensnared him, he makes clear in his actions that he loves you truly and deeply.

He has no plans of changing his insane lifestyle and often jokes that your next husband will be the one to settle down with.

Often compares you to Gods/Goddesses from legends of the ancient world and thinks the world of you. He remarks that you were the one thing in his life that seemed too good to be true and actually wasn't.

Curly Bill

NO. JUST, NO.

Just a giant red flag.

JUST NO.

Johnny Ringo

Johnny is a sexy red flag. He's devilish and charming. You know you shouldn't but that only makes you want to even more.

He is not the type you could ever settle down with. He tries to play being aloof until he gets jealous.

Pretends he isn't in love until you call his bluff and he scrambles.

He's usually cocky and likes to make your blood boil.

Incredible in bed, unhinged.

He's handsome and he knows it which is frustrating.

But that demeanor starts to wear off, the longer he courts you. He's not one to express his emotions in a healthy way but when he's faced with potentially losing you for good, he changes his tune.

He loves being the center of your attention and when he's not, he starts to get nervous.

#Tombstone 1993 #Doc Holliday #fanfic #Wyatt Earp #Virgil Earp #Morgan Earp #Johnny Ringo #Curly Bill #x reader

[johndpg]

SPANKING ON TV #8

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp—S1, E15 Rich Man’s Son (1955) d. Frank Macdonald

This was one of the first Western TV series to air in the US and one of several that will feature in this blog. The series is loosely based on the life of frontier marshal Wyatt Earp. The half-hour, black-and-white program aired for six seasons from 1955 to 1961, with Hugh O'Brian in the title role.

In contrast to the always-ethical character portrayed in the series, the real-life Wyatt Earp was at various times on either side of the law, having been accused of horse stealing, criminal assault, and involvement with fight-fixing, gambling, prostitution, and murders. If you recognise the name, it’s probably because of his brother, Virgil Earp, of O.K. Corral renown.

In this episode, it’s 1875 and a runaway boy called Timmy Jones shows up in town and refuses to say where he’s from, which means Wyatt can’t send him home as the law requires. Timmy wants to be a gun-toting cowhand, having been enthused by the pop culture literature of the day. Then two railroad detectives turn up and attempt to kidnap him, and it turns out daddy is a rich and powerful railroad executive from New York.

Spoilt, bratty teen-with-attitude being brought to heel by a strong, moral father-figure is a common enough trope, and it’s one that’s frequently mined by the Westerns genre. A bit of sage guidance born of years of experience, coupled with an understanding of the boy’s troubles and some firm discipline, usually involving a spanked or strapped behind, soon fixes said bratty teen (and, it seems, quite a few women in the Wild West) and sets him on the right path to manhood (or motherhood lol).

Young Timmy, played by 14-year-old Lee Erikson, certainly fits the mould of the cute, mid-teen boy running away from his troubles, initially rejecting any help with lots of sass and attitude. No sooner has he crossed paths with our Marshall, though, than he’s being shown the correct way to ride a horse and rope steeds, and finds out that being a cowhand isn’t the exciting, adventurous life he thought it was. One quick, enforced bath and an overdue smacked bottom later, he’s yes sir-ing and asking to be adopted; at one point he even voluntarily bends over to be spanked again when Wyatt thinks he’s lying.

Perhaps there’s a hint of homoeroticism running beneath all the paternalism on display, but maybe that’s just my cynical modern sensibilities. Wyatt certainly seems to manhandle Timmy a lot, though—pulling him around by his collar…

Brushing him down when he gets dusty…

Swatting him encouragingly on the backside…

Washing him in a barrel of cold water…

Giving him a spanking…

Indeed, the first time they meet Wyatt threatens to spank him (although admittedly Timmy has just tried to shoot him) and then hoists him backwards over a six-foot fence with a hand firmly planted in his groin (although fair play to Hugh O’Brian, that can’t have been an easy stunt to lift a teenaged lad like that). The other man also gets his hand between Timmy's legs for some reason... Welcome to the Wild West, son, I guess.

There’s a link to the episode below but if you’re disappointed with the brevity of Master Erikson’s spanking, don’t worry, he’ll be back on the blog soon over Bob Hope’s knee (still aged 14).

#Youtube

[70s80sandbeyond]

Hugh O'Brian as Wyatt Earp on "The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp"

[sosooley]

Good morning, I guess

sometimes the family is a sexy cop and a half-dead gambler-dentist and his badass wife

#docatt #doc holliday #wyatt earp #life and legend of wyatt earp #big nose kate #polyamory #throuple #the life and legend of wyatt earp #doc x wyatt x kate #hugh o'brian #myron healey #carol stone #old west #western #1950s #1950s films #my art #my tombstone art

[valleydean]

screaming. he's unintentionally so funny

#also i like that prior to wyatt bringing all these people in #doc was just sitting there hanging out in his dedicated ''doc holliday hanging out'' chair #it's one of my fave things about this show #life and legend of wyatt earp #the life and legend of wyatt earp #don't judge me for watching an episode of this ok i had scar treatment today and i'm in PAIN

[kwebtv]

Character Actor

Trevor Bardette (born Terva Gaston Hubbard; November 19, 1902 – November 28, 1977) was an American film and television actor. Among many other roles in his long and prolific career, Bardette appeared in several episodes of Adventures of Superman and as Newman Haynes Clanton, or Old Man Clanton, in 21 episodes of the ABC/Desilu western series, The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp.

He made over 172 movies and 72 television appearances in his career, and was seen as a rustler, gangster, wartime collaborator. On the Adventures of Superman, he played the sinister title character in the 1951 show The Human Bomb. In its 1954 episode "Great Caesar's Ghost". He played "Wally", the proprietor of Wally's Filling Station, in the "Gomer the House Guest" episode of The Andy Griffith Show.

Bardette was cast in various roles in four episodes of the anthology series The Ford Television Theatre between 1953 and 1956. He guest-starred six times each on the original CBS family drama, Lassie, and in Clint Walker's ABC/Warner Brothers western series, Cheyenne. Bardette appeared three times on John Payne's western series, The Restless Gun as well as Wagon Train, and Have Gun – Will Travel. Twice he appeared on Tales of Wells Fargo, Broken Arrow, Gunsmoke, Maverick, Laramie and Trackdown.

Bardette played Captain Warner in the 1962 episode "A Matter of Honor" on the syndicated western anthology series, Death Valley Days.  In Oct 1962 he played Jessie Johnson on an episode of Bonanza, "The Way Station".  In 1965, he played Stanley Conklin in the episode "The Unborn" of the CBS drama Slattery's People, starring Richard Crenna as a state legislator.

Bardette made two guest appearances on CBS's Perry Mason. In 1959, he played murder victim John Brant in "The Case of the Startled Stallion," and in 1963 he played murderer Garrett Richards in "The Case of the Two-Faced Turn-a-Bout," with Hugh O'Brian in the role of guest attorney Bruce Jason.

Bardette made his final television appearance in the 1968 episode "Goodbye, Dolly" of the CBS sitcom Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., starring Jim Nabors.  (Wikipedia)

#Character Actor #TV #Trevor Bardette #The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

[howardhawkshollywoodannex]

Anna May Wong as Tiger Lily in a publicity still for Peter Pan (1924). Anna was born in Los Angeles and had 64 acting credits from 1920 to a 1960 episode of The Barbara Stanwyck Show. Her entry among my best 1,001 movies is The Thief of Bagdad (1924).

Her other notable credits include Shanghai Express (with Marlene Dietrich), Limehouse Blues, Island of Lost Men, episodes of Mike Hammer and The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp, and Portrait in Black (1960 with Lana Turner).

Anna was the top billed star of a few Paramount second features in the late 30s, most notably Daughter of Shanghai (1937) and Dangerous to Know (1938)

#anna may wong #peter pan #classic hollywood #vintage hollywood #old hollywood #asian hollywood #classic asian hollywood #silent classics #silent films

[wewerealwaysthere]

That’s Hugh O’Brian on the right wearing the bonnet. He starred in the 1950s TV series “The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp”.

#we were always there #Hugh O’Brian #TV Star #drag #cross dressing #Wyatt Earp #campy