No One Believed These Hugh O'Brian Stories! Until They Watched This!

No One Believed These Hugh O'Brian Stories! Until They Watched This! Hugh O'Brian turned down Yale Law School and the Naval Academy to scoop ice cream on the Sunset Strip. Then a no-show actor and TWO typos gave him a new name — and television's most famous lawman was born. The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp made Hugh O'Brian one of the biggest stars in America. He practiced his quick draw for over a thousand hours. Colt resumed manufacturing the Buntline Special because of his show. He hit number 6 in the national ratings and could have coasted on fame forever. Instead, he paddled a canoe into the African jungle to meet Nobel laureate Albert Schweitzer in a leper colony. Nine days later, one question from an 83-year-old doctor changed everything. Hugh O'Brian spent the next 58 years answering it — building a youth leadership foundation that reached over half a million young Americans across all 50 states and 20 countries. From Marine drill instructor at 17 to Hollywood's most eligible bachelor to the man John Wayne killed in his final film — this is the full story of Hugh O'Brian, the cowboy who traded fame for purpose. Which moment surprised you the most? Drop it in the comments — we read every single one. Subscribe to Tinsel Town Legends for more stories Hollywood forgot to tell. #HughOBrian #WyattEarp #GoldenAgeHollywood #TinselTownLegends #ClassicWesterns Chapters: 0:00 Introduction 0:39 Number 10. The Kid Who Kept Lying About His Age 2:02 Number 9. The Marine Who Turned Down Everything 3:26 Number 8. The Accident That Made Him an Actor 4:44 Number 7. Five Years in Rock Hudson's Shadow 6:08 Number 6. 226 Episodes as America's Lawman 8:06 Number 5. The Bet That Almost Got Someone Killed 9:12 Number 4. Nine Days That Changed Everything 11:09 Number 3. The King Who Became a Guest on Other People's Shows 13:05 Number 2. Hollywood's Most Famous Bachelor and His Darkest Secret 14:36 Number 1. The Last Draw 16:30 The Full Life of Hugh O'Brian Facts and stories used in this video are well researched. Following references are used to write the script: Hugh O'Brian – Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_O%... The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp – Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lif... Hugh O'Brian Youth Leadership (HOBY) – Official Site https://www.hoby.org Albert Schweitzer – Nobel Prize Biography https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/pea... Hugh O'Brian obituary – The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/06/ar... Hugh O'Brian obituary – Los Angeles Times https://www.latimes.com/local/obituar... Hugh O'Brian obituary – The Hollywood Reporter https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/new... Audie Murphy – Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audie_M... Stuart N. Lake – Wyatt Earp: Frontier Marshal (1931) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuart_... The Shootist (1976) – Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sho... Colt Buntline Special – Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colt_Bu... Schwab's Pharmacy – Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schwab%... Hugh O'Brian and Albert Schweitzer – HOBY Foundation History https://www.hoby.org/about/our-story --- Tinsel Town Legends does not own all content featured in this video. All rights remain with the original copyright owners. We use portions of copyrighted material under Section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Act (Fair Use) for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. If you are the copyright owner and believe any content is used incorrectly, please contact us and we will promptly review the request. Viewers may also contact us if they see any problem in the content being used Contact Email: [email protected]