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Starring Hugh O'Brian as Wyatt Earp
Season 6 (ABC) (1960-61)
Episode Guide
compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by:
Tom Dischley, Tom Alger, Rina Fox, Sal Crisanti , James Beer
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#### The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp #######
############# season 6 1960-61 ###############
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(final season)
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ABC Tuesdays 8:30 pm Eastern
37 episodes
6.01 [190] Wyatt Earp:
THE TRUTH ABOUT OLD MAN CLANTON
prod no. 197 (copyright date 19Aug60)
27Sep60 ABC Tue
Guest Cast:
Anthony Caruso ................ Don Sebastian
Howard Petrie
Henry Rowland
Ralph Reed
6.02 [191] Wyatt Earp:
THE DOCTOR
prod no. 213
04Oct60 ABC Tue
Guest Cast:
Walter Coy .................... Henry Mason
Sarah Selby ................... Mrs. Mason
Gregory Walcott ............... Odie Hewitt
Joe McGuinn ................... Harms
6.03 [192] Wyatt Earp:
JOHNNY BEHIND THE DEUCE
prod no. 193 (copyright date 03Aug60)
11Oct60 ABC Tue
Guest Cast:
Jack Ging ..................... Johnny O'Rourke
Carolyn Craig ................. Marcia
Lane Bradford ................. Schneider
6.04 [193] Wyatt Earp:
SHOOT TO KILL
(#2)
prod no. 190 (copyright date 08Aug60)
(NOTE prod. no. 76 has the same title)
18Oct60 ABC Tue
Guest Cast:
Howard Petrie ................. Governor Gibbs
Barney Phillips
Diane Millay
Tyler McVey
William Kruse
Don Harvey
Frank Gerstle
Fern Barry
6.05 [194] Wyatt Earp:
STUDY OF A CROOKED SHERIFF
prod no. 203 (copyright date 18Aug60)
25-Oct-1960 ABC Tue
(Pre-empted - see 08-Nov-1960)
Guest Cast:
Henry Rowland ......... Pete Spence
Paul Wexler ........... Shakey Jenkins
Pierce Lyden .......... Saloon Owner
Synopsis:
The man in question is John Behan, old man Clanton’s hand-picked choice for the
representative of the law in Tombstone. [JB]
6.06 [195] Wyatt Earp:
BIG BROTHER
prod no. 196 (copyright date 02Sep60)
01-Nov-1960 ABC Tue
Guest Cast:
Sue Randall ........... Lucy Tedder
Sherwood Price ........ McLowery
Synopsis:
Morgan Earp’s romances with an unending chain of dance-hall girls is a matter of
concern to “big brother” Wyatt. [JB]
[--] Wyatt Earp: 08-Feb-1960 - see #6.05
6.07 [196] Wyatt Earp:
WOMAN FROM TUCSON
prod no. 207 (copyright date 26Sep60)
15-Nov-1960 ABC Tue
Guest Cast:
Lloyd Corrigan ........ Ned Buntline
Rita Lynn ............. Amy Jones
William Vaughn ........ Slim Bailey
William Mims .......... Dameron
James Nolan
Lennie Geer
Synopsis:
Dime-novelist Ned Buntline shows up again in Tombstone. This time he’s come to
write an expose of the
Ten Percent Ring’s Arizona operations. [JB]
6.08 [197] Wyatt Earp:
THE FANATIC
prod no. 215 (copyright date 12Sep60)
22-Nov-1960 ABC Tue
Guest Cast:
Harold J. Stone ....... Hiram Grant
Mort Mills ............ Odie Cairns
Jeanne Bates .......... Selma Grant
Synopsis:
It looks like religious persecution when Hiram Grant is beset by a mob who want
to burn him off his ranch.
But after Wyatt saves Grant, he learns the citizens weren’t opposed to Grant’s
religion. [JB]
6.09 [198] Wyatt Earp: HE'S MY BROTHER
prod no. 211 (copyright date 19Sep60)
29Nov60 ABC Tue
Guest Cast:
Wesley Lau .................... Dave Dray
Robert Sampson ................ Cully Dray
Ray Kellogg ................... Marshal Pritchard
Ethan Laidlaw ................. Cowhand
6.10 [199] Wyatt Earp:
THE TOO PERFECT CRIME
prod no. 199 (copyright date 15Sep60)
06Dec60 ABC Tue
Guest Cast:
Nina Shipman .................. Leone Simpson
Denver Pyle ................... Hoss Mackey
Ed Nelson ..................... Hal Babcock
David Carlile ................. Gibbens
6.11 [200] Wyatt Earp:
JOHNNY RINGO'S GIRL
prod no. 201 (copyright date 20Oct60)
13Dec60 ABC Tue
Guest Cast:
Suzanne Lloyd ................. Mary Turner
Lee Farr
Alan Wells
Glenn Strange
6.12 [201] Wyatt Earp: MISS SADIE
prod no. 206 (copyright date 12Oct60)
20Dec60 ABC Tue
Guest Cast:
Susan Cummings ....... Sadie Hunter
Alan Baxter .......... Ben Roberts
George Keymas ........ Jacob Birch
Jimmy Murphy ......... Joe
Duke Norton
Fred Krone
Sam Flint
Synopsis:
Miss Sadie taker her boyfriend, wounded bank robber Ben Roberts, from
Jacob Birch's outlaw hideout into Tombstone for medical attention.
Unhampered by their disabled partner, Birch and his cronies plan on
an outing in town. [RF]
6.13 [202] Wyatt Earp:
WINNING STREAK
prod no. 217 (copyright date 12Oct60)
27Dec60 ABC Tue
Guest Cast:
Walter Reed ................... Ace Hudson
Gloria Winters ................ Ruthie Jensen [_OR_ Diane? - RF]
6.14 [203] Wyatt Earp:
BILLY BUCKETT, INC.
prod no. 212 (copyright date 01Sep60)
03Jan61 ABC Tue
Guest Cast:
Andy Clyde .................... Billy Buckett
Ann Robinson .................. Hetty Doane
Bartlett Robinson ............. Paul Scott
Dan Sheridan .................. Jack Morrow
Barney Phillips
6.15 [204] Wyatt Earp:
HORSE THIEF
prod no. 191 (copyright date 18Oct60)
10Jan61 ABC Tue
Guest Cast:
Ralph Reed ........... Billy Clanton
Trevor Bardette ...... Old Man Clanton
Norman Leavitt
Synopsis:
Wyatt jails the McLowery brothers for suspected mail robbery. [RF]
[--] 17Jan61 - "Doc Holliday Faces Death"
originally scheduled for this date
- postponed to 28Feb61
6.16 [205] Wyatt Earp:
TERROR ON THE DESERT
prod no. 224 (copyright date 05Dec60)
24-Jan-1961 ABC Tue
Guest Cast:
Richard Crane .......... Tom Grover
Jacqueline Scott ....... Beth Grover
Francis McDonald ....... Pat Few
Richard Reeves ......... Bucko
Stanley Clements ....... Dugan
Dave Fresco ............ Moody
Peter Mamakos .......... Baxter
Synopsis:
Tom Grover is convicted of theft, and sentenced to a term in the Yuma prison.
His wife tries to convince Wyatt that Sheriff Behan framed Grover. [JB]
6.17 [206] Wyatt Earp:
OLD SLANDERS NEVER DIE
(verified on film RF)
prod no. 214 (copyright date 01Dec60)
31Jan61 ABC Tue
Produced by Roy Rowland
Directed by Paul Landres
Written by Frederick Hazlitt Brennan/ Story Editor Wilda
Director of Photography, Robert B. Hauser
cast (screen 1):
Hugh O' Brian ........ Wyatt Earp
Douglas Fowley ....... Doc Holliday (recurring)
Stacy Harris ......... Major Clum (recurring)
James Seay ........... Judge Spicer (recurring)
and:
Trevor Bardette ...... Old Man Clanton (recurring)
cast (screen 2):
Damian O'Flynn ....... Dr. Goodfellow (recurring)
Charles Watts ........ Dameron
Hal Dawson ........... Barber
Rita Duncan .......... Mamie Griffen
Ann Bellamy .......... Audrey
Synopsis:
Marshal Wyatt Earp faced the hatred and gunfire of many men in the
towns of Wichita, Dodge City and Tombstone . . . but none hated
him more than did the Ten Percent Ring. They could neither buy
him nor drive him out of Arizona by force . . . [RF/TVL]
6.18 [207] Wyatt Earp:
LOYALTY
prod no. 220 (copyright date 14Dec60)
07Feb61 ABC Tue
Guest Cast:
Richard Benedict .............. Briscoe
Brett King .................... Marlin
Paula Winslowe ................ Mrs. Stoney
6.19 [208] Wyatt Earp:
JOHNNY BEHAN FALLS IN LOVE
prod no. 194 (copyright date 04Jan61)
14Feb61 ABC Tue
Guest Cast:
Jean Allison .................. Minna Marlin
Andy Albin .................... Limpy Davis
Lennie Geer ................... Cowboy
6.20 [209] Wyatt Earp:
CASEY AND THE CLOWNS
prod no. 225 (copyright date 06Jan61)
21Feb61 ABC Tue
Guest Cast:
Willard Sage .................. Bill Casey
L.Q. Jones .................... Tex
Ken Drake ..................... Tim Murdock
Zon Murray .................... Sam Newton
R.G. Armstrong
Kenneth MacDonald
Sam Flint
6.21 [210] Wyatt Earp:
DOC HOLLIDAY FACES DEATH
prod no. 198 (copyright date 08Sep60)
28Feb61 ABC Tue (originally scheduled airdate 17Jan61)
Guest cast:
Steve Brodie ......... Sheriff John Behan
Gregg Palmer ......... Tom McLowery
George Wallace ....... Frank McLowery
Douglas Fowley ....... Doc Holliday (recurring)
Morgan Woodward ...... Shotgun Gibbs
Synopsis:
Doc Holliday is facing death if he doesn't ease up on his fast living
and fast drinking. [RF]
6.22 [211] Wyatt Earp:
APACHE GOLD
prod no. 226 (copyright date 30Dec60)
07Mar61 ABC Tue
Guest Cast:
George Keymas ................. Chief Natchez
Robert Cabal .................. Nulah
Recurring Cast:
Trevor Bardette as Old Man Clanton (recurring)
Steve Rowland as Phin Clanton (recurring)
Rayford Barnes as Ike Clanton (recurring)
Synopsis:
Chief Natchez is afraid that his Apache warriors will go on the warpath
if they continue drinking the bootleg booze the Clanton gang has been
selling them. [RF]
6.23 [212] Wyatt Earp:
THE GOOD MULE AND THE BAD MULE
prod no. 195 (copyright date 260ct60)
14Mar61 ABC Tue
Guest Cast:
William Mims .................. Editor Dameron
Stephen Wootton ............... Ollie Burton
Daniel White .................. Zack Burton
Clancy Cooper ................. Morgan
Norman Leavitt ................ Phillips
Synopsis:
The Tombstone newspaper doesn't care for Wyatt or his friends and would
print anything to run down his reputation. The big chance comes when a
kid named Ollie claims that a mule, owned by Shotgun Gibbs, kicked him
and broke his leg. [RF]
6.24 [213] Wyatt Earp:
CLANTON AND CUPID
prod no. 204 (copyright date 21Oct60)
21Mar61 ABC Tue
Guest Cast:
Harlan Warde .................. Tom Ware
6.25 [214] Wyatt Earp: WYATT TAKES THE PRIMROSE PATH
prod no. 210 (copyright date 19Dec60)
28Mar61 ABC Tue
Guest Cast:
Gene Roth ..................... J.B. Ayers
William Thourlby .............. Chief Natchez
Gordon Wynn ................... Colonel Warren
Lyn Thomas .................... Lola
X Brands
Peter Coe
William Foster
Red Morgan
Al Wyatt
6.26 [215] Wyatt Earp:
THE CONVICT'S REVENGE
prod no. 200 (copyright date 21Dec60)
04Apr61 ABC Tue
Guest Cast:
Warde Donovan ................. Jed Lorimet
Janet Lake .................... Marge Davies
Robert Hariand ................ Phil Davies
Ken Mayer ..................... Dapper Courtney
Robert Carson
6.27 [216] Wyatt Earp:
UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY
prod no. 202 (copyright date 28Oct60)
11Apr61 ABC Tue
Guest Cast:
Kasey Rogers
James Lydon
Steve Pendleton
6.28 [217] Wyatt Earp:
THE SHOOTING STARTS
prod no. 192 (copyright date 23Dec60)
18Apr61 ABC Tue
Guest Cast:
Barney Phillips ............... Lou Rickabaugh
Diane Jergens ................. Edith Rickabaugh
Leo Gordon .................... Miggles Hannegan
Joseph Bassett ................ Jack Tyler
Troy Melton ................... Barkeep
Edith Leslie .................. Big Dora
Steve Raines .................. Hoodlum
Dale Van Sickel ............... Tough
Synopsis:
Business picks up in Lou Rickabaugh's saloon when his niece Edith starts
giving poetry recitations for the patrons. This infuriates rival tavern
owner Miggles Hannegan who orders Rickabaugh to sell out - lock, stock,
barrel and poetry act! [RF]
6.29 [218] Wyatt Earp:
WYATT EARP'S BABY
prod no. 209 (copyright date 12Aug60)
25Apr61 ABC Tue
Guest Cast:
Marie Windsor ................. Lily Henry
Scan McClory .................. Muley Boles
Frank Ferguson ................ Sheriff Lydell
William Tracy ................. Arnold Trask
Barbara Bestar ................ Christine Trask
Sherman Sanders ............... Minister
Ollie O'Toole ................. Hotel Clerk
6.30 [219] Wyatt Earp:
THE LAW MUST BE FAIR
prod no. 208 (copyright date 22Sep60)
02May61 ABC Tue
Guest Cast:
Louise Fletcher ............... Aithra McLowery
Gregg Palmer .................. Tom McLowery
George D. Wallace ............. Frank McLowery
6.31 [220] Wyatt Earp:
A PAPA FOR BUTCH AND GINGER
prod no. 216 (copyright date 09Nov60)
09May61 ABC Tue
Guest Cast:
Dorothy Green ................. Amy Blyfled
Kevin Brodie .................. Butch
Debbie Megowan ................ Ginger
Kem Dibbs
I. Stanford Jolley
Synopsis:
Amy Byfield has become the object of saddle tramp Whiskers Brown's
unsolicited attention. When Gibbs drives the molester off, the widow's
children regard Gibbs as their savior - and maybe their new papa. [RF]
[--] Wyatt Earp: 16May61 - preempted?
6.32 [221] Wyatt Earp:
HIDING BEHIND A STAR
prod no. 205 (copyright date 26Oct60)
23May61 ABC Tue
Guest Cast:
Gloria Talbott ................ Martha Connell
James Griffith ................ Tim Connell
Roy Engel ..................... Zack Herrick
Charles Wagenheim ............. Spangenberg
[--] Wyatt Earp: 16May61 - preempted ?
6.33 [222] Wyatt Earp:
REQUIEM FOR OLD MAN CLANTON (1/5) (verified RF)
prod no. 218 (copyright date 15Nov60)
30May61 ABC Tue
Produced by Roy Rowland
Directed by Paul Landres [SC]
Written by Frederick Hazlitt Brennan [SC]/ Story Editor Wilda J. Wilson
Director of Photography, Robert B. Hauser
cast (screen 1):
Hugh O' Brian ........ Wyatt Earp
Douglas Fowley ....... Doc Holliday (recurring)
Don Haggerty ......... Mort Hedrick
Trevor Bardette ...... Old Man Clanton (recurring)
cast (screen 2):
Norm Alden ........... Johnny Ringo (recurring)
William Phipps ....... Curly Brocius
Robert Bice .......... J.B. Ayers
Gordon Wynn .......... Col. Warren
Rodolfo Hoyos ........ Don Pedro
*
Not Credited ?:
Reuben Moreno ........ Marcia (not on credits)
Joe Dominguez ........ Roca (not on credits)
Carlos Rivero ........ Vaqueros (not on credits)
Manuel Lopez ......... Vaqueros (not on credits)
Synopsis 1:
Marshal Wyatt Earp's relations with old man Clanton are terminated when
a band of Mexican bandits come between the two men, resulting in the
death of Clanton. [SC]
Synopsis 2:
The relations between Marshal Earp and Old Man Clanton, who was the
outlaw chieftain in southeast Arizona, were marked by cold hostility.
But Wyatt dreaded the day when Clanton would reach the end of every
outlaw's trail because he knew that leadership of Clanton's gang
would pass to Curly Brocius and John Ringo - a bloodthirsty
murderer and an alcoholic psychopath . . . or to the McLowery
brothers - a pair of deadly killers. [RF/TVL]
6.34 [223] Wyatt Earp:
WYATT'S BROTHERS JOIN UP
(2/5)
prod no. 219 (copyright date 29Nov60)
06Jun61 ABC Tue
guest cast:
Adele Mara as Thelma Callum
Dirk London as Morgan Earp
John Anderson as Virgil Earp
Don Wilbanks .................. Breakenridge
Lennie Geer ................... Hoodlums
Troy Melton ................... Hoodlums
Dale E. Johnson
Synopsis:
Doc Holliday has a plan to help Wyatt in his struggle with the
Clantons, and he talks Wyatt's brothers into assisting him.
6.35 [224] Wyatt Earp:
JUST BEFORE THE BATTLE
(3/5)
prod no. 221
13Jun61 ABC Tue
guest cast:
Dirk London as Morgan Earp
Norman Alden as Johnny Ringo
John Anderson as Virgil Earp
Gregg Palmer as Tom McLowery
Synopsis:
A stage-line holdup provides Wyatt with an opportunity to turn the
rival factions of the Clanton mob against each other. [RF]
*Note this is the third episode of the five-part 'O.K. Corral' series.
6.36 [225] Wyatt Earp:
GUNFIGHT AT THE O.K. CORRAL
(4/5)
prod no. 222 (copyright date 23Nov60)
21Jun61 ABC Tue
guest cast:
Dirk London as Morgan Earp
John Anderson as Virgil Earp
Ralph Reed as Billy Clanton
Rayford Barnes as Ike Clanton
Gregg Palmer as Tom McLowery
George Wallace as Frank McLowery
James Seay as Judge Spicer
Joseph Hamilton as Judge Wallace
Dale Johnson as Court Clerk
Terry Frost as Coleman
Titus Moede as Claiborne
Synopsis:
Ike Clanton and his followers come to town planning to shoot it out
with the Earps. Wyatt hopes he will be able to arrest the men
individually, and avoid an open battle. [RF]
6.37 [226] Wyatt Earp:
THE OUTLAWS CRY MURDER
(5/5)
[Final Episode]
prod no. 223 (copyright date 28Nov60)
27-Jun-1961 ABC Tue
Guest Cast:
Charles Watts ......... Dameron
Freeman Lusk .......... Colonel Herring
Synopsis:
Tombstone is in an uproar after the O.K. Corral battle. A murder charge has been
brought against Wyatt,
and his surviving enemies are prepared to supplement the legal action with more
gunfire. [JB]
-------------
Summer Reruns
-------------
[--] 11-Jul-1961 ABC Tue - Rerun of #5.14 "The Paymaster" (firsat aired
01-Dec-1959)
[--] 25-Jul-1961 ABC Tue - Rerun of #5.18 "Wells Fargo Calling Marshal Earp"
(first aired 29-Dec-1959) [RF]
[--] 01-Aug-1961 ABC Tue - Rerun of #5.27 "The Scout" (first aired 01-Mar-1960)
[RF]
#### The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp #######
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