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Hugh O'Brian

1925 - 2016

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Hugh O'Brian (born Hugh Charles Krampe; April 19, 1925 – September 5, 2016) was an American actor and humanitarian, best known for his starring roles in the ABC Western television series The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1955–1961) and the NBC action television series Search (1972–1973). His notable films included the adaptation of Agatha Christie's Ten Little Indians (1965); he also had a notable supporting role in John Wayne's last film, The Shootist (1976). In 1965, he created and endowed the “UCLA Hugh O’Brien Acting Awards,” which, for over 25 years awarded a small cash payment but more importantly an opportunity for promising talent in the UCLA School of Fine Arts-Theatre to attract agent representation. He created the Hugh O'Brian Youth Leadership Foundation, (HOBY) a nonprofit youth leadership-development program for high-school scholars. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2024). Hugh O'Brian is the 5,643rd most popular actor (down from 4,670th in 2024), the 8,750th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,846th in 2019) and the 2,587th most popular American Actor.

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Among actors, Hugh O'Brian ranks 5,642 out of 13,578. Before him are Charlie Cox, Katja Riemann, Lana Parrilla, Andy Devine, and Aleksei Petrenko. After him are Rand Brooks, Aras Bulut İynemli, Antonio Ozores, Santiago Segura, Ruth Chatterton, Charles Melton, and Herbert Hübner.

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Among people born in 1925, Hugh O'Brian ranks 428. Before him are Lucien Carr, Alec McCowen, Juan Francisco Lombardo, Fernand Decanali, Pasquale Fornara, and Kim Stanley. After him are Václav Machek, Antonio José González Zumárraga, Frank Pierson, Ratmir Kholmov, Mel Tormé, and Syed Nazrul Islam. Among people deceased in 2016, Hugh O'Brian ranks 424. Before him are George Voinovich, Tom Hayden, Guillaume Bieganski, Suat Mamat, Anton Yelchin, and Fidel Uriarte. After him are Francisco Flores Pérez, Fernando Cardenal, Rudolf Haag, José Luis Artetxe, David Margulies, and Ronit Elkabetz.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Hugh O'Brian ranks 8,752 out of 20,380. Before him are Jeffrey Williams (1958), Richard Neal (1949), Bob Richards (1926), Lana Parrilla (1977), Andy Devine (1905), and Richard Kelly (1975). After him are Rand Brooks (1918), Bruce Alberts (1938), Harold Solomon (1952), Ruth Chatterton (1892), Charles Melton (1991), and Richard Henry Lee (1732).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Hugh O'Brian ranks 2,588. Before him are Lizzy Caplan (1982), George M. Cohan (1878), Carla Laemmle (1909), Vivica A. Fox (1964), Lana Parrilla (1977), and Andy Devine (1905). After him are Rand Brooks (1918), Ruth Chatterton (1892), Charles Melton (1991), Louise Lasser (1939), Jeanne Bates (1918), and Bill Farmer (1952).

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