actors who played wyatt earp in movies
Read More. Wyatt Earp was a jack of all trades: gambler, buffalo hunter, con man, prospector, and Hollywood film consultant. But it’s as the fearless lawman who brought justice to Dodge City and made a last stand at Tombstone’s O.K. Corral that he’s best known. 1. Kevin Costner, Wyatt Earp (1994). While the other movies included here tend to take on pieces of Earp’s life, Costner deserves credit for painting on a larger canvass. He deals with Earp’s boyhood in Missouri, his gunfighting at Tombstone, and even his prospecting in Alaska. The first time Wyatt Earp was portrayed in a movie is in Wild Bill  Hickock, a 1923 film directed by Clifford Smith. William S. Hart  plays Hickock and Bert Lindlay is Wyatt Earp. Wyatt who then lived  in the Los Angeles area was contacted to be a consultant on the  film!    Wyatt Earp died in 1929. Answered. Wyatt Earp had a total of three wives. His first was Urilla Sutherland who died early in his marriage. His second wife was Mattie Blaylock, who became addicted to pain killer … medicine (laudanum); she was considered by some to be his lover and not actual wife though an1880 census listed her as Earp's wife. Of all the actors who have played Wyatt Earp, Hugh O’Brian is probably most identified with the character because of the television series, The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp. He was probably closest to Earp’s true size, and depth of voice. M asterson of Kansas (1954) is a movie about Bat Masterson, who's played by Gene Barry. The character of Wyatt Earp is featured in a smaller roll. In 1958 the role won Barry a television series about Masterson. Also in 1955, Joel McCrea’s version of Wyatt was released. McCrea was the only man to play Wyatt Earp who actually knew Wyatt. He did extensive research for his 1955 movie and later short-lived television series, Wichita. McCrea was Earp’s personal choice to portray him in a movie if one was ever to be made of his life. Wyatt Earp died at the house on 17th Street on January 13, 1929. William S. Hart served as a pallbearer and Western actor Tom Mix atte … nded, as did many of the old timers from Tombstone, the Klondike, and the Nevada and Whipple Mountain mining camps. The following year my favorite of the Earp movies, Wyatt Earp, featured a Kevin Costner, who, in a few scenes, looked much like the actual Wyatt Earp. Most Earp-like is the scene where Wyatt is breaking Bat and Ed Masterson in as cops in Dodge City. The cast members of Wyatt Earp have been in many other movies, so use this list as a starting point to find actors or actresses that you may not be familiar with. Items here include everything from Gene Hackman to Michael Madsen.
Kevin Costner, Gene Hackman, Michael Madsen.