About Hugh O'Brian
Hugh O'Brian (born Hugh Charles Krampe; April 19, 1925 – September 5, 2016) was an American actor and humanitarian who starred 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 films included an adaptation of Agatha Christie's Ten Little Indians (1965); he also had a supporting role in John Wayne's last film, The Shootist (1976). In 1965, he created and endowed the “UCLA Hugh O’Brian 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. It has sponsored more than 500,000 students since O'Brian founded the program in 1958, following an extended visit with physician and theologian Albert Schweitzer. == Life and career == === Early life and military service === O'Brian was born Hugh Charles Krampe in Rochester, New York, the son of Hugh John Krampe, who served as an officer in the United States Marine Corps, and Edith Lillian (née Marks) Krampe. O'Brian once described his father as "one of the toughest men I ever knew"; this inspired his interest in the military. O'Brian moved with his parents to Lancaster, Pennsylvania, around 1930, when he was about five years old. His father had become an executive with the Armstrong Cork Company, which was headquartered in Lancaster. The Krampe family lived at the Stevens House Hotel temporarily before moving to the newly developed School Lane Hills houses in the city's West End.
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