Wyatt Earp

Also known as Wyatt Berry Stapp Earp

American lawman (1848–1929)

Film & TV

Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA

Wyatt Earp was born on October 2, 1962 in Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA. He is an actor, known for Tombstone (1993), Windyville and Sordid Lives: The Series (2008). He is the fifth cousin of Wyatt Earp (1848-1929).

Known for

Grace of the Gun — Narrator (voice)2011
Pretty Ugly People — Airport Announcer (voice)2008
Deadwood2004
The Making of 'Tombstone' — Self2002
Tombstone — Billy Claiborne1993
Windyville — Ray

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Key facts

Born: Wyatt Berry Stapp Earp , ( 1848-03-19 ) March 19, 1848, Monmouth, Illinois , U.S.
Died: January 13, 1929 (1929-01-13) (aged 80), Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupations: Lawman buffalo hunter saloon keeper miner brothel keeper boxing referee
Years active: 1865–1898
Known for: Gunfight at the O.K. Corral ; Fitzsimmons vs. Sharkey boxing match decision
Height: 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) at age 30
Opponents: William Brocius Tom McLaury Frank McLaury Ike Clanton Billy Clanton Billy Claiborne Johnny Behan
Spouses: Urilla Sutherland ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1870 ; died 1870 ) Sally Heckell ( 1872 ⁠ – ⁠ 1872 ) Mattie Blaylock ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1878 ⁠ – ⁠ 1881 ) Josephine Marcus ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1882 )
Parents: Nicholas Porter Earp Virginia Ann Cooksey
Relatives: Newton Earp (brother) James Earp (brother) Virgil Earp (brother) Morgan Earp (brother) Warren Earp (brother)

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Gender: male
Citizenship: United States
Place of birth: Monmouth
Place of death: Los Angeles
Spouse: Josephine Earp
Sibling: James Earp
Occupation: hunter
Political party: Republican Party (United States)
Languages spoken: English language
Field of work: hunting
Image: WyattEarp2.jpg
Residence: Tombstone

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Commons category: Wyatt Earp
date of birth: 1848-03-19
date of death: 1929-01-13
topic's main category: Category:Wyatt Earp
Commons gallery: Wyatt Earp
name in native language: Wyatt Earp
present in work: Tombstone
writing language: English language
start of work period: 1865-00-00
facial hair: handlebar moustache

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Encyclopedic overview

Wyatt Berry Stapp Earp (March 19, 1848 – January 13, 1929) was an American lawman and an assistant marshal to his brother, Virgil Earp. Earp was involved in the 1881 gunfight at the O.K. Corral, during which he and other lawmen killed three outlaws. While Earp is usually depicted as the key figure in the shootout, his brother Virgil was both the U.S. Marshal and the Tombstone city marshal and had decided to enforce a city ordinance prohibiting carrying weapons in public in an attempt to neutralize the loosely organized group of outlaws known as the Cochise County Cowboys.

In 1874, Earp arrived in the boomtown of Wichita, Kansas, where his alleged wife opened a brothel. At this brothel, Earp was arrested more than once; he may have been a pimp. He was appointed to the Wichita police force and developed a good reputation as a lawman but was "not rehired as a police officer" after a physical altercation with a political opponent of his boss. Earp left Wichita, following his brother James to Dodge City, Kansas, where his brother's wife Bessie and Earp's common-law wife Sally operated a brothel. In this city, he became an assistant city marshal. In 1878, he went to Texas to track down an outlaw, Dave Rudabaugh, and met John "Doc" Holliday, whom Wyatt credited with saving his life.

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