Hugh O'Brian 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 and the NBC action television series Search. His notable films included the adaptation of Agatha Christie's Ten Little Indians; he also had a notable supporting role in John Wayne's last film, The Shootist.
He created the Hugh O'Brian Youth Leadership Foundation, 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.