Virgil Earp as a colonel during the Second Mexican War. Virgil Earp Virgil Walter Earp (July 18, 1843 – October 19, 1905) was both deputy U.S. Marshal and Tombstone, Arizona City Marshal when he led his brothers Morgan and Wyatt and Doc Holliday in a confrontation with outlaw Cowboys at the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral on October 26, 1881. They killed brothers Tom and Frank McLaury and Billy Clanton. All three Earp brothers had been the target of repeated death threats made by the Cowboys who were upset by the Earps' interference in their illegal activities. All four lawmen were charged
James Earp California. James Earp died of natural causes in San Bernardino, California, on January 25, 1926. He is interred there at the Mountain View Cemetery. In the 1946 film "My Darling Clementine", James was played by Don Garner. In 1955, the actor John Smith, prior to his lead roles in "Cimarron City" and "Laramie", played the part of James Earp in the film "Wichita", starring Joel McCrea and Vera Miles. In the 1957 "Gunfight at the O.K. Corral", it is the fictional assassination of Jimmy Earp (Martin Milner) that leads directly to the titular showdown. In the 1994 film "Wyatt Earp",