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
Ike Clanton comedic and inept one. It differs from history by showing Clanton participate and die in the OK Corral gunfight. From 1959 to 1960, the actor John Milford portrayed Clanton in eight episodes of the ABC/Desilu television series, "The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp", starring Hugh O'Brian in the title role. Trevor Bardette played Ike's father, Newman Haynes Clanton, known as Old Man Clanton. The role of Clanton was played by William Tannen in the episode "After the OK Corral" of the syndicated western anthology series, "Death Valley Days". Jim Davis played Wyatt Earp in this same episode of "Death