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Ty Hardin (born Orison Whipple Hungerford Jr.; January 1, 1930 – August 3, 2017) was an American actor. He is best known as the star of ABC/Warner Bros. Western television series Bronco (1958–1962).
Orison Whipple Hungerford, Jr. was born on January 1, 1930, in New York City, to Orison Whipple Hungerford, Sr., an acoustical engineer, and Gwendolyn Winifred (née Burnett). He was raised in Texas, after his family moved to Austin when he was six months old. His parents separated shortly after the move, and his father abandoned the family about four years later.
He graduated in 1949 from Lamar High School in Houston. A football scholarship enabled him to attend Blinn College in Brenham, Texas, for one year, and then, he went to Dallas Bible Institute for one semester. He served in the United States Army during Korean War. He was commissioned after attending Officer Candidate School in Fort Monmouth, New Jersey, and he became a pilot of Forward Observer O-1 Bird Dog liaison aircraft. He attained the rank of first lieutenant. After his return from service, he began taking courses at Texas A&M University in College Station on a scholarship under Coach Bear Bryant, for whom he played tight end.
In 1958, he legally change his name from Orison Whipple Hungerford Jr., to his stage name, Ty Hardin. He ascribed the change to a matter of convenience.
From 1962 to 1965, he was married to his second wife, Marlene Schmidt, 1961 Miss Universe and German beauty queen, who later worked in a movie industry; they had one daughter. At the time of his death, Hardin lived with his eighth wife, Caroline, in Huntington Beach, California.
A Paramount Pictures talent scout discovered Hardin while he was attending a costume party. He had rented revolvers from Western Costume, a motion-picture costume-rental company.
By 1957, Hardin acquired the services of agent Henry Willson and made his way to Hollywood, where he was put under contract by Paramount Pictures.
Initially billed as "Ty Hungerford", he made various minor appearances in several Paramount films, such as The Space Children (1958), As Young as We Are (1958) I Married a Monster from Outer Space (1958), The Buccaneer (1958), and Last Train from Gun Hill (1959).
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Ty Hardin
Ty Hardin (born Orison Whipple Hungerford Jr.; January 1, 1930 – August 3, 2017) was an American actor. He is best known as the star of ABC/Warner Bros. Western television series Bronco (1958–1962).
Orison Whipple Hungerford, Jr. was born on January 1, 1930, in New York City, to Orison Whipple Hungerford, Sr., an acoustical engineer, and Gwendolyn Winifred (née Burnett). He was raised in Texas, after his family moved to Austin when he was six months old. His parents separated shortly after the move, and his father abandoned the family about four years later.
He graduated in 1949 from Lamar High School in Houston. A football scholarship enabled him to attend Blinn College in Brenham, Texas, for one year, and then, he went to Dallas Bible Institute for one semester. He served in the United States Army during Korean War. He was commissioned after attending Officer Candidate School in Fort Monmouth, New Jersey, and he became a pilot of Forward Observer O-1 Bird Dog liaison aircraft. He attained the rank of first lieutenant. After his return from service, he began taking courses at Texas A&M University in College Station on a scholarship under Coach Bear Bryant, for whom he played tight end.
In 1958, he legally change his name from Orison Whipple Hungerford Jr., to his stage name, Ty Hardin. He ascribed the change to a matter of convenience.
From 1962 to 1965, he was married to his second wife, Marlene Schmidt, 1961 Miss Universe and German beauty queen, who later worked in a movie industry; they had one daughter. At the time of his death, Hardin lived with his eighth wife, Caroline, in Huntington Beach, California.
A Paramount Pictures talent scout discovered Hardin while he was attending a costume party. He had rented revolvers from Western Costume, a motion-picture costume-rental company.
By 1957, Hardin acquired the services of agent Henry Willson and made his way to Hollywood, where he was put under contract by Paramount Pictures.
Initially billed as "Ty Hungerford", he made various minor appearances in several Paramount films, such as The Space Children (1958), As Young as We Are (1958) I Married a Monster from Outer Space (1958), The Buccaneer (1958), and Last Train from Gun Hill (1959).
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