# Actor Ty Hardin has died **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 8, 2017, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-ty-hardin-has-died/793135 "2017-08-08T22:11:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2017, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-ty-hardin-has-died/793135/1 "2017-08-08T22:11:21Z")
It was five days ago, but I didn’t see a thread on the guy. He was best known for his starring role on the old TV western “Bronco”, after appearing on “Cheyenne” to fill in when Clint Walker walked off in a huff. He was born Orison Whipple Hungerford, Jr., so I’m sure it was a relief when the studio changed it. The guy had eight wives, including a Miss Universe winner. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2017, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-ty-hardin-has-died/793135/2 "2017-08-09T00:03:49Z")
Oh my goodness–I absolutely remember him. There were a whole bunch of westerns at the same time… Cheyenne, Sugarfoot (with Steve McQueen before he became really famous), Rawhide (ditto Clint Eastwood), Gunsmoke (which ran for 20 years), The Dakotas, Laramie, Tombstone Territory, Wagon Train, Wichita, The Rifleman, Bonanza… and Bronco. I watched all of them! Ty Hardin was very [cute](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYjQ1OWIyOTQtNmYyMy00Y2ZiLWJhYWEtNjQ3ZTI1ODU4MDEzXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMzI5NDcxNzI@._V1_SY1000_CR0,0,539,1000_AL_.jpg). Another one rides off into the sunset. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2017, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-ty-hardin-has-died/793135/3 "2017-08-09T00:56:41Z")
Nitpick: Steve McQueen was in _Wanted Dead or Alive_; Will Hutchins was in \* Sugarfoot\*. I remember _Bronco_ and Hardin very well; I liked him better than _Cheyenne._ (though I preferred \* Sugarfoot\*). Sad loss. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2017, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-ty-hardin-has-died/793135/4 "2017-08-09T01:33:34Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > Nitpick: Steve McQueen was in _Wanted Dead or Alive_; Will Hutchins was in \* Sugarfoot\*. > … Not a nitpick at all. You are so right and I stand corrected. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2017, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-ty-hardin-has-died/793135/5 "2017-08-09T14:22:48Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Oh my goodness–I absolutely remember him. There were a whole bunch of westerns at the same time… Cheyenne, Sugarfoot (with Steve McQueen before he became really famous), Rawhide (ditto Clint Eastwood), Gunsmoke (which ran for 20 years), The Dakotas, Laramie, Tombstone Territory, Wagon Train, Wichita, The Rifleman, Bonanza… and Bronco. I watched all of them! Ty Hardin was very [cute](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYjQ1OWIyOTQtNmYyMy00Y2ZiLWJhYWEtNjQ3ZTI1ODU4MDEzXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMzI5NDcxNzI@._V1_SY1000_CR0,0,539,1000_AL_.jpg). Another one rides off into the sunset. And let’s not forget Nick Adams in “The Rebel”, Richard Boone in “Have Gun, Will Travel”, and James Garner in “Maverick”! ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2017, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-ty-hardin-has-died/793135/6 "2017-08-09T14:33:30Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > And let’s not forget Nick Adams in “The Rebel”, Richard Boone in “Have Gun, Will Travel”, and James Garner in “Maverick”! Absolutely! I’ve seen some HGWT recently and they have very much withstood the test of time. Paladin _invented_ the cool, intellectual gunslinger. He’s one of those men who’s not classically handsome (Gene Hackman is one, too), but is so attractive and sexy. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2017, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-ty-hardin-has-died/793135/7 "2017-08-09T14:41:20Z")
[IMDB](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0362249/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm) says, “After his acting career faded away, Ty Hardin became a self-proclaimed “freedom fighter” in the 1970s, and led a radical right-wing group called The Arizona Patriots, an anti-Semitic/anti-immigrant/anti-black group with a penchant for stockpiling weapons and baiting public officials.” Us that an exaggeration? ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2017, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-ty-hardin-has-died/793135/8 "2017-08-10T00:04:30Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > [IMDB](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0362249/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm) says, “After his acting career faded away, Ty Hardin became a self-proclaimed “freedom fighter” in the 1970s, and led a radical right-wing group called The Arizona Patriots, an anti-Semitic/anti-immigrant/anti-black group with a penchant for stockpiling weapons and baiting public officials.” > > Us that an exaggeration? I thought it was more about tax evasion, since he got into hot water with the IRS.