He was born Orson Whipple Hungerford II in New York City, of all places, but somewhere along the line he got a Texas accent and managed to appear in a few movies under the name Ty Hungerford. In 1958, using the name Ty Hardin, he replaced Clint Walker in the Cheyenne TV series after Walker quit in a dispute with Warner Brothers. When Walker returned in 1959, Hardin's character, Bronco Layne, was given his own series which lasted in one form or another until 1962. Thankfully, Hardin's TV work didn't prevent him from appearing in a handful of what we consider to be must-see films of the 60s:

Wall of Noise (1963)

Palm Springs Weekend (1963)

Berserk (1967)

These are our particular favorites, but we realize there must be somebody somewhere who actually wants to sit through 1962's Merrill's Marauders or 1963's PT 109. We've actually turned on the History Channel and seen a panel of scholars sitting around discussing Merrill's Marauders! Maybe if those people would show gems like Palm Springs Weekend more often, they'd have more viewers. But we digress.