In the 1939 Movie "Frontier Marshal" Wyatt Earp was played by
Randolph Scott. There was a 1934 movie based on the same story that
had the hero's name being Michael Wyatt and was played by George
O'Brian.
The first time Wyatt Earp was portrayed in a movie is in Wild
Bill Hickock, a 1923 film directed by Clifford Smith. William S.
Hart plays Hickock and Bert Lindlay is Wyatt Earp. Wyatt who then
lived in the Los Angeles area was contacted to be a consultant on
the film!
Wyatt Earp died in 1929.