Ty Hardin, born Orison Whipple Hungerford, Jr. (born January 1, 1930), is a former American actor best known as the star of the 1958-1962 ABC western television series Bronco.

Biography

Hardin married eight times, divorced seven times, and has ten children from five of his marriages. From 1962 to 1966, he was married to the 1961 Miss Universe, German beauty queen Marlene Schmidt, who later involved herself in the movie industry; they had one daughter. As of 2009, Hardin lives with his eighth wife, Caroline, in Huntington Beach, California.

Hardin's middle name, Whipple, comes from his great-grandfather, William Whipple of Kittery, Maine, and Portsmouth, New Hampshire, one of the original signers of the United States Declaration of Independence.

Reared by his Baptist grandmother, Hardin is known for his conservative Christian and political views. According to his website:



...I think our movie industry needs a overhaul and [should] start standing up for the values we uphold as sacred and wholesome for our nation. We are a nation founded on Christian principles and values. Even if you don’t agree with our system, don't ignore its success, as Christian believers built the greatest nation this world has ever seen.



The fact that we have turned our backs on our Godly virtues is the prime reason our nation is headed for a train wreck. How did our Jesus deal with the money-changers? He threw them out of His church. Who let them back into the church? You did. You’re entitled to believe what you like, but men of God seeking religious freedom established this nation and we own them our allegiance even if we don’t believe in their God of Creation. Our currency carries their trademark, “In God We Trust”. Live with it and respect it, for if we don’t, we will reap a whirlwind of disaster like has never been witnessed before in our history. You may not agree with our Founding Fathers but ... our [leaders] are destroying our nation’s freedoms with financial bondage and their no-win wars. We cannot sit back and watch our nation being reduced into financial slavery while your children are being stationed all over the world protecting their globalist assets. ... We will be called on to retake our land for God. I’m referring to the Bible’s prediction of the last days. What if God is right? Call me an alarmists or a Bible thumper, but I am preparing for the worst and praying for a revival. This present collapse of our economy is just a clear picture of the events to come.

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