Paul Hutton, Distinguished Professor of History, receives a Western Heritage Award from the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum at a black-tie gala, Saturday April 17, in Oklahoma City. The award is for Hutton's on-camera commentary and narration of the program "The Real Wyatt Earp," an episode of the History Channel six-part series "Cowboys and Outlaws" that aired last November.
This is Hutton's sixth Western Heritage Award, but his previous wins have been for his writing. This award, for acting, reflects the more than 200 television programs Hutton has appeared in since the mid-1990s on a wide variety of networks including CBS, NBC, PBS, BBC, TBS, A&E, Disney, the Travel Channel, TNN, C-Span Book TV, Discovery and the History Channel.
He has also written a dozen television documentaries, was historical consultant on the Ron Howard film “The Missing,” which was filmed in New Mexico and even had a speaking role – as the doctor – in the David Zucker comedy “Naked Gun 33 1/3.”
Media Contact: Carolyn Gonzales, (505) 277-5920; e-mail: cgonzal@unm.edu
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