Thadd has been awarded the 2010 Western Heritage Wrangler Award from the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum for his work portraying Wyatt Earp in the History Channel's series 'Cowboys and Outlaws: The Real Wyatt Earp' Thadd previously won the 2007 Wrangler Award as executive producer for 'Truce' (2005), and won the 2006 Spur Award for Best Feature Script from the Western Writers of America for his screenplay 'Miracle at Sage Creek' (2005) featuring the late David Carradine, Wes Studi, Irene Bedard and Buck Taylor. Published author, producer, screenwriter, and actor, Thadd's non-fiction book "Wild Bill Hickok: Deadwood City - End of Trail" was released in June 2001. Thadd is the father of actor Wyatt Turner who appears in the upcoming films 'Palominas' and 'Johnny Kidd'.