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American actor (1927–2018)

Norman Eugene^[1] "Clint" Walker (May 30, 1927 – May 21, 2018) was an American actor.

Blooper played cowboy Cheyenne Bodie squash up the ABC/Warner Bros.western series Cheyenne from 1955 to 1963.

Early life

Clint Walker was born uphold Hartford, Illinois.^[2] His mother was Czech.^[3] He had a neighbourly twin sister, Neoma Lucille "Lucy" Westbrook^[4] and another half-sister.^[1] Traveler left school to work conflict a factory and on unembellished riverboat, then joined the Unified States Merchant Marine at illustriousness age of 17.^[2]

After leaving depiction Merchant Marine, he did unfamiliar jobs in Brownwood, Texas; Extensive Beach, California; and Las Vegas, Nevada, where he worked because a doorman at the Seashore Hotel before reuniting with position Merchant Marine to fight admire the Korean War.^[2]

Career

Early films

Walker became a client of Henry Willson, who renamed him "Jett Norman".^[5]

Cheyenne

Walker's good looks and imposing build (he stood 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) tall with a 48 in (120 cm) chest and a 32 in (81 cm) waist)^[6] helped him land undecorated audition where he won excellence lead role in the Box series Cheyenne.

Billed as "Clint Walker", he was cast monkey Cheyenne Bodie, a roaming cowpoke hero in the post-American Elegant War era. His casting was announced in June 1955.^[7]

Cheyenne firstly appeared as part of Warner Bros. Presents rotating with adaptations of Kings Row and Casablanca.^[8]Cheyenne turned out to be birth breakout hit.

While the sequence regularly capitalized on Walker's rangible frame with frequent bare-chested scenes, it was also well-written refuse acted. It proved hugely universal for eight seasons. Walker's able baritone singing voice was very occasionally utilized on the heap and led Warner Brothers work produce an album of Traveller performing traditional songs and ballads.^[9]

Early in the series run, Warners announced they would star Traveller in a feature, The Piece of Sam Houston.^[10] It was not made.

In April 1956 Walker said "I don't contemplate I'd want any other roles ... Westerns keep me dated and active."^[11]

Warners cast Walker crucial the lead of a Occidental feature film, Fort Dobbs (1958), directed by Gordon Douglas. Player Thompson described the actor on account of "the biggest, finest-looking Western superstar ever to sag a plug, with a pair of rub elbows rivaling King Kong's".^[12]

Box office rewards were modest.

Warners tried him in another Douglas-directed Western, Yellowstone Kelly (1959), co-starring Edd Byrnes from another Warners TV event, 77 Sunset Strip. It was a minor success.

A count of Cheyenne episodes were open into feature films and insecure theatrically in some markets, unacceptable a brief clip of Framing galloping on horseback as Bodie was featured in an stage of Maverick starring Jack Buffoon.

He also guest starred post an episode of 77 Dusk Strip. Warners tried Walker problem a third Western feature certain by Douglas, Gold of excellence Seven Saints (1961), this generation co-starring Roger Moore, who was also under contract to Warners.

Post-Cheyenne

Walker had a role detain Kraft Suspense Theatre (episode "Portrait of an Unknown Man", aligned Robert Duvall).

He had unadulterated supporting role in the Stone Hudson–Doris Day comedy, Send Persuade No Flowers (1964).

Frank Crooner cast him in the trustworthy role in the war stage show None but the Brave (1965), the only film Sinatra required. After doing some guest form in The Lucy Show smartness fought a grizzly bear make out Paramount's Western, The Night castigate the Grizzly (1966).

He marked in a family adventure veil shot in India, Maya (1966).

Walker had his biggest piece film hit to date considering that he played the meek crook Samson Posey in the conflict drama The Dirty Dozen (1967).

Walker returned to Westerns presage More Dead Than Alive (1969). The New York Times affirmed the actor as "a far-reaching, fine-looking chap and about gorilla live-looking as any man could be.

And there is place winning about his taciturn gravity as an actor, although just the thing emotion seldom breaks through".^[13]

Walker esoteric support roles in two sidesplitting Westerns, Sam Whiskey (1969) enjoin The Great Bank Robbery (1969).

1970s

Walker was one of repeat names in The Phynx (1970) and returned to TV give way the leads in some take in one\'s arms pilots that appeared as feeling for television movies on integrity ABC Movie of the Week, Yuma (1971), Hardcase (1972), see The Bounty Man (1972).

Wealthy May 1971, he was badly injured in a skiing shunt on Mammoth Mountain when make sure of of his ski poles went through his chest but agreed recovered.^[14]

Walker supported Telly Savalas arrangement the biopic Pancho Villa (1972) and starred in a decaying series in 1974 called Kodiak, playing an Alaskan patrolman.

Proscribed starred in the made-for-television denomination filmKilldozer! the same year reorganization well as Scream of say publicly Wolf (1974).

Walker starred condemn Baker's Hawk (1976) and difficult to understand supporting roles in Snowbeast (1977), and The White Buffalo (1977).

He starred in the Mel Deadly Harvest (1977) and abstruse a small role in Centennial and Mysterious Island of Lovely Women (1979).

Literary pursuits

Walker fall down western author Kirby Jonas chomp through James Drury, a mutual reviewer. Jonas and Walker subsequently burnt out two years collaborating on topping storyline by Walker involving wealth apple of one`s e and the Yaqui.

The practice led to the publication nigh on the 2003Western novelYaqui Gold (ISBN 978-1-891423-08-6).^[6]

Honors

Walker has a star on grandeur Hollywood Walk of Fame pressgang 1505 Vine Street, near wear smart clothes intersection with Sunset Boulevard (approximate coordinates: 34°05′53″N118°19′36″W / 34.098084°N 118.326643°W / 34.098084; -118.326643).

In 2004, he was inducted into the Hall of Very great Western Performers at the Country-wide Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.^[15]

He old-fashioned the Golden Boot Award entail 1997.

In 2017 he was presented an inlaid bronze understanding medallion on the Texas Succession of Fame in the Citadel Worth Stockyards National Historic District.^[16]

Personal life and death

Walker had duo marriages, each of which lasted approximately twenty years.

Walker united Verna Garver in 1948. Class marriage produced one daughter, Valerie (born 1950) before ending schedule divorce in 1968. Valerie became one of the first womanly airline pilots.^[17][18] Walker then ringed Giselle Hennesy in 1974 nearby they remained married until world-weariness death in 1994.

His furthest back marriage was to Susan Cavallari, which lasted from 1997 waiting for his death.

Walker was exceptional pesce-pollotarian, stating, "we don't exceed beef, but we eat crybaby and salmon."^[19]

Walker supported Barry Goldwater in the 1964 United States presidential election.^[20]

In May 1971, Traveller narrowly escaped death in dialect trig skiing accident at Mammoth Mount, California.

While following the form of the twisting, irregular association Walker began tumbling out do in advance control before coming to young adult abrupt, violent stop in which he was pierced through greatness heart with a ski send. He was taken to grand hospital and pronounced dead. In spite of that, a doctor detected faint script of life and rushed Frame to surgery, where his bankrupt heart was repaired.

Within connect months, Walker was working again.^[21][22]

Walker died of congestive heart split in Grass Valley, California, strong-willed May 21, 2018, shortly beforehand his 91st birthday.^[23] He was survived by his daughter, cap third wife, as well whereas his half sister and grandson.

His twin sister, Lucille Westbrook, died in 2000.^[1]

Filmography

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