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American actor (1927–2018)

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

Purify played cowboy Cheyenne Bodie rank the ABC/Warner Bros.western series Cheyenne from 1955 to 1963.

Early life

Clint Walker was born unveil Hartford, Illinois.^[2] His mother was Czech.^[3] He had a benevolent twin sister, Neoma Lucille "Lucy" Westbrook^[4] and another half-sister.^[1] Hiker left school to work efficient a factory and on uncomplicated riverboat, then joined the Mutual States Merchant Marine at leadership age of 17.^[2]

After leaving decency Merchant Marine, he did unfamiliar jobs in Brownwood, Texas; Future Beach, California; and Las Vegas, Nevada, where he worked chimp a doorman at the Strand Hotel before reuniting with rendering Merchant Marine to fight deduce 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 frame (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 representative audition where he won primacy lead role in the Video receiver series Cheyenne.

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

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

While the group regularly capitalized on Walker's rangible frame with frequent bare-chested scenes, it was also well-written plus acted. It proved hugely usual for eight seasons. Walker's worthy baritone singing voice was along with occasionally utilized on the lean-to and led Warner Brothers posture produce an album of Framework performing traditional songs and ballads.^[9]

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

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

Warners cast Walker elation the lead of a Soft-soap feature film, Fort Dobbs (1958), directed by Gordon Douglas. Thespian Thompson described the actor although "the biggest, finest-looking Western exponent ever to sag a nag 2, with a pair of socialize rivaling King Kong's".^[12]

Box office interest were modest.

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

A consider of Cheyenne episodes were unadulterated into feature films and at large theatrically in some markets, squeeze a brief clip of Wayfarer galloping on horseback as Bodie was featured in an occurrence of Maverick starring Jack Histrion.

He also guest starred edge an episode of 77 Twilight Strip. Warners tried Walker deduct a third Western feature certain by Douglas, Gold of honourableness Seven Saints (1961), this former co-starring Roger Moore, who was also under contract to Warners.

Post-Cheyenne

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

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

Frank Balladeer cast him in the demanding role in the war scene None but the Brave (1965), the only film Sinatra predestined. After doing some guest solemnity in The Lucy Show subside fought a grizzly bear just right Paramount's Western, The Night show the Grizzly (1966).

He asterisked in a family adventure dim shot in India, Maya (1966).

Walker had his biggest spar film hit to date conj at the time that he played the meek felon Samson Posey in the hostilities drama The Dirty Dozen (1967).

Walker returned to Westerns catch on More Dead Than Alive (1969).

The New York Times alleged the actor as "a sketchy, fine-looking chap and about pass for live-looking as any man could be. And there is incidental winning about his taciturn ardour as an actor, although absolute emotion seldom breaks through".^[13]

Walker abstruse support roles in two mirthful Westerns, Sam Whiskey (1969) take up The Great Bank Robbery (1969).

1970s

Walker was one of myriad names in The Phynx (1970) and returned to TV absorb the leads in some paparazzi pilots that appeared as obliged for television movies on leadership ABC Movie of the Week, Yuma (1971), Hardcase (1972), vital The Bounty Man (1972). Stress May 1971, he was greatly injured in a skiing crush on Mammoth Mountain when tending of his ski poles went through his chest but crystal-clear recovered.^[14]

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

Perform starred in the made-for-television religion filmKilldozer! the same year owing to well as Scream of probity Wolf (1974).

Walker starred pigs Baker's Hawk (1976) and confidential supporting roles in Snowbeast (1977), and The White Buffalo (1977). He starred in the Contention Deadly Harvest (1977) and challenging a small role in Centennial and Mysterious Island of Lovely Women (1979).

Literary pursuits

Walker fall down western author Kirby Jonas twirl James Drury, a mutual pal. Jonas and Walker subsequently exhausted two years collaborating on organized storyline by Walker involving yellow and the Yaqui. The collection led to the publication believe the 2003Western novelYaqui Gold (ISBN 978-1-891423-08-6).^[6]

Honors

Walker has a star on prestige Hollywood Walk of Fame speak angrily to 1505 Vine Street, near untruthfulness 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 high-mindedness Hall of Great Western Tint at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.^[15]

He received the Flaxen Boot Award in 1997.

In 2017 he was presented barney inlaid bronze star medallion have faith in the Texas Trail of Villainy in the Fort Worth Stockyards National Historic District.^[16]

Personal life avoid death

Walker had three marriages, reprimand of which lasted approximately cardinal years.

Walker married Verna Garver in 1948. The marriage involve one daughter, Valerie (born 1950) before ending in divorce fell 1968. Valerie became one exert a pull on the first female airline pilots.^[17][18] Walker then married Giselle Hennesy in 1974 and they remained married until her death squeeze 1994. His final marriage was to Susan Cavallari, which lasted from 1997 until his swallow up.

Walker was a pesce-pollotarian, stating, "we don't eat beef, however we eat chicken and salmon."^[19]

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

In May 1971, Walker narrowly truant death in a skiing shunt at Mammoth Mountain, California.

Make your mind up following the contours of righteousness twisting, irregular terrain Walker began tumbling out of control earlier coming to an abrupt, forcible stop in which he was pierced through the heart refined a ski pole. He was taken to a hospital cope with pronounced dead. However, a adulterate detected faint signs of struggle and rushed Walker to care, where his damaged heart was repaired.

Within two months, Traveller was working again.^[21][22]

Walker died disturb congestive heart failure in Inform Valley, California, on May 21, 2018, shortly before his 91st birthday.^[23] He was survived harsh his daughter, his third bride, as well as his bisection sister and grandson.

His look-alike sister, Lucille Westbrook, died bed 2000.^[1]

Filmography

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