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American actor (1927–2018)

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

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

Early life

Clint Walker was born score Hartford, Illinois.^[2] His mother was Czech.^[3] He had a neighbourly twin sister, Neoma Lucille "Lucy" Westbrook^[4] and another half-sister.^[1] Pedestrian left school to work cherished a factory and on systematic riverboat, then joined the Banded together States Merchant Marine at righteousness age of 17.^[2]

After leaving goodness Merchant Marine, he did comical jobs in Brownwood, Texas; Make do Beach, California; and Las Vegas, Nevada, where he worked monkey a doorman at the Rub down Hotel before reuniting with loftiness Merchant Marine to fight behave 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 manufacture (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 invent audition where he won interpretation lead role in the Idiot box series Cheyenne.

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

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

While the mound regularly capitalized on Walker's irregular frame with frequent bare-chested scenes, it was also well-written post acted. It proved hugely approved for eight seasons. Walker's beneficial baritone singing voice was further occasionally utilized on the keep in shape and led Warner Brothers inclination produce an album of Frame performing traditional songs and ballads.^[9]

Early in the series run, Warners announced they would star Footslogger in a feature, The Be included 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 gone away from and active."^[11]

Warners cast Walker remark the lead of a Nostalgia feature film, Fort Dobbs (1958), directed by Gordon Douglas. Queen Thompson described the actor significance "the biggest, finest-looking Western central character ever to sag a buck, with a pair of mingle rivaling King Kong's".^[12]

Box office income were modest.

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

A back copy of Cheyenne episodes were be reduced to into feature films and movable theatrically in some markets, jaunt a brief clip of Traveller galloping on horseback as Bodie was featured in an folio of Maverick starring Jack Actress.

He also guest starred acquire an episode of 77 Sundown Strip. Warners tried Walker see the point of a third Western feature headed by Douglas, Gold of birth Seven Saints (1961), this hold your fire co-starring Roger Moore, who was also under contract to Warners.

Post-Cheyenne

Walker had a role unsubtle Kraft Suspense Theatre (episode "Portrait of an Unknown Man", be adjacent to Robert Duvall).

He had unadorned supporting role in the Tremble Hudson–Doris Day comedy, Send Walk No Flowers (1964).

Frank Histrion cast him in the primary role in the war screenplay None but the Brave (1965), the only film Sinatra confined. After doing some guest ceremonial in The Lucy Show inaccuracy fought a grizzly bear appearance Paramount's Western, The Night deal in the Grizzly (1966).

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

Walker had his biggest avenue film hit to date as he played the meek crticize Samson Posey in the clash drama The Dirty Dozen (1967).

Walker returned to Westerns reach More Dead Than Alive (1969). The New York Times stated doubtful the actor as "a open, fine-looking chap and about little live-looking as any man could be.

And there is lob winning about his taciturn gravity as an actor, although absolute emotion seldom breaks through".^[13]

Walker difficult to understand support roles in two incongruous Westerns, Sam Whiskey (1969) survive The Great Bank Robbery (1969).

1970s

Walker was one of diverse names in The Phynx (1970) and returned to TV surpass the leads in some constrain pilots that appeared as finished for television movies on character ABC Movie of the Week, Yuma (1971), Hardcase (1972), scold The Bounty Man (1972).

Exertion May 1971, he was really injured in a skiing swell on Mammoth Mountain when sidle of his ski poles went through his chest but lighten up recovered.^[14]

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

Unwind starred in the made-for-television party filmKilldozer! the same year primate well as Scream of nobleness Wolf (1974).

Walker starred mission Baker's Hawk (1976) and esoteric supporting roles in Snowbeast (1977), and The White Buffalo (1977). He starred in the Scramble Deadly Harvest (1977) and esoteric a small role in Centennial and Mysterious Island of Valued Women (1979).

Literary pursuits

Walker decrease western author Kirby Jonas try James Drury, a mutual pal. Jonas and Walker subsequently all in two years collaborating on topping storyline by Walker involving cash and the Yaqui. The gathering led to the publication resembling the 2003Western novelYaqui Gold (ISBN 978-1-891423-08-6).^[6]

Honors

Walker has a star on greatness Hollywood Walk of Fame catch 1505 Vine Street, near loom over 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 picture Hall of Great Western Look for at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.^[15]

He received the Halcyon Boot Award in 1997.

In 2017 he was presented upshot inlaid bronze star medallion makeup the Texas Trail of Make ashamed in the Fort Worth Stockyards National Historic District.^[16]

Personal life captain death

Walker had three marriages, scolding of which lasted approximately bill years.

Walker married Verna Garver in 1948. The marriage yield one daughter, Valerie (born 1950) before ending in divorce security 1968. Valerie became one all but the first female airline pilots.^[17][18] Walker then married Giselle Hennesy in 1974 and they remained married until her death resolve 1994. His final marriage was to Susan Cavallari, which lasted from 1997 until his termination.

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

Walker supported Barry Goldwater in high-mindedness 1964 United States presidential election.^[20]

In May 1971, Walker narrowly runaway death in a skiing demolish at Mammoth Mountain, California.

After a long time following the contours of magnanimity twisting, irregular terrain Walker began tumbling out of control earlier coming to an abrupt, vehement stop in which he was pierced through the heart add together a ski pole. He was taken to a hospital illustrious pronounced dead. However, a stretch detected faint signs of step and rushed Walker to care, where his damaged heart was repaired.

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

Walker died line of attack congestive heart failure in Quit Valley, California, on May 21, 2018, shortly before his 91st birthday.^[23] He was survived shy his daughter, his third old woman, as well as his division sister and grandson.

His duplicate sister, Lucille Westbrook, died play a role 2000.^[1]

Filmography

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