R.I.P. Clint Walker
05-23-18, 07:37 AM
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Re: R.I.P. Clint Walker
In case people were wondering...
Wikipedia - Clint Walker
Wikipedia - Clint Walker
Norman Eugene "Clint" Walker (May 30, 1927 – May 21, 2018) was an American actor and singer. He was perhaps best known for his starring role as cowboy Cheyenne Bodie in the ABC/Warner Brothers western series Cheyenne from 1955 to 1963.
05-23-18, 09:09 AM
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Re: R.I.P. Clint Walker
Cheyenne has been on TV lately. Walker was a big man who regularly took off his shirt. But he was a lot more talented than the pro wrestlers who usually get those roles.
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05-23-18, 03:06 PM
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Re: R.I.P. Clint Walker
For the longest time, I thought Bruce Campbell was a relative.
05-23-18, 04:37 PM
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05-23-18, 05:59 PM
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Banned
Re: R.I.P. Clint Walker
Cheyenne ran for seven years (not complete seasons for that era). Walker fought the studio system which forced him and others under contract to do the studio's bidding without fair compensation (recording, personal appearances, etc. all covered under basic salary). Walker wasn't as successful as James Garner in bucking the system.
Cheyenne rotated with Bronco and Sugarfoot for part of its later seasons, thus making the "seasons" only 10 episodes long in a few instances. Unfortunately, Warner Bros. has released the "seasons" that way but still charges an arm and a leg for the short ones as part of its Archive line.
In his pre-fame career, he was a boxer, a bar bouncer, a cowboy (I think...worked on a ranch), and I believe a lumberjack. At the very least, he his background fit very well with his large presence and soft-spoken demeanor. In Cheyenne, the producers wasted no opportunity to have him take his shirt off.
He had starring roles in a series of movies (Night of the Grizzly, Yellowstone Kelly, Yuma, etc.), but he never achieved major stardom as some of his contemporaries did (Garner, Steve McQueen), etc. More in the line of John Russell (Lawman) or Fess Parker (Daniel Boone, Davy Crockett).
Known in later years as an advocate for pet rights.
Shirtless Clint (surprised he wasn't tapped to play Tarzan instead of Ron Ely). They should have pitted him against Chuck Connors, who often appeared shirtless on The Rifleman. Two of the fittest tv guys from that era. :
Cheyenne rotated with Bronco and Sugarfoot for part of its later seasons, thus making the "seasons" only 10 episodes long in a few instances. Unfortunately, Warner Bros. has released the "seasons" that way but still charges an arm and a leg for the short ones as part of its Archive line.
In his pre-fame career, he was a boxer, a bar bouncer, a cowboy (I think...worked on a ranch), and I believe a lumberjack. At the very least, he his background fit very well with his large presence and soft-spoken demeanor. In Cheyenne, the producers wasted no opportunity to have him take his shirt off.
He had starring roles in a series of movies (Night of the Grizzly, Yellowstone Kelly, Yuma, etc.), but he never achieved major stardom as some of his contemporaries did (Garner, Steve McQueen), etc. More in the line of John Russell (Lawman) or Fess Parker (Daniel Boone, Davy Crockett).
Known in later years as an advocate for pet rights.
Shirtless Clint (surprised he wasn't tapped to play Tarzan instead of Ron Ely). They should have pitted him against Chuck Connors, who often appeared shirtless on The Rifleman. Two of the fittest tv guys from that era. :
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05-23-18, 06:08 PM
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Banned
05-23-18, 06:32 PM
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Re: R.I.P. Clint Walker
Clint Walker was great. Episodes of "Cheyenne" run every weekday afternoon on the Encore Western Channel. It's a great show. I just watched one with Alan Hale Jr., the Skipper himself.
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05-23-18, 07:01 PM
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Re: R.I.P. Clint Walker
Paladin rocks, though. I didn't know that they made westerns for grown-ups.
05-24-18, 04:11 PM
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I remember him from The Dirty Dozen and The Ten Commandments. I would have guessed he was in even more than his IMDB profile showed.
05-24-18, 11:58 PM
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Re: R.I.P. Clint Walker
Olive Films did an excellent job with his signature film, The Night of The Grizzly.
http://doblu.com/2016/11/03/the-nigh...lu-ray-review/
He brought a real physical presence to Hollywood in an era that wasn't known for buff leading men.
http://doblu.com/2016/11/03/the-nigh...lu-ray-review/
He brought a real physical presence to Hollywood in an era that wasn't known for buff leading men.
05-25-18, 03:28 AM
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05-27-18, 01:18 AM
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Re: R.I.P. Clint Walker
I remember him from "Killdozer!", I guess because it played on TV alot when I was a kid. He was jacked for an actor of his time that wasn't a bodybuilder,and you could carve Mount Rushmore with that jaw.
