Clint Walker

**Clint Walker** (born **Norman Eugene Walker**; May 30, 1927 – May 21, 2018) was an American actor.

## Career

Clint Walker began his career playing role Tarzan in _Jungle Gents_ (1954), then played the role of Sardinian, in the classical biblical movie _The Ten Commandments_ (1956).

Clint made several western movies on the big screen  _Fort Dobbs_ (1958), and Yellowstone Kelly (1959), directed by Gordon Douglas,
Gold of the Seven Saints (1961), with Roger Moore, More Dead Than Alive (1969) with Vincent Price, Sam Whiskey (1969) with Burt Reynolds. And the western starring with Charles Bronson, _The White Buffalo_ (1977).

He also starred in television Westerns _Yuma_ (1971) and _The Bounty Man_ (1972).

Among his best works is the war movie _The Dirty Dozen_ (1967), with Lee Marvin, He plays one of the dozen prisoners, who are elected by Marvin for a suicide mission. Walker also worked with Frank Sinatra in war movie, _None But the Brave_ (1965), directed by Frank Sinatra.

## Cheyenne

In 1955 he was hired to star in the ABC TV series _Cheyenne_, in which he played cowboy adventurer Cheyenne Bodie who, after the Civil War, roamed the Wild-West fighting bandits, cattle rustlers and Native American rebels. The series aired between 1955 and 1963 over more than 108 episodes. It was very successful, despite Clint's less-than-enthusiastic acceptance of the punishing demands of TV stardom.

## Death

Walker died from congestive heart failure on May 21, 2018 in Grass Valley, California at the age of 90.

## Filmography

|Year|Títle|Role|class="unsortable"|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1954|_Jungle Gents_|Tarzan|||
|1955/1963|_Cheyenne_|Cheyenne Body|TV series||
|1956|_The Ten Commandments_|Sardinian|||
|1957|_The Travellers_|Cheyenne Body|||
|1958|_Fort Dobbs_|Gar Davis|||
|1959|_Yellowstone Kelly_|Luther 'Yellowstone' Kelly|||
|1961|_Gold of the Seven Saints_|Jim Rainbolt|||
|1964|_Send Me No Flowers_|Bert|||
|1965|_None But the Brave_|Capt. Dennis Bourke|||
|1966|_The Night of the Grizzly_|Jim Cole|||
|1966|_Maya_|Hugh Bowen|||
|1967|_The Dirty Dozen_|Samson Posey|||
|1969|_More Dead Than Alive_|Cain|||
|1969|_Sam Whiskey_|O. W. Bandy|||
|1969|_The Great Bank Robbery_|Ranger Ben Quick|||
|1971|_Yuma_|Marshal Dave Harmon|TV flm||
|1972|_Hardcase_|Jack Rutherford|TV film||
|1972|_Pancho Villa_|Scotty|||
|1972|_The Bounty Man_|Kinkaid|TV film||
|1974|_Scream of the Wolf_|Byron Douglas|TV film||
|1974|_Killdozer_|Lloyd Kelly|TV film||
|1974|_Kodiak_|Kodiak|TV series||
|1976|_Baker's Hawk_|Dan Baker|||
|1977|_Snowbeast_|Sheriff Paraday|TV film||
|1977|_The White Buffalo_|Whistling Jack Kileen|||
|1977|_Deadly Harvest_|Grant Franklin|||
|1978|_Centennial_|Joe Bean|TV mini-series||
|1979|_Mysterious Island of Beautiful Women_|Wendell|TV film||
|1983|_Hysterical_|Sheriff|||
|1985|_The Serpent Warriors_|Morgan Bates|||
|1985|_All American Cowboy_||TV movie documentary||
|1991|_The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw_|Cheyenne|TV film||
|1995|_Kung Fu: The Legend Continues_|Cheyenne Bodie|TV series episode: Gunfighters||
|1998|_Small Soldiers_|Nick Nitro (voice)|||

## References

- Encyclopedy of Weird Westerns: Supernatural and Science Fiction Elements in, by Paul Green,Mike Hoffman
- 50 Years of the Television Western by Ronald Jackson,Doug Abbott

## Other websites

- Official website
- "Clint Walker: Top Gun of Warner's TV" by Herb Fagen (1999 interview)  @ _Classic Images_ magazine, issue # 212, p. 12
- "Belleville had its share of fame: Nice guy Clint Walker became Hollywood hunk"  by Jaime Ingle - _News-Democrat_ (Wednesday, June 18, 2008)
- "Cowboy actor inspires local Western writer" - From the _Idaho State Journal_ - December 2003
- "Actor Clint Walker to be Inducted into National Cowboy Museum's Hall of Great Western Performers"  - March 3, 2004 - National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum

## Infobox (person)

- **name**: Clint Walker
- **image**: Lucille Ball Clint Walker The Lucy Show 1965.JPG
- **birth name**: Norman Eugene Walker
- **birth place**: Hartford, Illinois, U.S.
- **death place**: Grass Valley, California, U.S.
- **nationality**: American
- **occupation**: Actor