BABY BOUNCER WALKER MOVIE
Walker was one of many names in The Phynx (1970) and returned to TV with the leads in some television pilots that appeared as made for television movies on the ABC Movie of the Week, Yuma (1971), Hardcase (1972), and The Bounty Man (1972). Walker had support roles in two comic Westerns, Sam Whiskey (1969) and The Great Bank Robbery (1969). And there is something winning about his taciturn earnestness as an actor, although real emotion seldom breaks through". The New York Times described the actor as "a big, fine-looking chap and about as live-looking as any man could be. Walker returned to Westerns with More Dead Than Alive (1969). Walker had his biggest feature film hit to date when he played the meek convict Samson Posey in the war drama The Dirty Dozen (1967). He starred in a family adventure movie shot in India, Maya (1966). After doing some guest appearances in The Lucy Show he fought a grizzly bear in Paramount's Western, The Night of the Grizzly (1966). He had a supporting role in the Rock Hudson– Doris Day comedy, Send Me No Flowers (1964).įrank Sinatra cast him in the leading role in the war drama None but the Brave (1965), the only film Sinatra directed. Walker had a role in Kraft Suspense Theatre (episode "Portrait of an Unknown Man", alongside Robert Duvall). Warners tried Walker in a third Western feature directed by Douglas, Gold of the Seven Saints (1961), this time co-starring Roger Moore, who was also under contract to Warners. He also guest starred on an episode of 77 Sunset Strip. It was a minor success.Ī number of Cheyenne episodes were cut into feature films and released theatrically in some markets, and a brief clip of Walker galloping on horseback as Bodie was featured in an episode of Maverick starring Jack Kelly. Warners tried him in another Douglas-directed Western, Yellowstone Kelly (1959), co-starring Edd Byrnes from another Warners TV show, 77 Sunset Strip. Howard Thompson described the actor as "the biggest, finest-looking Western hero ever to sag a horse, with a pair of shoulders rivaling King Kong's". Warners cast Walker in the lead of a Western feature film, Fort Dobbs (1958), directed by Gordon Douglas. In April 1956 Walker said "I don't think I'd want any other roles.
BABY BOUNCER WALKER SERIES
Įarly in the series run, Warners announced they would star Walker in a feature, The Story of Sam Houston. Walker's pleasant baritone singing voice was also occasionally utilized on the series and led Warner Brothers to produce an album of Walker performing traditional songs and ballads. It proved hugely popular for eight seasons. While the series regularly capitalized on Walker's rugged frame with frequent bare-chested scenes, it was also well-written and acted. Cheyenne turned out to be the breakout hit. Presents rotating with adaptations of Kings Row and Casablanca. Ĭheyenne originally appeared as part of Warner Bros. Walker's good looks and imposing physique (he stood 6 feet, 6 inches tall with a 48-inch chest and a 32-inch waist) helped him land an audition where he won the lead role in the TV series Cheyenne.īilled as "Clint Walker", he was cast as Cheyenne Bodie, a roaming cowboy hero in the post- American Civil War era. DeMille to appear in The Ten Commandments.Ī friend in the film industry helped get him a few bit parts that brought him to the attention of Warner Bros., which was developing a Western style television series. Walker became a client of Henry Willson, who renamed him "Jett Norman" and cast him to appear in a Bowery Boys film ( Jungle Gents) as a Tarzan-type character. Walker was also employed as a sheet metal worker and a nightclub bouncer. Īfter leaving the Merchant Marine, he did odd jobs in Brownwood, Texas, Long Beach, California, and Las Vegas, Nevada, where he worked as a doorman at the Sands Hotel. Walker left school to work at a factory and on a riverboat, then joined the United States Merchant Marine at the age of 17 in the last months of World War II. western series Cheyenne from 1955 to 1963.Ĭlint Walker was born Norman Eugene Walker in Hartford, Illinois, on the son of Gladys Huldah ( née Schwanda) and Paul Arnold Walker. He played cowboy Cheyenne Bodie in the ABC/ Warner Bros. Norman Eugene " Clint" Walker (May 30, 1927 – May 21, 2018) was an American actor.
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