Clint Walker
Clint Walker
Norman Eugene Walker, known as Clint Walker, is a retired American actor. He is perhaps best known for his cowboy role as "Cheyenne Bodie" in the ABC/Warner Brothers western television series Cheyenne...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth30 May 1927
CityHartford, IL
CountryUnited States of America
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When the War ended in 1945, I started selling vacuum cleaners door to door. Then I sold insurance door to door. I even tried selling cars.
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Without chiropractic care, I couldn't have existed with my work as a TV and film actor.
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I didn't finish high school. I wound up working for a big paper mill. Then I went to work loading box cars and glass ware.
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I'd go to the carnivals and circuses and get various jobs. I'd either carry water, set up milk bottles, or bring back the baseballs.
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I started to figure out what was the best thing I had to offer. I decided on my size.
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People are surprised when I tell them that I didn't play football in high school with my size and strength.
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Boy, after doing television for all those years, doing all those scenes-rush, rush, rush-what a pleasure.
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I've always had the greatest respect for Chuck Heston. He's not only a very fine actor, he's a very good human being.
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Cooper would always kid me about my hats. He'd tell me I should get a bigger hat.
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Those fellows who ran the studios had a commitment to making good films.
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When I joined the Merchant Marine, I went to Catalina for Maritime training. That's how I became acquainted with California.
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Funny thing, but when I first got to England, I felt very much at home there.
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Cecil B. DeMille was a very demanding man. But he was demanding on himself as well.
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But as luck would have it, Warner Bros. saw my screen test, put me under contract, and I wound up making Cheyenne.