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
people picture silly
While I was working in Las Vegas, there was a lot of picture people who approached me and said I should try the movies. At first I thought it was a pretty silly way to make a living.
certain
There are certain things you have to know about acting.
born raised river town
I was actually born in Hartford, a little Mississippi River town and raised in nearby Alton.
commitment fellows good ran studios
Those fellows who ran the studios had a commitment to making good films.
acquainted became joined maritime merchant
When I joined the Merchant Marine, I went to Catalina for Maritime training. That's how I became acquainted with California.
became medium tv
They became tv oriented, and tv became a medium where you did a whole lot more with a whole lot less, and you did it faster.
last night slept
The night before, I slept on the couch. If I had (done that) last night, I'd be dead.
cooper gary later met whom
Then later on there was Randolph Scott and Gary Cooper whom I met many times.
good movies resort supposedly
Supposedly they say that the R-rating makes money. But they are still making good movies without having to resort to that.
bad stuff
There is a lot of stuff now that is in bad taste, and I don't see the necessity for it all. We didn't have to do it in our time, and they don't have to do it now.
bigger cooper kid
Cooper would always kid me about my hats. He'd tell me I should get a bigger hat.
television
Boy, after doing television for all those years, doing all those scenes-rush, rush, rush-what a pleasure.
hunting maybe people yearning
Also, I think more and more people are yearning to get out of the big cities, have a garden, and maybe go hunting or fishing.
funny nobody
It's a funny thing about westerns. For a while nobody would do a western.