Clint Walker

Birth Name: Norman Eugene Walker
Birth Date: May 30, 1927
Deceased: May 21, 2018

Biography

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Clint Walker was an American actor and singer. He was perhaps best known for his starring role as cowboy Cheyenne Bodie in the ABC/Warner Bros. Western series Cheyenne from 1955-63. Frank Sinatra cast him in the leading role in the war drama None but the Brave (1965), the only film Sinatra directed. 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 starred in a family adventure movie shot in India, Maya (1966). Walker had his biggest hit to date when he played the meek convict Samson Posey in the war drama The Dirty Dozen (1967). Walker was one of many names in The Phynx (1970) and returned to TV with the leads in some TV movies, Yuma (1971), Hardcase (1972), and The Bounty Man (1972).