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My Take
What gets me about Clint Walker is the sheer physical presence the man carried into stardom. At 197 cm, with a resume that ran through sailing, manual labor, and bouncing before Hollywood ever called, he wasn't manufactured by a studio so much as discovered by one. I find it fitting that Cecil B. DeMille's The Ten Commandments cracked the door open, then Cheyenne kept it propped for seven years. Westerns demanded a hero you believed could actually outwork the frontier, and Walker looked the part because he had genuinely lived a working man's life. That authenticity, plus the Walk of Fame star, makes him feel earned rather than cast.
Overview
Norman Eugene "Clint" Walker (May 30, 1927 – May 21, 2018) was an American actor. He rose to stardom for playing the title character in the Western series Cheyenne (1955–1962). Walker launched his Hollywood career by appearing in Cecil B. DeMille's epic The Ten Commandments (1956).
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Clint Walker
- Name (Japanese)
- クリント・ウォーカー
- Reading
- くりんと・うぉーかー
- Born
- May 30, 1927 – May 21, 2018
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Gemini / Rabbit
- Origin
- Hartford, Illinois, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 197 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- sailor / laborer / bouncer / extra / singer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
5. Works & records
| Category | Title | Role | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notable work | Cheyenne Bodie | — |
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.