Clint Walker
Encyclopedia
Norman Eugene Walker, known as Clint Walker (born May 30, 1927), is an American
actor
best known for his cowboy role as "Cheyenne Bodie" in the TV Western series, Cheyenne.
; he was a twin, and is of one-quarter Cherokee
descent. He left school to work at a factory and on a river boat, then joined the United States Merchant Marine
at the age of seventeen in the last months of World War II
. After leaving the Merchant Marine, he labored at odd jobs in Brownwood, Texas
, Long Beach, California
, and Las Vegas
, where he worked as a doorman
at the Sands Hotel
. He also was employed as a sheet-metal worker and a nightclub bouncer.
In Los Angeles
, he was hired by Cecil B. DeMille
to appear in The Ten Commandments
. A 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's good looks and imposing physique, he stood 6 feet, 6 inches (198 cm) tall with a 48-inch chest and a 32-inch waist, helped him to land an audition where he won the lead role in the TV series Cheyenne. Billed as "Clint" Walker, he was cast as Cheyenne Bodie, a cowboy hero in the post-American Civil War
era. While the series regularly capitalized on Walker's rugged frame with frequent bare-chested scenes, it was well-written and acted. It proved hugely popular for eight seasons on the ABC
television network. Walker's pleasant baritone singing voice was also occasionally utilized on the series and led Warner Brothers to produce an album of Walker doing traditional songs and ballads.
Walker then played roles in several big-screen films, including a trio of westerns for Gordon Douglas
- Fort Dobbs
in 1958, Yellowstone Kelly
in 1959, and Gold of the Seven Saints
in 1961, the comedy Send Me No Flowers
in 1964, the actual leading role despite being billed under Frank Sinatra
in the wartime drama None But the Brave
in 1965, The Night of the Grizzly
in 1966, and as the meek convict
Samson Posey, in the war drama The Dirty Dozen
in 1967. In 1969, New York Times film critic Howard Thompson, in reviewing Walker's performance in the movie More Dead Than Alive
, described the actor as "a big, fine-looking chap and about as live-looking as any man could be. And there is something winning about his taciturn earnestness as an actor, although real emotion seldom breaks through". In 1958, Thompson described the actor, then starring in Fort Dobbs, as "the biggest, finest-looking Western hero ever to sag a horse, with a pair of shoulders rivaling King Kong's".
During the 1970s he returned to television
, starring in a number of made-for-TV western films as well as a short-lived series in 1974 called Kodiak
. He starred in the made-for-television cult film
Killdozer! the same year. In 1998, he voiced Nick Nitro in the film Small Soldiers
. In December 2009, several internet movie websites had indicated that Sylvester Stallone
had or was about to make an approach to Walker to come out of retirement to play the father of John Rambo in Stallone's forthcoming film Rambo V.
, a mutual friend. Jonas and Walker subsequently spent two years collaborating on a story idea suggested by Walker involving gold and the Yaqui, a partnership that led to the publication of the 2003
Western novel
Yaqui Gold (ISBN 978-1-891423-08-6).
at 1505 Vine Street
, near its intersection with Sunset Boulevard
(approximate coordinates: 34.098084°N 118.326643°W).
In 2004, he was inducted into the Hall of Great Western Performers
at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum
in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
.
Walker's twin sister, Neoma L. "Lucy" Westbrook (born May 30, 1927), died November 11, 2000 at her residence in Hartford, Illinois, aged 73.
Walker currently lives in Grass Valley, California.
Walker, who is on the political right
, is an occasional guest on The Mark Levin
Show to discuss politics.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
best known for his cowboy role as "Cheyenne Bodie" in the TV Western series, Cheyenne.
Life and career
Walker was born in Hartford, IllinoisHartford, Illinois
Hartford is a village in Madison County, Illinois, near the mouth of the Missouri River. The population was 1,545 at the 2000 census. Lewis and Clark spent the winter of 1803-1804 here, near what has been designated the Lewis and Clark State Historic Site....
; he was a twin, and is of one-quarter Cherokee
Cherokee
The Cherokee are a Native American people historically settled in the Southeastern United States . Linguistically, they are part of the Iroquoian language family...
descent. He left school to work at a factory and on a river boat, then joined the United States Merchant Marine
United States Merchant Marine
The United States Merchant Marine refers to the fleet of U.S. civilian-owned merchant vessels, operated by either the government or the private sector, that engage in commerce or transportation of goods and services in and out of the navigable waters of the United States. The Merchant Marine is...
at the age of seventeen in the last months of World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
. After leaving the Merchant Marine, he labored at odd jobs in Brownwood, Texas
Brownwood, Texas
Brownwood is a city in and the county seat of Brown County, Texas, United States. The population was 18,813 at the 2000 census.-History:The original site of the Brown County seat of Brownwood was on the east of Pecan Bayou. A dispute arose over land and water rights, and the settlers were forced...
, Long Beach, California
Long Beach, California
Long Beach is a city situated in Los Angeles County in Southern California, on the Pacific coast of the United States. The city is the 36th-largest city in the nation and the seventh-largest in California. As of 2010, its population was 462,257...
, and Las Vegas
Las Vegas, Nevada
Las Vegas is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and is also the county seat of Clark County, Nevada. Las Vegas is an internationally renowned major resort city for gambling, shopping, and fine dining. The city bills itself as The Entertainment Capital of the World, and is famous...
, where he worked as a doorman
Doorman (profession)
A doorman is an individual hired to provide courtesy and security services at a residential building or hotel. They are particularly common in urban luxury highrises. At a residential building, a doorman is responsible for opening doors and screening visitors and deliveries...
at the Sands Hotel
Sands Hotel
The Sands Hotel was a historic Las Vegas Strip hotel/casino that operated from December 15, 1952 to June 30, 1996. Designed by architect Wayne McAllister, the Sands was the seventh resort that opened on the Strip....
. He also was employed as a sheet-metal worker and a nightclub bouncer.
In Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
, he was hired by Cecil B. DeMille
Cecil B. DeMille
Cecil Blount DeMille was an American film director and Academy Award-winning film producer in both silent and sound films. He was renowned for the flamboyance and showmanship of his movies...
to appear in The Ten Commandments
The Ten Commandments (1956 film)
The Ten Commandments is a 1956 American epic film that dramatized the biblical story of the Exodus, in which the Hebrew-born Moses, an adopted Egyptian prince, becomes the deliverer of the Hebrew slaves. The film, released by Paramount Pictures in VistaVision on October 5, 1956, was directed by...
. A friend in the film industry helped get him a few bit parts that brought him to the attention of Warner Bros.
Warner Bros.
Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., also known as Warner Bros. Pictures or simply Warner Bros. , is an American producer of film and television entertainment.One of the major film studios, it is a subsidiary of Time Warner, with its headquarters in Burbank,...
, which was developing a western style television series.
Walker's good looks and imposing physique, he stood 6 feet, 6 inches (198 cm) tall with a 48-inch chest and a 32-inch waist, helped him to land an audition where he won the lead role in the TV series Cheyenne. Billed as "Clint" Walker, he was cast as Cheyenne Bodie, a cowboy hero in the post-American Civil War
American Civil War
The American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25...
era. While the series regularly capitalized on Walker's rugged frame with frequent bare-chested scenes, it was well-written and acted. It proved hugely popular for eight seasons on the ABC
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
television network. Walker's pleasant baritone singing voice was also occasionally utilized on the series and led Warner Brothers to produce an album of Walker doing traditional songs and ballads.
Walker then played roles in several big-screen films, including a trio of westerns for Gordon Douglas
Gordon Douglas (director)
Gordon Douglas was an American film director, who directed many different genres of films over the course of a five-decade career in motion pictures. He was a native of New York City.-Hal Roach and Our Gang:...
- Fort Dobbs
Fort Dobbs
Fort Dobbs is the first of three westerns, directed by Gordon Douglas, which starred Clint Walker. Based on a screenplay by George W. George and Burt Kennedy, with black-and-white photography provided by William H...
in 1958, Yellowstone Kelly
Yellowstone Kelly
Yellowstone Kelly is a 1959 Warner Bros Western Technicolor movie based upon a novel by Heck Allen, with a screenplay by Burt Kennedy starring Clint Walker as Yellowstone Luther Kelly, and directed by Gordon Douglas...
in 1959, and Gold of the Seven Saints
Gold of the Seven Saints
Gold of the Seven Saints is a western film adaptation of a 1957 Steve Frazee novel titled Desert Guns. Released by Warner Brothers in 1961, this 88-minute film starred Clint Walker, Roger Moore, Leticia Roman, Robert Middleton, and Chill Wills....
in 1961, the comedy Send Me No Flowers
Send Me No Flowers
Send Me No Flowers: a 1964 American comedy film, directed by Norman Jewison and starring Rock Hudson, Doris Day, and Tony Randall. After Pillow Talk and Lover Come Back, it is the third and final film in which Hudson, Day and Randall starred together.The screenplay by Julius J...
in 1964, the actual leading role despite being billed under Frank Sinatra
Frank Sinatra
Francis Albert "Frank" Sinatra was an American singer and actor.Beginning his musical career in the swing era with Harry James and Tommy Dorsey, Sinatra became an unprecedentedly successful solo artist in the early to mid-1940s, after being signed to Columbia Records in 1943. Being the idol of the...
in the wartime drama None But the Brave
None But the Brave
None But the Brave, also known as in Japan, is a 1965 war film starring Frank Sinatra, Clint Walker, Tatsuya Mihashi, Tommy Sands and Brad Dexter. This is the only film directed by Frank Sinatra, and the first Japanese-American co-production, produced by Sinatra for Warner Bros...
in 1965, The Night of the Grizzly
The Night of the Grizzly
The Night of the Grizzly is a 1966 Western adventure film starring Clint Walker, Martha Hyer, Keenan Wynn, and Nancy Kulp. Directed by Joseph Pevney and written by Warren Douglas, the film was released by Paramount Pictures on April 20, 1966....
in 1966, and as the meek convict
Convict
A convict is "a person found guilty of a crime and sentenced by a court" or "a person serving a sentence in prison", sometimes referred to in slang as simply a "con". Convicts are often called prisoners or inmates. Persons convicted and sentenced to non-custodial sentences often are not termed...
Samson Posey, in the war drama The Dirty Dozen
The Dirty Dozen
The Dirty Dozen is a 1967 film directed by Robert Aldrich and released by MGM. It was filmed in England and features an ensemble cast, including Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine, Charles Bronson, Jim Brown, John Cassavetes, Telly Savalas, and Robert Webber. The film is based on E. M...
in 1967. In 1969, New York Times film critic Howard Thompson, in reviewing Walker's performance in the movie More Dead Than Alive
More Dead Than Alive
More Dead Than Alive is a 1968 film directed by Robert Sparr and produced by Aubrey Schenck. It was filmed at Agua Dulce, California.-Plot:...
, described the actor as "a big, fine-looking chap and about as live-looking as any man could be. And there is something winning about his taciturn earnestness as an actor, although real emotion seldom breaks through". In 1958, Thompson described the actor, then starring in Fort Dobbs, as "the biggest, finest-looking Western hero ever to sag a horse, with a pair of shoulders rivaling King Kong's".
During the 1970s he returned to television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
, starring in a number of made-for-TV western films as well as a short-lived series in 1974 called Kodiak
Kodiak (TV series)
Kodiak was a short lived, half-hour adventure program that aired Friday evenings on ABC during the 1974-1975 television season. The show revolved around the main character of Cal "Kodiak" McKay , an Alaska State Trooper...
. He starred in the made-for-television cult film
Cult film
A cult film, also commonly referred to as a cult classic, is a film that has acquired a highly devoted but specific group of fans. Often, cult movies have failed to achieve fame outside the small fanbases; however, there have been exceptions that have managed to gain fame among mainstream audiences...
Killdozer! the same year. In 1998, he voiced Nick Nitro in the film Small Soldiers
Small Soldiers
Small Soldiers is a 1998 American action/science fiction film directed by Joe Dante starring Gregory Smith and Kirsten Dunst. The film revolves around two teenagers , who get caught in the middle of a war between two factions of sentient action figures, the Gorgonites and the Commando...
. In December 2009, several internet movie websites had indicated that Sylvester Stallone
Sylvester Stallone
Michael Sylvester Gardenzio Stallone , commonly known as Sylvester Stallone, and nicknamed Sly Stallone, is an American actor, filmmaker, screenwriter, film director and occasional painter. Stallone is known for his machismo and Hollywood action roles. Two of the notable characters he has portrayed...
had or was about to make an approach to Walker to come out of retirement to play the father of John Rambo in Stallone's forthcoming film Rambo V.
Literary pursuits
Walker met western author Kirby Jonas through James DruryJames Drury
James Child Drury, Jr. is an American actor probably best known for his success in playing the title role in the 90-minute weekly Western television series The Virginian, broadcast on NBC from 1962-1971...
, a mutual friend. Jonas and Walker subsequently spent two years collaborating on a story idea suggested by Walker involving gold and the Yaqui, a partnership that led to the publication of the 2003
2003 in literature
The year 2003 in literature involved some significant events and new books.-New books:*Peter Ackroyd - The Clerkenwell Tales*Atsuko Asano - No...
Western novel
Western fiction
Western fiction is a genre of literature set in the American Old West frontier and typically set from the late eighteenth to the late nineteenth century. Well-known writers of Western fiction include Zane Grey from the early 1900s and Louis L'Amour from the mid 20th century...
Yaqui Gold (ISBN 978-1-891423-08-6).
Honors
Clint Walker has a star on the Hollywood Walk of FameHollywood Walk of Fame
The Hollywood Walk of Fame consists of more than 2,400 five-pointed terrazzo and brass stars embedded in the sidewalks along fifteen blocks of Hollywood Boulevard and three blocks of Vine Street in Hollywood, California...
at 1505 Vine Street
Vine Street
Vine is a street in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California that runs north-south from Melrose Avenue up past Hollywood Boulevard. The intersection of Hollywood and Vine was once a symbol of Hollywood itself...
, near its intersection with Sunset Boulevard
Sunset Boulevard
Sunset Boulevard is a street in the western part of Los Angeles County, California, that stretches from Figueroa Street in downtown Los Angeles to the Pacific Coast Highway at the Pacific Ocean in the Pacific Palisades...
(approximate coordinates: 34.098084°N 118.326643°W).
In 2004, he was inducted into the Hall of Great Western Performers
Hall of Great Western Performers
The Hall of Great Western Performers is a Hall of Fame at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S.A. It is sometimes referred to as the "Western Performers Hall of Fame"...
at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum
National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum
The National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum is a museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, with more than 28,000 Western and American Indian art works and artifacts. The facility also has the world's most extensive collection of American rodeo, photographs, barbed wire, saddlery, and early rodeo trophies...
in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Oklahoma City is the capital and the largest city in the state of Oklahoma. The county seat of Oklahoma County, the city ranks 31st among United States cities in population. The city's population, from the 2010 census, was 579,999, with a metro-area population of 1,252,987 . In 2010, the Oklahoma...
.
Personal life
Walker has been married to:- Verna Garver, married 1948, divorced 1968. They had one daughter, Valerie (born 1950).
- Giselle Hennessy, married 1974, died 1994.
- Susan Cavallari, married 1997.
Walker's twin sister, Neoma L. "Lucy" Westbrook (born May 30, 1927), died November 11, 2000 at her residence in Hartford, Illinois, aged 73.
Walker currently lives in Grass Valley, California.
Walker, who is on the political right
Right-wing politics
In politics, Right, right-wing and rightist generally refer to support for a hierarchical society justified on the basis of an appeal to natural law or tradition. To varying degrees, the Right rejects the egalitarian objectives of left-wing politics, claiming that the imposition of equality is...
, is an occasional guest on The Mark Levin
Mark Levin
Mark Reed Levin is a lawyer, author and the host of American syndicated radio show The Mark Levin Show. Levin served in the cabinet of President Ronald Reagan and was a chief of staff for Attorney General Edwin Meese...
Show to discuss politics.
Filmography
- 1954 - Jungle GentsJungle GentsJungle Gents is a 1954 comedy film starring The Bowery Boys. The film was released on September 5, 1954 by Allied Artists and is the thirty-fifth film in the series.-Plot:...
- 1956 - The Ten Commandments
- 1958 - Fort DobbsFort DobbsFort Dobbs is the first of three westerns, directed by Gordon Douglas, which starred Clint Walker. Based on a screenplay by George W. George and Burt Kennedy, with black-and-white photography provided by William H...
- 1959 - Yellowstone KellyYellowstone KellyYellowstone Kelly is a 1959 Warner Bros Western Technicolor movie based upon a novel by Heck Allen, with a screenplay by Burt Kennedy starring Clint Walker as Yellowstone Luther Kelly, and directed by Gordon Douglas...
- 1961 - Gold of the Seven SaintsGold of the Seven SaintsGold of the Seven Saints is a western film adaptation of a 1957 Steve Frazee novel titled Desert Guns. Released by Warner Brothers in 1961, this 88-minute film starred Clint Walker, Roger Moore, Leticia Roman, Robert Middleton, and Chill Wills....
- 1964 - Send Me No FlowersSend Me No FlowersSend Me No Flowers: a 1964 American comedy film, directed by Norman Jewison and starring Rock Hudson, Doris Day, and Tony Randall. After Pillow Talk and Lover Come Back, it is the third and final film in which Hudson, Day and Randall starred together.The screenplay by Julius J...
- 1965 - None But the BraveNone But the BraveNone But the Brave, also known as in Japan, is a 1965 war film starring Frank Sinatra, Clint Walker, Tatsuya Mihashi, Tommy Sands and Brad Dexter. This is the only film directed by Frank Sinatra, and the first Japanese-American co-production, produced by Sinatra for Warner Bros...
- 1966 - The Night of the GrizzlyThe Night of the GrizzlyThe Night of the Grizzly is a 1966 Western adventure film starring Clint Walker, Martha Hyer, Keenan Wynn, and Nancy Kulp. Directed by Joseph Pevney and written by Warren Douglas, the film was released by Paramount Pictures on April 20, 1966....
- 1966 - MayaMaya (1966 film)Maya is a 1966 American drama, the coming of age story of a young man in the jungles of India. It was directed by John Berry and starred Jay North and Sajid Khan.-Synopsis:...
- 1967 - The Dirty DozenThe Dirty DozenThe Dirty Dozen is a 1967 film directed by Robert Aldrich and released by MGM. It was filmed in England and features an ensemble cast, including Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine, Charles Bronson, Jim Brown, John Cassavetes, Telly Savalas, and Robert Webber. The film is based on E. M...
- 1969 - More Dead Than AliveMore Dead Than AliveMore Dead Than Alive is a 1968 film directed by Robert Sparr and produced by Aubrey Schenck. It was filmed at Agua Dulce, California.-Plot:...
- 1969 - Sam WhiskeySam WhiskeySam Whiskey is a 1969 comedy-western film directed by Arnold Laven and starring Burt Reynolds a decade before he zoomed to superstar status in the late 1970s. Angie Dickinson, Clint Walker and Ossie Davis co-star....
- 1969 - The Great Bank RobberyThe Great Bank RobberyThe Great Bank Robbery is a 1969 Western comedy film from Warner Brothers directed by Hy Averback and written by William Peter Blatty, based on the novel by Frank O'Rourke...
- 1971 - YumaYuma (film)Yuma is a Western Television Film, starring: Clint Walker and directed by Ted Post.- Plot :Dave Harmon Clint Walker, an army officer in the U.S...
(TV) - 1972 - HardcaseHardcaseHardcase is a comic book series written by James Hudnall for Malibu Comics’ Ultraverse imprint, which lasted 26 issues. The series was about Tom Hawke, who became one of the first publicly known Ultras ....
(TV) - 1972 - Pancho VillaPancho Villa (film)Pancho Villa is an American, British and Spanish spaghetti western film directed by Eugenio Martín. The film features Telly Savalas, Clint Walker, Chuck Connors and Anne Francis.-Plot:...
- 1972 - The Bounty Man (TV)
- 1974 - Scream of the WolfScream of the WolfScream of the Wolf is a 1974 television movie starring Peter Graves and directed by Dan Curtis.-Plot:Adventure writer John Weatherby is called in to investigate a series of brutal murders that has investigators confused. The clues are not clear and leave no clear trail. The tracks left at the...
(TV) - 1974 - Killdozer! (TV)
- 1977 - The White BuffaloThe White BuffaloThe White Buffalo is a 1977 western film starring Charles Bronson, Kim Novak, Jack Warden, Slim Pickens, and Will Sampson. The movie is rated PG in the USA. The film is directed by J. Lee Thompson, who frequently teamed with Bronson. It was also the final film Bronson made for United...
- 1977 - Deadly HarvestDeadly HarvestDeadly Harvest is a made for TV movie produced by CBS. It was shown in September 1972 and in July 1973. This movie is not to be confused with a movie from 1977, also entitled "Deadly Harvest", starring Clint Walker and Kim Cantrell.-Plot:...
- 1977 - CentennialCentennial (miniseries)Centennial is a 12-episode American television miniseriesthat aired on NBC from October 1978 to February 1979. It was based on the novel of the same name by James A. Michener. The miniseries was produced by John Wilder....
(TV mini-series) - 1977 - SnowbeastSnowbeastSnowbeast is a made-for-television horror film that was first broadcast in 1977 in the The United States of America.The movie details the attacks of a ravenous white sasquatch on a Colorado ski resort. The teleplay was written by Joseph Stefano, who wrote the script for Alfred Hitchcock's classic...
(TV) - 1983 - Hysterical
- 1983 - Love BoatLove BoatThe Overseas Compatriot Youth Formosa Study Tour to Taiwan, informally known as the Love Boat, is currently a four-week summer program for about 400–600 college-aged Overseas Chinese. In Chinese, it is also colloquially referred to as mei-jia-ying - America and Canada Camp, a reference to where...
- guest star, episode, "Friend of the Family/Affair on Demand/Just Another Pretty Face" - 1985 - The Serpent Warriors
- 1985 - All American Cowboy (TV)
- 1991 - The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw (TV movie) - guest star as Cheyenne Bodie
- 1993 - Tropical HeatTropical HeatTropical Heat was a Canadian TV series produced in cooperation with Mexico and Israel that aired between 1991 and 1993 ....
(TV) - guest star, episode "The Last of the Magnificent" - 1995 - Kung Fu: The Legend ContinuesKung Fu: The Legend ContinuesKung Fu: The Legend Continues is a spin-off of the 1972-1975 television series Kung Fu. David Carradine and Chris Potter starred as a father and son trained in kung fu - Carradine playing a Shaolin monk, Potter a police detective. This series aired in syndication for four seasons, from January 27,...
(TV) - guest star as Cheyenne Bodie, episode "Gunfighters" - 1998 - Small SoldiersSmall SoldiersSmall Soldiers is a 1998 American action/science fiction film directed by Joe Dante starring Gregory Smith and Kirsten Dunst. The film revolves around two teenagers , who get caught in the middle of a war between two factions of sentient action figures, the Gorgonites and the Commando...
- Voice only
External links
- Official website
- "Clint Walker: Top Gun of Warner's TV" by Herb Fagen (1999 interview) @ Classic Images magazine, issue # 212, p. 12Classic ImagesClassic Images is a monthly American mail-subscription newspaper in tabloid format, founded in 1962 by film collector Sam Rubin, dedicated to film and television of the "Golden Age." Its offices are located in Muscatine, Iowa and it is published by the Muscatine Journal division of Lee Enterprises,...
- "Belleville had its share of fame: Nice guy Clint Walker became Hollywood hunk" by Jaime Ingle - News-Democrat (Wednesday, June 18, 2008)
- "Cowboy actor inspires local Western writer" - From the Idaho State Journal - December 2003
- "Actor Clint Walker to be Inducted into National Cowboy Museum's Hall of Great Western Performers" - March 3, 2004 - National Cowboy & Western Heritage MuseumNational Cowboy & Western Heritage MuseumThe National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum is a museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, with more than 28,000 Western and American Indian art works and artifacts. The facility also has the world's most extensive collection of American rodeo, photographs, barbed wire, saddlery, and early rodeo trophies...