Norman Eugene "Clint" Walker (May 30, 1927 â€" May 21, 2018) was an
American actor and singer. He played cowboy Cheyenne Bodie in the
ABC/Warner Bros. western series Cheyenne from 1955 to 1963.Clint
Walker was born Norman Eugene Walker in Hartford, Illinois, on May 30,
1927; the son of Gladys Huldah (née Schwanda) and Paul Arnold Walker.
His mother was Czech. He had a twin sister named Lucy
(1927â€"2000).Walker left school to work at a factory and on a
riverboat, then joined the United States Merchant Marine at the age of
17 in the last months of World War II.After leaving the Merchant
Marines, he worked doing odd jobs in Brownwood, Texas, Long Beach,
California, and Las Vegas, Nevada, where he worked as a doorman at the
Sands Hotel. Walker was also employed as a sheet metal worker and a
nightclub bouncer.
American actor and singer. He played cowboy Cheyenne Bodie in the
ABC/Warner Bros. western series Cheyenne from 1955 to 1963.Clint
Walker was born Norman Eugene Walker in Hartford, Illinois, on May 30,
1927; the son of Gladys Huldah (née Schwanda) and Paul Arnold Walker.
His mother was Czech. He had a twin sister named Lucy
(1927â€"2000).Walker left school to work at a factory and on a
riverboat, then joined the United States Merchant Marine at the age of
17 in the last months of World War II.After leaving the Merchant
Marines, he worked doing odd jobs in Brownwood, Texas, Long Beach,
California, and Las Vegas, Nevada, where he worked as a doorman at the
Sands Hotel. Walker was also employed as a sheet metal worker and a
nightclub bouncer.
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