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Clint Walker

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May 30, 1927 in Hartford, IL
Biography:Tall (6'7"), sturdily built "Clint Walker" held down a number of macho jobs ranging from sheet metal worker to nightclub bouncer before settling on acting as a profession. Disregarding a slightly embarrassing appearance as a faux Tarzan in the 1954 "Bowery Boys" opus "Jungle Gents" (in which he was billed as Jett Norman!), Walker's official film debut was a tiny role in DeMille's "The Ten Commandments" (1956). He signed with Warner Bros. in 1957, where he starred in the long-running Western TV series "Cheyenne". During his Warners tenure, Walker spent as much time offscreen as on due to artistic differences and salary disputes. After "Cheyenne" left the air in 1963, Walker continued to appear in rugged action efforts like None but the Brave (1965), "The Dirty Dozen" (1967), and "The White Buffalo" (1976). "Clint Walker"'s attempt to reclaim his earlier TV prominence resulted in the very short-lived... Full Biography
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