Obituary: Clint Walker

Yet another of my favorites from childhood, Clint Walker, the huge actor who is best remembered for the television western Cheyenne, has died at the age of 90.  He reportedly died of heart failure.

He was one of many good-looking actors who worked for Warner Brothers who the studio cast in its series of westerns of the era.  He was among the tallest, at 6 feet, 6 inches.

I'll let the link explain:

For seven seasons from 1955-61, he played Cheyenne Bodie, a rambunctious wanderer in the post-Civil War West, on the ABC series “Cheyenne.” (He also guested as the character on “Maverick.”)

The actor’s seriocomic confrontation with star Lee Marvin was one of the highlights of the classic 1967 war picture “The Dirty Dozen.”

After “Cheyenne” ended, Walker made some guest appearances on TV — “77 Sunset Strip,” “Kraft Suspense Theatre” and “The Lucy Show,” in an episode called “Lucy and Clint Walker.”

I can say it was a great era to be a little girl and have all these great-looking actors to have crushes on.

Some fun facts to note is he was also a singer, and he had a twin sister, who passed away in 2000.