Clint Walker
Clint Walker
Norman Eugene Walker, known as Clint Walker, is a retired American actor. He is perhaps best known for his cowboy role as "Cheyenne Bodie" in the ABC/Warner Brothers western television series Cheyenne...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth30 May 1927
CityHartford, IL
CountryUnited States of America
Clint Walker quotes about
commitment fellows good ran studios
Those fellows who ran the studios had a commitment to making good films.
box cars finish glass high paper work wound
I didn't finish high school. I wound up working for a big paper mill. Then I went to work loading box cars and glass ware.
began letting people problems walked
I began having problems with Warner Bros. They were letting other people do films, and I wasn't doing many, so I walked out for a while.
bring carry either milk various
I'd go to the carnivals and circuses and get various jobs. I'd either carry water, set up milk bottles, or bring back the baseballs.
last night slept
The night before, I slept on the couch. If I had (done that) last night, I'd be dead.
cooper gary later met whom
Then later on there was Randolph Scott and Gary Cooper whom I met many times.
funny nobody
It's a funny thing about westerns. For a while nobody would do a western.
dogs
It was fun. I didn't think the dogs could go that fast.
became medium tv
They became tv oriented, and tv became a medium where you did a whole lot more with a whole lot less, and you did it faster.
chance feature people tv
You can't put people who did tv in the same category, however, because they didn't get the chance to do the same things as those who did feature films.
born raised river town
I was actually born in Hartford, a little Mississippi River town and raised in nearby Alton.
bad stuff
There is a lot of stuff now that is in bad taste, and I don't see the necessity for it all. We didn't have to do it in our time, and they don't have to do it now.
good movies resort supposedly
Supposedly they say that the R-rating makes money. But they are still making good movies without having to resort to that.
Of course, DeMille never did anything on a small scale.