Walker clint

Norman Eugene Walker (real name of the actor) was born May 30, 1927 in the village of ^[2] . Father - Paul Arnold Walker, a native of Arkansas ; mother - Gladys Huldah (nee - Schwand ), Czech by nationality. Twin sister - Lucy Walker ^[4] (after marriage - Westbrook ; 1927-2000).

From 9 years old, Walker began to earn extra money ^[2] , and at 16 he completely quit school to work in a factory and riverboats . At the age of 18, he joined the and worked as a boatman (pulling barges) on the Mississippi ^[2] . After some time, Walker left the fleet and went to travel around the country, interrupting occasional earnings. He lived in Brownwood ( Texas ), where he was engaged in oil production; in Long Beach ( California ), where he was an undercover agent in a detective agency; in Las Vegas ( Nevada ), where the future actor worked as a security guard in the newly opened, and in the future became the very famous casino hotel ^{[2] [4]} . Also in his youth, Walker worked as a carpenter, a loader, an auxiliary worker at carnivals, caddies , mowed lawns, was a sheet metal worker, a seller of vacuum cleaners, a salesman and a bouncer in a nightclub ^[2] .

In 1954, the 27-year-old Walker offered to play in the cameo role of talent search agent . The young man agreed, and his film debut took place in the “Jungle Lavatory” tape, where Walker played (without indication in the credits) “ Tarzan ’s likeness”. It was the first and the last time when he agreed to play without indication in the credits. The novice actor was noticed, and the next year he began acting in the television series , and it was for this series that he remembered most of the audience (played the main role in 108 episodes in seven years). Later, Clint Walker (he took the acting pseudonym for himself) continued his career as a film and television actor: in 44 years he starred in 41 films and TV shows, and in another tape he acted as a voice actor. Most of the films and TV shows featuring Clint Walker were produced by Warner Bros. ^[2]

May 24, 1971 Clint Walker rested at the ski resort of . For an unexplained reason, he fell, and so unsuccessfully, that the tip of his ski pole entered right into the heart. He was taken to the hospital, where two doctors recognized the actor as dead, but the third, at the last moment before being sent to the morgue, caught signs of life in his body. Walker was immediately operated on (the doctors didn’t even waste time on anesthesia and washing hands), and two months later he was discharged from the hospital ^[5] .

In 2003, the book saw Yaqui Gold , written by Clint in collaboration with Kirby Jonas in the Western genre ( ISBN 978-1-891423-08-6 ) ^[3] .

Clint Walker died on May 21, 2018, nine days before his 91st birthday, in the town of Grass Valley (California) . The cause of death was heart failure ^{[4] [6]} .

Personal life

Clint Walker was married three times, and with each wife he lived for about twenty years:

• Verna Garver. Married from September 5, 1948 to 1968. Divorce, one child. The daughter, who was named Valerie ^[4] , was born on January 31, 1950. In childhood, she was shot a little with her father, having matured, became a pilot of an airplane ^[7] .
• Gisell Hennessy. Married from May 26, 1974 to January 1, 1994. Death of a spouse, no children.
• Susan Cavallari. Married from March 7, 1997 (Walker was almost 70 years old) to May 21, 2018. Death of an actor, no children.

• 1960 - Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his contribution to the development of television
• 1997 -
• 2004 - Included in the ( , Oklahoma City , Oklahoma ) ^[8]

Clint Walker was 198 centimeters tall ^[2] and weighed 111 kilograms ^[3] . Role - the positive heroes of westerns .
Walker's film career lasted (with noticeable interruptions) for 44 years: during this time he starred in 41 films and TV series, in another tape he acted as a voice actor.

• Stephen J. Abramson. Interview with Clint Walker at interviews.televisionacademy.com , September 21, 2012 Video 0:40:19