His size forced him to restrict his movements to stay within camera range, which could be a challenge during onscreen fistfights. Walker a star.Īt 6 feet 6 inches, he was tall not only in the saddle one reporter joked that “he has snow on his shoulders six months of the year.” Walker to be shirtless, revealing a bodybuilder’s 48-inch chest and a 32-inch waist in onscreen moments that, while maybe not essential to the plot, helped make the handsome, blue-eyed Mr. Many episodes of “Cheyenne” called for Mr. “There were a few times I wondered which one it was going to be,” he said. He later recalled the response: “You’ll either be a good rider, or a dead one.”

Walker confessed to the crew that he did not have a great deal of experience on horseback.

“Cheyenne” was among the first television series produced by Warner Bros., and it had the lavish look of a big-screen movie.Īs shooting of the show’s first season began, Mr. played Cheyenne Bodie, a big-hearted man who performed good deeds and fought bad men in his wanderings. Walker - born Norman, but renamed Clint by Jack Warner of Warner Bros.

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