What horse did Cheyenne ride?

Brandy was Clint Walker's mount for most of the run of Cheyenne. Brandy made his series debut in the season two episode The Long Winter, and remained Cheyenne's primary horse through the rest of the series to season seven.
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What kind of horse did Clint Walker ride?

They said, "Well, by the time you've done the first year of 'Cheyenne,' you'll either be a good rider or a dead one." Then I got a horse called Brandy. I rode him in most of the "Cheyennes." He was 16 hands, quarter horse.
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Did Clint Walker do his own stunts in Cheyenne?

He also did many of his own stunts, his body lean and hardened by working eight-hour shifts in a steel foundry.
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How big was Clint Walker that played Cheyenne?

Walker's good looks and imposing physique (he stood 6 feet, 6 inches tall with a 48-inch chest and a 32-inch waist) helped him land an audition where he won the lead role in the TV series Cheyenne. Billed as "Clint Walker", he was cast as Cheyenne Bodie, a roaming cowboy hero in the post-American Civil War era.
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Who was Clint Walker's stunt double?

In 1958 Russ hitchhiked his way to Hollywood, California in order to pursue a career as an actor and worked at night parking cars while making the rounds of agents during the day. McCubbin scored his big show business break as both a stand-in and stunt double for Clint Walker on the Western TV series Cheyenne (1955).
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Clint Walker on riding horses on "Cheyenne" - EMMYTVLEGENDS.ORG



Who is the most famous Western actor?

Clint Eastwood

The Man With No Name. It's a title that conjures up the most mythical of figures in all of Western cinema.
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How tall is Cheyenne Bodie?

As any fan of vintage TV Westerns will remember, the 6-foot-6 hunk of a man is best known for his work as Cheyenne Bodie, a cowboy hero who roamed the American West during the post-Civil War era on “Cheyenne.” While the series made ample use of Walker's rugged physique with frequent shots of his 48-inch bare chest atop ...
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Did Cheyenne ride the same horse?

Brandy was Clint Walker's mount for most of the run of Cheyenne. Brandy made his series debut in the season two episode The Long Winter, and remained Cheyenne's primary horse through the rest of the series to season seven.
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Did Clint Walker do his own singing?

This is one of the most interesting episodes of this great western show. Clint Walker as Cheyenne Bodie has to sing in it. We all know that he had a wonderful voice. He sang in one of his movies too (Night of the Grizzly) and he even recorded an album (called "Inspiration").
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Was Clint Walker a weight lifter?

Walker, 82, who grew up in Alton, Ill., was an amateur bodybuilder who made his own dumbbells and barbells as a youth, and he studied the Charles Atlas course while he served in the U.S. Merchant Marine.
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Was Clint Walker in the military?

Walker left school to work at a factory and on a river boat, then joined the United States Merchant Marine at the age of 17 in the last months of World War II.
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Who was the best horsemen in westerns?

Westerns expert James Denniston adds, “The Duke [in his early career], Wild Bill Elliott, Randolph Scott, Slim Pickens, Richard Boone and Jimmy Stewart all rode well. As big as he was, Andy Devine was a good rider.
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What Western actor was afraid of horses?

Only one problem: Clint Eastwood is allergic to horses. Clinton Eastwood, Jr. was born May 31, 1930, in San Francisco, California. Though his family moved often when he was young, he was raised in relative privilege.
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What is considered the greatest Western movie of all time?

Best Western Movies of All Time, Ranked
  • 8 Once Upon a Time in the West.
  • 7 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
  • 6 Stagecoach.
  • 5 High Noon.
  • 4 True Grit.
  • 3 The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.
  • 2 Unforgiven.
  • 1 The Searchers.
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What brand of cowboy boots did John Wayne wear?

A Facebook post by John Wayne Enterprises on Jan. 14, 2016, included a photo of Lucchese boots and states, “Did you know … John Wayne had his boots made by Lucchese Boot Company in San Antonio, Texas?” The photo is credited to “A collection of John Wayne's Lucchese Boots.”
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What was John Wayne's cause of death?

On June 11, 1979, John Wayne, an iconic American film actor famous for starring in countless westerns, dies at age 72 after battling cancer for more than a decade.
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Why was Cheyenne show Cancelled?

For the 1957-58 season ABC offered to purchase a full season of thirty-nine episodes of Cheyenne, but Warner Brothers declined. Since each hour-long episode took six working days for principle photography alone, the studio couldn't supply a new episode each week.
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How did Cheyenne Bodie get his name?

Trivia (16) Cheyenne gets his name from the Cheyenne Indians, who killed his parents but then took him in and raised him. This was U.S. television's first hour-long western. Clint Walker had a contract dispute with Warner Brothers, which led to his briefly leaving the show.
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Did Clint Walker ever play on Gunsmoke?

Gunsmoke (TV Series 1955–1975) - Crahan Denton as Clint, Walker - IMDb.
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