No One Believed These Clint Walker Stories! Until They Watched This

Описание: Clint Walker: The 6'6" Giant Who Survived Death Itself | Cheyenne Star's Incredible True Story

A ski pole went 5 inches through his heart. Two doctors pronounced him DEAD. Eight days later, he walked out of the hospital. This is the DOCUMENTED true story of Clint Walker—the towering Western star whose life sounds like fiction but was captured on film, in medical records, and in Hollywood archives.

From Depression-era Illinois to becoming TV's first hour-long Western hero, Clint Walker's 48-inch chest and 32-inch waist made legendary trainer Vince Gironda call him "the most physically impressive man I have EVER seen." The New York Times said his shoulders "rivaled King Kong's."

IN THIS VIDEO:
▪ The measurements that shocked Hollywood's top trainer
▪ How "Cheyenne" created the hour-long TV drama format
▪ The 1958 contract rebellion that changed television forever
▪ Behind the scenes of "The Dirty Dozen" with Lee Marvin and Charles Bronson
▪ The 1971 ski accident that should have killed him
▪ How he lived to 90 after being pronounced dead

Chapters

0:00 May 24th, 1971. A ski pole went through
0:56 1: the giant measurements.
3:26 2: TV's first hour-long hero.
5:24 3: blood on the barroom floor.
7:32 4: depression era steel.
9:51 5: the contract rebellion.
11:56 6: the Dirty Dozen height games, 1967.
13:52 7: Vince Geronda's natural giant.
15:52 8: the Deil audition.
17:37 9: the ski pole through the heart.
20:33 10: 90 years tall.
22:33 You've seen the measurements that shocked the New York Times.



Clint Walker starred in "Cheyenne" (1955-1963), "The Dirty Dozen" (1967), "The Ten Commandments" (1956), and dozens of Western classics. His Hollywood Walk of Fame star sits at 1505 Vine Street.

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SOURCES: Television Academy Archives, Guideposts Magazine (November 1971), UPI Archives, Vince Gironda Gym Records, New York Times Archives, Hollywood Reporter

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