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). Russ went on to act in a handful of films and make guest appearances on various television shows.
Clint Eastwood's long-time stunt double has died aged 92. Buddy Van Horn first worked as the 91-year-old actor's stunt double on 1968 movie 'Coogan's Bluff', and he did the same for movies 'Dirty Harry', 'High Plains Drifter', and 1971's 'The Beguiled'.
Clint Walker had a contract dispute with Warner Brothers, which led to his briefly leaving the show. Under his contract, Walker had to give Warner Brothers 50 percent of his personal appearance fees, and he could only record music under the Warner Brothers label.
Married three times (Vera Garver, 1948-1968, with a daughter named Valerie), Giselle Hennessy (1974-1994), and Susan Cavallari (1997-2018), Clint Walker had a long, full, and lucky life.
After the first few episodes of Cheyenne (1955), he was given a horse named Brandy. Brandy was 16 hands high (5'4"). Not only did Clint ride the horse in the "Cheyenne" episodes, he was used in the movies made at Warner Brothers. Brandy has a distinguishing white spot on his right rump.
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). Russ went on to act in a handful of films and make guest appearances on various television shows.
As of January 2021, Clint Walker has an estimated net worth of $4 million. He makes most of his income with his chief careers as an actor as well as a singer.
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Stunt double Jim Burk performed the entire scene where Rooster Cogburn charged Ned Pepper's gang on horseback. John Wayne was only seen briefly in close-up, and he was riding on a trailer, not a horse.
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A: I could ride, but not that good, and I told them that. 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.
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 ...
series “Cheyenne,” Clint Walker was often called upon to rescue a damsel in distress. It was a gesture that came easily to the 6-foot-6-inches bodybuilder.
Clint Walker was an American actor best known for his starring role on the popular Western "Cheyenne." Handsome and well built (he was 6'6" and had a 48-inch chest), Walker got his start with bit roles in "Jungle Gents" and "The Ten Commandments" after making contacts working at the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas.
With his blue eyes, chiselled features and muscular physique, every inch of Walker's rugged 6ft 6in frame resembled the perfect romantic image of a cowboy: from chest to waist to hip he measured 48-32-36. Such appeal meant that his shirt came off in an astonishing number of episodes.
