Cheyenne (1955-62) went out on ITV as I recall it and was very popular in England

Clint Walker plays Cheyenne Bodie, a cowboy/scout who each week, rides into a new adventure with new characters. The plots are very much in line with what the B Westerns had been.

Indeed Warner Bros. put their major-studio might behind this TV production, and it shows. Cheyenne fits right in with what Warners were doing with Western films at that time

As we slowly learn as the episodes go on, Cheyenne has been raised by the Cheyenne Indians after his parents were killed by another tribe. Later in the series he lived with a white family. He’s a thoroughly decent type and seems always ready to help those in need.

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Cheyenne was a hit and it made Clint Walker a star. With a hit show, the exacting schedule that came with it, no features on the horizon, and an exclusive contract that paid him just $150 a week, after the third season, Walker was unhappy.

Clint Walker: “… I found out they [Warner Bros.] turned down some pretty nice features that I could’ve done… I heard that when people inquired, they were told, ‘When Clint Walker does features, he’ll do ‘em for Warner Bros.’ So that’s where we had the difference of opinion.” *

So, Clint Walker walked away from the role Bronco Layne (Ty Hardin) filled in briefly and kept going until Walker was coaxed back. Clint’s stance must have worked because Warners put him in the excellent Fort Dobbs (1958) and a little later the excellent ‘Yellowstone Kelly’.

Ty Hardin as Bronco Layne got his own series for a while – again one we saw in England –  Bronco.

‘Cheyenne’ is an excellent TV series, a consistent favourite of Western fans — and for good reason.

My own favourite Clint Walker film is ‘Night of the Grizzly’ where the tension is built up until the final confrontation with the grizzly – very well done too.

This was Clint Walker’s own personal favourite of the films that he was in

BELOW :  Some Great Scenes from the final thrilling climatic confrontation – they don’t do it justice though