Clint Walker towering over Dan Blocker

Clint Walker 6' 6" + Towering over Dan Blocker in an episode of the Cheyenne Show. "Land Beyond The Law, 1957" "Hoss" (Dan Blocker) is dwarfed by the huge Clint Walker.

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[sdjklsdjksdjklf]

I dont think so. Walker himself admitted that he weighed only 235 in his best condition. He just LOOKED heavier. I ve seen him in a movie with james arness and arness had a good 2, 3 inches on him. Arness was a real 6'6 6'7 man.

[paldrich1]

@sdjklsdjksdjklf  Clint and Arness never appeared on screen together. Clint was introduced to James arness by a mutual friend. They met at Anress' house. Arness has a bum knee from WWII and quips that he is 6'7" one one side and 6'6" on the other. Walker's height is a matter of record. 235 was his weight in his twenties, before he filled out.

[MelC54]

Clint Walker was 6'7" and Dan Blocker was 6'3" which is only a 4" difference. From the the angle this scene was shot at, it makes it look like a lot more than 4". Pretty much the same way they shot all those angles intentionally in "The Green Mile" to make Michael Clarke Duncan look so much bigger than everyone else. David Morse was actually a bigger man.

[paldrich1]

I had heard all sorts of height measurements for Clint so I looked at all his movies and shows with other tall actors. Don Magowen 6'6", Andrew Duggan 6'5", Leo Gordon 6'2", George Kennedy 6'3", Ron Ely 6'4". There are many more. Clint is taller than all but Don Magowan. Don was 6'6" and hired because they were the same height. Clint was on a radio talk show last summer. When asked about his height, He said that his height is 6'5 and 3/4".

[GOODY61]

@paldrich1 Don't forget James Arness at 6'7 in his earlier days. Still claims to be 6'5 in his eighties.

[paldrich1]

@GOODY61 Clint was introduced to James arness by a mutual friend. They met at Anress' house. Arness has a bum knee from WWII and quips that he is 6'7" on one side and 6'6" on the other. These were huge men. Especially 50 yrs ago when the average height was several inches less than today. The cool thing about clint was his proportions

[carrtide]

VERY tall, dark, handsome, strong, silent, hero type...WHO could ask for more?? Gotta love Clint Walker!

[paldrich1]

Hi! Dan Blocker was 6' 3" inches tall. Clint was billed at 6' 6' but people who knew him said he was closer to 6' 7". He was very self-conscious about his height. It kept him out of many movies because he was considered to tall. It all started with the Ten Commandments. He was to tall for the original part DeMille gave him. He ended up with a non-speaking role. DeMille said Clint made everybody else look like stumps. His shoulder to waist ratio also makes him appear larger than life.

[docsavage20]

@MelC54 "...He was 6'3" ..." Maybe if you measure to the top of his hat. Which is no doubt why they had him wear that style hat, to create the illusion that he was taller than he was.

[MelC54]

@docsavage20 He was 6'3" and 300 lbs



[docsavage20]

@MelC54 Dan Blocker wasn' t any 6'3", unless he was standing on a box. I'd be surprised if he was 6 foot.

[GOODY61]

@sdjklsdjksdjklf Watch a clip of Clint Walker standing next to Jim Brown in the "Dirty Dozen". It's the General impersonation scene with Donald Sutherland. Walker looks like he is 4 to 5 inches taller than Jim Brown and maybe 30 + pounds heaver. Jim Brown was officially listed at 6'2 , 232 pounds and Walker looks like a giant next to Brown. 6'6 + is a very realistic height for Walker. No hype at all.

[sdjklsdjksdjklf]

They say that clint walker was measured in his prime at 6'4 1/2 with a 48 inch chest, a 19 inch arm and 32 waist. Him being 6'6 is merely hollywood hype.