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15 unusual facts about Texas Ranger


Aaron Norris

His credits include Braddock: Missing in Action III, Platoon Leader, Delta Force 2: The Colombian Connection, The Hitman, Hellbound, Top Dog, Sidekicks and was the executive producer of 168 television episodes of Walker, Texas Ranger.

Allan Cole

He has sold more than a hundred television episodes, including ones for Quincy, M.E., The Rockford Files, The Incredible Hulk, Dinosaucers, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, Magnum, P.I., Werewolf, and Walker, Texas Ranger.

Andrew Weinberg

The quarter-hour series is a parody of action crime dramas like Walker, Texas Ranger and originated in Conan O'Brien's Conaco Prods.

Betty Nguyen

Nguyen has hosted several specials and was featured as a reporter on episodes of Walker, Texas Ranger.

Dawn Rochelle Warner

She became a well-known model in the 1990s and developed a career as an actress through movies and the popular television series Walker, Texas Ranger.

Downtown Julie Brown

Brown has appeared in a number of movies and TV shows including Spy Hard; Spring Break '83; The Weird Al Show; Ride; Walker, Texas Ranger; Battle Dome; Hey Arnold!; I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!; The Dog Whisperer; and RuPaul's Drag U.

Jerrold Immel

Other programs which he has contributed music to include How the West Was Won, Hawaii Five-O, Logan's Run, Walker, Texas Ranger (through 1995 season) and Knots Landing.

Marsha Dietlein

Dietlein has guest starred on numerous TV shows including Herman's Head, Night Court, Walker, Texas Ranger, Matlock, Without a Trace, Gossip Girl, Third Watch, Law & Order Law & Order: SVU, and Law & Order: Criminal Intent.

Mineola, Texas

Noble Willingham, an actor who appeared in more than 30 feature films and played retired Texas Ranger C.D. Parker in the television series Walker, Texas Ranger.

Morgan Stevens

His last appearance to date was in a 1999 episode of Walker, Texas Ranger.

Red Forman

Smith received the role after the original choice, Chuck Norris, had to withdraw when CBS renewed Walker, Texas Ranger for a sixth season.

Tarrant County Courthouse

The Tarrant County Courthouse was seen in the TV series, Walker, Texas Ranger.

Tonea Stewart

Walker, Texas Ranger "Rise to the Occasion" (1999) as Principal Rivers

Walker, Texas Ranger "The Trial of LaRue" (1997) as Judge Loretta Paxton

Vern Gillum

His work includes a number of episodes from dozens of television series, including, amongst others, ER, Prison Break, Walker, Texas Ranger, The Commish, Prey, Haunted,, The Twilight Zone, JAG, Nash Bridges, Gabriel's Fire, Baywatch and Under Suspicion.


Aaron Norris

On December 2, 2010, he (along with brother Chuck) was given the title honorary Texas Ranger by Texas Governor Rick Perry.

Bull riding

Many early Texas rangers, who had to be expert horsemen and later went on to become ranchers, learned and adapted Hispanic techniques and traditions to ranches in the United States.

Easton, Texas

"Easton, Texas" is the title of the fourth episode of the CBS Western television series Trackdown, starring Robert Culp as Texas Ranger Hoby Gilman.

Fort Parker massacre

The Fort Parker inhabitants had also allowed a Texas Ranger company to use the Fort, perhaps not understanding that many Native Americans regarded the Rangers with hatred for their Indian fighting.

Morgan Kane: The Legend Begins

Louis Masterson have on several occasions said that his main inspiration for the Morgan Kane character came from Ian Fleming’s James Bond, with Morgan Kane moving through his own time as a rouge gunslinger backed by the law, as a Texas Ranger, a U.S. Marshal and later a Pinkerton and bodyguard to Theodore Roosevelt.

Ramiro Martinez

Ramiro Martinez became a narcotics investigator, a Texas Ranger, and a Justice of the Peace in New Braunfels, Texas.

Rice's Crossing, Texas

Settled in 1845 and originally called Blue Hill, the community was renamed Rice's Crossing in 1872 in honor of James O. Rice, a Texas Ranger and early settler.

To Sirloin with Love

Kahn tells Connie to take the night off from studying; Dale has figured out how to relieve Nancy's headaches on his own, Lucky and Luanne scoop up Gracie and head for the Hills'; and Boomhauer hurries over, leaving his wallet behind - which flips open to reveal a Texas Ranger badge with Boomhauer's name and picture—the first indication of his career ever revealed in the series.

Toaping Castle

Samuel Hamilton Walker was born at Toaping Castle in 1817 and later served as a Texas Ranger and U.S. Army officer who died in the Mexican–American War.

Walker County, Texas

However, Walker later supported the Union during the Civil War; thus, in order to keep the county's name from being changed, it was renamed for Samuel H. Walker, a Texas Ranger and soldier in the American Army.

Walter P. Lane

After Texas had gained its independence, Lane lived in San Augustine County in East Texas and then San Antonio, where he briefly served as a Texas Ranger.