Walker, Texas Ranger
| Television series | |
|---|---|
| German title | Walker, Texas Ranger |
| Original title | Walker, Texas Ranger |
 | |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Year (s) | 1993-2001 |
| length | 45 minutes |
| Episodes | 202 and 1 television film (2005) in pilot season (3 episodes) and 8 seasons |
| genre | Action , drama |
| idea |
Albert S. Ruddy , Leslie Greif , Paul Haggis , Christopher Canaan |
| music |
Eyes of the Ranger Singer: Chuck Norris Composer: Tirk Wilder |
| First broadcast | April 21, 1993 (USA) on CBS |
| German-language first broadcast |
April 16, 1995 on RTL II |
Walker, Texas Ranger is an American television series that was produced from 1993 to 2001. The action series includes a pilot season and eight other seasons with a total of 202 episodes and a television film.
content
The series is about the Texas ranger Cordell Walker, who, together with his partner James Trivette, ensures law and order on the streets of Dallas . In their endeavor to bring down every criminal, the rangers fall back on their martial arts experience and sound shooting training. They get help from the assistant district attorney Alex Cahill and the former Texas ranger CD Parker, in whose saloon almost every adventure ends.
main characters
Walker is the hero of the series. As the child of an Indian and a white man, he had to witness the murder of his parents by racists and grew up with his uncle Ray on an Indian reservation. It was not easy for him there as a mixed breed and only made friends for life through late adaptation. Through the Marines and the long stay in Asia, he became the fighter he represents today.
Trivette is Walker's service partner. Growing up in Baltimore, he first made a career as a football star, but had to give up after one season due to an injury and became a police officer and later a Texas ranger. In the opening episode Black Spider , Walker's original colleague Robert Mobley dies in an exchange of fire and Trivette takes his place. In the following years of the different seasons Trivette learns more and more martial arts from Walker and his army friend Trent Malloy.
Alex Cahill is the Dallas Assistant Attorney and everyone involved is on friendly terms. The personal affection between Walker and her, which is crowned with the wedding at the end of season 7, had to grow slowly and required many tests and even more patience from both sides. In order to be able to work together with Walker and Trivette on a long-term basis, Alex turned down several opportunities and career offers that were particularly attractive for them. In the film Walker, Texas Ranger: Baptism of Fire , it is ultimately up to the viewer to decide whether Alex is dead or just collapsed after being hit by a bullet.
CD Parker is a former Texas ranger and police officer who mentors both Walker and Trivette and knows almost everything about the two of them. After his retirement, he set up a country and western eatery with live music, which became the preferred meeting point for everyone involved. Occasionally he still intervenes in the events himself, because despite his years he has not forgotten too much, although of course his age sometimes has a negative impact. However, his criminalistic memory still works perfectly. In the fourth episode of the ninth season, he dies of natural causes on a fishing trip, but it was later discovered that he was poisoned.
Cast and dubbing
| actor | Role name | Period | Voice actor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chuck Norris | Cordell 'Cord' Walker | Episode 1.1-9.24 | Jürgen Kluckert |
| Clarence Gilyard Jr. | James 'Jimmy' Trivette | Episode 1.1-9.24 | Lutz Schnell |
| Sheree J. Wilson | Alex Cahill-Walker | Episode 1.1-9.24 |
Gabriele Libbach (season 1–8) Silvia Missbach (season 9) |
|
Gailard Sartain ( ep.1.1 ) Noble Willingham (ep.1.2-8.12) |
CD Parker | Episode 1.1–8.12 |
Henry König (episode 1.1) Günter König Rolf Jülich |
| Floyd Westerman | Uncle Ray | Episode 1.1-2.23 | Manfred Steffen |
| Nia Peeples | Sydney Cook | Episode 8.2-9.24 |
Marion von Stengel (Season 8) Susanne Geier (Season 9) |
| Judson Mills | Francis Gage | Episode 8.2-9.24 |
Volker Hanisch (season 8) Tim Knauer (season 9) |
Guest stars
| actor | role | Title of the episode | year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marshall R. Teague | Orson Wade | "One Riot, One Ranger" | 1993 |
| Harper Ridland | "Payback" | 1994 | |
| Randy Shrader | "Codename: Dragonfly" | 1996 | |
| Rudd Kilgore | "Last of a Breed: Part 1" "Last of a Breed: Part 2" |
1997 | |
| Lieutenant Tracton | "Fight or Die" | 1999 | |
| Emile Lavocat / Mills "Moon" Lavocat | "The Final Showdown" | 2001 | |
| Richard Norton | Rollins | "Storm Warning" | 1993 |
| Mercenary # 1 | "Standoff" | 1995 | |
| Simms | "Team Cherokee: Part 2" | 1999 | |
| Tom Munger | "Fight or Die" | ||
| Thug (anonymous) | "Wedding Bells: Part 1" | 2000 | |
| Frank Scanlon | "The Avenging Angel" | ||
| Jonas Graves / 'flashbacks', Desperado | "The Final Showdown: Part 1" "The Final Showdown: Part 2" |
2001 | |
| Luis Guzman | Gomez | "Storm Warning" | 1993 |
| Judith Hoag | Lainie Flanders | "Family Matters" | |
| Brian Thompson | Leo Cale | ||
| MC Gainey | Tingley | "She'll Do to Ride the River With" | |
| Craig | "The Bachelor Party" | 2000 | |
| Mary Elizabeth McGlynn | Merilee Summers | "Right Man Wrong Time" | 1994 |
| Giovanni Ribisi | Tony Kingston | "Something in the Shadows: Part 1" "Something in the Shadows: Part 2" |
|
| Tom Virtue | Peter Needham | ||
| Tobey Maguire | Duane Parsons | "The Prodigal Son" | |
| Carli Coleman | Georgia Douglas | "Silk Dreams" | |
| James Morrison | Ned Travis | "Mustangs" | |
| Danica McKellar | Laurie Maston | "Stolen Lullaby" | |
| Ray Wise | Garrett Carlson | ||
| August Schellenberg | Billy Gray Wolf | "Rainbow Warrior" | |
| "On Sacred Ground" | 1995 | ||
| Doris Roberts | Elaine Portugal | "The Big Bingo Bamboozle" | |
| William Smith | Silas Quint | "Final Justice" | |
| Dirk Benedict | Blair | "Case Closed" | |
| Robin Sachs | Philippe Brouchard | "Standoff" | |
| Marshall Colt | Lt. Lee Corbin (in his final role) | "Whitewater: Part 1" | |
| Andrew Divoff | Carlos Darius | "Deep cover" | 1995 |
| Rudy Mendoza | "Everyday Heroes" | 1998 | |
| Alberto Cardoza | "Winds of Change" | 2000 | |
| Alex Cord | Larry Curtis | "The Guardians" | |
| Carlos Machado | Himself | "Rodeo" | 1996 |
| Officer No. 1 | "Sons of Thunder" | 1997 | |
| Orderly | "Forgotten People" | ||
| Rodgers | "Fight or Die" | 1999 | |
| Clifton Collins Jr. | Fito | "El Coyote: Part 1" "El Coyote: Part 2" |
1996 |
| Anthony Zerbe | Joey Galloway | "Break in" | |
| William Lucking | Capt. Shankley | "Break in" | |
| Robert Englund | Lyle Eckert | "Deadline" | |
| Richard Chaves | Special Agent Samuel Mills | "Deadline" | |
| Keith Szarabajka | Hendricks | "Redemption" | |
| Burt Young | Jack Belmont | "Lucky" | |
| "Small Blessings" | 1997 | ||
| Max Martini | hatch | "A Silent Cry" | 1996 |
| Rod Taylor | Gordon Cahill | "Redemption" | |
| "Texas vs. Cahill" | 1997 | ||
| "Wedding Bells: Part 1" "Wedding Bells: Part 2" |
2000 | ||
| Terry Kiser | Charlie Brooks | "Mayday" "Last Hope" "Iceman" |
1997 |
| Maxwell 'Iceman' Kronert | "Iceman" | ||
| Marco Sanchez | Detective Carlos Sandoval | "Sons of Thunder" - "Team Cherokee: Part 2" | 1997-1999 |
| James Wlcek | Trent Malloy | ||
| Mila Kunis | Pepper | "Last Hope" | 1997 |
| John Amos | Pastor Roscoe Jones | "Sons of Thunder" | |
| James Pickens Jr. | Staff Sergeant Luther Parrish | "The Fighting McClains" | |
| Stephen Quadros | Corporal John Wesley 'JW' McClain | "The Fighting McClains" | |
| Haley Joel Osment | Lucas Simms | "Lucas: Part 1" "Lucas: Part 2" |
|
| Mackenzie Phillips | Ellen Simms | ||
| Gwen Verdon | Maisie Whitman | "Forgotten People" | |
| "Mind Games" | 1999 | ||
| David Gallagher | Chad Morgan | "Brainchild" | 1997 |
| Paul Gleason | Dr. Harold Payton | ||
| Randolph Mantooth | James Lee Crown | "Rainbow's End" | |
| Dan Lauria | Salvatore Matacio | "A Father's Image" | |
| Kyla Pratt | Kyla Jarvis | "The Neighborhood" | |
| "Rowdy" Roddy Piper | Cody "The Crusader" Conway | "The Crusader" | 1998 |
| Randy Tallman | TBD | ||
| Paul Winfield | Pastor Roscoe Jones | "The Soul of Winter" | |
| Collin Raye | Himself | ||
| Danny Trejo | Joe Lopez | "Circle of Life" | |
| Jose Rodriguez | "Rise to the Occasion" | 1999 | |
| Lila McCann | Kelly Wyman | "Eyes of a Ranger" | 1998 |
| Michael Peterson | He himself | ||
| Tobin Bell | Karl Storm | "The Wedding: Part 1" "The Wedding: Part 2" |
|
| RuPaul | bob | "Royal Heist" | |
| Dean Norris | Deke Powell | "War Cry" | |
| Mike Connors | Judge Arthur McSpadden | "Code of the West" | |
| Camilla Belle | Cindy Morgan | "Code of the West" | |
| Lee majors | Sheriff Bell | "On the Border" | |
| Mitch Pileggi | Paul Grady | "Money Talks" | |
| Deion Sanders | Himself | "Rise to the Occasion" | 1999 |
| "Special Witness" | |||
| Gary Busey | Donovan Riggs | "Special Witness" | |
| James Remar | Keith Bolt | "The Principal" | |
| Judy Herrera | Rachel Falcon | "Team Cherokee: Part 1" "Team Cherokee: Part 2" |
|
| Michael Greyeyes | Brian Falcon | ||
| Robert Mirabal | Tall Bear | ||
| John Schneider | Jacob Crossland | "Jacob's Ladder" | |
| Rex Linn | Leland steel / Lester steel | "Way of the Warrior" | |
| Randy Savage | Whitelaw Lundren | "Fight or Die" | |
| Frank Shamrock | Dirk 'The Hammer' Savage | ||
| Lane Smith | Reverend Thornton Powers | "Power Angels" | |
| Scott Weinger | Bradley Roberts | "Full recovery" | |
| Joe Penny | Sonny Tantero | "Suspicious Minds" | |
| Dwight Schultz | Lloyd Allen | "Safe House" | |
| Frank Stallone | BJ Ronson, Frank Bishop |
"Tall Cotton" | |
| "Saturday Night" | 2001 | ||
| Tammy Townsend | Erika Carter | "Justice Delayed" | 2000 |
| "The Final Showdown" | 2001 | ||
| David Keith | Cliff Eagleton | "The Day of Cleansing" | 2000 |
| Sammo Hung | Sammo Law | ||
| Deron McBee | Luke Warley | "Black Dragons" | |
| Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa | Master Ko | ||
| Mako | Edward Song | ||
| Byron man | PK song | ||
| Tzi Ma | General Nimh | "The General's Return" | |
| Christopher B. Duncan | Defense Attorney Lime | "The Bachelor Party" | |
| Joan Jett | Dierdre Harris | "Wedding Bells: Part 1" | |
| Mark Cuban | Groomsmen | "Wedding Bells: Part 1" "Wedding Bells: Part 2" |
|
| Tom Bosley | minister | ||
| Ernest Borgnine | Eddie Ryan | "The Avenging Angel" | |
| Michael Ironside | The Chairman | "Winds of Change" "Lazarus" "Turning Point" "Retribution" |
|
| TJ Thyne | Wallace 'The Wizard' Slausen | ||
| Dionne Warwick | Dionne Berry | "Faith" | |
| Barbara Mandrell | Nicole Foley | "Showdown at Casa Diablo: Part 1" | |
| Jeffrey Dean Morgan | Jake Horbart | "Child of Hope" | |
| Robert Fuller | Ranger Wade Harper | "Matter of Principle" | |
| "The Final Show / Down" | 2001 | ||
| Hulk Hogan | Boomer Knight | "Division Street" | |
| Francis Capra | Ace | ||
| Ryan Bittle | Harley | "Reel Rangers" | |
| Laura Bailey | Roberta | "Saturday Night" | |
| Mercedes McNab | Heather Preston | "6 Hours" | |
| Josh Holloway | Ben Wiley | "Medieval Crimes" | |
| Sting | Grangus | "Unsafe Speed" | |
| Carlos Bernard | Raoul 'Skull' Hidalgo | "Without a Sound" | |
| Mitchel Musso | Josh Whitley | "Trial by Fire" | 2005 |
| Selena Gomez | Julie |
Relation to other programs
A crossover to the series Martial Law - The Karate Cop was produced. First Chuck Norris made a guest appearance there in the episode Schützenhilfe in 2000. Subsequently, lead actor Sammo Hung was seen in the same year in the episode The Great Blast of Walker, Texas Ranger .
The Sons of Thunder series is an offshoot of Walker, Texas Ranger . It was discontinued in 1999 after showing six episodes.
For a long time, incoherent excerpts from Walker, Texas Ranger were shown regularly on the American television show Late Night with Conan O'Brien for the amusement of the audience. There was also the Walker Texas Ranger Lever , a lever on which Conan O'Brien could pull to record excerpts with involuntarily funny moments from the series.
Movie
In 2005, the television film Walker, Texas Ranger: Baptism of Fire was produced, which continues the series. Directed by Aaron Norris , the main characters of the series stayed in their roles.
New edition
In the fall of 2019, Rideback , CBS Television Studios and Industry Entertainment announced that the series would be rebooted on The CW in 2020 . The cast consists of Jared Padalecki as Cordell Walker, Keegan Allen as Liam Walker, Mitch Pileggi as Bonham Walker and Lindsey Morgan as Mickie.
Trivia
- in the United States the last season is referred to as Season 8, in Germany as Season 9. This is due to the three pilot episodes: In Germany these were shown as Season 1, in the States the pilots are not counted among the seasons. Season 1 begins in the United States with the first part of Bounty Hunter, which ran in Germany in Season 2 as Episode 1. The number of episodes is the same in both listings.
- Season 8 or Season 9 was not broadcast in Germany for a long time. It was only broadcast on RTL Crime on February 24, 2017 . The free TV premiere will take place on July 8, 2017 on RTL Nitro.
- the film baptism of fire has already been shown on Pro 7. The story begins right after the last episode 202 of season 9 or season 8.
DVD release
Germany
- Season 1.1 was released on October 12, 2006
- Season 1.2 was released on October 12, 2006
- Season 2.1 was released on April 5, 2007
- Season 2.2 was released on April 5, 2007
- Complete season 1 was released on October 2, 2014
- Complete season 2 was released on October 2, 2014
Canada
- Season 1 was released on June 13, 2006
- Season 2 was released on April 12, 2007
- Season 3 was released on January 10, 2008
- Season 4 was released on July 31, 2008
- Season 5 was released on October 2, 2008
- Season 6 was released on March 5, 2009
- Season 7 was released on March 3, 2011
- Season 8 was released on March 3, 2011
United States
- Season 1 was released on October 12, 2006
- Season 2 was released on January 23, 2007
- Season 3 was released on June 12, 2007
- Season 4 was released on February 19, 2008
- Season 5 was released on July 1, 2008
- Season 6 was released on January 13, 2009
- Season 7 was released on March 9, 2010
- Season 8 was released on June 14, 2005
Great Britain
- Season 1 was released on October 2, 2006
- Season 2 was released on July 13, 2009
France
- Season 1 was released on October 19, 2006
- Season 2 was released on April 19, 2007
- Season 3 was released on March 1, 2008
- Season 4 was released on July 3, 2008
- Season 5 was released on November 21, 2008
- Season 6 was released on June 4, 2009
Web links
- Walker, Texas Ranger in theInternet Movie Database(English)
- Walker, Texas Ranger at Fernsehserien.de
Individual evidence
- ^ Walker, Texas Ranger . German dubbing files . Retrieved March 15, 2019.
- ↑ "The Day of Cleansing" is the conclusion of a crossover with Martial Law where Walker teams with Sammo Law to recapture a hatemongering former military officer who escapes custody after they caught him in the Martial Law episode "Honor Among Strangers".
- ↑ Tobias Hohmann: Norris, Hille 2013, p. 309.
- ^ CW orders “Superman and Lois” and “Walker, Texas Ranger”. In: quota meter. Retrieved September 24, 2019 .
- Jump up ↑ Walker, Texas Ranger reboot with a new Chuck Norris: Supernatural star takes over the leading role. In: Moviepilot.de. Retrieved September 24, 2019 .
- ↑ "Walker" commits "X-Files" veteran Mitch Pileggi. In: TV wish list. Retrieved September 24, 2019 .
- ↑ Episode guide : All seasons in German. Retrieved December 26, 2012 .
- ^ "Walker, Texas Ranger": RTL Crime shows the final season as a German premiere. In: TV wish list. Retrieved January 3, 2017 .
- ↑ Walker, Texas Ranger: Season 9 on RTL Nitro. In: TV series junkies. Retrieved July 8, 2017 .
- ^ Film "Baptism of Fire" on ofdb.de. Retrieved December 26, 2012 .