[27] On November 6, 1885, local rancher Isaac Ellinger and Pratt Plummer had dinner with the Clanton brothers and Lee Renfro. "OLD MAN" CLANTON . Company Credits Ike stayed with the family when they moved to Tombstone, Arizona Territory, around 1877 (before Tombstone became a town or even a mining center). Phin arrived in June and Ike in August 1882. : Brighton and Deputy Sheriff Albert Miller. [referring to Stilwell, laying dead] And you must be Ringo. ["In wine is truth" meaning: "When I'm drinking, I speak my mind"]. Tombstone (1993) Full Cast & Crew See agents for this cast & crew on IMDbPro Directed by Writing Credits ( WGA) Kevin Jarre . Wyatt saw Clanton had no gun and shoved him aside as he coolly told him, The fight has commenced. Tombstone saloons, soiled doves and card dealers also didnt mind letting the cowboys do their thing. Marshal Wyatt Earp led a federal posse that escorted Virgil Earp to the railroad, bound for his parents home in Colton, California. Reply . [Ringo is trying to get McMasters to rejoin the Cowboys] The Clantons sojourn in California didnt last much longer, and by 1873 they were camped out on the Gila River in Arizona, in the dry desert region they passed through nearly a decade before. Ike Clanton : Yeah, that's good, Mr. Law Dog, 'cause law just don't go around here. Doc Holliday Winner to the King, five hundred dollars. Hey. On October 25, he and Doc Holliday got into a heated, drunken argument in the Alhambra saloon. However the night played out, Ikes threats stand out as a turning point. Tombstone (1993) - Michael Biehn as Johnny Ringo - IMDb All Tombstone (1993) Michael Biehn: Johnny Ringo Showing all 19 items Jump to: Photos (8) Quotes (11) Photos Quotes Curly Bill : [takes a bill with Wyatt's signature from a customer and throws it on the faro table] Wyatt Earp, huh? In the gunfight, Virgil, Morgan and Wyatt Earp joined Doc Holliday to . Listen, Mr. Kansas Law Dog. (uncredited) Art Direction by Set Decoration by Sam Comer Arthur Krams Not me. Next time it wont be your horse well get, Billy Clanton called after Wyatt in highly colored allusion; itll be you.'. When they got there, a tense standoff left all the mens nerves frayed. This question is actually fundamental to the Earp myth. Johnny Ringo The Clantons repeatedly threatened the Earps because they interfered with the Cowboys' illegal activities. | [33][34] In Sturges' sequel, Hour of the Gun (1967), he is portrayed by Robert Ryan as a sophisticated man. After three days, he spent the night of May 31, 1887 at Jim "Peg Leg" Wilson's Ranch on Eagle Creek, south of Springerville. Mr. Brighton got up from the table, walked to the door, and was familiarly saluted by him. Spicer wrote, "the great fact, most prominent in the matter, to wit, that Isaac Clanton was not injured at all, and could have been killed first and easiest."[24]. Jeff Fahey played Clanton in the movie Wyatt Earp (1994),[40] starring Kevin Costner as Wyatt Earp. After the gunfight in Tombstone, during which the McLaury brothers and Billy Clanton were killed, Ike Clanton filed murder charges against the Earps and Doc Holliday. Clanton said Wyatt shoved his revolver in his belly, telling him, "You son-of-a-bitch, you can have a fight!". Old Man Clanton was most definitely "The founder of the feast" (great line) The life and times of. Wyatt Earp Lyle Bettger played him as a brutal thug in 'Gunfight at the O.K. Corral and were still armed, and Virgil decided they had to disarm them. They arrived from Antelope Springs, 13 miles (21km) east of Tombstone, where they had been rounding up livestock with their brothers and had breakfasted with Clanton and Tom McLaury the day before. director of photography (as Charles B. Lang Jr.) Film Editing by Warren Low . In the days before the gunfight, Clanton had enlisted the help of fellow Cowboy Billy Claiborne, who was reputed to be good with a gun. Ike was the only cowboy to survive, and he was nowhere near the scene when it ended. Wyatt Earp Should I hate him? Newman Haynes Clanton, also known as "Old Man Clanton", Ike's father, ran a ranch near the Mexican border that served as a waystation for much of the smuggling carried out by the outlaws. Spicer noted that Clanton had claimed the Earps were out to murder him, yet on both occasions that day the Earps had not killed him, and allowed him to escape unchallenged during the fight. While there may be some truth to those statements, it doesnt change the fact that Ike Clanton often acted on less-than-heroic principles. Houses, shanties and jacals are going up rapidly, and several families are now on the ground, the Weekly Republican reported. Curly Bill Brocius, Tom and Frank McLaury bought and sold stolen cattle to Old Man Clanton, among others. They had heard from their neighbor, Ed Frink, that Clanton had been stirring up trouble in town overnight, and they had ridden into town on horseback to back up their brothers. After the meal, Ike, Renfro, and Ellinger went into a cabin on the Clanton ranch when for unknown reasons Renfro shot and killed Ellinger. Virgil Earp told Clanton he would leave Clanton's confiscated rifle and revolver at the Grand Hotel which was favored by Cowboys when in town. Judge Spicer exonerated the lawmen. Milt Joyce (owner Clanton's notoriety is based largely on his conflict with Wyatt Earp and Wyatt's friend Doc Holliday. : What is that now? Some argue the Earps extended far beyond their legal reach in Tombstone, or that J.V. : Johnny Ringo [37] Clanton was played by William Tannen in the episode "After the OK Corral" of the syndicated western anthology series, Death Valley Days. Ike Clanton was one of the more prominent cowboys, along with Johnny Ringo, Curly Bill, Joe Hill and Bob Martin, and plenty of firsthand accounts from Tombstone townies testify to his uncanny and often drunken gift of threatening gab. Spicer ordered the release of the defendants, and in December, a grand jury decided not to pursue murder indictments against them. In the interest of local politics and connections, the Clanton patriarch generally kept his kin in check, but his death signaled a changing family dynamic. Both Frank McLaury and Billy Clanton were each armed with a revolver and a rifle, as was the custom for riders in the country outside Tombstone. Curly Bill A man named Coleman told Virgil that the Cowboys had left the Dunbar and Dexter Stable for the O.K. In August, Old Man Clanton and four other men including Jim Crane, the only living Benson stagecoach suspect were killed by Mexican smugglers in the Guadalupe Canyon Massacre. Theyre goals that are: Those are the best kinds of goals! Virgil Earp went to find Judge Wallace so the court hearing could be held.."[14], Clanton reported in his testimony afterward that Wyatt Earp cursed him. Infamous Arizona cattle rustler and cause of the Gunfight at the O.K. The Earps and the Clantons had political, personal, and legal differences and the animosity between them grew throughout 1881. : Joseph Isaac Clanton (1847 June 1, 1887) was a member of a loose association of outlaws known as The Cowboys who clashed with lawmen Wyatt, Virgil and Morgan Earp as well as Doc Holliday. That was just how the A.T. rolled back then. McCann did the same and the two met on the street in front of the Wells Fargo office. In Wyatt Earp: Frontier Marshal, Stuart Lake paints an even more dramatic scene, though Lakes account is fraught with exaggeration and made-for-books drama. ["The Jew Apella may believe it, not I" meaning: "I don't believe drinking is what I do best."]. Corral. The indictments included charges of cattle-rustling and murder for the death of Isaac Ellinger. The usual verdict: Ike was all bark and no bite. On the morning of June 9, 1881, they were drinking in an Allen Street saloon when Clanton insulted McCann. [26], By 1885, the Clanton gang included Lee Renfro, G.W. Isaac "Ike" Clanton (1847-1887) - A member of the Clanton family in Cochise County, Arizona, he was unarmed when the Earps and Doc Holliday advanced on them at the O.K. 3. Corral: Did Tom McLaury Have a Gun", Dastardly attempt to Assassinate Frank Reed, Editor of Apache County Critic, "Detailed Statements of the Killing of Ike Clanton", "Fahey, Williams, others join 'Earp' cast", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ike_Clanton&oldid=1142766549, This page was last edited on 4 March 2023, at 07:23. Doc Holliday : That's the rumor. : Ike did admit to being in Tucson, but claimed he and Stilwell split up earlier in the night, before the Earps arrived. Corral. Doc Holliday And when it mattered, Ike had deserted the four feet he requested. Maybe poker's just not your game Ike. : [32] Lyle Bettger portrayed Clanton as a brutal thug in John Sturges' film Gunfight at the O.K. Both Brighton and Miller ordered him to halt but instead of doing so, when about twenty yards distant where the trail took a turn to the left, he threw his rifle over his left arm attempting to fire; at this instance Detective Brighton fired, the ball entering under the left arm and passing directly through the heart and out under the right arm. The deadliest pistoleer since Wild Bill, they say. In this particular telling, Ike Clanton is described not as a mindless killer but rather a man with . That's how Joseph Isaac "Ike" Clanton managed to get through at least part of the O.K. He was holed up a few blocks away, in a law office on Toughnut street. I'm sure of it, I hate him. I'm retired. Lunger. A successful lawman's plans to retire anonymously in Tombstone, Arizona are disrupted by the kind of outlaws he was famous for eliminating. : If you were to ask Tombstone locals at the time, many didnt consider rustling cattle from south of the border all that much of a problem. Ike Clantons allegiances had always been to the ranchers and rustlers of the region, but it was now clear that he and his partners would do whatever was necessary to keep things business as usual for local cattle rustling rings. Newman was released for being old and J-Dubs time with the Rebs was marred by charges of desertion, wrote Shillingberg in Tombstone, A.T. After the war, the Clanton clan headed west, passing through southeastern Arizona on their way to California, where theyd run into their first of several legal and ethical clashes in the West. Not after what you done. Doc Holliday Corral was the main event, this was the foreplay. Bard gave the young hothead a quick lesson on the facts of frontier life, warning him rather forcefully not to repeat his mistake.. In March 1882, Morgan was shot and killed in Campbell & Hatch Saloon and Billiard Parlor, and the Earp Vendetta Ride was officially on. After disarming Billy Clanton, Wyatt says hell throw his guns on the other side of the bridge, prompting a threat that wouldnt seem out of place from the Clantons. The story of the Earps and the cowboys of Cochise County may be a gray area of Arizonas past, but Ike Clantons actions clearly paint a less-than-courageous picture before, during and after the infamous gunfight at the O.K. | Either way, he conveniently dodged more bullets. On August 12, 1881, Old Man Clanton and six other men were herding stolen cattle sold to him by William Brocius through Guadalupe Canyon near the Mexican border. Its not hard to see why history paints Ikes character so poorly. [5]:193 However, the Clantons never registered a brand in either Cochise County or Pima County which was required to legally raise cattle. Curly Bill Brocious Robert John Burke Frank McLaury Dana Delany Josephine Marcus Sam Elliott Virgil Earp Stephen Lang Ike Clanton Terry O'Quinn Mayor John Clum . Corral Gunfight. [5]:193 The Clantons were reputed to be among a group of outlaw Cowboys who crossed the border into Mexico where they stole cattle and re-sold them to the hungry miners in Cochise County. With the deal dissolved, Ike Clanton faced a new problem: if word got out that he colluded with Wyatt Earp to turn in other outlaws, however that deal ended, his reputation and his life was in danger. Old Man Clanton and five other men were killed in the ambush. He is married to Kristina Watson, a costume designer and teacher, with whom he has four children. [4] Sheriff Johnny Behan At about dawn on October 26, the card game broke up and Behan and Virgil Earp went home to bed. Corral.Ike, the braggart leader of the outlaws, fled at the first sound of gunfire with Billy Claibourne hot on his heels.His brother William "Billy" Clanton was killed in the shootout along with Frank and Tom McLowry. By late October, Ikes grumblings had reached a breaking point. I know! [21]:89 From Spangenberg's, the Cowboys moved to the O.K. A long string of events led to the gunfight at the O.K. They hit up Spangenbergs, an ammuniton store, and loaded up their gun belts as the town, including Wyatt, looked on. At that time, Newman Clanton was living with his sons Phin (or "Fin"), Ike, and Billy. 1993's Tombstone is definitively the best western movie ever made. They also raised cattle and hauled cargo to surrounding communities, doing just about anything needed to survive in the harsh desert environment. Joseph Isaac Clanton was born in Missouri in 1847, to Mariah Kelso and Newman Old Man Clanton, who we can only assume looked like an old grizzled cattle baron from birth. Immediately after the fight, Ike Clanton was kept in the Tombstone jail as rumors swirled that hed be lynched by the towns growing vigilante mob, townsfolk who tired of dealing with the cowboys and their violence. (uncredited) Casting By Paul Nathan . Apache warriors had engaged the U.S. Army near Tombstone just three weeks before the O.K. Michael Witney played Clanton in Doc (1971). Clanton proved a better witness for the defense than the prosecution. Good. Clanton said he feared that Wyatt wanted to kill him because he knew of Wyatt's role. He thought catching the March 15, 1881 robbers of the Benson Stage (in which the driver and a passenger were killed) would help him win the sheriff's office. Corral gunfight, so the need for weapons outside of town was well established and accepted.[15]. Morgan and Virgil were also shot, Doc Holliday was grazed by a bullet, and Wyatt came away unharmed. Frank Stillwell That's real good. [citation needed] From 1959 to 1960, the actor John Milford portrayed Clanton in eight episodes of the ABC/Desilu television series, The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp. Tell all the other curs the law's comin'! McCann slapped Clanton, who left and fetched his pistol. That's the rumor. Many Southerners held some sympathy for the displaced Texas cowboys; Northerners tended to see them as unholy scum terrorizing their towns. Whats not up for debate, however, is the fact that Ike Clanton, who had been buffaloed and disarmed hours earlier, did not have a weapon. Clanton testified later that he saw Virgil take his six-shooter out of his lap and stick it in his pants when the game ended. : The Toughest Gun in Tombstone. He is best known for being a member of group of outlaw Cowboys that had ongoing conflicts with lawmen Wyatt, Virgil and Morgan Earp. : Instead, they remained fully armed. [Stillwell and Ike are planning to ambush the Earps at the train station] "[12]:6668:164 Clanton ran through the front door of Fly's boarding house and escaped, unwounded. I heard of you. Miles Quaritch from the fantasy Avatar, Ike Clanton in the western Tombstone and Harry Black in the drama Last Exit to Brooklyn. After his mother's death in 1866, he and his brothers stayed with their father. Ike Clanton : Listen, Mr. Kansas Law Dog. After the confrontation with Clanton, Wyatt Earp took Holliday back to his boarding house at Camillus Sidney "Buck" Fly's Lodging House to sleep off his drinking, then went home and to bed. Savvy? They quickly discovered a shallow grave under a large tree that they believe contains the remains of Ike Clanton. It also didnt take long for Old Man Clanton to grasp the fruitful economics of borderland cattle rustling. He has gained world recognition after the roles of Col. Wyatt Earp : I heard you the first time. [22] Wyatt never located Clanton, although they killed three other outlaw Cowboys, and the Earps and Holliday left the Arizona Territory in late April, 1882. During his testimony after the shootout at the O.K. Corral in the boomtown of Tombstone, Arizona Territory but was unarmed and ran from the gunfight, in which his 19-year-old brother Billy was killed. He's drunk. Earp later said that on June 2, 1881 he offered the Wells, Fargo & Co. reward money and more to Clanton if he would provide information leading to the capture or death of the stage robbers. By 1878 Ike was running a small "lunch counter" at the Tombstone Mill site (now Millville on the San Pedro Rivernot in modern Tombstone). Unsurprisingly, the poll results for the precinct were largely in favor of Shibell, who was aligned with ranchers of the area. director of photography Film Editing by Casting By Lora Kennedy Production Design by Corral . He took part in the Mason County War in Texas during which he committed his first murder. director of photography Film Editing by Harvey Rosenstock Roberto Silvi The Clantons eventually settled in Santa Barbara County, near Port Hueneme, and lived on what they believed to be public land, but which in fact belonged to wealthy, influential folks like Thomas A. Scott, a railroad baron who had been elected U.S. Assistant Secretary of War by Lincoln before the Civil War. He's mine, understand? Which is where Ike and his crew got into trouble with the Earps and Doc Holliday or the other way around, depending on who you asked. [9] Around dawn, they were ambushed by Mexicans dispatched by Commandant Felipe Neri[10]:110 in the Guadalupe Canyon Massacre. : Stephen was born in New York City, New York, to Theresa (Volmer) and Eugene Lang, a prominent businessperson and philanthropist. Tombstone - Kurt Russell and Val Kilmer Poster (24 x 36") 19.99 from Amazon.co.uk. [4], Later in the morning, Clanton picked up his rifle and single-action revolver from the West End Corral, where he had stabled his wagon and team and deposited his weapons after entering town. : Clearing his cousin's name is a mission for Terry "Ike" Clanton, an actor who lives in California.Earp and Clanton have appeared nationwide to discuss the history leading up to that 30 . Mr. Wilson, at whose ranch the shooting occurred, notified the nearest neighbors and four men came over and identified the deceased and assisted in giving him as decent a burial as circumstances would admit. If fight was his racket, its fitting that more than 100 years later, a fight however small or one-sided still endures to determine Ike Clantons rightful reputation in American West history. ["Rest in peace" meaning: "It's your funeral!"]. If Ike wasnt involved, he likely played an indirect role in the attempt, and if he was one of the would-be assassins, it further strengthened his gutless reputation. : Clanton filed murder charges against the Earps and Holliday but after a 30-day preliminary hearing, Justice Wells Spicer ruled that the lawmen had acted within their lawful duty. [31] Clanton was portrayed by Grant Withers in the John Ford classic My Darling Clementine (1946). October 26, 1881. Filming & Production He took Holliday's walking-stick in return. Ike sprinted to safety through Flys boarding house, leaving his younger brother and two friends to be shot to pieces, wrote Wm. Flys Boardinghouse and A Frame Residence Owned by William Hardwood, but the response has been lackluster at best. The Arizona Weekly Citizen reported on the early success of his digs, where the fam irrigated and planted 120 acres with wheat, corn, barley and all kinds of vegetables, with hundreds of acres awaiting future crops. One talented actor that was supposed to have a huge role in Tombstone was Robert Mitchum, who is best known for his role in thriller Cape Fear. The Cowboys supported incumbent Sheriff Charles Shibell while the Earps supported his opponent Bob Paul in the November 1880 election. By 1881, however, he was working on his father's ranch at Lewis Springs, about 12 miles (19km) west of Tombstone and 5 miles (8.0km) from Charleston.[1]. Since this fighting talk had gone on so long, Ike blustered, he guessed it was about time to fetch it to a close.'. Six years later Clanton was killed attempting to flee when he was shot by a lawman seeking to arrest him for cattle-rustling. In other words: not the kind of person you want to argue land rights with. After the papers came he gave the horse up without any service of papers and asked me if I had any more horses to lose, Wyatt later claimed. Although Spicer noted that Virgils action to include Wyatt, Morgan and Doc in the confrontation was injudicious and censurable, it wasnt enough to convince him that the Earps acted in the wrong. A line originally written for Old Man Clanton in the movie "Tombstone", but delivered by Powers Booth who played Curly Bill Brocius, after Old Man Clanton's character was cut from the 1993 fictional movie.
