Tombstone Marshal Virgil Earp played cards with Clanton, Tom McLaury, Cochise County Sheriff Johnny Behan and a fifth man (unknown to Clanton and to history), until morning. But the Clantons were greenhorns in this part of the country, and Ike learned the hard way how the law of the land worked in the Golden State. That's Virgil there with the women. When Wyatt confronted Billy Clanton in Charleston, near Tombstone, the Cowboy made it clear he knew the horse belonged to the no-nonsense Earp. Born in Callaway County, Missouri, Joseph Isaac "Ike" Clanton was one of seven children of Newman Haynes Clanton, (18161881) and his wife Mariah Sexton (Kelso) Clanton. 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. Not in any language. 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. Ike Clanton : Listen, Mr. Kansas Law Dog. Eventus stultorum magister. McCann did the same and the two met on the street in front of the Wells Fargo office. Buck Taylor Turkey Creek Jack Johnson Harry Carey Jr. Tombstone Marshal Fred White Pedro Armendriz Jr. In the 1946 classic 'My Darling Clementine', Clanton was portrayed by Grant Withers. The movie plays very loose with the facts, but apparently the real-life Ike Clanton had a habit of running away from fights, too. During the course of this rather intense standoff, Ike Clanton, then employed as a day laborer, made the mistake of threatening the life of surveyor Johnny Stow. According to The Last Gunfight, over the course of his drunken bender, Ike made these alleged threats to the Earps and Doc Holliday: The bar scene in Tombstone was no stranger to Ikes drunken threats, but on the morning of October 26, he was spotted armed, drunk and rambling by Ned Boyle, a barkeep at the Oriental. They were a rip-roarin, fun-lovin bunch of boys when they had money to spend, and most of the saloonkeepers wanted the cowboys to spend it at their bars, even if they paid with Mexican pesos and dirty money, wrote Casey Tefertiller in Wyatt Earp: The Life Behind the Legend. In pace requiescat. Product Information. In the gunfight, Virgil, Morgan and Wyatt Earp joined Doc Holliday to . The story's shown through his eyes. (uncredited) Art Direction by Set Decoration by Sam Comer Arthur Krams : Sherman McMasters Ballot-stuffing was about as cool back then as it is now, so Paul sued for election fraud and eventually won the office, which he took over in April 1881. D.T. Instead, they remained fully armed. The story of Wyatt Earp has been told many times over the years, from history books teaching us about the O.K. [27] During May and June 1887, several grand jury indictments were brought against the Clantons and their friends. Cochise County Sheriff Johnny Behan, a friend to the Cowboys,[19] later testified that he first learned of the trouble while he was getting a shave at the barbershop after 1:30 pm, which is when he had risen after the late-night game. 'Doc': Dirigido por Frank Perry. : Next time it wont be your horse well get, Billy Clanton called after Wyatt in highly colored allusion; itll be you.'. Eventually, the brothers hit the streets of Tombstone, where they found and buffaloed a drunk and armed Ike Clanton, dragging him to court to pay a fine for carrying a firearm in town. Winner to the King, five hundred dollars. Curly Bill Clanton was implicated in the attempted assassination of Virgil Earp on December 30, 1881 but other Cowboys provided an alibi and he was released. (uncredited) Casting By Paul Nathan . More than a year later, probably sometime in December 1880, Earp was told the horse was being used near Charleston, and Wyatt and Holliday were forced to ride to the Clanton's ranch near Charleston to await ownership papers in order to legally recover it. Joseph Isaac. Angrily, Frank said he would not drink, and he and Billy left the saloon immediately to seek Tom. The family moved to Tombstone, Arizona in 1877. Others, totally over the cowboys threats, believed the Earps acted in good faith to protect the town and its citizens from further bloodshed. What's wrong with him? 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. [5]:193 However, the Clantons never registered a brand in either Cochise County or Pima County which was required to legally raise cattle. Another fun fact, Ike Clanton in tombstone is played by Stephen Lang, the antagonist militant leader in James Cameron's Avatar. 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. Clanton, about age 34, and his 19-year-old brother, Billy, were among the five cowboys confronted by the Earp brothers and a dentist that fateful day. Tombstone Cast & Crew . Wyatt Earp [13] Clanton was fined $25 plus court costs and after paying the fine left unarmed. Ike spent the next few months accusing Wyatt of telling others about their deal, perhaps not understanding that Wyatt didnt really want the arrangement publicized either. Brighton fired his rifle first, shooting Clanton through the left side, the bullet exiting out the right. He's mine, understand? Yeah, that's good, Mr. Law Dog, 'cause law just don't go around here. Ike was unarmed as he should have been, due to Tombstones in-town firearm policy so he technically wasnt doing anything illegal. As Wyatt recounted in the San Francisco Examiner in 1896: The moment the first shots were fired and Philpott fell, the horses plunged ahead so viciously that nothing could have stopped them. [2], In the summer of 1881, Clanton got into an argument with gambler "Denny" McCann. ["Events are the teachers of fools" meaning: "Fools have to learn by experience"]. Tell all the other curs the law's comin'! Clanton said Wyatt shoved his revolver in his belly, telling him, "You son-of-a-bitch, you can have a fight!". A few days later Wyatt gathered a larger posse and set out on a vendetta, determined to mete out justice that had evaded him. Company Credits | This permitted a traveler to keep his firearms if he was proceeding directly to a livery, hotel or saloon. And you must be Ringo. Let's have a spelling contest! Johnny Ringo Thanks to movies like Tombstone, and books like The Last Gunfight and Tombstone: The Earp Brothers, Doc Holliday, and the Vendetta Ride from Hell, Ike Clantons self-aggrandizing reputation is pretty well set in stone. 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. Doc Holliday Michael Witney played Clanton in Doc (1971). Public sentiment of the fight was relatively split: some folks thought the cowboys were murdered outright, especially when two of them (Tom and Ike) were allegedly not armed. 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. Brighton was a constable in Springerville and a range detective. After leaving Dodge City in late 1879, Wyatt Earp and Mattie mosied down to Prescott, where Virgil Earp was town constable. . : Corral. Holliday, son of a bitch, nobody's that lucky. After the meal, Ike, Renfro, and Ellinger went into a cabin on the Clanton ranch when for unknown reasons Renfro shot and killed Ellinger. Kid Swingle, Longhair Sprague, Billy Evans, and Clanton's brother-in-law, Ebin Stanley. [27] On November 6, 1885, local rancher Isaac Ellinger and Pratt Plummer had dinner with the Clanton brothers and Lee Renfro. Some argue the Earps extended far beyond their legal reach in Tombstone, or that J.V. The indictments included charges of cattle-rustling and murder for the death of Isaac Ellinger. Wyatt, please, I Wyatt Earp Clanton is another character played by William Hurndell in the 1966 "Dr. Who" tale "The Gunfighters." Estimated net worth The estimated net worth of Ike Clanton is about $1 million. Tombstone Marshal Virgil Earp played cards with Clanton, Tom McLaury, Cochise County Sheriff Johnny Behan and a fifth man (unknown to Clanton and to history), until morning. Released in 1993. But some things dont change, and in the following years the Clantons faced multiple charges, from stealing cattle to outright robbery. Around three in the afternoon, Wyatt, Virgil, Morgan and Doc Holliday began their walk down to the lot, past Johnny Behan, who falsely claimed to have already disarmed the cowboys. Wyatt Earp His big mouth and. On October 25, he and Doc Holliday got into a heated, drunken argument in the Alhambra saloon. By noon that day, Clanton, drinking again and armed, told others he was looking for Holliday or an Earp. Tombstone (1993) Full Cast & Crew See agents for this cast & crew on IMDbPro Directed by Writing Credits ( WGA) Kevin Jarre . During a month-long preliminary hearing before Judge Wells Spicer, Clanton told a story of abuse that he had suffered at the hands of the Earps and Holliday the night before the gunfight. Its not hard to see why history paints Ikes character so poorly. Ike Clantons testimony and the diverging stories he included eventually swung the verdict toward the Earp side, and on November 30, Spicer reported that he cannot resist the conclusion that the defendants were fully justified in committing these homicides, according to The Last Gunfight. Having successfully built a career as a lawman in the Old West, Wyatt Earp arrives in the town of Tombstone to enjoy a much-deserved retirement with his two brothers, Virgil . Christensen was born and raised in Phoenix, Arizona, and now lives with his wife and kids in Massachusetts. When they got there, a tense standoff left all the mens nerves frayed. Doc Holliday (1958) Matt Sloane is sent from Texas to Arizona to tame Tombstone where a gang of outlaws deals with cattle and silver. At about 1:00 pm, Virgil and Morgan Earp surprised Clanton on 4th Street where Virgil pistol whipped him from behind. Billy and Frank stopped first at the Grand Hotel on Allen Street, and were greeted by Doc Holliday. : [terrified, pleading] [placing a shotgun to McMaster's head] Not me. More at IMDbPro Contact info At the gunfight, he was unarmed. The lot was six lots removed from the rear entrance to the O.K. The family bounced around looking for opportunities, and when Ike was a teenager, his father and brother, John Wesley, joined the Confederate cause. [27], On December 25, 1886Christmas DayEvans, wanting to see if a bullet would go through a Mormon, shot and killed Jim Hale in cold blood. He is best known for being a member of group of outlaw Cowboys that had ongoing conflicts with lawmen Wyatt, Virgil and Morgan Earp. : He took Holliday's walking-stick in return. [4] Not having rented a room, McLaury and Clanton had no place to go. They learned immediately after of their brothers' beatings by the Earps within the previous two hours. Stephen Lang as Ike Clanton in Tombstone Stephen Lang was cast as Ike Clanton in Tombstone, one of Western genre movies' most celebrated films. 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. 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. Today, youll find armchair historians on both sides of the story: those who think the Earps murdered cowboys in cold blood, and those who think the cowboys presented a legit threat that had to be dealt with accordingly. 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. Since this fighting talk had gone on so long, Ike blustered, he guessed it was about time to fetch it to a close.'. All right, Clanton you called down the thunder, well now you've got it! Ike Clanton was raised on a cattle ranch in Missouri, where he learned the trade of cattle herding and ranching at an early age. DeForest Kelley (Dr. Leonard McCoy) also played Clanton in an episode of the CBS television series You Are There prior to Star Trek.[38][39]. When the dust settled on the most infamous gunfight in the West, three men lay dying in the streets of Tombstone, including 19-year-old Billy Clanton. It was now a matter of which foolish, potentially lethal thing Ike might do first.. : 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. It's the story of legendary lawman Wyatt Earp (Kurt Russell) and focuses on his time in Tombstone, Arizona, battling cowboys alongside his brothers and best friend, the former dentist turned poker playing gunfighter Doc Holliday. For Ike Clanton, the rest of 1881 only got worse. "[12]:6668:164 Clanton ran through the front door of Fly's boarding house and escaped, unwounded. John Peters Ringo (May 3, 1850 - July 13, 1882), known as Johnny Ringo, was an American Old West outlaw loosely associated with the Cochise County Cowboys in frontier boomtown Tombstone, Arizona Territory. Ike would later claim the whole gunfight was a setup to kill Ike, which judge Wells Spicer disproved since the Earps didnt actually kill him when they had several opportunities to do so. Clanton had told others that Doc Holliday, Virgil Earp, Wyatt Earp, and Morgan Earp had all confided in him that they had actually been involved in the Benson stage robbery. Ike Clanton The next morning Scotts agent Thomas R. Bard, later a major figure in the Union Oil Company and a United States senator from California, armed himself with a Winchester rifle and called Ike from his shack. Some thirty seconds after the fight started, it was over. ["Rest in peace" meaning: "It's your funeral!"]. But Ikes time in court included more threats, and a heated argument with Wyatt, who claimed he would be justified in shooting you down any place I would meet you thanks to Ikes many threats to the Earp clan. Within days, Wyatt would kill Frank Stilwell and Curly Bill, though Ike escaped his vengeful grasp. Flys boardinghouse and a frame residence owned by William Hardwood, who had been Tombstones first mayor.. I heard of you. With Old Man Clanton in the grave, Ike was finally free to act however he pleased without worrying about how his father might respond afterward, wrote Jeff Guinn in The Last Gunfight. director of photography (as Charles B. Lang Jr.) Film Editing by Warren Low . Miles Quaritch from the fantasy Avatar, Ike Clanton in the western Tombstone and Harry Black in the drama Last Exit to Brooklyn. In this 1993 film, he's the main Tombstone character. 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. Wyatt Earp 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. Robert Mitchum Left On First Day Of Filming Despite landing the role of Old Man Clanton, Mitchum's time on set came to an end on the first day of filming. Corral during a trial scene in Muskogee Little Theatre's production . [4], At about dawn on October 26, the card game broke up and Behan and Virgil Earp went home to bed. Tombstone Marshal Fred White Doc Holliday Born March 17, 1951 in Springfield MA. He said the Benson stage robbery was concocted by the Earps and Holliday to cover up money they had "piped off" to pay bribes. : By the end of 1880, there had been enough run-ins between the Clantons, McLaurys and Earps to set the stage for their epic standoff in October 1881. Evidently Mr. Ringo's an educated man. Related read: 6 Tombstone Filming Locations You Can Still Visit Today. Stephen was born in New York City, New York, to Theresa (Volmer) and Eugene Lang, a prominent businessperson and philanthropist. That's the rumor. Corral, Clanton claimed to have raised and purchased about 700 head of cattle during the past year,[4] and the Clanton ranch was one of the most profitable cattle ranches in that part of the country. He didnt stop at legal activities, however; just about every source agrees that he and his sons rustled and bought rustled stock, participating in the free and easy raiding conducted both by Arizona bands and by Mexican bands criss-crossing the Mexican border, wrote Paula Marks in And Die in the West: The Story of the O.K. woman with scar on her face in tombstonemi compromiso contigo amor [28][27], Brighton pursued Clanton. Ike Clanton Why Ike, whatever do you mean? : [6] The Mexican government at the time placed high tariffs on goods transported across the border, making smuggling a profitable enterprise.[7][8]. Yeah, you look it. Johnny Ringo A man named Coleman told Virgil that the Cowboys had left the Dunbar and Dexter Stable for the O.K. Wyatt Earp director of photography Film Editing by Casting By Lora Kennedy Production Design by [30] Since their discovery, Terry has unsuccessfully tried to interest Tombstone city officials in exhuming the remains and re-interring them in Tombstone's famous Boot Hill graveyard.[30]. Con Stacy Keach, Faye Dunaway, Harris Yulin, Michael Witney. In the film, Clanton is portrayed as being second-in-command of the Clanton Gang. Directed by John Sturges Writing Credits Cast (in credits order) verified as complete Produced by Music by Dimitri Tiomkin Cinematography by Charles Lang . Frank Stillwell Corral Postscript: The Death of Ike Clanton, I will be ready for all of you in the morning., You must not think I wont be after you all in the morning., The damned son of a bitch has got to fight., You may have to fight before you know it.. ["Do what you do" meaning: "Do what you do best"]. [4] Sheriff Johnny Behan At about dawn on October 26, the card game broke up and Behan and Virgil Earp went home to bed. The practically all male cast features lean, rugged Robert Ryan as Earp's chief real-life nemesis Ike Clanton and in his second motion picture lanky Jon Voight of "Midnight Cowboy" fame. It's located in British Columbia, Canada.This cache is one in the series of "movie title" caches. Related read: The Invisibly Adventurous Life of Josephine Marcus Earp. [citation needed] Stephen Lang played Clanton in the movie Tombstone (1993), which draws heavily on the Billy Breakenridge book Helldorado: Bringing the Law to the Mesquite. 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. [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. Jeff Fahey played Clanton in the movie Wyatt Earp (1994),[40] starring Kevin Costner as Wyatt Earp. He left his younger brother to die alone in a gunfight, and later, allowed a ruthless murderer to escape his property instead of facing the letter of the law. The usual verdict: Ike was all bark and no bite. Houses, shanties and jacals are going up rapidly, and several families are now on the ground, the Weekly Republican reported. Joseph Isaac (Ike) Clanton (1847 - June 1, 1887) was born in Callaway County, Missouri. Savvy? Morgan and Virgil were also shot, Doc Holliday was grazed by a bullet, and Wyatt came away unharmed. Apache warriors had engaged the U.S. Army near Tombstone just three weeks before the O.K. And those are the threats Ike allegedly made the night of the 25th, and into the next morning. I told him I would keep them in the stable after this and give him no chance to steal them.. Clanton testified that Earp had threatened to kill his confederates because he feared they would reveal his part in the robbery. Later in the afternoon, Ike met up with his brother Billy, Tom and Frank McLaury, and Billy Claiborne, an outlaw and friend of the cowboys. [27], In late June 1996 a Clanton family descendant, Terry "Ike" Clanton, along with former Citadel professor and grave expert James A. Browning, searched the area near Eagle Creek in what is now Greenlee County, Arizona, where Ike was reportedly buried. A reporter who corresponded with Brighton in late June 1887 relayed Brighton's story about the arrest and shooting: The next morning, while they were at breakfast, Ike Clanton came riding up to the front door. Curly Bill : Shut up, Ike. Clanton was later accused, along with his brother, Phin Clanton, and friend Pony Diehl, of attempting to kill Virgil Earp on December 30, 1881, a shooting which left Virgil with a crippled left arm. Wyatt Earp (Matthew Madewell, left) interrogates Ike Clanton (Patrick Kays) on his recollections of the shootout at the O.K. Corral Gunfight. Disarming him, the Earps took Clanton to appear before Judge Wallace for violating the city's ordinance #9 against carrying firearms in the city. Wyatt claimed that Ike was present when Stilwell was killed at the Tucson train station, but that he ran to escape when he saw the Vendetta posse. That's real good. According to Earp, the plan was foiled when the three suspects, Leonard, Head and Crane, were killed in unrelated incidents. Despite Hollywood. This account of the court case that followed the gunfight at the OK Corral "will interest Wild West buffs as well as readers interested in legal history" ( Publishers Weekly ). Or that rustling cattle in that time and landscape was simply the way things were done. However, when the gunfight broke out, Clanton ran forward and grabbed Wyatt, exclaiming that he was unarmed and did not want a fight. Wyatt was shot at and missed. Official Sites Theyre goals that are: Those are the best kinds of goals! : : October 26, 1881. He further claimed that Holliday had told him that Holliday had "piped off" money from the stage before it left (although no money was missing, and the stage had not been successfully robbed). That was just how the A.T. rolled back then. A successful lawman's plans to retire anonymously in Tombstone, Arizona are disrupted by the kind of outlaws he was famous for eliminating. They also hired Jonas "Jake" V. Brighton as a secret service officer. Clanton died before he hit the dirt.[27][28]. Ikes reputation was also to not follow through on threats, so it was no surprise that Wyatt and Virgil both slept in that morning, even after hearing of Ikes antics. Pima County was heavily Democratic, but many of the new miners and merchants in Tombstone voted Republican. We don't want any trouble in here. Twelve hands in a row? After three days, he spent the night of May 31, 1887 at Jim "Peg Leg" Wilson's Ranch on Eagle Creek, south of Springerville. But the question remains: is Ike Clantons cowardly reputation warranted, or was he simply the victim of frontier circumstances beyond his control? He's drunk. ["In wine is truth" meaning: "When I'm drinking, I speak my mind"]. Billy Clanton had been shot several times, and was carried into a nearby home, where he died soon after. 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. : To avoid alarming Tombstone's public, Virgil returned to Hafford's Saloon carrying the shotgun under his long overcoat. A long string of events led to the gunfight at the O.K. Take a good look at him, Ike 'cause that's how you're gonna end up! Mr. Brighton got up from the table, walked to the door, and was familiarly saluted by him. 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. He gave the shotgun to Doc Holliday who hid it under his overcoat. All right then, I guess you can just get back on your horse and ride back down there to your new friends. [33][34] In Sturges' sequel, Hour of the Gun (1967), he is portrayed by Robert Ryan as a sophisticated man. Yes, but there's just something about him. Opening narration "In the early eighteen-eighties, when all law enforcement failed in Arizona Territory, cattle rustling, robbery and murder began a notorious reign.As law agencies became disorganized, crime organized and grew powerful under the leadership of three of the West's most vicious outlaws Johnny Ringo, Ike Clanton and Curly Bill Brocious. In missing the messenger and killing the driver the robbers had defeated their own plans.. His father worked at times as a day laborer, a gold miner, a farmer, and by the late 1870s, a cattleman in Arizona Territory. "OLD MAN" CLANTON . He testified that the Clantons and Frank McLaury raised their hands after Virgil's command, and Tom thrust open his vest to show he was unarmed. [29] Some modern writers wonder if Brighton simply used resisting arrest as an excuse to explain his assassination of Clanton. Will update later. Phin was caught and jailed in April 1887, and in May, Ike arrived at a cabin on Eagle Creek, south of Springerville, only to run into J.V. Go to fighting or get away. Ike Clanton took flight, racing through the Fly house, into a vacant lot, through Kelloggs saloon, and finished his sprint two blocks away on Toughnut Street, where he was later arrested..