Chuck Norris, finest identified for his function as Cordell Walker within the hit CBS TV present Walker, Texas Ranger, was born in Ryan, Oklahoma, on March 10, 1940; he grew up with a rocky residence life earlier than transferring to Torrance, California, as a teen together with his mother after his dad and mom’ divorce. In 1958, shortly after graduating highschool, Norris joined the Air Pressure and was later deployed to Korea as an air policeman. As soon as in Korea, he developed a fascination with martial arts — a observe that might develop into a major a part of his life and the spine of his Hollywood profession. Upon returning to the U.S. in 1962, Norris opened his karate faculty, educating college students together with Priscilla Presley, Bob Barker and the Osmonds.