The City of Santa Clarita is inviting community members next week on Main Street for the unveiling of the newest inductees on the Walk of Western Stars. 

The Walk of Western Stars is scheduled to take place Friday, April 21 at 5 p.m. to honor local stuntmen Billy Burton and Walter Scott with a bronze saddle on terrazzo tile. 

The Walk of Western Stars is set to take place on the sidewalk half a block from Reyes Winery, on the west side of Main Street in Old Town Newhall between 8th and Market Streets.  

Since 1981, the City has honored Western television, radio and film stars and these new inductees are set to join them with their own bronze stars. 

Burton is a longtime Castaic resident, a stuntman and a second-unit director with an impressive career starting in the mid-1960s. 

Burton has made over 100 movies and television shows, with 30 of them in the Western genre. 

Burton began his career in movies such as “The Shakiest Gun in the West,” “The Great Train Robbery” and “Little Big Man” with Dustin Hoffman. 

Because Burton was raised in Southern California, his horse riding skills and cowboy lifestyle made him a natural fit as a stuntman during the heyday of Westerns, according to officials. 

Some of Burton’s other credits include “Blazing Saddles,” “Bite the Bullet” and “Heavens Gate.” 

He has also done stunts for non-Westerns, including “Predator,” “Bad Boys” and many more. 

Scott, a Canyon Country resident, has been in the movie business since the mid-1960s. 

Scott has more than 200 credits as a stuntman, actor and second unity director, 54 of which are for Westerns. 

One of Scott’s first jobs, when he started in the film industry, was as Clint Eastwood’s stunt double for the film “Hang ‘Em High.” 

Scott also worked on classic westerns such as “The Cowboys,” “Pat Garret and Billy the Kid,” “The Outlaw Josey Wales” and “Comes a Horseman.” 

Some of Scott’s recent credits include the television show “Westworld” and two films made by Quentin Tarantino: “The Hateful Eight” and “Django Unchained.” 

Outside of the Western genre, Scott did stunts for the 1975 version of “Rollerball,” “They Live” and “Back to the Future.” 

Free parking for the Walk of Western Stars unveiling is set to be available in the parking structure located on 9th Street between Railroad Avenue and Main Street. 

Community members are invited to further celebrate the newest inductees at a special reception inside Reyes Winery on Main beginning at 6 p.m. 

The reception is set to include light appetizers and non-alcoholic drinks, wine for purchase and video clips of the inductees’ work playing on screens. 

For more information about the Walk of Western Stars unveiling or reception, contact Arts and Events Manager Phil Lantis at plantis@santa-clarita.com.

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