Clint Eastwood - Biography

Last Editor: aprilrose426				Clint Eastwood Biography -   Name : Clint Eastwood Birth Date : May 31, 1930 Birth Place : St. Francis Hospital, San Francisco, California, USA Height : 6' 4 Education : Los Angeles City College in Los Angeles, California (majored in Business) Nationality : American Profession : Actor, composer, director, producer, writer Claim to fame : as Harry Callahan in Dirty Harry (1977)

Clint Eastwood Trivia -

Movie producer Dino De Laurentiis, the man behind hits including DEATH WISH and HANNIBAL, gave Eastwood Berlinetta Ferrari while he filmed THE WITCHES in Rome in 1966. Has settled a $10 million libel lawsuit against Patrick McGilligan and his publisher St. Martin’s Press. The suit claimed that McGilligan’s unauthorized biography, “Clint: The Life and Legend,” included false and defamatory statements that Eastwood had beaten his first wife. (August 16, 2004) Has dropped a libel lawsuit over an unauthorized biography which claimed he beat his ex-wife in exchange for the removal of passages from the book. (August 14, 2004) Is the spokesman for Take Pride in America, an organization of volunteers who maintain public lands. (May 27, 2004) Nominated for Best Director Oscar for MYSTIC RIVER (2004) Eastwood's 1971 DIRTY HARRY film has topped Men's Journal poll of The 50 Best Guy Movies. (November 12, 2003) Eastwood, the mayor of the California town of Carmel in 1986, says fellow actor Arnold Schwarzenegger is going to need a good measure of luck in his new role as California's governor -- Politicians have to take unpopular decisions. Schwarzenegger is going to understand the nature of his job. I wish him good luck, he's going to need it. It's going to be difficult for him, said Eastwood in an interview. (October 15, 2003) Many of the cast members of his new film MYSTIC RIVER - Sean Penn, Tim Robbins and Kevin Bacon - have directing credits, but it wasn't a problem for the actors to follow orders from Eastwood. Tim Robbins was pleased with Eastwood's habit of having his actors do only a couple of takes of each scene, and not work 16-hour days. Eastwood’s gripping, psychological crime thriller MYSTIC RIVER opens the New York Film Festival on Friday. (October 3, 2003) Eastwood says his days as trigger-happy cop Dirty Harry are over despite studio efforts to reprise the role -- Eastwood has claimed that as far as he is concerned, he has handed in his badge, saying “I'm too old to make comic books. I have nothing against them, I like a good adventure film as much as the next guy, but it's not for me. (May 28, 2003) Eastwood was on hand to help introduce the world to the American Film Institute's new flagship location – He was the guest of honor at the opening of the Afi Silver Theatre And Cultural Center in Silver Spring, Maryland, on Friday. (April 9, 2003) Eastwood says he's sick of making kiddie movies -- the actor believes that the Hollywood movie machine is driven by the teen market, something which he has no interest in working in. (January 22, 2003) Eastwood has lodged a $10 million libel lawsuit against the author and publisher of an unauthorized biography, saying the book portrays him as a wife-beater, atheist and coward -- the suit, filed in U.S. District Court in San Jose late on Tuesday, also contends that author Patrick McGilligan and publisher St. Martin's Press attempted to destroy Eastwood's reputation in the book Clint: The Life of a Legend. (December 27, 2002) Eastwood was 41 years old when he debuted in the role of maverick Det. Dirty Harry Calahan in the action film DIRTY HARRY (1971). Apparently, the part had been refused by Paul Newman, John Wayne, Robert Mitchum, and Frank Sinatra. Eastwood insisted on performing his own action stunts, including the famous scene where he jumped from a bridge to the roof of a moving school bus. His SPAGHETTI WESTERNS marked the beginning of a new era in cinematic violence. About fifty people were killed in 1964 A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS. Ranked #2 in Empire (UK) magazine's The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time list. (October 1997) A partial owner of the Pebbles Beach Golf Country Club in Monterey Peninsula, California. Eastwood wore the same poncho, without ever having washed it, in all three of his man with no name western movies. Got his first acting role in Rawhide while visiting a friend at the CBS lot when a studio exec spotted him because he looked like a cowboy. It's somewhat ironic, given his penchant towards directing or starring in westerns, that his name, Clint Eastwood, is an anagram for 'old west action.' Owning the inn Mission Ranch, Carmel, California, USA. Until his pride was displaced by discovery of a larger version of same tree in 2002, Eastwood used to be proud owner of tree believed to be the nation's largest known hardwood--a bluegum eucalyptus. In BACK TO THE FUTURE PART III (1990), When Doc and Marty are at the drive-in preparing the DeLorean for the trip to 1885, Marty mentions Clint Eastwood and Doc replies that he's never heard of him. In this shot, there is a movie poster on the drive-in's wall showcasing the movie REVENGE OF THE CREATURE (1955) which features an appearance by a young Clint Eastwood. Despite his reputation for violence in other films, his character in WHERE EAGLES DARE kills more people in this film than any other Eastwood character. He was reluctant to receive second billing to Burton, but agreed after being paid $800,000 for playing the role in WHERE EAGLES DARE (1968). His role in PER UN PUGNO DI DOLLARI (1964) was first offered to Henry Fonda and Charles Bronson. PLAY MISTY FOR ME (1971) was set in Carmel, CA, where Clint Eastwood lived and became mayor in 1986. Saul Rubinek asks Eastwood how he chose the order in which to shoot six deputies in UNFORGIVEN (1992). Eastwood replies that he got lucky. This is a sly reference to Eastwood's earlier film THE OUTLAW JOSEY WALES (1976), in which Chief Dan George asks Eastwood how he chose the order in which to shoot four Union soldiers, and Eastwood responds with a lengthy explanation about their various holsters and the looks in their eyes. TARANTULA (1955) is Eastwood's movie debut as the (uncredited) leader of the jet squadron that attacks the tarantula in the film's climax. The main character he portrayed in WHITE HUNTER, BLACK HEART (1990) is based on legendary director John Huston. Actually did hang six stories above the ground on the ledge scene in IN THE LINE OF FIRE (1993), although stuntmen did the jump and the fall onto the fire escape. He was considered for the role of Harmonica in C'ERA UNA VOLTA IL WEST (1969) Wwas once the mayor of Carmel Is allergic to horses

Clint Eastwood Detailed Biography -

Born Clinton Eastwood, Jr., on May 30, 1930, in San Francisco, California, he had a tough childhood because of the Great Depression, as his parents moved frequently in search of work, finally settling in Oakland. There he went to high school, graduating in 1948. Striking out on his own, he held various menial jobs before being drafted into the army. Clint Eastwood, possibly the world's most famous cowboy - started his working life as a lumberjack, forest fire-fighter and a steelworker. Discharged in 1953, he enrolled in Los Angeles City College as a business administration major, supporting himself with various odd jobs which included digging swimming pool. It was the anthology TV series The West Point Story which launched Clint onto the screens of American audiences. In 1971, after years of averagely-faring Westerns, he encountered a stroke of luck, Frank Sinatra turned down the part of detective Harry Callahan in Dirty Harry and the role was offered to Clint. In 1973 he reprised Harry Callahan in Magnum Force and, in the same year, signed a contract with Warner Bros. At this point Clint was romantically involved with Sondra Locke and he began a series of many collaborations with her, the first of which was The Outlaw Josey Wales. In 1976 Clint reprised Callahan yet again in The Enforcer, and the following year he teamed with an orangutan in the comedy Every Which Way But Loose, and in 1980 he showed off his singing talents with a performance on the Bronco Billy soundtrack. Clint was still succeeding as an actor, but his interest in politics was also growing and in 1986 he won a landslide victory as mayor of Carmel in California. He served in this position for two years and as soon as his term was over he moved to the more serious business of executive producing with Thelonius Monk: Straight, No Chaser. In 1992 Clint re-established his superstar status and won widespread acclaim with Unforgiven, which won the Best Picture and Best Director Oscar. Clint's most recent project involved teaming up with a group of old friends for the astronaut adventure movie Space Cowboys. He produced it and also starred alongside Tommy Lee Jones, Donald Sutherland and James Garner.