31th May
1930
Clint Eastwood born
Actor Clint Eastwood is born this day in San Francisco. With his
father, he wandered the West Coast as a boy during the Depression.
After four years in the Army Special Services, Eastwood came to
Hollywood, winning small roles.
For eight years, he played Rowdy Yates in the popular TV western
series Rawhide and later starred in three low-budget "spaghetti"
westerns: Fistful of Dollars (1964), For a Few Dollars More, (1965)
and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966), all of which became
hits.
Eastwood's real breakthrough came with the smash hit Dirty Harry,
which was followed by four sequels in the 1970s and 1980s. Eastwood
began directing in 1971; Unforgiven (1992), which he directed and
starred in, won the Best Picture Oscar.
