All All. Sign In. Nobel Prize in Cinema. List activity. Irene Papas. She died on 14 September in Chiliomodion, Corinthia, Greece. Clint Eastwood. Clinton Eastwood Jr. He grew up in nearby Piedmont.
At school Clint took interest in music and mechanics, but was an otherwise bored student; this resulted in being held back a grade. In , the year he graduated from high school, his parents and younger sister Jeanne moved to Seattle. Clint spent a couple years in the Pacific Northwest himself, operating log broncs in Springfield, Oregon, with summer gigs life-guarding in Renton, Washington.
City College, but dropped out to pursue acting. During the mids he landed uncredited bit parts in such B-films as Revenge of the Creature and Tarantula while digging swimming pools and driving a garbage truck to supplement his income. In , he landed his first consequential acting role in the long-running TV show Rawhide with Eric Fleming.
Although only a secondary player the first seven seasons, he was promoted to series star when Fleming departed--both literally and figuratively--in its final year, along the way becoming a recognizable face to television viewers around the country.
The movies were shown exclusively in Italy during their respective copyright years with Enrico Maria Salerno providing the voice of Eastwood's character, finally getting American distribution in As the last film racked up respectable grosses, Eastwood, 37, rose from a barely registering actor to sought-after commodity in just a matter of months.
