Clint eastwood s career as the ultimate actorturneddirector started in the 1950s, with his first big break in the television series rawhide. When the admired actor and director clint eastwood appeared at the premiere of his 2018 movie the mule in december, he seemed to have a surprise for many of his fans and ave celebritywatchers. An uncredited role in a b minus sequel to a b movie. How much is clint eastwoods son, scott eastwood, worth. Clint eastwood biography childhood, life achievements. Released later in 1980, any which way you can, was the sequel to every which way but loose and also starring eastwood. Clint eastwoods large family together at movie premiere. From pictures uploaded to instagram that night, observers counted that there were not seven children with him, but eight. Clint eastwoods daughter lands first movie role news18. In 1958, he landed his first consequential acting role in the longrunning tv show rawhide 1959 with eric fleming. To save time, warner hired tv director ted post, director of 24 episodes of rawhide, and someone eastwood was comfortable working with, to direct hang em high.
Rowdy was like most everyone else clint played in those yearsa nice young man, politely spoken and highly principled, but to him, not very interesting. A slow bloomer in almost every regard, clint was going on 19 when he left high school in an era where some students graduated at 16, got his first big film role at age 34, waited until he turned 38 to start a family not including illegitimate unmentionables, made his directorial debut at 41, and received his first oscar nomination when he was nearly 63. So for this list we are going to name five actordirectors or directoractors take your pick who fashioned stellar careers as an actor and as a director and made more. All of clint eastwoods movies ranked from worst to best. Film history is crammed with actors who have directed movies. The 88yearold oscarwinning director will be starring in a movie for the first time. Actordirector clint eastwood s daughter francesca has landed her first major movie role in her boyfriend tyler shields directorial debut. Sondra lockes sophomore directorial effort, 1990s impulse, was a psychological cop thriller starring theresa russell that also happened to be evan rachel woods first movie role. This graph shows clint eastwood s score on our annual analysis of leading stars at the box office. Scott eastwood was born scott clinton reeves in carmel, monterey county, california, to jacelyn ann reeves, a flight attendant, and clint eastwood, an actor and director. Entertainment clint eastwood returns to the big screen with first acting role in six years the american sniper and sully filmmaker stars in the mule, which will hit theaters december 14. Clint eastwoods first movie was 1955s revenge of the creature in which he played an uncredited role as a lab technician.
All of clint eastwood s movies ranked from worst to best. He struggled with various odd jobs, before being recommended to try his luck at acting. Clint eastwood was born may 31, 1930 in san francisco, the son of clinton eastwood sr. Its hard to think of anyone still alive who embodies american cinema more than clint eastwood. Rawhide in 1958, eastwood scored his big break with a major part in the tv. Watch tom hanks as hero pilot in first trailer for clint eastwoods sully news briefs. Clint eastwood, 88, spotted on set for first movie role in 6 years. Actress and director sondra locke, who was nominated for an academy award for her first film role in 1968s the heart is a lonely hunter and went on to costar in six films with clint eastwood. Starting from a small role, the multiple times oscarwinning actor went on to star in many successful films such as the first travelling saleslady and escapade in japan. One of the all time best american actors and directors, clint eastwood started his acting career with revenge of the creature, a low budget 1955 bfilm. Clint eastwood took to his role in a fistful of dollars.
Clint eastwood, american motionpicture actor who emerged as one of the most. Clint eastwood s 1st movie revenge of the creature 1955. Clint eastwood, bradley cooper and the movie the mule. Clint eastwood is an academy award winning american film actor, director, producer, and investor. Although he isnt listed in the credits, clint eastwood made his first film appearance in the 1955 3d film revenge of the creature, the first of two sequels to creature from the black lagoon. Eastwood has appeared in over 50 films, and has starred in 42 films, including hang em high, play misty for me, dirty harry, escape from alcatraz, tightrope, the bridges of madison county, and gran torino. His role in the eightseason series led to his leading roles in a fistful of dollars, for a few dollars more, and the good, the bad and the ugly. Clint eastwoods the mule box office packs powerful. Clint eastwood, american motionpicture actor who emerged as one of the most popular hollywood stars in the 1960s with the spaghetti westerns a fistful of dollars 1964 and the good, the bad and the ugly 1966. A rare costume test shot of clint when landing his first feature role in the 1955 3d sequel revenge of the creature. Ranking every clint eastwood film from worst to first dec 25, 2017 dec 25, 2017. Our online clint eastwood trivia quizzes can be adapted to suit your requirements for taking some of the top clint eastwood quizzes. Watch tom hanks as hero pilot in first trailer for clint eastwood s sully news briefs.
After beginning his acting career exclusively with small uncredited film roles and television appearances, his career has spanned more than 50 years. Scott eastwood s first acting job was in 2006s flags of our fathers, which was directed by his. Sondra locke, frequent costar in clint eastwood films. Clint eastwood may not have been a star when a fistful of dollars was released, but everything changed for him not long after that. People pointed out the way he spoke through his teeth and had an overall stuff manner on camera. For eastwoods first american western, hang em high 1968ted posts expert. Clint eastwood was born on may 31st, 1930 in san francisco.
This article is part of a series about clint eastwood early life personal life political life 2012 rnc appearance filmography discography bibliography awards and honors malpaso productions v t e clint eastwood is an american film actor, director, producer, and composer. Shields has already signed actress abigail breslin for thriller final girl, about a group of teenage boys who pick on the wrong girl as their last victim to initiate into their pack, reported contactmusic. In may 1955, eastwood put four hours work into the film never say goodbye, in which he again played a whitecoated technician uttering a single line, and again had a minor uncredited role as a ranch hand his first western film in august 1955 with law man, also known as stars in the dust. Scrapped batman beyond movie wanted clint eastwood as bruce wayne. Clint eastwood made his son work to earn whatever he wanted, from vehicles to acting roles. Though only a secondary player for the first seven seasons, clint was promoted to series star when fleming departed in its final year, along the way becoming a recognizable face to television viewers around the country. What was the first movie that clint eastwood directed. His first roles were bit parts in films like revenge of the creature and francis in the navy, both released in 1955. Clint eastwood, 88, spotted on set for first movie role in. But the first role offered to eastwood was substantially less than that. Scott has a younger sister, kathryn eastwood, and several halfsiblings. After six years away from the big screen, clint eastwood was spotted on set of his upcoming movie, the mule. He is popular for his performance in sergio leones dollars trilogy of spaghetti westerns as the man with no name during the 1960s and in the five dirty harry films as antihero cop harry callahan throughout the 1970s and 1980s.
A rare shot from 1955, clint attends a dance class at universal studios with john saxon and floyd simmons. Tall and handsome, he landed a screen test with universal and signed a contract despite minimal acting experience. The studio reacted quickly by signing eastwood to his first starring role in an american film. All of clint eastwoods movies ranked from worst to best newsweek. Ranking every clint eastwood film from worst to first. Eastwood took the role, which was a huge markdown from rawhide, but he clearly saw something in the movie. The eiger sanction 1975, all films in which he also played leading roles. Clint eastwood full list of movies and tv shows in theaters, in production and upcoming films. Obwohl clint eastwood durch seine italowestern sehr popular geworden war, dauerte es einige jahre, bis er auch in seinem heimatland als filmschauspieler. The star score represents points assigned to each of the leading stars of the top 100 movies based on box office in the current year and two preceding years. Clint eastwood is a filmmaker, actor, political figure, and musician. Janet maslin of the new york times wrote that film was the best and funniest clint eastwood movie in quite a while, and praised eastwood s directing, intricately juxtaposing the old west and the new west. The film initially earned him criticisms about the way he acted on camera. Early in revenge, eastwood portrays a lab technician named jennings.
Thus did clint eastwood achieve his first fame and, if not fortune, then the security of a running part in a series that lasted seven years. After years of rumors, clint eastwood finally acknowledges. Clint eastwood s kids, granddaughter, first wife and girlfriend all unite at movie premiere this link is to an external site that may or may not meet accessibility guidelines. Clint eastwood list of movies and tv shows tv guide.
The notion of earl stone, as played by clint eastwood, serving as the transportation for drug smuggling with a drug cartel came to pass after a long period of failed relations between he and his family. Eastwood has acted in several television series, most notably rawhide. A comprehensive database of more than 10 clint eastwood quizzes online, test your knowledge with clint eastwood quiz questions. His skill playing the rugged flawed villain sometimes led directors and studios to pass on him for roles that were outside the genre.
The film was eastwood s first starring role since trouble with the curve 2012. His first big success in his acting career was when he landed his role in rawhide in 1954. Clint eastwood returns to the big screen with first. The trilogy helped project eastwood into fully fledged stardom, landing him further roles, largely in westerns and war films. The list of directors who have acted in movies is not nearly as lengthy, and it gets even smaller if you eliminate films in which they didnt direct themselves.