His first roles were bit parts in films like Revenge of the Creature and Francis in the Navy, both released in 1955. Tall and handsome, he landed a screen test with Universal and signed a contract despite minimal acting experience. Army and stationed at Fort Ord on the Monterey Peninsula, where he served as a swimming instructor.Īfter his discharge in 1953, Eastwood wound his way down to Los Angeles, where he took classes at Los Angeles City College and worked at a gas station.
Eastwood attended Piedmont High School and then Oakland Technical High School, graduating in 1949.Įastwood worked odd jobs during and after high school, with stints as a hay baler, logger, truck driver and steel-furnace stoker. After traveling and looking for work throughout California during the Depression, the family settled in the Bay Area city of Piedmont. and Ruth Eastwood, in San Francisco, California.
Eastwood has since earned widespread praise for directing such Academy Award-winning films as Unforgiven, Mystic River and Million Dollar Baby.Įastwood was born Clinton Eastwood Jr. He then became immensely popular by portraying tough characters in a string of Sergio Leone movie Westerns and the Dirty Harry franchise. Clint Eastwood got his big break with a starring role on the television program Rawhide.
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