This biography of Clint Eastwood chronicles the life and career of one of Hollywood's most iconic actors. From his early days as a TV star in the 1950s to his later success as an Academy Award-winning director and producer, this book examines Eastwood's life
Clinton Eastwood Jr. is a retired American actor, filmmaker, and musician. After achieving success in the Western TV series Rawhide, Eastwood rose to international fame with his role as the "Man with No Name" in Sergio Leone's Dollars Trilogy of spaghetti Westerns during the mid-1960s and as antihero cop Harry Callahan in the five Dirty Harry films throughout the 1970s and 1980s. These roles, among others, have made Eastwood an enduring cultural icon of masculinity. Elected in 1986, Eastwood served for two years as the mayor of Carmel-by-the-Sea, California.