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American actor and director (born 1930)

This article is about the American actor. For other uses, see Clint Eastwood (disambiguation).

Clinton Eastwood Jr. (born May 31, 1930) is an American actor and film director. 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.

Eastwood's greatest commercial successes are the adventure comedy Every Which Way but Loose (1978) and its action comedy sequel Any Which Way You Can (1980). Other popular Eastwood films include the Westerns Hang 'Em High (1968), The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976) and Pale Rider (1985), the action-war film Where Eagles Dare (1968), the prison film Escape from Alcatraz (1979), the war film Heartbreak Ridge (1986), the action film In the Line of Fire (1993), and the romantic drama The Bridges of Madison County (1995). More recent works include Gran Torino (2008), The Mule (2018), and Cry Macho (2021). Since 1967, Eastwood's company Malpaso Productions has produced all but four of his American films.

An Academy Award nominee for Best Actor, Eastwood won Best Director and Best Picture for his Western film Unforgiven (1992) and his sports drama Million Dollar Baby (2004). In addition to directing many of his own star vehicles, Eastwood has directed films in which he did not appear, such as the mystery drama Mystic River (2003) and the war film Letters from Iwo Jima (2006), for which he received Academy Award nominations, as well as the legal thriller Juror #2 (2024). He also

By Lee Pfeiffer

Movie fans are mourning the loss of British actor David Warner at age 80. Warner was known for often playing quirky characters in major films. He began acting in movies in the early 1960s while also appearing in stage productions. He studied his craft at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. No specific cause of death was announced but his family confirmed he had been suffering from a "cancer-related illness" for the last 18 months. Warner rarely scored a leading role but had a distinguished career playing supporting roles in many high profile films.

His credits include "Titanic", "Morgan", the 2001 version of "Planet of the Apes", "In the Mouth of Madness", "Star Trek V: The Final Frontier", "Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country", "The Man with Two Brains", "Tron", "The Concorde: Airport '79", "The French Lieutenant's Woman", "The Island", "Cross of Iron", "Straw Dogs", "The Ballad of Cable Hogue", "Perfect Friday", "The Fixer" and "The Deadly Affair". In the 1979 film "Time After Time", Warner played Jack the Ripper, who manages to travel through time to the modern era. One of his best-remembered roles was as the photographer who assists Gregory Peck in attempting to thwart the satanic threat in "The Omen".  His last screen appearance was in "Mary Poppins Returns" in 2018. For more, click here.

When I read Clint: The Life and Legend, back in November 2006, I was surprised to know how Clint Eastwood’s life differed so much from his public persona. Some revelations were quite shocking. The book caused controversy, and Eastwood filed a $10 million libel action in 2002 against its author Patrick McGilligan and St. Martin’s Press. Some cuts were made, but the book was published and translated into several languages. In some countries, we can find it uncut. Wand’rin’ Star talked with McGilligan about Clint, Jack Nicholson, the cinema writing biz and the movie business.

When I first read it, I didn’t know the author or his reputation as one of America’s leading film historians and biographers. Afterwards, going through the massive amount of sources McGilligan quotes, I found out that his research – which lasted almost four years – was to be taken seriously. He talked with so many people from Clint Eastwood’s inner circle, checked the facts with so many sources that even Eastwood himself couldn’t stop the book’s publishing. Clint: The Life and Legend got excellent reviews in the press, from the Daily Express to Independent on Sunday, Sight and Sound, Time Out, Daily Mail, The Times, Observer, Empire, Daily Mirror or Uncut, to name a few. They seem to agree that it’s a book for people who can handle the truth. This work became the main source for my first article about cinema (The Portuguese version can be found on the site.)

Since Clint Eastwood is a legend, not a person, loved by many, Patrick McGilligan’s book didn’t go well with diehard fans. Some say it’s highly inaccurate, others say he made up the facts. Some even alleged that the biographer had something personal against Eastwood. When I told him about the mixed reactions I got from my own article, McGilligan replied:

“Some people must do mental contortions to justify their love or admiration for Clint. You saw this recently in how some people rationalized