The Last Choice For The Big Role, Part 1: In 1964, Italian filmmaker Sergio Leone was stymied in his efforts to cast an American star as the lead in his proposed western “A Fistful of Dollars. During this period, Eastwood made a number of guest appearances in unlikely TV shows including the talking horse sitcom “Mister Ed,” the game show “Pantomime Quiz” and Danny Kaye’s kitschy variety show.Įastwood looked conspicuously uncomfortable in all of these surroundings, later admitting he was uncertain how to play himself on screen.Īfter “Rawhide” was canceled in 1965, he never made another guest appearance on television and only rarely acquiesced for TV talk show appearances, albeit under controlled circumstances.Ĥ. Unlikely TV Appearances: Eastwood’s first foothold in stardom occurred in the role of Rowdy Yates in the TV western “Rawhide,” which ran from 1958 to 1965. The film also has the sorry distinction of being the final production released by RKO Pictures, the studio that gave the world “King Kong,” the Fred Astaire-Ginger Rogers musicals and “Citizen Kane.”ģ. Eastwood was cited in the film's advertising, although he had relatively little to do in this film as an Army lieutenant in the Old West, which was just as well because very few people saw it. Bye-Bye RKO: Eastwood first gained a modicum of audience attention in “The First Traveling Saleslady,” a 1956 comedy western starring Ginger Rogers and Carol Channing. Eastwood’s screen time was so minimal that he wasn’t identified in the credits.įive months after the film went into general release, the studio was unimpressed with his potential and terminated his contract.Ģ. An Inauspicious Debut: Eastwood was a new contract player at Universal-International when he made his big-screen debut in the 1955 B-level “Revenge of the Creature” as an absent-minded lab technician.
To fill that knowledge void, here are 10 things about Eastwood that may have escaped your knowledge.ġ. Yet there are a great many aspects to Eastwood’s career that some people may not realize. is expected to be a commercial hit, making the 91-year-old actor/director the oldest Hollywood legend to reign at the box office.Įastwood has been in the public eye since the mid-1950s, and to many people, he is as familiar as a beloved relative or longtime friend. The release from AT&T Inc.'s (NYSE: T) Warner Bros. This Friday will see the release of “Cry Macho,” the latest film starring and directed by Clint Eastwood.
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