Clint Eastwood

Clint Eastwood was born in San Francisco in 1930, the son of a salesman; the family moved several times in the thirties before settling in Piedmont, near Oakland. He played piano in clubs, worked in a pulp mill in Oregon, then served at Fort Ord as a lifeguard. Under contract at Universal in 1954, he played small parts, became the star of a television series that ran for eight seasons, then made films in Italy. He founded his own production company in the late sixties, began directing in 1971, composed film scores and was mayor of his Californian town from 1986 to 1988.

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• CinemaUnforgivenClint Eastwood · 1992Cinema