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Clint Eastwood
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Clint Eastwood wearing a light suit and olive shirt with tie, standing outdoors at the Cannes Film Festival. A Fistful of Dollars Director Sergio Leone, wearing glasses, gives instructions to Clint Eastwood and Margarita Lozano during a dramatic scene on the set of A Fistful of Dollars. Eli Wallach as Tuco, holding a revolver and smiling, sits beside Clint Eastwood, both wearing wide-brimmed hats in a desert scene from The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. Clint Eastwood as Dirty Harry stands outdoors aiming a handgun with both hands, wearing a dark suit, in a scene from the 1971 film Dirty Harry. Clint Eastwood as Dirty Harry walks down a wet city street holding a gun, with water spraying high from a hydrant behind him, in a scene from the 1971 film Dirty Harry. Clint Eastwood, right, in a brown jacket, stands talking to Michael Currie, left, in a suit and tie, with a police officer in the background in a scene from Sudden Impact. History of Hollywood Clint Eastwood and Hilary Swank stand in a boxing ring wearing green satin jackets in a scene from the film Million Dollar Baby. Invictus
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Clint Eastwood: References & Edit History

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Michael Munn, Clint Eastwood: Hollywood’s Loner (1992); Boris Zmijewsky and Lee Pfeiffer, The Films of Clint Eastwood (1993); Richard Schickel, Clint Eastwood (1996).

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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Modified link of Web site: PBS - American Masters - Clint Eastwood. Sep 25, 2026
Anniversary information added. May 27, 2026
Add new Web site: CBS News - Clint Eastwood. Apr 27, 2026
Add new Web site: Fresh Air Archive - Clint Eastwood. Mar 20, 2026
Add new Web site: Kennedy Center - Clint Eastwood. Jul 31, 2025
Cross-references added throughout. Apr 29, 2025
Questions and answers added. Feb 20, 2025
Media added. Feb 11, 2025
Added the movie Juror #2. Nov 14, 2024
Add new Web site: The Guardian - Clint Eastwood at 80: profile of a Hollywood legend. Oct 23, 2024
Cross-reference added. Jun 13, 2024
First paragraph modernization. Feb 29, 2024
Add new Web site: Directors Guild of America - Clint Eastwood to receive DGA Lifetime Achievement Award. Apr 07, 2023
Links added. Apr 06, 2023
Add new Web site: Senses of Cinema - Clint Eastwood. Oct 18, 2022
Add new Web site: California Museum - Clint Eastwood. Apr 22, 2022
Added the movie Cry Macho. Sep 17, 2021
Media added. Apr 16, 2021
Revised the discussion of his early childhood and his education. Jan 21, 2020
Added the film Richard Jewell. Dec 11, 2019
Add new Web site: New Netherland Institute - Biography of Clinton Eastwood. Feb 12, 2019
Added the movie The Mule (2018). Dec 13, 2018
Added the movie The 15:17 to Paris (2018). Feb 08, 2018
Added the movie Sully. Oct 27, 2016
Noted that American Sniper (2014) was nominated for an Academy Award for best picture. Jan 16, 2015
Noted the release of American Sniper (2014). Dec 19, 2014
Noted the release of Jersey Boys (2014). Jun 20, 2014
Article thoroughly revised. Apr 10, 2014
Add new Web site: AllMovie - Clint Eastwood. Feb 25, 2013
Add new Web site: Turner Classic Movies - Clint Eastwood Profile. Feb 25, 2013
Add new Web site: Buzzle.com - Biography of Clint Eastwood. Feb 25, 2013
Add new Web site: PBS - American Masters - Clint Eastwood. Feb 25, 2013
Add new Web site: Matinee Classics - Biography of Clint Eastwood. Feb 25, 2013
Add new Web site: Eastwood - The World Wide Web Page. Nov 07, 2012
Add new Web site: Eastwood - The World Wide Web Page. Nov 07, 2012
Add new Web site: Rotten Tomatoes - Biography of Clint Eastwood. Nov 07, 2012
Add new Web site: Rotten Tomatoes - Biography of Clint Eastwood. Nov 07, 2012
Added the movie Trouble with the Curve (2012). Sep 21, 2012
Added photographs. Nov 09, 2011
Added the movie J. Edgar (2011) and clarified his role in several of his credits from the 1990s and early 2000s. Nov 09, 2011
Media added. May 19, 2011
Added the movie Hereafter (2010). Oct 15, 2010
Added the movie Invictus (2009). Dec 11, 2009
He was elevated to commander of the French Legion of Honor in 2009. Nov 16, 2009
Updated to mention Gran Torino. Dec 11, 2008
Article revised and updated. Oct 17, 2008
Article revised and updated. Mar 01, 2007
Article revised. Mar 17, 2005
Article revised. Dec 31, 2003
Article revised. Nov 09, 2001
Article added to new online database. May 04, 1999
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