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Director's Research Project

Clint Eastwood was born on May 31, 1930 in San Francisco California. His birth name is Clint Eastwood Jr. He was a college dropout from Las Angeles College, attempting a business related degree. He worked in B-films such as __Tarantula__ in 1955 and __Francis in the Navy__ also in 1955. He got his first breakthrough with the TV Series __Rawhide__ in 1959 as Rowdy Yates.

He later found bigger and better things with __A Fistful of Dollars__ and __For a Few Dollars More.__ That is when he found one of his trademark roles. __The Good, The Bad, The Ugly__. The movie was a big hit and he became an international star.