According to Eastwood's official biography, the key figure was a man named Chuck Hill, who was stationed in Fort Ord and had contacts in Hollywood. Career 1950s: Early career struggles Īccording to the CBS press release for Rawhide, the Universal (known then as Universal-International) film company was shooting in Fort Ord when an enterprising assistant spotted Eastwood and invited him to meet the director. Using a life raft, he and the pilot swam 3.2 kilometres (2 mi) to safety. While returning from a prearranged tryst in Seattle, Washington, he was a passenger on a Douglas AD bomber that ran out of fuel and crashed into the ocean near Point Reyes. Don Loomis recalled hearing that Eastwood was romancing one of the daughters of a Fort Ord officer, who might have been entreated to watch out for him when names came up for postings. Actually, he'd been a lifeguard at Fort Ord in northern California for his entire stint in the military,' said Eastwood's former longtime companion Sondra Locke. 'He always dropped the Korean War reference, hoping everyone would conclude that he was in combat and might be some sort of hero. Eastwood said that he tried to enroll at Seattle University in 1951, but instead was drafted into the United States Army during the Korean War. Įastwood held a number of jobs, including as a lifeguard, paper carrier, grocery clerk, forest firefighter, and golf caddy. Biographer Patrick McGilligan notes that high school graduation records are a matter of strict legal confidentiality.
I just don't think he finished high school,' explained Fritz Manes, a boyhood friend two years younger than Eastwood, who remained associated with him until their falling out in the mid-1980s. Another high school friend, Don Loomis, echoed 'I don't think he was spending that much time at school because he was having a pretty good time elsewhere.' 'I think what happened is he just went off and started having a good time. I think that was his major,' joked classmate Don Kincade. He transferred to Oakland Technical High School and was scheduled in January 1949 to graduate midyear, although it is not clear if he did. From January 1945 until at least January 1946, he attended Piedmont High School, but was asked to leave for writing an obscene suggestion to a school official on the athletic field scoreboard, and for burying someone in effigy on the school lawn, on top of other school infractions. Įastwood attended Piedmont Middle School, where he was held back due to poor academic scores, and records indicated he also had to attend summer school. Settling in Piedmont, California, the Eastwoods lived in an affluent area of the town, had a swimming pool, belonged to a country club, and each parent drove their own car. Contrary to what Eastwood has indicated in media interviews, they did not move between 19. During the 1930s, his family moved often as his father worked at jobs along the West Coast. He is descended from Mayflower passenger William Bradford, and through this line is the 12th generation of his family born in North America. He has a younger sister named Jeanne Bernhardt (born 1934), and is of English, Irish, Scottish, and Dutch ancestry. Eastwood was nicknamed 'Samson' by the hospital nurses because he weighed 11 pounds 6 ounces (5.2 kg) at birth.
Ruth later took the surname of her second husband, John Belden Wood (1913–2004), whom she married after the death of Clinton Sr. Other popular films include the Western Hang 'Em High (1968), the psychological thriller Play Misty for Me (1971), the crime film Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974), the Western The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976), the prison film Escape from Alcatraz (1979), the action film Firefox (1982), the suspense thriller Tightrope (1984), the Western Pale Rider (1985), the war films Where Eagles Dare (1968), Kelly's Heroes (1970), and Heartbreak Ridge (1986), the action thriller In the Line of Fire (1993), the romantic drama The Bridges of Madison County (1995), and the drama Gran Torino (2008).Įastwood was born on in San Francisco, California, the son of Clinton Eastwood (1906–1970) and Ruth (Runner) Wood (1909–2006). Eastwood's greatest commercial successes have been the adventure comedy Every Which Way But Loose (1978) and its sequel, the action comedy Any Which Way You Can (1980), after adjustment for inflation. For his work in the Western film Unforgiven (1992) and the sports drama Million Dollar Baby (2004), Eastwood won Academy Awards for Best Director and Best Picture, as well as receiving nominations for Best Actor.
0 kommentar(er)
