Political life of Clint Eastwood Political life of Clint Eastwood American actor and director Clint Eastwood has long shown an interest in politics. He won election as the nonpartisan mayor of Carmel-by-the-Sea, California in April 1986 and in 2001, Governor Gray Davis appointed the Oscar-winner to the California State Park and Recreation Commission. Eastwood endorsed Mitt Romney in the 2012 presidential election and delivered a prime time address at the 2012 Republican National Convention, where he delivered a speech addressed to an empty chair representing Barack Obama. During a screening of his 1992 film "Unforgiven" at the Cannes Film Festival on May 21, 2017, as
David Oliver (actor) November 18 at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in the Hollywood Hills. David Oliver (actor) David Oliver (January 31, 1962 – November 12, 1992) was an American stage, film and television actor. Oliver was one of eight children born to Pat and William Oliver in Concord, California. He began his acting career in 1982. From 1983 to 1985, Oliver played the role of Perry Hutchins on the daytime soap opera "Another World". In 1986 he played the role of Sam Gardner in the miniseries "A Year in the Life". The miniseries then became a regular series in the fall of 1987