Clint Eastwood filmography Clint Eastwood filmography Clint Eastwood is an American film actor, director, producer, and composer. After beginning his acting career exclusively with small uncredited film roles and television appearances, his career has spanned more than 50 years. Eastwood has acted in several television series, most notably "Rawhide". His role in the eight-season series led to his leading roles in "A Fistful of Dollars", "For a Few Dollars More", and "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly". Eastwood has appeared in over 50 films and has starred in 42 films, including "Hang 'Em High", "Play Misty for Me", "Dirty Harry", "Escape from
Clint Eastwood in the 1950s but a colossal egotist". Although Eastwood was finally pleased with the direction of his career, he was not especially happy with the nature of his Rowdy Yates character. At this time, Eastwood was 30, and Rowdy was too young and too cloddish for Clint to feel comfortable with the part. Although boyishness was a key element in his casting, Eastwood disliked the juvenile overtones of the character and privately described Yates as "the idiot of the plains" According to co-star Paul Brinegar, who played Wishbone, Eastwood was, "very unhappy about playing a teenager type". Eastwood soon ended his contract with