Clint Eastwood Research Paper

Legendary Beard Fact: Despite the fact that Clint Eastwood almost never wears a beard in his private life, his legendary scruff, as displayed in a number of iconic westerns, has made many a list of the most fabulous beards in moviedom.

Clint Eastwood was born in San Francisco, CA, on May 31, 1930, presumably beardless, although he did weigh in at a hefty 11 pounds 6 ounces. Young Clint was raised in a working class environment, by working class parents. He is a descendent of Mayflower William Bradford, and is the thirteenth generation of his family to live in North American. This American icon attended Oakland Technical High School, where the school drama teachers tried to steer him into school plays. But the young man would have none of that, choosing instead to work as a lifeguard, paper carrier, grocery clerk, forest firefighter, and golf caddy.

After graduating, Clint went on to enroll at Seattle University, but his college education was cut short when he was drafted into the Army. While in the service, Clint hitched a ride on a Douglas AD bomber to visit his parents. Unfortunately, the plane ran out of fuel and crashed into the Pacific Ocean.

This was when he sported the beard that became famous. A small, scruffy thing that looks like human grown steel wool, rough enough to cut flesh. Perhaps it hid his Adams’s apple! The movies made Clint Eastwood an international star.

Clint Eastwood has gone on to act in scores of motions pictures, and directed thirty films, winning two Oscars in the process. Ever the tough guy, he learned to climb mountains for his film, “The Eiger Sanction,” and did most of his own stunts. He insisted some of these stunts were too dangerous for a stuntman! Bearded or not, Clint Eastwood is definitely a cultural icon of masculinity. But the “beard with no name” will live in cinematic history