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William Eagleshirt
(Deceased)
William Eagleshirt was one of the few "real Indians" used in Western movies in the early 1930's. Movie producer Thomas H. Ince preferred actual Native American actors, and tried with little success to create stars out of Eagleshirt and others. 
Fred East
Fred East was born in London, England. He served in the British Army during World War I, and has traveled through most of the countries of Europe. He wrote at least 53 novels, sometimes using the pseudonyms of Tom West and Roy Manning.
Jerry Easterling
Jerry Easterling is a former truck driver, carpenter, auctioneer, and logger. He writes a weekly newspaper article for the Statesman-Journal of Salem, Oregon. He is a winner of the Gannett Distinguished Writing Award. He and his wife raise cattle and hay. And he is the author of Country Chaff (1983).
Clint Eastwood
Clint Eastwood, actor and director, was born on May 31, 1930 in San Francisco, CA.By 1955 young Clint was under contract with Universal Studio where he played bit parts. When the studio cut him, two years later, he went back to odd jobs and occasional acting roles. He even worked as a manual laborer, digging swimming pools. And every once in a while he would get a part in some TV show such as "Highway Patrol" and "Death Valley Days".
One day Eastwood was at CBS studios in Los Angeles, visiting a friend. Unbeknown to him, CBS executives were looking for someone to be the second lead in a new Western TV show to be called, "Rawhide." One of the honcho's saw him walking down the hall, thought he looked like a cowboy, and hired him to play the life-changing role of Rowdy Yates. Just like that.
Clint Eastwood rode the TV trail for seven years, enough to make him independently wealth. But he was nearly bored to tears with his character, who was always "Mr. Nice Guy" in boots.
In 1962, Clint Eastwood recorded an album entitled:
"Rawhide's Clint Eastwood Sings Cowboy Favorites."So in 1964, during the off-season for filming "Rawhide," he flew off to Spain to make a Western film of an entirely different ilk. He would only be paid $15,000 for his part, but he was eager for a change. The movie was "A Fistful of Dollars" and it changed his life, again. He became not just a TV star (second banana status) but a true movie star. He made three highly profitable and popular spaghetti Westerns with director Sergio Leone.
When he made "Paint Your Wagon" in 1969 he received a significant increase in salary, to $500,000. Later in the year he would pocket another $800,000 for "Where Eagles Dare".
Clint Eastwood's Western credits include "Ambush at Cimarron Pass" (1958), "A Fist Full of Dollars" (1964), "Hang 'em High" (1967), "Paint Your Wagon" (1969), "Two Mules for Sister Sarah" (1969), "High Plains Drifter" (1972), "The Outlaw Josey Wales" (1976), "Bronco Billy" (1980), "Pale Rider" (1985) and "Unforgiven" (1992).
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Buddy Ebsen
(Deceased)Buddy Ebsen was born as Christian Rudolf Ebsen on April 2, 1908 in Belleville, IL.His father was a dancing instructor relocated the family to Florida. But young Buddy disliked dancing and wanted to be a physician. Times were hard, though, and he gave up his dream of practicing medicine in favor of forming a comedy and dancing duet on stage with his sister Vilma Ebsen.
By 1929 they were a successful act on Broadway, and Buddy stood a full 6'3" tall and skinny as a bean pole. Buddy Ebsen thought he could see gold in them thar Hollywood hills, so he moved West and in 1936 appeared in his first of many movie musicals during this decade. He danced up a storm with little Shirley Temple in "Captain January" (1936).
He won the part of the Tin Man in the film "Wizard of Oz" with young Judy Garland. However, his costume required continual touchups with silver spray paint and he had an allergic reaction that hospitalized him. The part went to Jack Haley.
By the early 1940's he had returned to Broadway.
In 1950 Buddy Ebsen returned to the movie studio. He made five Western movies as the sidekick of cowboy singer Rex Allen. In 1954 he became the sidekick of Fess Parker in the "Davy Crockett" TV show.
However, it was in 1962 when the aging actor really found gold in Hollywood. That's when he became Jed Clampett in "The Beverly Hillbillies" TV show. That show lasted for nine years, then went into eternal reruns. He then starred for several years as the detective "Barnaby Jones".
Buddy Ebsen died at the age of 95 on July 7, 1903.
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C.F. Eckhardt
C.F. Eckhardt has written articles in True West, Tombstone Epitaph, and Frontier Times. He is the author of The Lost San Saba Mines (Texas Monthly Press, 1981). He is a long-time member of Western Writers of America.
This listing is far from complete and may contain errors. Therefore, all Western entertainers and/or their agents are requested to submit recommended changes by contacting Stan Paregien through his e-mail address.
No servant can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money.
--- Jesus the Christ (Bible: Luke 16:13)
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