are among those you must see even if you aren’t fond of the genre), such as “A Fistful of Dollars” or “The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly,” were quite distant from making their appearance on the silver screen.
However, nearly a decade prior to that, Eastwood was already taking steps as an actor. He began his acting journey in 1955, landing tiny and uncredited parts, the first being in the sequel to “Creature from the Black Lagoon,” titled “Revenge of the Creature.”
He must have left an impression on its director, Jack Arnold, as Arnold cast him again within the same year, in his sci-fi creature-feature, “Tarantula.” At the age of 25, Eastwood portrayed a jet squadron leader — completely unrecognizable because of the pilot helmet and mask he was required to wear — spearheading the aerial assault against the kaiju monster causing chaos in Arizona.