Clint Eastwood got his start roping and riding his way through the Wild West in "Rawhide" as Rowdy Yates, but did you know that he also performed his own stunts on the Western hit? Eastwood did the work uncredited for the sake of authenticity and he got a lot of pride out of being able to do it all by himself. "After all, this is an action show," he told The Modesto Bee while shooting the series (via MeTV ). "It's a lot more gratifying when I can perform the action myself instead of having a double do it for me."

Eastwood was known in Hollywood for being well-conditioned. He's always been a strong swimmer — so strong that he served as an instructor in sea survival at Fort Ord in California after being drafted during the Korean War. Upon leaving the military, he used his toughness and phys

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