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+ | ===== Lost Contract ===== | ||
+ | Despite the fact that he received a great break and was able to sign a deal with Universal Studios (despite the fact that it paid little money), the corporation did not extend his contract and cancelled it on October 23, 1955. His stiff acting and delivery of words between his teeth were their biggest gripes.[([[https:// | ||
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+ | ===== Billy Wilder ===== | ||
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+ | Through Arthur Lubin, he was able to gain a recommendation for Billy Wilder' | ||
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+ | ===== Burt Reynolds ===== | ||
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+ | When Clint Eastwood was working for Universal, another would-be actor who went on to become a huge hit, Burt Reynolds, was also working there. Clint Eastwood, he claims, was dismissed because his Adam's apple was protruding too much.[([[https:// | ||
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+ | ===== Rowdy Yates ===== | ||
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+ | He finally got the big break he had been hoping for after years of struggle. He was cast as Rowdy Yates in Rawhide, a CBS hour-long western series. The series began filming in the summer of 1958.[([[https:// | ||
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+ | ===== Rawhide Money ===== | ||
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+ | He barely made $750 each episode in the first season of Rawhide. By the end of 1963, the show's popularity had begun to dwindle, and it was finally terminated in 1965. He collected a stunning $119,000 in severance money for each episode that was canceled![([[https:// | ||
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+ | ===== Man With No Name ===== | ||
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+ | Sergio Leone decided to contract him for the first of what would subsequently be known as the " |