Career
He is best known for his work on Sudden Impact (1983) and High Plains Drifter (1973). As a teenager he excelled in sports at Charleston High School. At Hargrave Military Academy, he was captain of the football and track teams, earning him athletic scholarships at numerous colleges and universities.
He chose to accept an offer from Virginia Technology
Volunteering for the draft in 1954, he spent the next 3 years in the United States. Army and was honorably discharged in 1957. After leaving the service, he took a very important step in his young life and hitchhiked his way across country to California to become an actor.
