In 1962 Clint Eastwood appeared as a guest in the popular tv show, Mr Ed.Clint was riding high on the success of his own show.

In 1962 Clint Eastwood appeared as a guest in the popular tv show, Mr Ed.Clint was riding high on the success of his own show, Rawhide, but it wouldn’t be long before he appeared in his breakout role as The Man With No Name.

The show was written especially for him and was entitled, Clint Eastwood Meets Mr Ed and he was to act as himself.

Many actors have admitted that the hardest role is to act as themselves and Clint admitted this was true of him. Perhaps surprisingly, he said that the experience made him a better actor.

 Incidentally, it wasn’t the first time he appeared with a talking animals having acted with Francis the Talking Mule some years earlier, Francis In The Navy.

That's when I first caught on that I didn't want to overthink things — I was asking myself a lot of questions you shouldn't pose, like, 'What would the real me do in this situation? 

The hardest thing for a professional actor to do is to play themselves. Most actors are hiding behind roles and don't know who they really are.

Also appearing in the same episode was the beautiful Donna Douglas, who would herself achieve great fame just a few months later as Elly May Clampett in, The Beverly Hillbillies