Kelly's Heroes

Clint Eastwood (Actor) .. Kelly

Born: May 31, 1930 in San Francisco, California

Best Known For: Making our day.

Early-life: Clinton Eastwood Jr was born on May 31, 1930, in San Francisco. His family drifted as his father looked for work during the Depression. Clint became a loner with few friends and immersed himself in listening to jazz. He taught himself to play the piano, and performed in a bar as a teenager. After several dead-end jobs, he was drafted into the US Army, where he met David Janssen, who inspired him to become an actor.

Career: Clint was signed by Universal Studios, but was dropped after making his debut in 1955's Revenge of the Creature - however, TV series Rawhide made him a star. His three spaghetti Westerns for Sergio Leone proved his worth on the big screen. Since then, he's become a movie icon thanks to hit films such as Dirty Harry, Every Which Way But Loose, and In the Line of Fire. He's also an acclaimed director, making his debut with 1971's Play Misty for Me, and winning Oscars for Unforgiven and Million Dollar Baby. His most recent projects are Gran Torino, Invictus, Hereafter, and J Edgar. Even though he is into his ninth decade, he still continues to work on major projects.

Quote: "The most gentle people in the world are macho males, people who are confident in their masculinity and have a feeling of well-being in themselves."

Trivia: In 1986, Clint was elected for a two-year term as mayor of his adopted home town, Carmel-by-the-Sea, California.

Telly Savalas (Actor) .. Big Joe

Donald Sutherland (Actor) .. Oddball

Born: July 17, 1935 in Saint John, Canada

Best Known For: MASH, Don't Look Now and Kelly's Heroes.

Early-life: Donald McNichol Sutherland was born on July 17, 1935, in Saint John, Canada, and was raised in Bridgewater, Nova Scotia. He became a DJ at the age of 14 on a local radio station, before studying engineering and drama at the University of Toronto, where he was evicted from his lodgings after hurling a sink out of a window. He moved to London, where he attended the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. A spell in repertory theatre followed.

Career: Sutherland appeared in several British TV dramas before making his film debut in 1964's Crypt of Horror. He named his eldest son after its director, Warren Kiefer. More small-screen and low-budget movie projects followed until 1967's The Dirty Dozen. That led to bigger roles in acclaimed films, including 1970's MASH, which made him a star. Impressive yet occasionally offbeat performances followed in films such as Kelly's Heroes, Klute, Don't Look Now, The Eagle Has Landed, Animal House, Ordinary People and JFK. More recently he's featured in Dirty Sexy Money, Astro Boy (as the voice of President Stone), The Hunger Games and The Pillars of the Earth.

Quote: "I was up for a great part, but they told me: 'Sorry, you're the best actor, but this part calls for a guy-next-door type. You don't look as if you've ever lived next door to anyone.'"

Trivia: Sutherland started blogging for The Huffington Post in 2008.

Don Rickles (Actor) .. Crapgame

Stuart Margolin (Actor) .. Little Joe

Carroll O'Connor (Actor) .. Gen Colt

Hal Buckley (Actor) .. Maitland

Fred Pealrman (Actor) .. Mitchell

Harry Dean Stanton (Actor) .. Willard

Born: July 14, 1926 in Kentucky, Stanton

Best Known For: His numerous big-screen roles

Early-life: Born July 14, 1926, in Kentucky, Stanton, graduated from Lafayette Senior High School. He joined the US Navy in the 1940s and served in Okinawa during World War Two. After being discharged, he became a drama student at the University of Kentucky. He honed his craft in a production of Pygmalion, and later moved to California, where he worked at the Pasadena Playhouse. Stanton toured the States with a male choir, worked in children's theatre, and then returned to California.

Career: Almost 50 years after making his film debut in Tomahawk Trail, he has appeared in more than 150 projects, including Revolt at Fort Laramie, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Have Gun - Will Travel, Rawhide, The Fugitive and The Wild Wild West. He's also featured in cult films Cool Hand Luke, Kelly's Heroes, The Godfather Part II, Alien, Escape From New York, Pretty in Pink, Paris, Texas, Repo Man and The Green Mile. Popped up in Ant and Dec vehicle Alien Autopsy and had a recurring role on US drama Big Love.

Quote: "I've been rather like a cat. I'm finicky."

Trivia: Stanton is also an acclaimed musician who has worked with Bob Dylan and Bing Crosby.

Tom Troupe (Actor) .. Job

Gavin MacLeod (Actor) .. Moriarty

Gene Collins (Actor) .. Babra

Brian G Hutton (Director)

1:00 pm - 3:15 pm, Saturday, January 10 on BBC Two England (2)

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