https://www.looper.com/2021735/clint-eastwood-started-directing-western-series-rawhide/

Clint Eastwood has been helming movies since the 1970s, but he became interested in directing a lot earlier than that thanks to a classic Western series.

Clint Eastwood Missed This 1 Big Opportunity When He Starred in the Western That Made Him Famous (https://collider.com/clint-eastwood-rawhide-western-never-directed-episode/)

Eastwood made his mark as a director, but that was long after this role that made him a household name.