Clint Eastwood and his family even outrank the Brady Bunch with eight children, including his daughter he didn’t know he had. 

Although his children vary significantly in age, they all managed to be together for one iconic picture at the premiere of The Mule in 2018.

Clint Eastwood’s Children

In 1953, the legendary actor and director Clint Eastwood was engaged with his first wife, Maggie Johnson. During this time, Eastwood had an affair with an unnamed woman from Seattle who became pregnant, without Eastwood’s knowledge. The woman put the baby girl up for adoption, and she was named Laurie by her adoptive parents.

When Laurie was around 30 years old, she began to look into her adoption and found that Clint Eastwood was listed as her father. According to reports, she became very close with Eastwood and the rest of his seven children.

Laurie wasn’t Eastwood’s only child he had out of wedlock. While still married to Maggie, he also had an affair with actress and stunt woman Roxanne Tunis, who got pregnant and had his second daughter, Kimber, in 1964. 

Finally, Maggie and Clint Eastwood had a child together, Kyle Eastwood. Kyle was born in 1968. Next, the couple had Alison in 1972. 

Following Maggie and Eastwood’s divorce in 1984, the actor had two children with Jacelyn Reeves, a flight attendant. Scott was born in 1986 and is a mirror image of his father and Kathryn in 1988. 

Next, Clint Eastwood dated actress Frances Fisher who got pregnant with his sixth? seventh? — we lost track of the count. Frances gave birth to Francesca in 1993.

Finally, Clint settled down with Dina Ruiz in 1996, and she gave birth to his last child (that we know of) in 1996, named Morgan. Clint Eastwood was 72 when he and Ruiz had Morgan. 

In addition, all of his children have worked in the entertainment industry. They have all seemed to take after their father, as they have careers in acting, makeup artistry, composing, and more.

Clint Eastwood is a honkey tonk man. It’s been years since the legendary actor starred in the country music pilgrimage “Honkeytonk Man.”

The film released on Dec. 15, 1982, and starred both Eastwood and his son Kyle. Eastwood plays Red Stovall, a famous if reckless musician determined to secure his legacy. His character is based upon famed musician Jimmie Rodgers. Red teams up with his nephew, played by Eastwood’s son, for a road trip odyssey to the Grand Ole Opry.

Clint Eastwood Stars as a Famous Country Musician

The film is a poignant look at the legacy of the musician as much as it is a coming of age story. For all of Red’s gruffness and swagger, there’s a vulnerability to him and a fear. The country singer has tuberculosis, a death sentence back during the Great Depression. So, he must confront his mortality head-on through his music and the relationships he leaves behind. But, Red’s relationship with his nephew is the heart of the film.

The character is helped by Clint Eastwood’s own legacy. The actor’s name is forever ingrained with the Western films he made as a young man. Eastwood helped create the stereotype of the hardened gunslinger and later the hardened detective with the “Dirty Harry” franchise. But later in his career, he dismantled these archetypes, giving performances filled with emotion and vulnerability. And in “Honkeytonk Man,” Eastwood examines the life of a performer.

The film featured the last appearance by legend Marty Robbins, who appears as the guitarist Smokey. Robbins died that December before the film’s release.

Jimmie Rodgers Also Faced His Mortality

Rodgers inspired Clint Eastwood’s film the narrative of the film. Many consider Rodgers to be the father of country music. The musician came to prominence in the 1920s and during the Great Depression. He won over audiences with his recordings, which continued after his death. Like Red, doctors diagnosed Rodgers with tuberculosis. The singer was only 27 and would fight the disease for another eight years.

Rodgers kept recording until his death in 1933, aided by a nurse in the recording studio. To bookend his career, he recorded “Years Ago,” which was one of his first songs.

Marty Robbins did a lot during his time on earth. From singing, songwriting, stock car racing, playing instruments, and even acting, Robbins’ resume was impressive. It also includes stepping in for legendary actor Clint Eastwood.

Perhaps Robbins’ most memorable role was in “Honkytonk Man” alongside Eastwood. Clint Eastwood produced, directed, and starred as Red Stovall in the classic. Robbins was cast as one of Stovall’s band members named Smoky. Eastwood’s son, Kyle, also stars in the film as Stovall’s nephew, Whit.

The storyline features Stovall’s dream of making it to the Grand Ole Opry in the Great Depression era. Stovall finally arrives in Nashville after a cross-country journey with his nephew and gets his chance to perform in front of Grand Ole Opry scouts.

However, Stovall can’t escape a coughing fit that’s brought on by his tuberculosis illness. This is where Robbins, the side guitarist, steps in for Eastwood.

His true talent shines while Smoky unintentionally steals the spotlight. Watch the scene below.

“Honkytonk Man” was released on December 15, 1982. Robbins passed away seven days earlier, making this his final appearance on the silver screen. He was 57 when he died on December 8, after suffering his third serious heart attack.

More About Marty Robbins

Robbins was one of the most popular and successful country-western singers for most of his nearly four-decade career that spanned from the late 1940s to the early 1980s. 

Over the course of his career, Robbins’ resume continued to grow. Classic Country Music cites that he recorded more than 500 songs and 60 albums and won two Grammy Awards. Furthermore, he was elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame and Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame and was named the 1960s Artist of the Decade by the Academy of Country Music.

Robbins was obsessed with El Paso, both the name and the town grown-up. So naturally, he sang a song titled “El Paso.” The lyrics paint a vivid picture of a love s story. Robbins went on to win a Grammy Award in 1959 for his signature song.

Not only did Robbins love the sound of music but he loved the roar of a stock car machine. His success in country music allowed him to fund his NASCAR team. Robbins had 6 top-ten finishes in his career, with a personal best top 5 finish at the 1974 Motor State 360 in Michigan.