Geoffrey Lewis, Actor in Clint Eastwood Movies, Dies at 79

Actor Geoffrey Lewis, who appeared in several Clint Eastwood movies and made guest appearances on dozens of TV shows in the ’60s through ’80s, died Tuesday in Woodland Hills, Calif. of natural causes, according to a family friend. He was 79. The character actor, who often appeared in Westerns, was the father of actress Juliette Lewis.

He had roles in Eastwood’s “High Plains Drifter,” “Thunderbolt and Lightfoot,” as Orville Boggs in “Every Which Way But Loose” and “Any Which Way You Can” as well as in “Bronco Billy,” “Pink Cadillac” and “Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil.”

I didn’t know he was her dad… Too bad he’s known as the sidekick from those Eastwood’s flicks.

The two linked movies were more staples of my pre-teen youth. My dad used to say “Right turn, Clyde” whenever we were in his truck together.

#rip #geoffreylewis