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| 1980 |
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Receives a Lifetime Achievement Award from The People's Choice Awards. |
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The films Bronco Billy and Any Which Way You Can are both released this year. |
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Records two singles: "Bar Room Buddies" with Merle Haggard for the Bronco Billy soundtrack, and "Beers to You" with Ray Charles for the Any Which Way You Can film. |
| 1983 |
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"Go ahead, make my day!" was the catch phrase this year when the fourth Dirty Harry film, Sudden Impact, was released. The biggest and arguably the best Dirty Harry picture yet. |
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Turns Down the lead role for the film The Killing Fields. |
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Named #1 box office attraction for 1983! |
| 1984 |
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Records the single "Make My Day" with T.G. Sheppard. |
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Tightrope and City Heat are released to the theaters this year. |
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Places hand prints and signature in cement in front of the Mann's Chinese Theater in Hollywood, California. |
| 1985 |
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Goes back to the genre that first made him famous with the western hit Pale Rider. |
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Directs an episode of the Steven Spielberg television series "Amazing Stories." |
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Makes the cover of The New York Times Magazine. |
| 1986 |
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Runs for Mayor of Carmel, California, and wins! His salary - $200.00 a month. |
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The film Heartbreak Ridge is released in the midst of a slight controversy. The Marine Corps, which co-operated entirely throughout the filming, became dismayed at what they felt were inaccuracies in the practices of the Marine personnel and boycotted the film's premiere. |
| 1987 |
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Receives a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. |
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As mayor, Clint personally welcomes Pope John Paul II to Carmel, CA during his visit to America. |
| 1988 |
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Harry Callahan returns in the fifth and final Dirty Harry film, The Dead Pool. |
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Directs the critically acclaimed film, Bird, starring Forest Whitaker, and wins a Golden Globe Award for Best Director. |
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Voted People's Choice All-Time Favorite Movie Celebrity. |
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Does not run for 2nd term as Carmel Mayor. |
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