Man with No Name

"The Man with No Name" is the title popularly given to the main character in three of Sergio Leone's westerns: A Fistful of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More, and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. Portrayed by Clint Eastwood with the same clothing and mannerisms in each film.

In fact, the character is addressed three times as "Joe" in the first, is called "Manco" once in the second, and is adressed regularly as "Blondie" in the third. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly plays as a prequel to the earlier two--Eastwood's character gradually acquires the clothing that he wore throughout the others. Leone's later Once Upon a Time in the West has Charles Bronson in a role very similar to Eastwood's and is sometimes considered the final film of the series. Eastwood's own High Plains Drifter and, much later, Unforgiven have main characters much like the Man With No Name, are also sometimes included in the cycle.

The Man with No Name was the inspiration for Roland, the protagonist of Stephen King's Dark Tower series.