Five decades, 48 films and accolades too numerous to count have passed since Clint Eastwood’s man with no name rode into town in The Good, The Bad and the Ugly.

But the legendary actor and director, now 89-years of age, admits he still owns the iconic poncho worn by the grizzled mercenary in director Sergio Leone’s 1966 Spaghetti Western masterpiece.

Speaking to Alison Hammond on Monday’s edition of This Morning, he revealed: ‘I still have that, yeah… it’s sitting in a glass case. Never been washed.’

The famous poncho Clint Eastwood wore in Sergio Leone’s 1966 spaghetti western masterpiece, The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, is still in his possession.

After playing the unidentified wandering cowboy in Italian director Leone’s lavish Dollars trilogy, beginning with A Fistful of Dollars in 1964, Clint went from struggling as a B-list actor to being a bankable star.

The following year saw the release of For a Few Dollars More, and Clint’s last film, The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, solidified his position as Hollywood’s preferred cowboy.

However, his connection to Westerns started on the set of the venerable American television series Rawhide a few years earlier.

Legendary: After portraying the unidentified nomadic cowboy in Italian director Leone’s lavish Dollars trilogy, Clint moved from struggling as a B-list actor to becoming a bankable star.

Before moving on to Leone’s epic manifestation of the genre, the actor played Ramrod Rowdy Yates for seven seasons. He acknowledges that his stint on the program helped pave the way for his career as a director.

“Years ago, I was working on a series called Rawhide,” he remembered. We would ride in and draw up in front of the camera, just as you do in all these horseback riding scenarios.

‘Action’ would be yelled, and the horses would freak out. ‘Why don’t you just say Go instead of Action?’ I asked one of the directors about it. Indeed, they gave it a try, and it was successful.

Opening up: Speaking to Alison Hammond on Monday’s edition of This Morning, he revealed, ‘I still have that, yeah… it’s sitting in a glass case. Never been washed’

Iconic: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly solidified Clint’s position as Hollywood’s preferred cowboy and at the forefront of modern filmmaking.

Clint has directed 38 films to date, including the psychological thriller Play Misty For Me, which came out in 1971. He acknowledges that he still has no plans to end his career gracefully.

“I enjoy doing it; having a paying job is nice,” he remarked. “I enjoy making and being in movies, and I started directing because I thought that one day I would look up on screen and say, ‘That’s enough, Eastwood, you’d better do something else.'”

I then reasoned that I could allow other persons to appear on screen if I directed.

This is for you: Alison, who had traveled to Los Angles specifically to interview the star about latest directorial offering Richard Jewell, playfully offered him a cowboy hat – which he accepted

Thankful: After meeting the celebrity, she told Holly Willoughby and Philip Schofield that he loved the gift so much that he wore it to his subsequent interview.

Playfully, Alison provided him a cowboy hat, which he donned while responding to her questions. Alison had come to Los Angeles especially to interview the celebrity about his most recent directorial offering, Richard Jewell.

After her encounter with the celebrity, she told Holly Willoughby and Philip Schofield that he loved the gift so much that he left it on after the filming was over.

We went outside, and he was wearing the hat. He went to the next interview, and they had to beg him to take it off, she added.