 After considering Henry Fonda (qv) director  Sergio Leone (I) (qv) offered the role of the Man With No Name to  James Coburn (qv) who proved too expensive. Charles Bronson (qv)  then turned it down after describing it as the "worst script I have  ever seen". Third choice Richard Harrison (II) (qv) also declined  the role but pointed Leone in the direction of Clint Eastwood (qv)  after suggesting he watched some episodes of  _"Rawhide" (1959)_ (qv).