Starring Clint Eastwood, Jeff Fahey, George Dzundza. Something of a sleeper in its 1990 release, White Hunter, Black Heart is one of Clint Eastwood's most engaging. John Wilson: Clint Eastwood Pete Verrill: Jeff Fahey Miss Wilding: Charlotte Cornwell Butler George: Norman Lumsden Paul Landers: George Dzundza Something of a sleeper in its 1990 release, White Hunter, Black Heart is one of Clint Eastwood's most engaging films. It is based on Peter Vietel's novel about the. Director: Clint Eastwood. Actors: Clint Eastwood: John Wilson Jeff Fahey: Pete Verrill Charlotte Cornwell: Miss Wilding, Wilson's Secretary Norman Lumsden. Plot Something of a sleeper.