You could probably call him Marion Morrison and he’d answer, since that was his name at birth. Alliterative, but not quite – there. His friends and fans...
When actor John Wayne visited American soldiers in Vietnam in the summer of 1966, he was warmly welcomed. As he spoke to groups and individuals, he...
He became one of Hollywood’s biggest stars, but John Wayne once saw acting as just ‘a brief detour’. His real dream was to become a film...
John Wayne and Julie Andrews were both huge icons in the 1960s, however, Wayne was not a fan of one of Andrews’ movies. He felt one of her...
John Wayne was in perhaps the biggest creative rut of his career in 1969. He’d just made the worst film of his career outside of “The...
In 1966, the legendary cowboy actor Clint Eastwood appeared in Sergio Leone’s The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly. This Spaghetti Western film featured Eastwood as The...
Although they were celebrities for different reasons, Ron Howard worked with John Wayne on one of The Duke’s late-period movies. Howard said Wayne gave him some interesting advice. In addition, Howard...
While a younger audience might not know what The Beverly Hillbillies was, it was a major sitcom for people around in the 1960s. The story of a country bumpkin who strikes...
John Wayne starred in 169 movies, playing so many heroic cowboys that many Americans believed he had single-handedly won the West – and he came to...
Easily overlooked amid the prolific acting career and larger-than-life persona was John Wayne’s generosity. He was generous with his family, whom he welcomed into his own career with...
