In her book John Wayne: My Father, Aissa wrote: “During the filming of Mogambo, Ford and Gable had clashed again and again and the subsequent feud...
Elvis began spending a lot of time theorising with Larry, swapping books and researching new ways of looking at life.Priscilla looked back on the King’s relationship...
The actor in question was Robert Duvall, who played Lucky Ned Pepper in True Grit, which is on ITV4 today. The almost 92-year-old was 38 at...
Wayne’s Lt Col Owen Thursday co-star found the director’s stubborn refusal to rehearse emotional scenes infuriating. Fonda discovered that if he wanted to discuss a scene...
The Lt Mickey actor wasn’t the only member of the cast to suffer Ford’s rudeness and bullying though. Wayne’s Lt Col Owen Thursday co-star Henry Fonda...
During this period, Wayne was America’s cowboy star, having acted in his first Western in 1930’s The Big Trail, before making iconic movies with John Ford...
Bruce Dern’s character had to kill John Wayne’s in The Cowboys (Image: GETTY)Over 50 years and Dern has said he still receives hate mail after his character...
The Mexican actor, who has a substantial role in From Russia With Love, had sadly been diagnosed with terminal cancer.Back in 1956, he had had a part in...
Caan has said in interviews how Wayne would call him “kid” and say things like “You’re doing a lot of smiling Jiminy Cricket” because of his...
John Wayne’s brutal put down of Clark Gable in bitter row: ‘Expressly forbidden!’