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!’
Today, John Wayne is back on screens as The Comancheros airs from 1.50pm on 5Action. The 1961 western sees Wayne star as Texan Ranger Jake Cutter,...
In Ireland, Wayne’s character met his match with Maureen O’Hara’s Mary Kate Danaher and her difficult brother Red, played by Victor McLaglen.Shot in County Mayo and...
Duvall’s temper did not apparently mellow through the decades, with Michael Caine saying it was “quite violent” when they were filming Secondhand Lions in 2003.Duvall was...
John Wayne brutally berated Hollywood execs in explosive interview: ‘High-class whores!’