Alongside pneumonia, Wayne had coughed so hard at one point that he damaged a valve in his heart, an issue that wouldn’t be diagnosed until 1978,...
But viewers are often unaware that during filming for the flick, Wayne took the usual step of carrying out some of his own stunts, though these...
In 1952, he starred in Bend of the River, an adaptation of Bill Gulick’s novel Bend of the Snake. The Western followed James Stewart’s tough cowboy...
McQueen added: “I don’t like people pawing me. ‘Take your hands off me’, I said. What had I got to lose from a little fight? I’ve...
Speaking previously with Culture Map Austin, she said that the number one reason Rio Bravo holds up decades later is because of John Wayne.Dickinson said: “It’s...
As a result, Wayne’s action scenes in The Train Robbers had to be scaled down, with co-star Rod Taylor remembered Duke being “slightly” infirm during the...
The Wild West US Marshall role would be his best known, starring in the series for an incredible 20 years. Yet when it came time to...
John Wayne made a lot of movies with a lot of actors, starring alongside the likes of Jimmy Stewart, Dean Martin, Robert Mitchum, Maureen O’Hara, Kirk Douglas, and Katherine Hepburn, and that barely...
After learning of Reagan’s stance, Wayne wrote: “Now I have taken your letter, and I’ll show you point by goddamn point in the treaty where you...
“You know, most of my friends were still the kids in school. I just didn’t think I could face my fraternity brother if they saw this...
