100 best John Wayne moviesBefore he was one of Hollywood’s most bankable and iconic Western movie stars, actor John Wayne was a USC lineman named Marion...
John Wayne idolized silent film star Harry Carey, who always played the cowboy.And The Duke became friends with the family and did a chunk of movies...
Wardell Edwin “Ward” Bond was born April 9, 1903 in Benkelman, Nebraska. In 1919, his parents moved the family to Denver where Ward graduated high school. University...
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...
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...
