John Wayne has earned his status as the King of Hollywood Westerns with his nearly unbelievable quantity of outlaw stories. Wayne’s filmography is essentially a catalog of...
He said: “They know nothing about our business. They’re in it for the buck. Some of these guys remind me of high-class whores.” Despite his dismay...
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...
The film currently holds an impressive 98 percent positive rating on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, and is among many directors’ favourite westerns. The website notes:...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
