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...
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...
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...
Regardless, Duke and co-star Walter Brennan didn’t get on with “arrogant little bastard” Clift and so kept away when not shooting together. The young actor would...
In the end, George Peppard was cast as Paul even though director Blake Edwards didn’t want him, being overruled by producers. Quoted in Sam Wasson’s Fifth...
The conservative patriot Wayne hired screenwriter James Edward Grant to write a draft of The Alamo, which is on ITV4 today. But as it neared completion,...
The 53-year-old actor took a liking to Vera Miles, who played Laurie Jorgensen with him in The Searchers. According to a biography of John Ford, after...
Nicknamed The Duke, John Wayne remains one of Hollywood’s most enduring figures, appearing in more than 170 films and TV shows during a long career, which started in...
John Wayne, whose cowboy characters regularly killed Native Americans in his movies, was watching from the wings. Speaking with The Guardian last year, Littlefeather recalled: “During...
Meanwhile, “Get off your horse and drink your milk” has frequently been attributed as one of John Wayne’s most famous ‘quotes.’ Despite some claims that it...
