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...
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 relationship...
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...
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...
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...
Actor James Caan and director Sam Peckinpah may have not come to blows, but managed to get into a physical altercation with actor Gianni RussoActor James...
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...
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...
