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...
Back in the 1960s, Hollywood star Clint Eastwood traveled to Europe to star in A Fistful of Dollars, which was a breakthrough role for the actor....
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...
John Wayne was in perhaps the biggest creative rut of his career in 1969. He’d just made the worst film of his career outside of “The...
In 1966, the legendary cowboy actor Clint Eastwood appeared in Sergio Leone’s The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly. This Spaghetti Western film featured Eastwood as The...
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...
