1952's The Quiet Manwas a bit of a departure for the rough-and-tumble John Wayne. Known for his tough-guy image and iconic Westerns by the 1950s, a romantic comedy/drama was not exactly what ...

The movie that got John Wayne his first (and only) Academy Award, True Grit may be John Wayne's most popular movie. Wayne plays U.S. Marshal, Rooster Cogburn, an old man called in by a young woman ...

John Wayne, the legendary actor best known for making classic Western films, was born on May 26, 1907. The Oscar-winning actor and star of nearly 180 films and television shows died in 1979 at age 72.

They discussed the old days of John Ford, Howard Hawks, and Ward Bond, where Wayne said, “Christ, everybody’s gone.” Wayne asked Bogdanovich if he would be interested in directing a movie ...

Movie star John Wayne hated some of his early B-movies where they made him dress up to look like previous legend ... “Those Westerns I made at Warner Bros. were remakes of old Ken Maynard ...

Wayne was 65-years-old when he shot one of his last Westerns, 1973's Cahill US Marshal, ... Director Andrew V McLaglen felt Cahill US Marshal was "not the usual John Wayne movie.