John Wayne reveals his real name to Phil Donahue in 1976. Or does he? Most fans of John Wayne know that he wasn’t given that name when he...

John Wayne films aren’t especially known for their soundtracks. All they need is some bouncy melody behind a horse chase, a few tender...

Chuck Roberson (right) appeared in more films with John Wayne than any other actor. He appeared alongside John Wayne in more movies than...

The Movie: Hondo (1953) is an essential film for any John Wayne fan. The cast is superlative, with Ward Bond, James (Gunsmoke) Arness,...

John Wayne at home--reflective, old-fashioned, self-deprecating. With the emphasis these days on John Wayne’s 1971 Playboy interview,...

John Wayne and Eiko Ando in a scene from The Barbarian and the Geisha. In 1856, at a time when Japan has closed its doors to foreigners,...

One of the main goals of our upcoming book, John Wayne Speaks: The Ultimate John Wayne Quote Book, is to provide an authentic reference...

What they wanted him to sound like: John Wayne, "singing" cowboy. Wayne hated doing it. No one ever accused John Wayne of being a good,...

John Wayne shined even more brightly when he had a foil, whether it was a drunken sheriff (El Dorado), a goofy partner like Lullaby...

Paul Fix and John Wayne prepare to make a big boom in the Andes in Tycoon. Yakima Canutt, a mainstay of John Wayne’s early films, and...

John Wayne as Steve Williams and Marie Windsor as ex-wife Anne Williams McCormick. The Movie: Trouble Along the Way is a highly kooky...

“He was a nasty, nasty, ornery character throughout about ninety-seven percent of the film, and only redeems his character at the end...

The Roaring Twenties! Flappers and bootleg gin, American expatriates in Paris, the Charleston and raccoon jackets. The year 1926 in...

John Wayne - Reunion in France (1942). It's July 14. Quatorze de Juillet. Otherwise known as Bastille Day, the French equivalent of...

Wayne, Ford, and Fitzgerald (l.to r.) during the filming of The Quiet Man. Brilliant tough-guy director John Ford (1894-1973) was the...

Silly fistfights were plentiful in John Wayne’s films, especially in the 1960s. Often but not always set in a bar, two guys start...

Jack Pennick (l.) and John Wayne in a scene from Operation Pacific (1951). An early part of the so-called John Ford Stock Company...

John Wayne, Martha Scott, and Albert Dekker in In Old Oklahoma (1943). The Movie: Also known as The War of the Wildcats, this 1943...

Ella Raines wraps Duke around her little finger in Tall in the Saddle (1944). Let’s face it: John Wayne has a woman problem. For the most...

There must have been a line out the casting director’s door when shooting for this film was announced, because the list of stars is long...