The Big Trail' actor John Wayne gained massive fame, and here's why director Raoul Walsh thinks he caught on the way he did. Before The Big Trail, Wayne worked in the props department at Fox.

director Raoul Walsh saw a star quality in him and decided to cast John Wayne in The Big Trail, making it his first leading role in any movie. The Big Trail was a revolutionary film at the time as ...

While The Searchers presented John Wayne as a dark antihero, he actually did this a decade before with another iconic Western ...

John Wayne is one of the biggest icons of the silver screen, and we've picked out the classic cowboy's 10 best roles, based ...

John Wayne worked with Dean Martin, Kirk Douglas, Jimmy Stewart and Katharine Hepburn, but none of them were his favourite co-star. His favourite may surprise.

John Wayne embodied American masculinity throughout his iconic career, and as such he once refused to return to this role which made him feel like a "pansy".

According to Brian Downes, the executive director of the John Wayne Birthplace and Museum, producers gawked at Wayne's good looks, build and height, and ended up putting him on the big screen.