John Wayne refused to star in a Western classic, but his reaction to it was to take a role in one of the best movies of his career instead.

John Wayne plays a gunfighter opposite Gail Russell's Quaker girl in this underrated 1947 Western that can easily be found ...

9. Red River (Howard Hawks, 1948) Epic Western from a master filmmaker that gave John Wayne the type of part in which he excelled, as the stubborn, driven rancher determined to see a cattle drive ...

Considered one of Wayne’s all-time classics, this Howard Hawks-directed ... Widely considered a masterpiece that even transcended the Western genre, John Ford’s adventure follows a group ...

John Wayne, whose original name was Marion Robert Morrison, was known as The Duke, a tip of the hat to his place among Hollywood’s royalty. He appeared in nearly 180 movie and television ...

Part comedy, part Western, 3 Godfathers is one of the unsung classics of John Ford and John Wayne's respective careers. Mixing humor with plenty of heartfelt emotion, it breaks stereotypes ...

One western film from 2005 is considered a modern classic by film critics - and it's streaming on Netflix now.

John Wayne and director John Ford are two ... High Noon is a classic amongst classics. It’s also the kind of Western that you might watch in a film class since it can be seen as an allegory ...

Movie star John Wayne and television actor James Arness were Western icons ... However, Wayne made several classics, such as The Quiet Man and The Searchers, in collaborations with legendary ...

With a career spanning decades, his legendary filmography helped define the Western genre and continues to captivate audiences today. Stagecoach (1939) established John Wayne as a cinematic legend ...

On this day in history, May 26, 1907, John ... to use Wayne as an extra, and he eventually began to trust him with some larger roles. In 1930, Ford recommended Wayne for Fox’s epic Western ...