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Maureen O’Hara: He was a great friend, he would do anything for you, he was a family man, he was a real man’s man and it was wonderful to have him in this world with us and be sent here to do whatever God wanted him to do

Ninety-four years have not diminished Maureen O’Hara’s wonderful lilting voice or her unfiltered worldview. The Irish-born actress appeared on film…

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Even after filming The Shootist, Wayne had plans to return to the genre

He’s an icon of the genre, but how many Westerns did John Wayne actually appear in? John Wayne made his…

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Wayne told me every time, he says, ‘Take a step, turn around’ so, I do it and Hawks would yell ‘Cut’ and come walking, they’d reset everything, which took a half hour,” Caan recalled

Actor James Caan once talked about what it was like working with legendary actor John Wayne on El Dorado. The…

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Aissa Wayne: She thought that was the most compelling feature he made since True Grit

John Wayne made a wide assortment of movies, including features across the Western and war genres. The actor wanted to…

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John Wayne was as big as he was on the screen and he treated me like his little princess William Holden was very private

Constance Towers has led a decadeslong career in Hollywood – and her work is far from over. While many fans…

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Robert Duvall : He was an institution unto himself,” Duvall said of The Duke “and that final film he did, The Shootist, it was wonderful what he did

One of Robert Duvall’s early breakout roles was in True Grit. You remember Ned Pepper, don’t you? Folks ask Duvall…

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Western star .. Wayne was having an affair with actress Marlene Dietrich of losing this relationship was the real reason Wayne didn’t want to go to war

When actor John Wayne visited American soldiers in Vietnam in the summer of 1966, he was warmly welcomed. As he…

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Duke and William Holden managed to negotiate a whopping $775,000 (almost $8 million today)

John Wayne couldn’t stand John Ford on The Horse Soldiers set and begged the film’s producer to lie to the…

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“I think making The Alamo became my father’s own form of combat,” said Wayne’s daughter, Aissa

When John Wayne decided he was going to do something, there wasn’t much anyone could do to stop him. His…

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John Wayne – whose last “role” was Star Wars – starred in everything from ice hockey drama Idol Of The Crowds – where the actor had never played prior to filming – or action movies like California Straight Ahead

John Wayne tried to break his Western typecasting early on in his career – which almost destroyed it. A look…

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