John Wayne became a symbol of American manhood and patriotism over his five-decade career in Hollywood. Always most famous for his westerns, Wayne also made a dozen World War II movies in the two ...

It's been nearly half a century since he died in 1979, and yet no actor has wholly embodied the role of cinematic cowboy quite like John Wayne. Getting his start in B-movies in the 1930s, Wayne ...

W hile John Wayne may feel like a larger-than-life Hollywood icon, many of his greatest movies were actually inspired by or based on true stories. As a legend of war and Western filmmaking, Wayne ...

John Wayne turned down ‘The Dirty Dozen’ because of military ‘adultery’ According to Randy Roberts’ book, John Wayne: American , the movie star turned down the leading role in 1967’s ...

Actor John Wayne was once told that 1 of his movies represented American servicemen better than they could themselves. Skip to main content. ... Wayne didn’t serve in the military, ...

In “Jet Pilot,” John Wayne plays another military pilot, portraying Air Force Col. Jim Shannon. But this is less of a war movie and more of an espionage drama.

From the late-1940s through the mid-60s, Hollywood could count on the Defense Department to lend a hand in making realistic war movies. However, in 1954, the Marine Corps effectively killed a ...

Probably Wayne's best war movie. The saddest thing when one thinks about John Wayne's movies today is the fact that these days, Hollywood really doesn't make war movies like these any more. The ...

In “Jet Pilot,” John Wayne plays another military pilot, portraying Air Force Col. Jim Shannon. But this is less of a war movie and more of an espionage drama.