Wayne earned a Best Actor Oscar nomination for playing Marine Sgt. John Stryker, ... Sure, if this was a list of World War II movies and not John Wayne movies.

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 ...

John Wayne's role in the war movieThe Sea Chase provides much-needed variety from the actor's all-American characters.As Captain Karl Ehrlich, Wayne takes on the role of a German anti-Nazi marine ...

Here's a look at the 12 John Wayne movies that earned a 100% score on Rotten Tomatoes' Tomatometer. ... Sands of Iwo Jima follows the despised Marine Sgt. John Stryker (Wayne), ...

Wayne plays John Stryker, a very strict and very mean marine sergeant who is hated by his men. But they begin to understand his methods and learn to respect him during the Battle of Iwo Jima.

However, in 1954, the Marine Corps effectively killed a proposed John Wayne movie about a bloody Korean War battle because “the story would have a detrimental public relations effect for the ...

Allan Dwan’s Sands of Iwo Jima finds Marine Sgt. John Stryker (Wayne) wrestles with gaining the respect of his own men, who can’t stand his difficult attitude and the tough training that he ...

Wayne plays John Stryker, a very strict and very mean marine sergeant who is hated by his men. But they begin to understand his methods and learn to respect him during the Battle of Iwo Jima.