John Wayne's Vietnam War film The Green Berets was backed by the government, portraying a very narrow view of the controversial war.

John Wayne’s first movie as director was 1960’s The Alamo, but he was technically the uncredited one a year later on another Western. Duke starred in The Comancheros as Captain Jake Cutter in ...

Chisum, which is on ITV4 this afternoon, was John Wayne's first movie of the 1970s, which would also be the Western legend's final decade. The film was based on the Lincoln County War of 1878 with ...

You’d think that John Wayne said the word “pilgrim” a lot. He did. But only in one movie. In “The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance,” the Duke said it 25 times. The Internet Movie Database ...

There were no small parts in a John Wayne movie. Though John Wayne is the most recognizable of these performers, he was neither the first nor the longest-tenured of these Western stars.

It’s striking just how many movies John Ford and John Wayne made together, especially considering how tough the director was on his biggest star. Ford’s direction, Wayne’s characters border on the ...

Things had started out so well. The 1959 production began with Wayne agreeing to team up again with John Ford for the director’s only Civil War movie. In agreeing to take on the picture, Wayne also ...

Actor Jack Merrill shares a harrowing memory of his encounter with serial killer John Wayne Gacy I grew up in ... I needed a change. When the movie Fame came out, I went to see it, and I was ...

Actor Jack Merrill shares a harrowing memory of his encounter with serial killer John Wayne Gacy Liz McNeil is an Editor at Large at PEOPLE, where she's worked for over 30 years. Years ago, actor ...