Back in 1963, John Wayne starred in a Western comedy loosely based on William Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew. Duke ...

He was movie star royalty and became one of the ... drama and even some comedy. John Wayne portrays Sheriff John T. Chance, tasked with defending a small Texas town against a powerful rancher ...

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.