John Wayne

John Wayne was in so much pain he couldn’t sleep on Ann-Margret movie set | Films | Entertainment

John Wayne was in so much pain he couldn’t sleep on Ann-Margret movie set | Films | Entertainment

Heather Blacksmith

By the 1970s, John Wayne was coming towards the end of his career as a Hollywood star. In 1973, aged ...

John Wayne turned down a movie and Harrison Ford replaced him in starring role | Films | Entertainment

John Wayne turned down a movie and Harrison Ford replaced him in starring role | Films | Entertainment

Heather Blacksmith

John Wayne made over 170 movies across his incredible motion picture career, spanning from the silent era into the New ...

John Wayne made ‘delightful’ Katharine Hepburn ‘belly laugh’ on Rooster Cogburn | Films | Entertainment

John Wayne made ‘delightful’ Katharine Hepburn ‘belly laugh’ on Rooster Cogburn | Films | Entertainment

Heather Blacksmith

Following his Oscar-winning role in True Grit, John Wayne returned as his one-eyed US Marshal in 1975’s Rooster Cogburn. This ...

Elvis Presley turned down John Wayne’s offer to co-star in Oscar-winning Western | Films | Entertainment

Elvis Presley turned down John Wayne’s offer to co-star in Oscar-winning Western | Films | Entertainment

Heather Blacksmith

Elvis Presley shot to fame as a singing sensation back in 1956, but his manager Colonel Tom Parker also had ...

John Wayne given ‘best advice of my life’ in foul rant on classic movie set | Films | Entertainment

John Wayne given ‘best advice of my life’ in foul rant on classic movie set | Films | Entertainment

Heather Blacksmith

During his last couple of decades, John Wayne’s health seriously deteriorated. The lifelong heavy smoker and drinker lived without one ...