It's been nearly half a century since he died in 1979, and yet no actor has wholly embodied the role of cinematic cowboy ...

John Wayne remains an American icon thanks to his roles in popular Westerns and war movies, but what do we really know about ...

The partnership between John Wayne and Ward Bond was more than just a professional collaboration, it was a friendship. Appearing in a whopping 23 movies together throughout their careers ...

Horror Westerns, by now, have firmly cemented their place inside the pantheon of American films, with movies like Bone Tomahawk ... even starred in one. John Wayne is an iconic Western actor ...

Chisum was John Wayne's first movie of the 1970s, the Western legend's final decade. Having had a cancerous lung removed a few years earlier, Duke had to rely on an oxygen mask and hide his ...

In general, John Wayne pictures are pretty lax when it comes to violence. Even though gunshots reign supreme in most of the Duke's Westerns, they rarely feel as bloody or violent as the films of ...