John Wayne and his career are widely recognized as emblems of American Western cinema. His commanding presence on screen ...

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 ...

Back in 1946, John Wayne shot the first of his five movies with director Howard Hawks ... nightly poker games with Wayne. The 26-year-old later said of the two political conservatives ...

Appearing in a whopping 23 movies together throughout their careers, with many under the direction of John Ford, Wayne's image as an icon of American heroism in the Old West and the battlefield ...