Far From Forgotten

Friday, 11 July 2014

John Wayne

Born: 26 May 1907, Winterset, Iowa, USA
Died: 11 June 1979, Los Angeles, California, USA
 
Words and Music (1929) as Pete Donahue (Credited as Duke Morrison) 
 
John Wayne's first credited role is probably lost forever. This is a studio still. The girl is Lois Moran.















 
Riders of Destiny (1933) as Singin' Sandy Saunders
 
John Wayne sings in ths film, though his singing voice is provided by Bill Bradbury while Wayne partially turns his back so that you can't see his inability to play the guitar.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 



















 
The Lucky Texan (1934) as Jerry Mason
 



















Rainbow Valley (1935) as John Martin



















Stagecoach (1939) as Ringo Kid
 

















New Frontier (1939) as Stony Brooke



















In Old California (1942) as Tom Craig



















In Old Oklahoma (aka War of the Wildcats) (1943) as Daniel F. Somers




















Back to Bataan (1945) as Col. Joseph Madden






























Angel and the Badman (1947) as Quirt Evans
 

















The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) as Tom Doniphon

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Circus World (1964) as Matt Masters
 
The opening scene.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
The Cowboys (1972) as Wil Andersen
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

















1 comment:

  1. Now come on, John Wayne is not forgotten yet. It'll take a few more decades before he's forgotten, his movies are being shown somewhere on this planet every second of every day! He's like Babe Ruth, people will forget Barry Bonds and Hank Aaron before they forget Ruth!

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