The partnership between John Wayne and Ward Bond was more than just a professional collaboration, it was a friendship.

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

The best director John Wayne ever worked with who wasn't John Ford directed Wayne in the likes of 'Rio Bravo', 'Red River', ...

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

Red River, a fictional tale of the first cattle drive from Texas to Kansas, followed a growing feud between Duke’s Texas rancher Thomas and his adopted adult son Matt, played by Montgomery Clift in ...

John Wayne made his fair share of duds throughout his career, but one of his collaborations is clear about which one stands ...

John Wayne struggled through poor health when filming The Train Robbers, which celebrates its 52nd anniversary this week. Yet his co-star Ann-Margret remembers how Duke tenaciously stayed strong ...

There aren't many figures bigger than John Wayne. One of the most iconic leading men of his era, there was no one else in ...

Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Feb. 6, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email us. Weather records (from the National ...

When the three pitched potential names for the restaurant, there was a common name: Wayne. For Seitzler, his brother’s nickname was John Wayne; Collings’s grandfather was named Wayne.

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 ...