Bonney was involved and was still at large after the Battle of Lincoln. if (typeof syvum_google_incontent_link != 'undefined' && syvum_google_incontent_link.length > 0) John Wayne is one of the biggest Hollywood stars of all time. Articles from Britannica Encyclopedias for elementary and high school students. A 1956 film poster for The Conqueror in which Wayne portrayed Temujin. Fords The Long Voyage Home (1940), a film based on several Eugene ONeill one-act plays, featured one of Waynes most praised performances from the early years of his stardom and offered further evidence of his commanding screen presence. The Breaking of Boys and the Making of Men, "The tall, commanding figure of the prop boy looked right for the part and, when John Ford vouched for Wayne's dedication to work, [Raoul] Walsh arranged a screen test.". In 1961 Wayne appeared in an anti-communist documentary opinion program called The Challenge of Ideas. In my mind, El Dorado was the best of the bunch. Wayne was also the property assistant for this film, although he was uncredited. Waynes screen image was permanently defined in the many classic films he made with directors Ford and Howard Hawks during the postwar years and into the early 1960s. John Wayne died of stomach cancer on June 11, 1979 at the age of 72. According to the legend, Harris adopted a geisha girl of 17 in his household. 5. Clyde developed a lung condition that required him to move his family from Iowa to the warmer climate of southern California, where they tried ranching in the Mojave Desert. John Wayne died of lung and stomach cancer on June 11, 1979 in Los Angeles, California, USA. Home > Fun > Movies > Hollywood Actors > Print Preview,