Originally Posted by gunzo

John Wayne wasn't an actor. He just played himself.


I keep hearing that. But it's not true.

John Wayne wasn't a cowboy or a gunfighter. He was an actor. A creation by Hollywood, beginning in the 1930's.

It just happens that he played a character that everyone liked.... in all his movies.

Kinda like Tommy Lee Jones. Same bland, no expression acting. But people like him.



You want an actor that played himself in cowboy movies, then look towards Ben Johnson.

Ben was a rancher, and a son of a rancher. World champion cowboy as well.


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