John Wayne's on-screen image and name have been synonymous with Hollywood's Golden Age, though it's not the name the Western ...

John Wayne is one of the most beloved movie stars of all time — but have you ever wondered how he picked up his famous ...

DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — John Wayne's heirs are taking Duke University to court to assert the family's right to market bottles of bourbon branded with the late movie star's nickname, Duke. A federal ...

Wayne’s association with the so-called ‘threat’ was nothing if not interesting: he once found himself on the receiving end of an FBI investigation when J Edgar Hoover thought he was making a communist ...

The heirs of screen legend John Wayne and Duke University are battling over whether the family can sell a bourbon named Duke, which was the actor’s nickname.

The son of late actor John Wayne told Fox News that his father was no racist, despite having made bigoted comments that are causing his legacy to be reexamined. “Let me make one thing clear &… ...

John Wayne’s influence still pervades the culture. He and his most important director, John Ford, collaborated on movies that shaped America’s view of itself. Their partnership was comp… ...

You've probably seen him on the big screen, but did you know Hollywood's favorite cowboy, John Wayne, was from Iowa?

The Searchers featured an appalling mistake by Ward Bond that had to be covered up for years to avoid the "terrible temper" and physical attack of director John Ford. When the filmmaker finally found ...

“I called him aside and said, ‘Duke, do you think you could direct this picture better than I can?'” he recalled. “With Duke, you have to let him know who’s the boss on set. We went back, and Duke ...

No one would argue that John Wayne was a true legend. Born Marion Robert Morrison in Iowa on May 26, 1907, he took the stage name John Wayne for his movies, but was also lovingly known as The Duke ...

You've probably heard of Hollywood's most famous cowboy, John Wayne. Often referred to as "The Duke," Wayne starred in over 100 movies, many of them Westerns, over his 50-year career. The small ...