Walsh was ultimately right to cast Wayne in The Big Trail. He gave one of the biggest movie stars his start. However, filmmaker John Ford would later be the person to boost Wayne’s career to its ...

While working there, director Raoul Walsh saw a star quality in him and decided to cast John Wayne in The Big Trail, making it his first leading role in any movie. The Big Trail was a ...

Famed U.S. Army General Douglas MacArthur watched one John Wayne movie once a month for every month because he loved the ...

John Wayne's prolific career includes fantastic movies like Howard Hawks' Red River, Raoul Walsh's The Big Trail and John Ford's Stagecoach. Growing old wasn't among Wayne's limitations in acting.

John Wayne is a titan ... big break in 1930’s The Big Trail, Marion Morrison – who went by Duke Morrison at the time – made his acting debut in a silent movie called Brown of Harvard.

John Wayne, the legendary actor best known for making classic Western films, was born on May 26, 1907. The Oscar-winning actor and star of nearly 180 films and television shows died in 1979 at age 72.