John Wayne: 7 amazing facts you should know about him

The Quiet Man was one of my favourites.

Liked John Wayne no matter what!

Always loved John Wayne great actor .xxx

Love watching John Wayne movies. My favorites are The Quiet Man and McLintock. Maureen O' Hara and him were great together.

He was humble and treated people in a way that would turn them into fans if they weren't fans when they met him. The Horse Soldiers was shot in my home town . While I was an infant at the time my older friends talk about sitting in his lap for a picture. At one time in my life I had a friend who lived in John Wayne's neighborhood. Wayne turned his swimming pool into the gathering place for the neighborhood children. They didn't just admire him, they very personally loved him. Most celebrities today seem to be too self centered to cultivate that kind of affection from their fans.

He was on board a ship filming a pirates movie near Santa Catalina Island as a mere stage hand, when the female star fell off the ship. She couldn't swim and while everybody watched, Wayne took off his boots and plunged into de ocean and rescued the girl. The film director said that was the kind of REAL heroes the movies needed, and eventually made him a movie actor (not a star, that would come later).

Derrick Brain, only one was not the best and that was The Conqueror, where he portrayed Genghis Khan.

I loved all movies John Wayne was in.

John Wayne is one of my favorite actors! Love all his movies!

I and my Dad knew John Wayne very well and the two women he also married. Since my Dad was in charge of movies and writing daily news paper and Hollywood reports John had him come to his home and then the airport was named after him too.

Yes the quite man was a great movie, also a favourite! 💋💋💋

My absolute favourite Actor! 💜💜

The searchers ,best western ever made

An actor that you couldn't get sick of any of his movies the way he walked with that swagger and the saying "That'll Be the Day" also in his movies they all weren't action a lot had comical touch like McLintock Rooster Cogburn,Hatari,North To Alaska, that one is one of favourites

He was working as a propertuy man in a pirate's movie filmed near Santa Catalina island,. when the leading lady fell overboard. While all the xcast watches in awe, he dived and brought her up to be rescued. Director Raouls Walsh said that the movies needed REAL heroes, like him and not pansies. He made "Stagecoach" but then filmed lots of two-reelers before becoming a real movie star.

He got that bracelet, he wore frequently, from the people of Vietnam while filming or shortly after filming the "Green Berets". It was a gift to him & he valved it highly. He can be seen wearing it in many of his films.

He was a great actor ,he was a patriot who loved his country I don’t think he ever made a bad movie

He was born in Winterset Iowa.

This brilliant Actor was always my favourite I will never understand why the Alamo although wasn’t the complete true story which he produced directed and starred in was not a box office hit must have seen the film lots and lots of times nether the less the man is a legend R I P