John Wayne was the greatest John Wayne impersonator who ever lived. Born Marion Morrison in a small town in Iowa, he had to build himself into an icon.

Since then, Wayne usually played cowboys, soldiers, and other assorted heroes. True Grit's Rooster Cogburn was an aging, drunk, grumpy old man and a break from type for John Wayne. True Grit ...

Most classics in the genre didn't get a traditional sequel, least of all with John Wayne reprising his role from the original. But that's exactly what 1975's Rooster Cogburn did, with Wayne back ...

John Wayne didn't take kindly to a British film critic who met him on a train from Denver to Salt Lake in the 1960s.

For everyone who's still figuring it out.