Classic Westerns Top Recent Genre Rankings
Classic Westerns are drawing renewed attention through recent rankings: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly remains IMDb’s highest-ranked Western, High Noon topped a suspense-focused list as a remake moves forward, and The Shootist placed among John Wayne’s best films. Their histories also include notable refusals—Charles Bronson passed on roles in The Good, the Bad and the Ugly and The Shootist, while Wayne rejected Little Big Man—and modern films continue to reinvent the genre with darker themes and morally complex characters.
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About John Wayne
Marion Robert Morrison, known professionally as John Wayne, was an American actor. Nicknamed "Duke", he became a popular icon through his starring roles in films which were produced during Hollywood's Golden Age, especially in Western and war movies. His career flourished from the silent film era of the 1920s to the American New Wave in the 1970s, as he appeared in a total of 179 film and television productions. He was among the top box-office draws for three decades, and appeared with many other important Hollywood stars of his era. In 1999, the American Film Institute selected Wayne as one of the greatest male stars of classic American cinema.
Everything about John Wayne →- Occupation
- film actor, actor, film director, film producer
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- May 26, 1907
- Died
- June 11, 1979
- Website
- http://www.johnwayne.com