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re: Was John Wayne a good actor?
Posted on 10/4/22 at 12:18 pm to weagle99
Posted on 10/4/22 at 12:18 pm to weagle99
Capable of it? Yes.
Good in most of his work? Not necessarily. But he didn’t need to be as long as people were paying to see him.
A lot of what he started in was cookie cutter crap so he wasn’t going to hit a home run in every at bat. That was just the studio system of the time.
Good in most of his work? Not necessarily. But he didn’t need to be as long as people were paying to see him.
A lot of what he started in was cookie cutter crap so he wasn’t going to hit a home run in every at bat. That was just the studio system of the time.
Posted on 10/4/22 at 12:19 pm to weagle99
Watch Red River and get back to us
Posted on 10/4/22 at 12:32 pm to weagle99
The Conqueror - He made me believe he was Asian.
Posted on 10/4/22 at 12:51 pm to weagle99
I think that he was great, but it seems like 90% of this board thinks that Tom Hanks had a better career than John Wayne or Cary Grant.
IMO, Tom Hanks isn't even close to John Wayne or Cary Grant's career in film.
IMO, Tom Hanks isn't even close to John Wayne or Cary Grant's career in film.
Posted on 10/4/22 at 12:57 pm to weagle99
quote:
Was John Wayne a good actor?
What kind of lame brain non sense is this ?
Posted on 10/4/22 at 1:06 pm to weagle99
Sean Connery is considered a great actor.
Sean Connery starred in Zardoz.
That's all you need to know.
Sean Connery starred in Zardoz.
That's all you need to know.
Posted on 10/4/22 at 1:13 pm to oogabooga68
IMO his best performance is in They Were Expendable, made at the tail end of WW2. The bittersweet scenes he has with Donna Reed are as good as it gets.
Posted on 10/4/22 at 1:22 pm to weagle99
I think most of the responses in here are pretty correct and reasonable. There were some roles where he did great in and like most actors there were some roles that were pretty mediocre. Overall I would say he was pretty damn good, he certainly had a measure of screen presence
Posted on 10/4/22 at 3:02 pm to boxcarbarney
quote:I always see McClintok and Chism as the same guy.
John Wayne was excellent at playing John Wayne.
Posted on 10/4/22 at 4:14 pm to AlxTgr
There is a major problem here as many here today look at his career and all of the movies he made at once.
John was a mid level actor at the start as he was a stun man for a while and then broke into B grade movies.
The movie Stagecoach (1939) is his breakout role, he had already been in movies for 13 years at this point. His huge leap to stardom took a long time and was still 2 years away in 1939.
Allegheny Uprising in 1940 put him in the raising stars of Hollywood list. But the films that made him a star were Lady from Louisiana and The Shepherd of the Hills both from 1941, which got the vehicle for him Reap the Wild Wind and there was no looking back.
From that date until 1956's The Searchers, John Wayne was one of the better actors on the screen.
John at the point had learned everyone wanted to see John Wayne as John Wayne and most of his later movies Wayne is playing John Wayne on screen.
He should have won Best Actor of Sands of Iwo Jima and Big Jake (not True Grit).
Yes John Wayne was a great actor, but remember the best actor ever is not remembered by many and he was just to good....Paul Muni....
as said by one famous person I would rather have 10 Betty Davis than one Paul Muni.
Acting is just part of one brings to the table, other things are only God given (see Errol Flynn)
Everyone remembers Betty Davis how many Paul Muni?
John Wayne is still one of the top grossing actors today and well-remembered.
John was a mid level actor at the start as he was a stun man for a while and then broke into B grade movies.
The movie Stagecoach (1939) is his breakout role, he had already been in movies for 13 years at this point. His huge leap to stardom took a long time and was still 2 years away in 1939.
Allegheny Uprising in 1940 put him in the raising stars of Hollywood list. But the films that made him a star were Lady from Louisiana and The Shepherd of the Hills both from 1941, which got the vehicle for him Reap the Wild Wind and there was no looking back.
From that date until 1956's The Searchers, John Wayne was one of the better actors on the screen.
John at the point had learned everyone wanted to see John Wayne as John Wayne and most of his later movies Wayne is playing John Wayne on screen.
He should have won Best Actor of Sands of Iwo Jima and Big Jake (not True Grit).
Yes John Wayne was a great actor, but remember the best actor ever is not remembered by many and he was just to good....Paul Muni....
as said by one famous person I would rather have 10 Betty Davis than one Paul Muni.
Acting is just part of one brings to the table, other things are only God given (see Errol Flynn)
Everyone remembers Betty Davis how many Paul Muni?
John Wayne is still one of the top grossing actors today and well-remembered.
This post was edited on 10/4/22 at 4:18 pm
Posted on 10/4/22 at 6:57 pm to weagle99
Who cares if he wasn't? He was the Duke.
Posted on 10/4/22 at 6:58 pm to rebelrouser
quote:
He won an oscar for True Grit
The newer True Grit is sooooo much better
Posted on 10/4/22 at 7:08 pm to weagle99
Ive seen a few JW movies but was never really a fan. I always thought Clint was the better actor.
Posted on 10/4/22 at 7:30 pm to Dawgirl
quote:Even Clint Eastwood himself would not claim that
I always thought Clint was the better actor
Posted on 10/4/22 at 7:47 pm to Thracken13
quote:better than wayne? better than the average of the time?
so many better actors now
could you provide some examples?
Posted on 10/4/22 at 8:30 pm to Jack Ruby
“- Ned Pepper: What's your intention? Do you think one on four is a dogfall?
- Rooster Cogburn: I mean to kill you in one minute, Ned. Or see you hanged in Fort Smith at Judge Parker's convenience. Which'll it be?
- Ned Pepper: I call that bold talk for a one-eyed fat man.
- Rooster Cogburn: Fill your hand, you son of a bitch!”
- Rooster Cogburn: I mean to kill you in one minute, Ned. Or see you hanged in Fort Smith at Judge Parker's convenience. Which'll it be?
- Ned Pepper: I call that bold talk for a one-eyed fat man.
- Rooster Cogburn: Fill your hand, you son of a bitch!”
Posted on 10/4/22 at 8:53 pm to weagle99
He was bigger than just being a "good actor."
quote:
“I have known John Wayne for 39 years, and in those 39 years I have called him my dearest friend - my best friend...” O’Hara said. It was an emotionally gripping moment, but she continued. “To the people of the world, John Wayne is not just an actor - and a very fine actor - John Wayne is the United States of America.”
This post was edited on 10/4/22 at 8:55 pm
Posted on 10/4/22 at 9:26 pm to Cleathecat
[quote]Why didn't your Dad introduce you to all of the greatness of The Duke?[/quote/]
My Dad was a WWII vet and he hated JW with a passion because he played military badasses but never actually served. Dad had a lot of respect for Jimmy Stewart and Glenn Ford and some others. But he had disdain for John Wayne. I guess it rubbed off on me because I don’t hate him but I don’t see him as a great actor or heroic type.
My Dad was a WWII vet and he hated JW with a passion because he played military badasses but never actually served. Dad had a lot of respect for Jimmy Stewart and Glenn Ford and some others. But he had disdain for John Wayne. I guess it rubbed off on me because I don’t hate him but I don’t see him as a great actor or heroic type.
Posted on 10/4/22 at 9:39 pm to Jack Ruby
I think his acting is outstanding in The Shepherd of the Hills (1941). Trailer on YouTube
I think it would have been pretty easy for me to look like I'm in love with Betty Field's 'Sammy' character too.
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