During the Duke’s unparalleled 50-year career in the movie industry, there were performances by supporting players (and, in a few instances, by people who were billed above Wayne in the credits) that I thought were truly memorable. Please list your personal favorites among the roles of all those who played in “John Wayne” movies over the years. To start things off, I’ll list my own favorite roles. (NOTE) I’m not including performances by players in “The Longest Day” or “How The West Was Won”, since Duke was, in effect, just one of many stars in those films.

The Shootist
Lauren Bacall – Bond Rogers
Ron Howard – Gillom Rogers
Moses – Scatman Crothers

The Cowboys
Roscoe Lee Browne – Jebediah Nightlinger (Among my very favorite supporting roles.)

Big Jake
Richard Boone – John Fain
Pat Wayne – James McCandles

True Grit
Kim Darby – Mattie Ross (Probably my all-time favorite supporting role)
Robert Duvall – “Lucky” Ned Pepper (Another among my favorite supporting roles.)
Strother Martin – Colonel Stonehill

The Sons of Katie Elder
Dean Martin – Tom Elder
George Kennedy – Curley

McLintock
Maureen O’Hara – Katherine McLintock
Yvonne De Carlo – Louise Warren

The Comancheros
Stuart Whitman – Paul Regret

North To Alaska
Stewart Granger – George Pratt
Ernie Kovacs – Frankie Canon
Capucine – Michelle (Angel)

The Horse Soldiers
William Holden – Major Hank Kendall

Rio Bravo
Practically the entire supporting cast, but especially
Walter Brennan – Stumpy (He shoulda got an Oscar for that performance)
Dean Martin – Dude
Angie Dickinson – Feathers
Ricky Nelson – Colorado Ryan
Claude Akins – Joe Burdette
Pedro Gonzalez – Carlos

The Barbarian and the Geisha
So Yamamura – Baron Tamura
Sam Jaffe – Henry Heusken
Eiko Ando – Okichi

The Searchers
Jeffrey Hunter – Martin Pawley
Ward Bond – Capt. Rev. Samuel J. Clayton
Natalie Wood – Debbie Edwards (Grown)
Hank Worden – Mose Harper
Vera Miles – Laurie Jorgensen
Henry Brandon – Chief Scar
John Qualen – Lars Jorgensen
Ken Curtis – Charlie McCorry

The Quiet Man
Maureen O’Hara – Mary Kate Danaher
Victor McLaglen – Red Will Danaher
Barry Fitzgerald – Michaeleen Flynn
Ward Bond – Father Lonergan

Operation Pacific
Patricia Neal – Mary Stuart

Sands of Iwo Jima
John Agar – Pfc Pete Conway
Forrest Tucker – Corporal Al Thomas

She Wore A Yellow Ribbon
Victor McLaglen – Sgt. Quincannon
John Agar – Lt. Flint Cohill
Harry Carey Jr. - Lt. Ross Pennell
Joanne Dru – Olivia Dandridge
Ben Johnson – Sgt. Tyree

Three Godfathers
Pedro Armendariz – Pete
Ward Bond – Perley “Buck” Sweet
Harry Carey Jr. – Abilene Kid

Red River
Montgomery Clift – Matthew Garth
Walter Brennan – Nadine Groot
Joanne Dru – Tess Millay

Fort Apache
Henry Fonda – Lt. Col. Owen Thursday
John Agar – Lt. Michael O’Rourke
Ward Bond – Sgt. Major O’Rourke
Victor McLaglen – Sgt. Mulcahy
Pedro Armendariz – Sgt. Beaufort
Hank Worden – Hick Recruit

They Were Expendable
Robert Montgomery – Lt. John Brickley
Donna Reed – Lt. Sandy Davyss
Ward Bond – “Boats” Mulcahey

Stagecoach
Claire Trevor – Dallas
Thomas Mitchell – Dr. Josiah Boone
John Carradine – Hatfield
Andy Devine – Buck Rickabaugh

There were several other supporting roles I really liked but this is getting so long I don’t wanna overdo it.

Stumpy,

Wow, that was a lot of work! :) Thank you for the effort - it puts it all in perspective.

I was glad to see They Were Expendable on that list.

One of my favorite actors in a supporting role to the Duke is Gabby Hayes.

Click HERE ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) for another thread from about a year ago, about Gabby Hayes and his common movies with the Duke.

I have also come to enjoy Ward Bond with John Wayne. (HERE'S ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) a link to a thread about Ward Bond.

If you want to read more on this board about Ward, click on Search and type in +ward +bond. You type in the plus sign in front of each word so that it will find posts with the phrase "ward bond" (i.e., both words, in that exact order).

Chester :newyear:

Hi Stumpy heres mine

Maureen O'hara especially in the quiet man.

Ron Howard in the Shootist.

Jeffrey Hunter in the Searchers

Stumpy(of course one of my all time favorite characters) and deano in rio bravo

Richard Boone in Big Jake a great villain

Kirk Douglas in the war wagon.

:agent:

I'll throw in a few lesser known ones, just for fun. I enjoyed Oliver Hardy's character in The Fighting Kentuckian. Forget Vera Ralston - Duke should have ridden off into the sunset with him.

I also liked Gabby Hayes in Tall in the Saddle and Dark Command. Roy Rogers was good in that one as well.

How about,

Robert Stack as Captain Sullivan
Clair Trevor as May Holst
Laraine Day as Lydia Rice
Jan Sterling as Sally McKee
Davic Brian as Ken Childs

The High & The Mighty

And

Andy Devine as Moon
James Arness as McMullen
Lloyd Nolan as Stutz
Allyn Joslyn as Handy

Island in the Sky

Hi Hondo

When one thinks of supporting actors everyone goes for the side kicks or good guys and gals. How about a list of favourite baddies in John Wayne pictures most of them very good classical actors. I'm thinking for instance:

:agent: Raymond Massey - King Cutler
:( Charles Bickford - Captain of the Tyfib
'Reap the Wild Wind'

:ph34r: Luther Adler - Mayrant Ruysdaal Sidneye -
'Wake of the Red Witch'

:( Walter Pidgeon - William Cantrell - Dark Command

:agent: James Gregory - Morgan Hastings - The Sons of Katie Elder

:cowboy: It seems that the baddies get very good meaty roles and I bet we've all got our favourite black hat guy :cowboy: .


Regards

Arthur