John Wayne
1907–1979- Actor and director
American actor and director, born in Winterset. Won the Academy Award for Best Actor and the Golden Globe for Best Actor, Drama. Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture.
Pair · Actor and director
Films John Wayne made with Ben Johnson
John Wayne and Ben Johnson worked together on seven films, from Tall in the Saddle (1944) to The Train Robbers (1973). John Wayne directed one of them, The Undefeated (1969). John Wayne is one of Ben Johnson's regulars on this site: only Harry Carey worked on more of Ben Johnson's films.
Timeline
- Directed by one of the two
- Both in the cast
- Dominic Frontierescored 2 of these films
- William H. Clothiershot 3 of these films
- 19 yearsbetween Rio Grande (1950) and The Undefeated (1969)
From Wikipedia
Ford cast him in the remaining two of the three films that have come to be known as Ford's cavalry trilogy, all starring John Wayne: She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949), and Rio Grande (1950) joining Fort Apache.
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In 2006, friends of Wayne and his former Arizona business partner, Louis Johnson, inaugurated the "Louie and the Duke Classics" events benefiting the John Wayne Cancer Foundation and the American Cancer Society.
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Ben Johnson
1918–1996- Actor
American actor, born in Foraker. Won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor and the BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor.
The 7 films
Tall in the Saddle
John Wayne: actor · Ben Johnson: actor
Music: Roy Webb
Camera: Robert De Grasse
Written by: Paul Fix, Michael Hogan
3 Godfathers
John Wayne: actor · Ben Johnson: actor
Music: Richard Hageman
Camera: Winton Hoch
Written by: Frank S. Nugent, Laurence Stallings
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
John Wayne: actor · Ben Johnson: actor
Music: Richard Hageman
Camera: Winton Hoch
Written by: Frank S. Nugent, Laurence Stallings
Rio Grande
John Wayne: actor · Ben Johnson: actor
Music: Victor Young
Camera: Archie Stout, Bert Glennon
Written by: James Kevin McGuinness
The Undefeated
John Wayne: director and actor · Ben Johnson: actor, as Short Grub
Music: Hugo Montenegro
Camera: William H. Clothier
Written by: James Lee Barrett
Chisum
John Wayne: actor · Ben Johnson: actor
Music: Dominic Frontiere
Camera: William H. Clothier
Written by: Andrew J. Fenady
The Train Robbers
John Wayne: actor · Ben Johnson: actor
Music: Dominic Frontiere
Camera: William H. Clothier
Written by: Burt Kennedy
See also
- John Wayne and John Ford23 films together
- John Wayne and Victor McLaglen7 films together
- John Ford and Ben Johnson5 films together
- John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara5 films together
- Maureen O'Hara and Ben Johnson3 films together
- John Wayne and Pedro Armendáriz3 films together
- Jane Darwell and Ben Johnson2 films together
- Victor McLaglen and Ben Johnson2 films together
Worked with both
- John Ford23 films with John Wayne, 5 with Ben Johnson
- Victor McLaglen7 films with John Wayne, 2 with Ben Johnson
- Maureen O'Hara5 films with John Wayne, 3 with Ben Johnson
- Henry Fonda4 films with John Wayne, 2 with Ben Johnson
- James Stewart4 films with John Wayne, 2 with Ben Johnson
- Howard Hawks5 films with John Wayne, 1 with Ben Johnson