Updated February 28, 2025: This collection of John Wayne's best war movies has been updated with ... The late Frank Wead was an ardent U.S. Navy pilot who admired his work so much that he didn ...

Just a couple of years after the Second World War, John Wayne starred in Sands of Iwo Jima, a movie reenacting it. At 42, the Hollywood actor felt he was too old to play Sgt John M Stryker ...