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Was John Wayne one of the coolest actors ever ?

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  • Hector
    el Hombre de Acero
    • May 19, 2003
    • 31852

    #31
    Spencer Tracy was a much better actor...but that doesn't mean he was cooler than the Duke...

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    • Mikey
      Verbose Member
      • Aug 9, 2001
      • 47242

      #32
      Originally posted by Hector
      I believe the thread is about if John Wayne was one of the coolest actors...not whether he was the best actor ever...talk about a 180...

      Exactly.

      In the same way I would ask if Fonzie is coolest TV personality, not Henry Winkler.

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      • TEXASFETT
        #1 Bounty Hunter
        • Aug 29, 2008
        • 1473

        #33
        When I was a kid I would catch my grandfather watching his movies but I knew who he but never watch one til this day. So guys what would be the best John Wayne one to watch first if I was gone sit and watch it.

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        • J.B.
          Guild Navigator
          • Jun 23, 2010
          • 2881

          #34
          Not sure if he was cool, but I heard he was Big Leggy.

          You are transparent; I see many things... I see plans within plans.

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          • Goblin19
            Talkative Member
            • May 2, 2002
            • 6108

            #35
            The Quiet Man is my favorite John Wayne movie, followed by The Searchers and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance.

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            • apes3978
              Permanent Member
              • Nov 19, 2005
              • 4901

              #36
              If you're gonna call me out on bringing up his acting style/ability in a thread that's about "if he was one of the coolest actors", then you should also call out everyone in this thread that has used it to say whether or not they liked him or used it to say what their favorite Wayne flicks are... Ya can't say I'm the only one doing a 180, the bulk of the rest are too ... I don't care that you did it, but don't just point at me as altering the thread a little bit when others are just as "guilty"

              And now to bring it back to it's origins of "Was John Wayne one of the coolest actor ever", I'd say no... Clint Eastwood gets my vote on that one, with Charles Bronson a close second...

              In any case, it's too bad that the "Old Hollywood" is retiring/dying off... I hate to think that someday the whiny hoodie wearing actors of today might be considered "legends"...

              Originally posted by Hector
              I believe the thread is about if John Wayne was one of the coolest actors...not whether he was the best actor ever...talk about a 180...

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              • Hector
                el Hombre de Acero
                • May 19, 2003
                • 31852

                #37
                Relax...this is not end of the world stuff...lol.
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                • Hector
                  el Hombre de Acero
                  • May 19, 2003
                  • 31852

                  #38
                  BTW...the coolest actor ever is Steve McQueen...now close this thread already...



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                  • GSPUSA
                    General Patton
                    • Apr 9, 2005
                    • 1506

                    #39
                    He was one of the best.
                    It

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                    • The Bat
                      Batman Fanatic
                      • Jul 14, 2002
                      • 13412

                      #40
                      Originally posted by Goblin19
                      The Quiet Man is my favorite John Wayne movie
                      That was my Dad's favorite Movie as well.
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                      • bondtoddbond
                        Mego Museum Super Spy
                        • Aug 14, 2009
                        • 488

                        #41
                        Was John Wayne one of the coolest actors ever?
                        Yes.
                        sigpic "It's like you're unravelling a big cable-knit sweater that someone keeps knitting and knitting and knitting and knitting and knitting and knitting..."

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                        • wolfie
                          Persistent Member
                          • Dec 31, 2007
                          • 1567

                          #42
                          Originally posted by TEXASFETT
                          So guys what would be the best John Wayne one to watch first if I was gone sit and watch it.
                          True Grit
                          El Dorado
                          The Shootist

                          I think i like his later films but these are the ones i grew up with, i was a 70's kid, probably still am.

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                          • apes3978
                            Permanent Member
                            • Nov 19, 2005
                            • 4901

                            #43
                            Exactly, and that's why I put those ugly lil smiley faces in there...


                            Originally posted by Hector
                            Relax...this is not end of the world stuff...lol.

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                            • fallensaviour
                              Talkative Member
                              • Aug 28, 2006
                              • 5620

                              #44
                              The thing is he was a great western actor the unfortunate thing is he did over 250 films and people only ever remember about twelve of them...LOL
                              I'm just saying is all.

                              some of my favs include;
                              Rio Bravo
                              El dorado
                              The Cowboys
                              True Grit
                              Rooster Cogburn
                              The Shootist

                              There are more but these ones I never get tired off.
                              It's truly a shame that Wayne was not in the magnificent seven and even a greater shame him and Eastwood never did a western together.
                              “When you say “It’s hard”, it actually means “I’m not strong enough to fight for it”. Stop saying its hard. Think positive!”

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                              • Mikey
                                Verbose Member
                                • Aug 9, 2001
                                • 47242

                                #45
                                A lot of people don't know the role of the Wacko Kid in Blazing Saddles was written for John Wayne to play --- and Wayne wanted to do it saying it looks like fun, but his manager talked him out of it, claiming it would damage Wayne's reputation as a wholesome hero.

                                It's a shame it never came to be.
                                Just imagine if Wayne did it.
                                It would have been fantastic.

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