Labels:text | human face | fashion accessory | man | clothing | fedora | cowboy hat | sun hat | hat OCR: ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ Wayne, John John Wayne "I don't act, I react," John Wayne once said of his performances, mostly as a taciturn, tough hero, in a total of more than 200 films. In the process he earned himself an Oscar and a Congressional Medal of Honor, but still regarded himself as an ordinary actor. Nicknamed "Duke," it was his image as a self-effacing, six-foot-four cowboy that made him popular in Hollywood and gave him enduring public appeal. Coming from a poor background, Wayne worked as a bit-player in numerous Westerns until director John Ford cast him as Ringo Kid in "Stagecoach" (1939). For the rest of his career, he moved between war movies, costume dramas, and, above all, Westerns such as "Red River" (1948) and "True Grit" (1969). He both directed and acted in " The Alamo" (1960) and "The Green Berets" (1968). John Wayne, U.S. film star, 1907-79 With friends such as Joseph Mccarthy and Ronald Reagan, he was a staunch patriot and controversial anti-Communist. In his last film, "The Shootist" (1976), he played an ex- gunfighter dying of cancer, a fate that he suffered only three years later. CHRONOLOGY
