It’s not easy to find traces of John Wayne in Newport anymore. Some stamping grounds have been renamed or rebuilt. By Ashley Powers, Times Staff Writer Newport Beach will fete John Wayne, but it can’t throw the bash at his house. The bay-front home was ripped down to make room for a larger estate. The […]

The Newport Beach Film Festival returns, this time with a special John Wayne retrospective. By RICHARD CHANG The Orange County Register The Duke would have been proud. And perhaps a little embarrassed, because that’s the kind of “pilgrim” he was. This year’s eighth annual Newport Beach Film Festival will feature a special John Wayne tribute […]

Jack Williams didn’t choose to go into the stunt business, he was born into it. With a stuntman for a father and a trick horse rider for a mother, Williams was born on April 15, 1921, in Montana and was a longtime Hollywood stuntman, appearing in a host of films including “The Sons of Katie […]

Roscoe Lee Browne, the Emmy-winning actor with the mellifluous baritone that he used to give voice to roles in everything from Shakespeare’s plays to the popular animal film “Babe,” died at 81 Wednesday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. The cause of death was cancer, said publicist Alan Nierob. A classically trained actor with a commanding presence, […]

Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez, the irrepressible character actor and comedic entertainer who appeared in dozens of movies, including “The High and the Mighty” and “Rio Bravo,” has died. He was 80. Gonzalez Gonzalez died of natural causes Feb. 6 at his home in Culver City, said his grandson, actor Clifton Collins Jr. Gonzalez Gonzalez, a Texas […]

Pedro starred in countless Westerns. He was signed to a contract by Batjac Productions, was featured in many of John Wayne’s films, including “Rio Bravo”. He has starred with Rick Nelson, Dean Martin, Glenn Ford, Jerry Lewis and many other actors in his long carer. He is the recipient of a NOSOTROS Eagle Award.

LOS ANGELES (Zap2it.com) – Get back, pilgrim. Legendary movie cowboy John Wayne has outshot Clint Eastwood’s “Dirty Harry” and has cruised by Tom Cruise. The late actor has been named as the Top Money-Maker of All Time in the Quigley Publishing Company annual star poll. Born Marion Michael Morrison, Wayne made movies for more than […]

Lucille Ball Tops List of Dead Celebs NEW YORK – Lucille Ball is America’s most beloved dead star. The company that developed the “Q score” that broadcasters and advertisers quietly consult to measure a personality’s popularity has done a survey that tests the reputation of performers who have gone on to that big soundstage in […]

Each year Harris polls Americans about their favorite actors. The answers aren’t all that surprising – Tom Hanks, Mel Gibson, Julia Roberts, George Clooney. Yet there at No. 7 – between Clint Eastwood and Denzel Washington – sits John Wayne, who was born in Winterset, Ia. Even though he’s been dead for 25 years, he […]

All Available for the First Time on DVD May 3 from Warner Home Video BURBANK, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Feb. 23, 2005– The John Wayne Legendary Heroes Collection — featuring five classic films from the larger-than-life American hero — will debut on DVD May 3 from Warner Home Video. All five titles in the Collection, including “Blood Alley,” […]