He spent more than a decade in dozens of B-movies ... of Frank "Spig" Wead, with John Wayne donning the lead role. The late Frank Wead was an ardent U.S. Navy pilot who admired his work so ...

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 ...