The partnership between John Wayne and Ward Bond was more than just a professional collaboration, it was a friendship.

Beyond the archetypal gunslinger persona, John Wayne, in his career-defining movies, undertook a variety ... Wayne assumes the role of Captain Dooley, the pilot of a transport plane that crashes ...

It's been nearly half a century since he died in 1979, and yet no actor has wholly embodied the role of cinematic cowboy ...