Wayne, John

Cultural  

1. A twentieth-century American film actor who often played “tough guys,” particularly soldiers and cowboys. His nickname was “Duke.”

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Example Sentences

Mr. Eyman—a prolific author of film biographies, including books on John Wayne, John Ford, Mary Pickford and Cary Grant—is astute about Crawford’s below-the-line collaborators at MGM.

From The Wall Street Journal

In 1991, another former member, John Ferrone, wrote to ask then-bishop of Fort Wayne John D’Arcy to “deal with the community,” saying the group does “not represent most of the normal people involved in renewal” and that the “power leaders sought over others has corrupted” any initial desire to boost the Catholic Church.

From Washington Post

What we tend to think of as classic westerns, your John Wayne/John Ford/Howard Hawks movies, were actually deconstructions of the genre as audiences had come to recognize it up to that point.

From The Guardian

By the mid-20th century, movie stars such as John Wayne, John Huston and Gary Cooper arrived for marlin fishing, often staying at hotels along Olas Altas.

From Washington Post

Fort Wayne: John Konchar had 16 points, seven rebounds and seven assists for the Mastodons.

From Washington Times