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by anti-shill 3905 days ago
my dad was an extra in the movie The Alamo (1960), which Wayne starred in and directed. My dad said Wayne cussed a lot. My dad played a mexican cavalry man....

My dad and many men of his era and place (we lived in west texas) always sort of lived their lives in a john wayne sort of fashion.... in the movie Hondo, Wayne, upon hearing that a young boy could not swim across the creek in front of him, grabbed him by his underwear and threw him in the creek--sink or swim. My dad did the same to me at about age 6.

Anyway, I think it was John Ford who made Wayne a real star.