john wayne
Woody strode |
May 26th, 1907 - June 11th, 1979 Actor, Director and Producer John Wayne, who was nicknamed "Duke", he won an Academy Award for the 1969 version of "True Grit", this was one of many of his achievement throughout his career. Most of the films he appeared in were western films. (John Wayne, Wikipedia) Examples of Movies: The Searchers (1956), Rio Brave (1959), Stagecoach (1939) |
kirk douglas |
July 25th, 1914 - December 31st, 1994
Actor Woody Strode was originally a decathlete and a football player before later becoming an actor. Strode appeared in many western films, and was noted because most people in western films were white and he isn't. He appeared in many famous western movies, but towards the end of his career he appeared in smaller spaghetti westerns that weren't as high of a quality. (Woody Strode, Wikipedia) Examples of Movies: Once Upon A Time In The West (1968), The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962), The Quick and the Dead (1995) December 9th, 1916 - Now
Actor, Director, Producer and Author Kirk Douglas is one of the only people still living from the film industry's Golden Age, he recently turned 100 years old. He was very popular in the 1950s-60s, appearing in many western films. After his first western films, he became comfortable with things such as riding horses and being a gun slinger, this encouraged him to do more western films. (Kirk Douglas, Wikipedia) Examples of Movies: The Indian Fighter (1956), The Way West (1967), Man Without A Star (1955) |