Bruce Dern struggled to find acting jobs after co-starring opposite John Wayne in The Cowboys, which is on ITV4 this Sunday afternoon. His troubles began even before filming on the 1972 Western began.

The partnership between John Wayne and Ward Bond ... Both being signature faces of the Western genre and Ford's stock company of recurring actors, the Wayne-Bond duo simultaneously propped up ...

Due to his popularity as the genre's leading star, many may wonder what John Wayne's all-time favorite Western actually was. With so many thought-provoking horse operas to choose from (and so many ...