Born Louis Jean Heydt on 17 April 1905 in Montclair, New Jersey, USA, American character
 actor who specialized in "Average Joe's", often timid or down-on-their-luck. He was educated at Worcester Academy and Dartmouth College. He intended a career in journalism and worked as a reporter for the old New York World. he developed an interest in acting and landed a number of roles on the New York stage active there from 1927-48. In the mid-Thirties, he came to Hollywood and quickly established himself as a reliable supporting player. Although he played dozens of roles in many fine films including Gone with the Wind 1939, They Were Expendable 1945, and The Big Sleep 1946, and though his face is exceptionally familiar to viewers of that period's films, his name never quite broke through. He remained a pleasant presence in scores of films of Forties and Fifties, while continuing to work on the stage and on television. Louis appeared in three movies with John Wayne, Louis passed away on 29 January 1960 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

Born Sam Edwards on 26 May 1915 in Macon, Georgia, USA,  Sam grew up in a show business family, having made his debut on stage while he was just a baby (his mother, the actress Edna Park, was holding him). With his family, he acted on radio in "The Adventures of Sunny and Buddy," and on his family's show, "The Edwards Family." Sam appeared in two movies with John Wayne, Sam passed away on 28 July 2004 in Durango, Colorado, USA.

Born William Harrigan on 27 March 1886 in New York, New York, USA, He was the son of playwright/actor Edward Harrigan, one-half of the legendary Harrigan and Hart musical comedy team. Beginning his own acting career in the pre-WW I era, the younger Harrigan made his film debut in 1917. Most of his screen characters seemed destined for an early and unpleasant demise, as witness the duplicitous Dr. Kemp in The Invisible Man 1933 and retired gangster McKay in G-Men 1935. In 1947, Harrigan scored a personal triumph in the role of the irascible Captain in the original Broadway production of Mister Roberts; the play was co-written and staged by Joshua Logan, the husband of Harrigan's actress sister Nedda. William Harrigan's final screen assignments included the ghostly baseball great Red O'Malley in the risible Roogie's Bump 1954. William appeared in two movies with John Wayne, William passed away on 1 February 1966 in New York, New York, USA.

 Born Martin Milner on December 28, 1931, in Detroit, Michigan. His father, Sam, was a film distributor. His mother, Jerre Martin, was a dancer with the Paramount Theatre circuit. The Milners moved to Seattle when Martin was a baby and to Los Angeles soon after. At age 15 Martin's father got him an agent and he was chosen to play the role of "John Day" in Life with Father 1947, Warner Bros.' version of C'larence Day, Jr.' 's popular Broadway play. Milner contracted polio shortly after filming was completed and his career was put on hold for a year as he recovered from the illness. After graduating from North Hollywood High School and studying for one year at the University of Southern California, Milner worked steadily in films during the years 1949-1960. He appeared in films such as Sands of Iwo Jima 1949, Gunfight at the O.K. Corral 1957, Marjorie Morningstar 1958 and Sweet Smell of Success 1957. He put his career on hold again when he was inducted into the Army in 1952 for two years. Shortly after joining the Army, he was assigned to the Human Research Division, where he directed military training films and served as Master of Ceremonies for a touring show based at Fort Ord, California. Martin appeared in two movies with John Wayne plus "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In" 1968.

Born Richard Farnsworth on 1 September 1920,  American stuntman who, after more than thirty years in the business, moved into acting and became an acclaimed and respected character actor. A native of Los Angeles, Farnsworth grew up around horses and as a teenager was offered an opportunity to ride in films. He appeared in horse-racing scenes and cavalry charges Anonymously, first as a general equestrian and later as a stuntman. His riding and stunting skills gained him regular work doubling stars ranging from Roy Rogers to Gary Cooper, and he often doubled the bad guy as well. Although like most stuntmen, he was occasionally given a line or two of dialogue, it was not until Farnsworth was over fifty that his natural talent for acting and his ease and warmth before the camera became apparent. When he won an Academy Award nomination for his role in Comes a Horseman 1978, it came as a surprise to many in the industry that this "newcomer" had been around since the Thirties. Farnsworth followed his Oscar nomination with a number of finely wrought performance. Richard appeared in three movies with John Wayne, Richard passed away on 6 October 2000 in Lincoln, New Mexico, USA

Born Cliff Clark on 10 June 1889 in New York, New York, USA, After a substantial stage career, American actor Cliff Clark entered films in 1937. His movie credits ranged from Mountain Music to the 1953 Burt Lancaster/Virginia Mayo affair South Sea Woman. The weather-beaten Clark usually played surly city detectives, most frequently in RKO's Falcon series of the 1940s. In 1944, Clark briefly ascended from "B"s to "A"s in the role of his namesake, famed politico Champ Clark, in the 20th Century-Fox biopic Wilson. And in the 1956 TV series Combat Sergeant, Cliff Clark was second-billed as General Harrison. Cliff appeared in two movies with John Wayne, Cliff passed away on 8 February 1953 in Hollywood, California, USA.

Born Marguerite Churchill on 25 December 1910 in Kansas City, Missouri, USA, Actress Marguerite journeyed from her native Kansas City to New York as a child. She was trained for a theatrical career at Professional Children's School and Theatre Guild Drama School, and was on Broadway before reaching the age of 14. In 1929, she was signed to a Fox Studios contract; her first film was The Valiant 1929, in which she co-starred with Paul Muni. Dissatisfied with the sort of roles assigned her at Fox, Marguerite returned to Broadway, where she appeared in Kaufman and Ferber's Dinner at Eight 1933. She gave Hollywood a second chance in 1935, but except for her intriguing damsel-in-distress portrayal in Dracula's Daughter 1936, most of her film roles were eminently forgettable. She left films again in 1936 to spend more time with her husband, cowboy star George O'Brien; after the break up of their marriage in 1948, Ms. Churchill made one final screen appearance in the RKO "B" Bunco Squad 1950. Marguerite appeared in three movies with John Wayne, Marguerite passed away on 9 January 2000 in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, USA.

Born Ann Doran on 28 July 1911 in Amarillo, Texas, USA,  Ann appeared in over 500 motion pictures and 1000 television shows, by one count. Starting at the age of four, she appeared in hundreds of silent films under assumed names so her father's family wouldn't find out. Rarely a featured player although Charles Starrett's Rio Grande 1938 is a notable exception), she provided many a wonderful performance in support of the leads. Ann appeared in two movies with John Wayne, Ann passed away on 19 September 2000 in Carmichael, California, USA.

Born on 16 August 1924 in Fort Worth, Texas, USA,  A former college athlete at the University of Texas, Fess studied Drama in the early fifties and debuted in 'Springfield Rifle' 1952. He made only a handful of movies until he was signed by Walt Disney to star in the Davy Crockett series. When Walt was looking for an actor to play the part of Davy, he screened the Sci-fi movie 'Them!' 1954 with James Arness. When he saw Fess in a scene, he chose him over Arness and Fess became an instant celebrity when 'Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier' debuted in 1955. His appeal with children was enormous with the coon-skinned hat and the hit song "Davey Crockett". But the craze ended almost as fast as it started in 1956, and Fess was typecast. Fess appeared in other Disney movies dealing with the early years of Davey and also in non-Crockett parts such as 'Old Yeller' 1957. By 1959, unable to achieve the success that he had gained as Crockett, his career had leveled off. He made guest appearances on a number of television shows, but his attempted return to television in the series "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" 1962 was not successful. Unable to procure the rights to play Crockett from Disney, Fess tried the frontiersman role once again with the TV series "Daniel Boone" 1964. He played this role for six years and the fact that he had a beautiful red-headed wife in a colour series did not hurt him at all. After "Daniel Boone", Fess retired from the screen and went into real estate, which was profitable. Fess appeared in only one movie with John Wayne.

Born Oliver Norvell Hardy on 18 January 1892 in Harlem, Georgia, USA, His Scottish-English parents were never in show business. As a young boy, he was a gifted singer and, by age eight, was performing with minstrel shows. In 1910, he ran a movie theatre, which he preferred to studying law. In 1913, he became a comedy actor with the Lubin Company in Florida and began appearing in a long series of shorts; his debut film was Outwitting Dad 1914; 1914-5 was the "Pokes and Jabbs" series; 1916-8 saw the "Plump and Runt" series, 1919-21 the "Jimmy Aubrey" series, and from 1921-5 he worked as an actor and co-director of comedy shorts for Larry Semon. In 1917, he had played a bit part in A Lucky Dog 1921, starring Stan Laurel. His first two-reeler with Laurel was Forty-five Minutes from Hollywood 1926. Their first release through MGM was Sugar Daddies 1927 and the first with star billing was From Soup to Nuts 1928. Their first feature-length starring roles were in Pardon Us 1931. Their work became more production-line and less popular during the war years, mostly working for Twentieth Century-Fox. Their last movie together was The Bullfighters 1945 except for a French failure (Atoll K 1951). He appeared without Laurel in The Fighting Kentuckian 1949 and Riding High 1950, Oliver appeared in one movie with John Wayne, Oliver passed away passed on 7 August 1957 in North Hollywood, California, USA.

Born John R. Cox Jnr. on 14 April 1913 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA,  A native Ohioan, John Howard had no interest in working in theatre until schoolmates at Cleveland's Western Reserve University turned him on to acting. After some work on his college stage, he made his movie debut in a bit part in Paramount's _One Hour Late 1935 before moving up the Hollywood ladder to featured parts and ultimately landing his own series (the "Bulldog Drummond" mysteries). Decades later, when offers of work began to slow down, Howard went into teaching. Best-known for his role as Ronald Colman's brother in director Frank Capra's classic Lost Horizon 1937, Howard later said he felt he did a bad job of playing the character: "Damn it, I thought I was too brash, too uncontrolled, too unbelievable. And I've wished always that I could go back and do it again." John appeared in two movies with John Wayne, John passed away on 19 February 1995 in Santa Rosa, California, USA.

Born James Dobson on 2 October 1920 in Greenville, Tennessee, USA,  While appearing on Broadway in such 1930s productions as Life with Father, James Dobson launched a lengthy career in radio. He was one of several adolescent-sounding performers to essay the role of comic-book favorite Archie Andrews. Dobson's first film, filmed in New England, was Boomerang 1947; his last efforts included The Undefeated 1969 and What's the Matter With Helen? 1970. Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, James Dobson was frequently employed by television series like Hawaii 5-0 as a utility actor and dialogue director. James also appeared in Flying Leathernecks, James passed away on 6 December 1987 in Hollywood, California, USA.