Did John Wayne’s brother, Robert, appear in any of his movies?
Mike Mitchell
Ute, Iowa
John “Duke” Wayne’s younger brother, Robert Morrison, was a producer, assistant director and production associate during the 1940s-60s. He worked on three of his sibling’s Westerns, including McLintock!, The Alamo and The Fighting Kentuckian. But as far as I know, he didn’t appear in any of Wayne’s films.
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- The Blast at Steins Pass
- Robbers of the Rails
- Above and Beyond the Call of Duty
- On the Trail of Bigfoot
- Related to Outlaws
- Barker’s Riches
- Rough Drafts 8/14
- Let Freedom Ring!
- Love Song to the Plains and the Desert West
- Bull Doggin’
- Robert E. Lee’s Legacy East and West
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- Kansas Tribe Reconsidered
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- Deadly Feud Truths Revealed
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- What is the Halderman case?
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- Did John Wayne’s brother, Robert, appear in any of his movies?
- A constable testified that a man he killed on a railroad platform in Willcox, Arizona, in 1881 had been “skylarking.” What is that?
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