He was. The role of Dirty Harry was first offered to Wayne but due to the language in the script he refused it. By default Clint Eastwood became Dirty Harry.
I had heard he was the first choice for Dirty Harry, I don`t know if the others you mention were offered it before Clint Eastwood got it.
They originally wanted John Wayne for that role. He turned it down because he felt some of the language was not appropriate and they didn't want to change the script. Frank Sinatra ... for Oodles!
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John Wayne's favorite drink was Sauza Commemorative Tequila.
John - Lil Wayne song - was created on 2011-03-24.
I had heard he was the first choice for Dirty Harry, I don`t know if the others you mention were offered it before Clint Eastwood got it.
The role of Inspector "Dirty" Harry Callahan.
dirty harry
John Nolte goes by Dirty Harry.
Some look at Wayne's refusal of the Dirty Harry role a mistake or at least a missed opportunity. Wayne didn't see it that way. Although he thought the character was worth a look the language made him take a pass. He would not say the curse words that the script called for and the powers that be would not compromise. A stroke of luck for Clint Eastwood, but I doubt Wayne had any regrets.
They originally wanted John Wayne for that role. He turned it down because he felt some of the language was not appropriate and they didn't want to change the script. Frank Sinatra ... for Oodles!
He played the character John Davies in the second Dirty Harry-movie, Magnum Force.
No, John Wayne is not single.
Wayne's character was John Bernard Books, or JB Books. Wayne's last film, The Shootist was released in 1976, and was somewhat prophetic. Books was dying of cancer as did Wayne three years later.
Wayne's closest friends were reportedly Ward Bond, Howard Hawks, and John Ford. He gave the eulogies at all of their funerals.It was Frank Sinatra. As to Frank Sinatra & John Wayne you couldn't be more wrong. This is from the IMDB trivia section on John Wayne.... "The evening before a shoot he was trying to get some sleep in a Las Vegas hotel. The suite directly below his was that of Frank Sinatra (never a good friend of Wayne), who was having a party. The noise kept Wayne awake, and each time he made a complaining phone call it quieted temporarily but each time eventually grew louder. Wayne at last appeared at Sinatra's door and told Frank to stop the noise. A Sinatra bodyguard of Wayne's size approached saying, "Nobody talks to Mr. Sinatra that way." Wayne looked at the man, turned as though to leave, then backhanded the bodyguard, who fell to the floor, where Wayne knocked him out by crashing a chair on top of him. The party noise stopped."
John Ethan Wayne, Son of John Wayne, is Jennifer's father.
John Wayne Delehant was born in 1890.