Is John Wayne a real cowboy?

Answer 1

John Wayne starred in 84 Westerns!

• 1930
  The Big Trail
  
  
• 1931
  The Range Fued
  
  
• 1932
  Two-Fisted Law
  Texas Cyclone
  Ride Him Cowboy
  Haunted Gold
  The Big Stampede
  
  
• 1933
  The Telegraph Trail
  Somewhere In Sonora
  Sagebrush Trail
  Riders of Destiny
  The Man From Monterey
  
  
• 1934
  West of The Devide
  The Trail Beyond
  The Star Packer
  Randy Rides Alone
  The Man From Utah
  The Lucky Texan
  The Lawless Frontier
  Blue Steel
  Neath The Arizona Skies
  
  
• 1935
  Westward Ho
  Texas Terror
  Rainbow Valley
  Paradise Canyon
  The New Frontier
  Lawless Range
  The Desert Trail
  The Dawn Rider
  
  
• 1936
  Winds Of The Wasteland
  The Lonely Trail
  The Lawless Nineties
  King of The Pecos
  
  
• 1937
  California Straight Ahead
  
  
• 1938
  Born to The West
  Santa Fe Stampede
  Red River Range
  Pals of The Saddle
  Overland Stage Raiders
  
  
• 1939
  Wyoming Outlaw
  Three Texas Steers
  The Night Riders
  New Frontier
  Allegheny Uprising
  Stagecoach
  
  
• 1940
  The Dark Command
  
  
• 1941
  Lady From Louisiana
  
  
• 1942
  The Spoilers
  In Old California
  
  
• 1943
  A Lady Takes A Chance
  
  
• 1943
  War of The Wildcats (In Old Oklahoma)
  
  
• 1944
  Tall In The Saddle
  
  
• 1945
  Dakota
  Flame of Barbary Coast
  
  
• 1947
  Angel and The Badman
  
  
• 1948
  3 Godfathers
  Fort Apache
  Red River
  
  
• 1949
  The Fighting Kentuckian
  She Wore A Yellow Ribbon
  
  
• 1950
  Rio Grande
  
  
• 1953
  Hondo
  
  
• 1956
  The Searchers
  
  
• 1959
  The Horse Soldiers
• Rio Bravo
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• 1960
  The Alamo
  North to Alaska
  
  
• 1961
  The Comancheros
  
  
• 1962
  How The West Was Won
  The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
  
  
• 1963
  Mclintock!
  
  
• 1965
  The Sons of Katie Elder
  
  
• 1967
  El Dorado
  The War Wagon
  
  
• 1969
  True Grit
  The Undefeated
  
  
• 1970
  Chisum
  Rio Lobo
  
  
• 1971
  Big Jake
  
  
• 1972
  The Cowboys
  
  
• 1973
• Cahill-United States Marshal
  The Train Robbers
  
  
• 1975
  Rooster Cogburn
  
  
• 1976
  The Shootist
  

Answer 2

In terms of quantity, quality, and longevity you can mqake a strong argument in favor of John Wayne

Answer 3

No, he was an actor that played a cowboy in the movies.

Answer 4

No.

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No, John Wayne was an actor who played a cowboy in many movies. Although he was born in Iowa, he grew up in Los Angeles, nowhere near ranches.

Answer 5

Wayne was a busy man but he spent most of his time in California, the state that he had lived almost his entire life.