His name was Hank Worden (also spelled Warden) who was a member of John Fords' stock company of supporting actors. He first worked with John Wayne in the Classic 1939 movie Stagecoach and would go on to work with Wayne in 15 more films.
John Wayne has appeared in more than 250 movies
Seventeen.
1 Rio Bravo
More than 35 movies.
The ShootistThe AlamoBig Jake
five
John Wayne acted in a total of 184 movies, including Hondo and The Shootist.
Several, there is no accurate count.
John Wayne received billing as "leading man" in 143 movies.
Spencer Tracy, John Wayne, Henry Fonda, Clint Eastwood.
Classic movies starring John Wayne are available on DVD at Walmart, Target, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, eBay, and from Warner Brothers direct online. They can also be found at Sears, Family Video, Movies Unlimited, CD Universe and just about anywhere DVD movies are sold, as they are still popular films.
Mel Blanc was in 1014 movies, but many of those roles were as a voice actor. John Wayne has had the most leading roles of any actor so far. Actually Christopher Lee probably holds the record, not John Wayne.