In The Shootist, Dollor plays a pivotal role, adding depth to the narrative of Wayne's character. The horse also served to strengthen the connection between J. B. Books and the young man, Gillom ...

The first time that Wayne worked with Dollor the horse on the silver screen was in 1969’s True Grit, directed by Henry Hathaway. A 14-year-old named Mattie Ross (Kim Darby) seeks out U.S ...

D. Wayne Lukas, one of the most accomplished and influential trainers in the history of North American horse racing, has died ...

John Wayne couldn't stand John Ford on The Horse Soldiers set and begged the film's producer to lie to the director for him, enraging the filmmaker who found out the truth through his spies.

Actor John Wayne put himself in harm’s way on several movie sets, including She Wore a Yellow Ribbon.It’s one of his favorite performances of his career, but he didn’t earn an Oscar ...

JOHN WAYNE 'blacked out' as he came a 'few metres from death' when a Hollywood horse stunt went wrong, the actor once claimed.

D. Wayne Lukas’s reign over the horse racing world reached its zenith just as I became a fan. This was the mid-‘90s, when he ...

John Ford is the most famous, but their association predates the birth of ‘The Duke’ as audiences came to know him. The two ...

The Horse Soldiers (1959) ... Howard Hawks and John Wayne reunited for El Dorado, a spiritual remake of their earlier film with an overarchingly similar storyline and characters.

He is Dollor, John Wayne’s 17-year-old movie horse, semiretired and living on a 7-acre ranch in Midlothian — south of Dallas — with Howard and Debra Keffeler, their son, David, and nine ...