IMO, his best/my favorite acting performance was in "The Cowboys (1972)"Belton Ag said:
Disagree with the take that John Wayne was a bad or "terrible" actor. I will agree that he didn't have much range, but that is because he really didn't have to. He was fantastic at what he did, and who he was supposed to be. He would not have become the icon he did if he had been terrible at acting.
You're from down South,
And when you open your mouth,
You always seem to put your foot there.
And when you open your mouth,
You always seem to put your foot there.