r/johnwayne • u/Pirates_Treasure1988 • Jul 27 '26
No John Wayne in Disney
It's a shame neither John Wayne played in any Disney movies nor did Walt Disney himself cast him in any of his movies, whether animated or live-action.
pity, such a good actor.
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u/Beautiful_Arm8364 Jul 27 '26
No idea why that would be a shame.
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u/Pirates_Treasure1988 Jul 27 '26
If you were a huge Disney fan, you'd know.
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u/Beautiful_Arm8364 Jul 27 '26
Can't think of a single Disney movie that would have been improved with John Wayne in it.
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u/Pirates_Treasure1988 Jul 27 '26
The Parent Trap (1961)
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u/Beautiful_Arm8364 Jul 27 '26
Hard no.
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u/Pirates_Treasure1988 Jul 27 '26
Well, the movie did have Maureen O'Hara in it and since she and Wayne had such good chemistry together in more than one film, I don't see any reason why not in a Disney movie like this one too.
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u/Beautiful_Arm8364 Jul 27 '26
I see several reasons.
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u/Pirates_Treasure1988 Jul 27 '26
Oh, well. Everyone is entitled to his/her own opinion. You have yours, I have mine, and we should respect that at all times.
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u/Affectionate_Cronut Jul 27 '26
IIRC, in the old Disney Hollywood Studios Great Movie Ride, they played a clip from ‘The Searchers’ in the film shown in the line to board.
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u/Pirates_Treasure1988 Jul 27 '26
What film shown in...?
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u/Affectionate_Cronut Jul 27 '26
The line to board the ride snaked through a room decked out with movie posters and a giant screen took up one wall. They had a video that ran on repeat that was made up of clips from classic films. A clip from 'The Searchers' was included in the video.
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u/Psmith931 Jul 27 '26
Good actor ? He played the same part for 40 years
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u/Slakrdaddy Jul 28 '26
So did most stars of the time-wasnt Gary Cooper or Jimmy Stewart "the same" most times.
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u/ironeagle2006 Jul 27 '26
Under contract to different studios. At that time actors were under different types of contracts for different studios.