Let’s be honest with ourselves for a bit. We all like John Wayne for who he was. His acting and movies in general were not that great.

James Stewart is another good example. Good guy but his characters were almost cartoonish

John Wayne was such a strong presence/personality that he really didn’t have to act - especially as long as it was a western. Which is the reason 90% of his movies were westerns. That said, he had become a pretty dang good actor by the 70s. He did a great job in The Shootist (IMO his best performance).

Jimmy Stewart was a good actor. Yes some of his roles were over-the-top, but he was a fine actor. “Rear Window”, “Mr. Smith Goes To Washington”, and several others are excellent performances. IMHO.

This sums Glen Campbell up very nicely.

It was widely acknowledged by all involved with the film that he was hired solely to cash in on his musical popularity at the time and that his acting was terrible. The director called it “wooden, at best”. Glen himself said this about his performance: “I had never acted before, and after “True Grit” I think my record’s still clean.”

I read the book twice. The first movie followed the book the best.

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Absolutely correct, one of the best

Hate to nitpick but the line is actually "failure to communicate",, not "A failure to communicate". For years I also thought it was A failure to communicate.

To be fair, Ricky Nelson wasn’t any better than Glen Campbell.

Looking at the list of singers who turned actor(and the list is long) the only ones who impressed me are Sinatra and Streisand. Honorable mention to Mark Wahlberg.

Kris Kristofferson did a pretty fine job....Jes sayin....

Kris Kristofferson is a much, much better actor than a singer.


I know he is a talented songwriter but his singing is atrocious.


Honorable mention to Dwight Yoakam In the actor/singer category. He was great in sling blade although I don’t know how much of that was actual acting. I think he is one of the greatest singers of our generation

Dwight Yoakum is one of my favorite singers, and he was thoroughly entertaining as Doyle.

Neither film production used the correct scenery. Oklahoma doesn't have snow-capped peaks. I'm surprised the John Wayne version wasn't filmed in Monument Valley.

Watch him in Crank.


You would never, ever believe he is a country singer let alone a very talented one

Lol yes that always bothered me also. Starting out, they go from Arkansas to the Rocky Mountains in one day’s ride (even though they call it Oklahoma).

Yes, Dwight is a great actor! I really liked him in the Newton Boys.