Aside from Sands of Iwo Jima and The Alamo (both of which, as I said, he should have won Academy Awards), consider his portrayal of Captain Brittles in She Wore A Yellow Ribbon, or Tom Dunson in Red River? Or how about his performance as Ethan Edwards in The Searchers, easily one of the greatest films ever made. His roles as Bob Hightower in 3 Godfathers, Rusty Ryan in They Were Expendable, Dan Roman in High and the Mighty, Hondo Lane in Hondo, Chance in Rio Bravo, Tom Doniphon in Liberty Valance, Sean Thornton in The Quiet Man, Wil Anderson in The Cowboys, and J.B. Books in The Shootist, all are, in my opinion, Oscar worthy performances, and yet, the great man only won the one Academy Award.
Over the years, John Wayne made several appearances at the Academy Awards, and I thought it would kind of nice to take a brief look at those appearances.