John Wayne
Noun
Meaning
United States film actor who played tough heroes (1907-1979)
Source: WordNetSynonyms
Examples
See, heroes never die. John Wayne isn't dead, Elvis isn't dead. Otherwise you don't have a hero. You can't kill a hero. That's why I never let him get older.
When I was a kid going to the movies, we'd go because Bogart was in the movie, or Cagney, or John Wayne. We didn't know what the story was about or anything.
Robert Mitchum sounded different from John Wayne, and John Wayne sounded different from Clark Gable.
John Wayne represents more force, more power than anyone else on the screen.
I never went to a John Wayne movie to find a philosophy to live by or to absorb a profound message. I went for the simple pleasure of spending a couple of hours seeing the bad guys lose.
I am the living death, a Memorial Day on wheels. I am your Yankee Doodle Dandy, your John Wayne come home, your Fourth of July firecracker exploding in the grave.