Dogs of War

John Wayne in Military Movies

Here's a list of movies featuring John Wayne (2) (3) (4) in the military.

General
Major General Sherman in How the West was Won
Brigadier General Mike Randolph in Cast a Giant Shadow
John Wayne was originally asked to play General Stillwell in 1941, but his health was not very good at the time and he turned the role down (to Robert Stack).

Colonel
Cord McNally in Rio Lobo
John Henry Thomas in The Undefeated
Navy Captain Rockwell Torrey in In Harm's Way
Mike Kirby in The Green Berets
Davy Crockett in The Alamo
Shannon in Jet Pilot
John Marlowe in The Horse Soldiers
Joseph Madden in Back to Bataan
German freighter Captain Karl Ehrlich in The Sea Chase

Lieutenant Colonel / Major
Lt. Col. Kirby Yorke in Rio Grande (aka Rio Bravo)
Lt. Col. Benjamin Vandervoort in The Longest Day
Coast Guard Commander Bob Randall in Sea Spoilers
Major Dan Kirby in Flying Leathernecks

Captain / Lieutenant
Captain Kirby York in Fort Apache (compare to Lt. Col. Kirby Yorke)
Captain Nathan Brittles in She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
Navy Lieutenant Rusty Ryan in They Were Expendable
Navy Lieutenant Dan Brent in Seven Sinners
Lieutenant Bob Denton in Men Are Like That
Captain John Holmes in The Man from Monterey
Captain Dooley in Island in the Sky
Midshipman in Salute

Sergeant
Sergeant John M. Stryker in Sands of Iwo Jima

Rank Unclear
Navy patrol pilot Frank W. "Spig" Wead in Wings of Eagles
Merchant marine captain Tom Wilder in Blood Alley
Kentucky militiaman John Breen in The Fighting Kentuckian
Clipper ship captain Jack Stuart in Reap the Wild Wind
Submarine commander Duke Gifford in Operation Pacific
Tom Wayne in Desert Command
Mercenary pilot Jim Gordon in Flying Tigers
Radioman in Men Without Women
Army dispatch rider Hondo Lane in Hondo
 

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