John Wayne and Clint Eastwood represented two distinct Western heroes, but there are a lot of other great Western movie stars that define the genre.
John Wayne and Clint Eastwood remain two of the biggest icons of the Western genre, but plenty of great Western movie stars aren't either of those two titans. The Duke famously detested Eastwood's Spaghetti Westerns primarily because he found them to feature morally ambiguous characters rather than the sort that upheld the ideals of altruism and integrity he believed to be integral to Western movies.
13 Ward Bond Ward Bond was often included in John Ford Western movies starring John Wayne like The Searchers, but the character actor known for his kindly mannerisms and booming voice enjoyed notoriety in movies outside the genre as well. He was a versatile character actor with over 200 film credits to his name and could dependably play anything, even an Irish priest alongside Wayne's forlorn ex-boxer in Ford's film The Quiet Man.
10 Kurt Russell In between starring in horror movies like The Thing or Hollywood blockbusters like Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. 2 Kurt Russell has made Westerns off and on for decades. Every Kurt Russell Western reveals a different side of the versatile actor, who has learned to balance the eccentricities of a character actor with the likable accessibility of a leading man.
7 Sam Elliott With a voice like thunder rolling over the Texas plains, Sam Elliott seemed to be born riding a horse and strapping on a pair of six-shooters. Though he's known for starring in '80s classics like Road House and Mask, he helped define the image of the Western movie star in Tombstone, Conagher, and the Civil War epic Gettysburg. Recently he's starred in several high-profile Western series, including Justified, The Ranch, and 1883.
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