John Wayne shot his closest friend in the back and he took perfect ‘revenge’ years later

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John Wayne and Ward Bond starred together in some of the greatest Westerns in Hollywood history, even after The Duke shot the other actor in a very private and painful place.

In 1929, John Wayne had a small uncredited role in the American Football film Salute. It would be the start of his lifelong relationship with legendary director John Ford – but it also forged a friendship with fellow actor Ward Bond who, for one of the few and last times in their careers, received higher billing than The Duke. They starred together in another sporting epic, 1936’s boxing film Conflict, as they paid their Hollywood dues before both becoming grizzled staples in numerous Westerns like Fort Apache, Rio Bravo and The Quiet Man, as well as The Searchers. Bond was at the height of his fame, starring in smash hit TV show Wagon Train, when he suddenly died in November 1960.

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