Phil Donahue interviews John Wayne (1976) 

Yup, Trump wasn't in the political arena yet and there was some normalcy in the country.

@@PalBateyhas nothing to do with Trump. Has to do with democrats guarding their corrupt regimes

Now democrats hate anyone with an opposing view and will jail them

​@@PalBateySo u remove Trump from the stage& those on the left( The University's are a fine example of that) will March with a banner demonstrating such civility,manners & acceptance!!.. Don't hold ur breath there

Completely agree - my dad introduced me to it!

Oh he LOVED it! He really liked and appreciated his fans.

The Greatest American Racist... oops, that was supposed to say hero!

@@mrg466 was illegal to be racist when he was growing up? I’m sure your grandparents were racist too so sit down and shut up

@@mrg466 I'm not American, so I don't want to be presumptuous to decide whether JW was a racist or not. But I've read he dropped some remarks on the playboy magazin in the early seventies that give a strong impression that maybe he was....! But I leave it to the American public to argue about that. What I want to say is, that I just can't understand, how anyone can call an actor, any actor at all, "a hero". I mean, they don't run into burning houses to save little children from a gruesome death, do they ?! They just say lines others have written and do- as- if earning a lot of money by it. That doesn't mean I'm not thankful for their work as I enjoy much of it, and I admire many good actors for their artistry and the joy and inspiration their work provided for me and millions of movie enthusiasts. So, admiration and thankfullness , yes ! But "hero ? No ! That's a number too big regarding an actor imho. ! That said I also enjoyed many of the movies of JW as many are real classics, and he really was a big presence on the silverscreen and had charisma! And by his naturalistic and minimalistic style he was also a great actor in his own way ( he may have been a racist or not...) . Don Siegel , who was the director of his last movie, "The Shootist" , which was made around the time of this interview (and which JW is talking about) , once said it in an interview around the same time, that JW would have been one of the most professional movie actors he ( Siegel) had ever worked with despite him ( Siegel ) not liking JW as a human being !

@@gunterangel You said it well, he was an actor, paid to say lines. Which many confuse with real life. I can care less about John's acting! My thing is,...what are you in real life? That's what counts! Sadly racist exist around this planet, America and beyond! But no one is born that way. To be racist, it's something one is taught. But what your taught, doesn't mean it's truth! I call someone friend, when they earned it, has nothing to do with their color. Glad my parents, never taught me to hate because of where someone from, nor because of skin color. Have a good day!

@@mrg466 Thanks for your thoughtful response, that I completely agree with! Wish you a nice day too ! 👍

Absolutely I love John Wayne

who is him??? wayne or Donahue???

He was very intelligent and had a wonderful sense of humor. Admire him!

He was a fascist piece of shit

@@ermannomassarella6528 👈triggered snowflake

@@Dingdongwitchisdead somewhat?

Pregnant with my 2 kid when he died. Broke my heart. My husband bout me a t shirt with his pic on it. Couldn't get " The duke lives on" not in my preggy size. Had that shirt tho til I wore it out. Yrs.

True but he said that racist nonsense in 1971 not 2024.

​@@toshiojohnston3732 For Pete's sake, that's the entire point! It was said in a different time, by a man born and raised in a different Era! He was not hateful in his remarks, only truthful to his personal opinion.

Critical of culture not race. BLM has proven him correct.

I believe, as right wing as he was, John Wayne would be disgusted with Maga and Trump, he would see them as cowards and unPatriotic. Duke loved this country and to see a President encourage an attack on the Capital he would find repulsive!

If people think he was such a racist why would he have married only Hispanic women? If you watched his films you’d know he wasn’t racist.

John Pierce well put , i love your post

@@kevinburgess6112 a true great man the best of the best rest in peace mr Wayne

AMEN

John Wayne was the greatest actor this world has ever known.

🤠 All time favorite, think 🤔 I’ve seen them all. John Wayne is the only cowboy I introduced my grandson to, it started with him wanting one of the felt framed wall pics. I bought him movie, “The Cowboys”he loved it. Mom insist he hang the felt pic in his walk n closet, LOL 😂 Found him looking for that movie, mom had thrown out. I purchased it a second time, because he was so upset. We were blessed to have John Wayne to enjoy. Thanks 😊 for the memories

After the show moved to New York, Phil, although the King, became a caricature of his former self. He became "big time." lol

Vinnie Rattolle Thanks Vinnie for posting this interview. Today's "progressives" are not liberals like Phil D. He was respectful when the Duke expressed his political views. I never liked Phil D. but this interview gave me a new appreciation for him. This interview was also very informative about the Duke's acting career. Great interview, enjoyed every minute of it!

/G\

I have always loved The Duke. Thank you for posting this!

Thanks Mr. Rattolle!!! You are getting these views, because everything John Wayne says makes sense and he doesn't compromise his beliefs to cater to the audience. I respect that and so do other people!!!

@@TheInsaneChef You are so wrong .. Wayne was a moderate and wanted both parties to work together. You missed the whole point of his discussion on politics. You just had to make a dumb comment. The Duke said he supports the person who will work with the country, not the party .. whether it is Republican or Democrat .. pretty obvious. He said he voted probably 5 times each party. You just had to make a divisive statement didn't ya ..

@rapier1954 Farrell amen to that my friend!

you mean the useless idiots who pretend to be pundits, yeah i agree

Colbert could do it. I don't watch Colbert a lot and don't really like him, but no question he could do this and has done this.

WHAH WHAH WHAH is all Dookie supporters, and weak minded tightie righties speak. Bending over for the colonnial crybaby "The Indians are selfish with their land" John Dookie Wayne is not an interview. Keep crying because the tears taste great. ha ha ha ha ha

To be fair Donahue doesn't try very hard here, this was an easy interview. Now Cavett on the other hand, he was an artist for interviewing people. Sad he never interviewed John Wayne fully, only a small one on the set for The Shootist.

Mr Wayne was a VERY patriotic person. You notice hie bracelet, it has to do with Vietnam.

Yes a true patriot , not a nationalist . A big difference snd why he is worthy of our respect .

ken Beam the racist part of it at least is in line with being American.

@@AA-ek5kz Takes 1 2 no 1

Elvis JFK

the only thing more American is having a Marlboro red and a cup of black coffee while you enjoy it

Yankee Doodle Dandy( 1942)?

here here!

Don't cry he's still here 42 years later.

Amen

No, we don't. He was a pos

@@morbidmanmusic And you're ignorant!

@@morbidmanmusic LOSER.

And we don't need donahue

`no we dont... racist azz bastard can stay dead

Roger Martin Oh really? Try listening to his comments earlier in the interview - he was married to at least TWO Mexican women and has kids that are half-Mexican! Does that sound like a racist to you! In fact, he's a CLASSIC (authentic) LIBERAL, he said it himself! Try listening. He's not a phoney liberal like the extreme-left Marxists of today pretend to be!... Also, when he was shooting films like 'The Searchers' Wayne was extremely kind and generous to the Navajo people of the region and helped them to participate in the film production. Ford and Wayne were some of the first film-makers to use authentic Native Americans to perform in the movies, unlike tbe typical Caucasian actors in face paint and black wigs used for many years. Stop spreading Marxist propaganda lies about people who have more integrity in their little finger than the lying, American-hating, leftists have in their entire flock of human vultures.

@@chriscooper3117 Don't worry about Roger. He's been trolling everyone. He's just full of hate, trying to trigger everyone.

I still try to catch his movies, other than that I never turn the TV on

In those days it was the right that was angry and intolerant--nowadays it's the left who are angry, uptight PC Nazis!!

HAAAAAAHAAAAAA LOOOOOOOOL OH MY

@@aliceshaw8265 stop being brainwashed and check out some facts.

@@aliceshaw8265 again I re-iterate, try some facts!

@@aliceshaw8265 I suspected you couldn't supply even one, you're not even of this earth... are you from the planet More?

Actually from what I understand they got along well with each other!

@@chuckbuckbobuck Yes Hepburn admired Wayne as an actor. As did liberal Kirk Douglas, liberal Henry Fonda and Liberal Richard Widmark (though they did clash over work on The Alamo) and very liberal Lauren Bacall. Back then actors could be republicans and not run from it. Fess Parker, Brian Keith, Fernando Llamas, Agnes Morehead, Mary Tyler Moore, Jack Palance, James Arness, Michael Landon, Bob Cummings, Steve McQueen, Robert Conrad, Jackie Gleason, William Bendix, Alan Ladd, Buddy Ebsen, and many others never hid from the fact that they were staunch republicans. Sad that today actors generally have to hide from it.

It was the generation! Like Ginsburg and Scalia on the Supreme Court were good friends! They accepted the fact that people had political and ideological differences but saw past that and treated them for the kind of people they were in general.

@@TWS-pd5dc That's a very good point. In those days though many of the Liberals like Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas both Veterans were as tough as any of The Conservatives. Also, it was much easier to be a Super Patriot in those days because we were The Greatest Generation who saved The World. Unfortunately, everywhere you look from The Military, Presidents and throughout all major Govt. Agencies that hubris led to a lot of extremely bad decisions and consequences.

The left have brought respect and morals to an all time low, and when they're confronted on their abominable behavior they turn verbally and physically violent....in short, they're communist thugs

@Laurie Winek attaway to turn a interview with a movie legend into a political fight......idiot.

@ripdaddy KC, any extreme view is scary. For decades, polls and research has shown that Americans have been shown to be only slightly right of center, not extremely anything. We need to work together to get back to that civil middle ground. On this, I think we agree.

@ripdaddy KC , any extreme view is scary. For decades, polls and research has shown that Americans are only slightly to the right of center, until recently. We must work together, to get back to that civil middle ground, especially where the right to respectfully disagree is concerned. On this, I believe we would agree.

The main takeaway is John Wayne was proud to be an American first and foremost. Everything else politically took a back seat.

I’m

Vinnie, thank you SO much!!

Vinnie Rattolle Thanks for the video.I had never seen John Wayne in an interview before.

This is great!!!!

THANK YOU FOR THIS!!!

Thank you sir. It's GREATLY appreciated. This is just fantastic to watch and the quality is fine😁. Do you have all of the commercials with it as well? That would be fun to watch.

I love westerns. My husband passed away. We could not afford tv. Bought movies

​@@pookieholman9175 Same ! I love them too ! Im not an american, but Ive watched most of the best westerns from 1920's until 1970's .I wish to visit all the places from the movies in the US one day starting from Nevada and many ranches and places. There are some youtube channels where many westerns are there for free viewing. 1) Gringo Western movies. 2) Hangtown express.

Legendary racist!

@@mrg466 everything is racist and sexist to you goofballs.

@@mrg466 lol your the racist!

And The Searchers.

And the Cowboys.

The shootist was the Unforgiven of its day.

@@helok9 - I thought for sure he was going to win that one, I got to see it in the theater as a kid. Still my fave Western, and GREAT John Williams score!

He should have won an Oscar for Red River!

He's was racists KKK card holder may he rot in hell...

@@shanethomas772 Blah blah blah go cry a River.

Shane Thomas - I simply do not believe you.

No sir! Jesus Christ is awesome. He is the Savior of the world. John Wayne was a drunk,adulterer and coward!

larry craddock oh really? What about your precious bible? You do know that 85% of it is fake right? And Jesus.. if he existed is dead and the magical fairy you people call “God”... there’s nothing that proves it’s existence..

YES HE DOSE

DXD

I couldn't agree more with you.

I’m so thankful that I did!!

I grew up with him and he was no hero of mine and never will be. He represents a great white hope.

@High plains drifter Everybody has their opinion and I respect that. I like Clint too.

What a stupid thing to say. "I feel sorry for everyone who didn't grow up with John Wayne."

I remember those days. I grew up during them. And I miss them and long for them.

You are absolutely right sir. At that time it wasn’t about Red or Blue. It definitely wasn’t conservative or liberal. We have lost our way.

HIllbilly: I know... Henry Fonda and Jimmy Stewart were best friends and opposites politicially. Many people were married to people who had different political persuasions. It's truly sad affair nowadays.

Don't forget "True Grit"

@A man of Vision what a puke you are Vision. Only in America can you speak your apinyon and get away with it. John Wayne was one of the few that helps us remember that.

@@tomcornwell1516 ok

He was just himself during interview as he was in his movies!! My altime fovourite actor!!

There was no TV in India back then and I was 20 . I've seen all these movies you mentioned but can you remember the movie Hatari ? I saw it in the mid sixtees about 10 yrs old. I've observed that in most of the westerns John Wayne was shot in the left leg/thigh .Jai Maharashtra Pune City.

My father knew John Wayne personally we did his hat for Red River Ranch his Wife was from Peru I worked in Peru where John and Pilar came to visiting our Mining Co. In Ilo Peru.I in Enjoyed knowing The Duke

My late brother Joe who was the head of probation in LA County and he was a sailor He went to Loyola University In Inglewood CA and Pat Wayne was in his class ..I also went to Loyola which is now co-Ed and its Loyola Marymount U. I had a place in Newport Beach on Lido Island which is part on Newport. John Wayne has his house 3 doors down and also has his PT boat on a lift back of his house. Newport harbor is where both houses were. One night my brother and I walked down the beach to where John’s PT Boat was. The big light comes on and Mr Wayne is yelling who’s there. My brother talks to him don’t know what he said but we are invited into his home for a drink. I had a scotch and water given to me by this great man great actor an American legend. My brother later told me that he mentioned his son Pat and what his job was. The Duke was very nice and we sat and talked for about two hours. It just so happened my dad managed the famous Ambassador hotel where we lived from 1953 to 1956. Dad also knew John because when my mom died at 39 years of age in 1953 I was 13. But dad in 1954 knew John Wayne because dad was dating Estilita who was the Latino girl in Rio Bravo. She made many movies with Roy Rogers there’s more lol but I’ll get off here

@@erniemchaney6090 you have been blessed in life.

Has been a hero my entire 55yrs

Tough times create great men, great men create easy times, easy times create weak men, weak men create tough times...(not my quote)

@Watson Everly No it isn't enough

@Brian Smith I'm game. Brian Smith who is "the dongalaoid"? Your question is non-descript

Yes the raw unsaved Godless version of Him! John Wayne was a total deceiver!

@Brian Smith i got the quote wrong here it is: “Hard times create strong men. Strong men create good times. Good times create weak men. And, weak men create hard times.” ― G. Michael Hopf, Those Who Remain

My father whose politics were as far awar from John Wayne still liked his westerns as the calvary ones were somewhat realistic and he taught Western American history at a 4 year college in Utah.

He was a cool racist

@@kelvinmack7104 BS

@@kelvinmack7104 With an Hispanic wife....Get a grip you strange little man

@@johnm2871 yeah right pale skin

Got that right

These people had an aura of royalty about them, no one has that anymore sorry. Besides that, they were intelligent people no need to swear every five seconds and resort to stupid jokes as they do today in talk shows.

Nothing more American than the great racist J. Wanye!

That was the best days on tv

@@TomTom-io8lc You learned a lot from tv back then now it's just shallow entertainment.

Two other actors I grew up watching that I admired both on and off camera were/are Clint Walker and James Arness. Coincidentally, all 3 were in many western and all 3 handled themselves with class and had lots of charisma. They were real Men. Also these Men ate their Wheaties... John Wayne was 6'4, Clint Walker was 6'6 and James Arness was 6'7!!

No one needs another Duke, thank you very much.

he sure did, he seen the amazing future of Mr Howard👍

Stewart Campbell my father was in a movie with John Wayne when my father was a young boy and John Wayne got angry on stage and kicked at the ground, the dirt flew up in the air and into my father’s eyes, there happened to be small fragments of glass in the dirt. Permanently damaged my father’s eyes. My father was in hospital for surgery on his eyes and John Wayne took time off to spend time in the hospital with my father everyday he was there and paid all his bills for the surgery and hospital stay, he didn’t have to, he insisted. He gave my father his personal coffee cup that he had always used for his coffee while filming, it says the duke on one side....my Dad had that cup till the day he died....he cried so much when John Wayne died.

Spirit Talkers That is a VERY FINE anecdotal story & a beautiful memory for your family and I genuinely appreciate you sharing it with us ~ THANK YOU. ❤️ ❤️❤️❤️👍😎🥰😇❤️

Thank you for sharing your beautiful, inspirational story with us. I like it when I find out that someone who has made it so big, still makes the effort to connect with regular (no disrespect meant to “regular” folks, like me) people, in knowing what their personal “needs” are & helping out in special ways. ❤️❤️❤️ ❤️❤️❤️ 👍😎🥰😇

True.

You know he was an actor right? Lol

@@cadillaccasper I also know stuff about him outside of his acting career that makes him an incredible man. So I will just say. He wasn’t just any actor. He actually cared to do the right thing even after mistakes he made.

Pass.

No thank you, we don’t.

Absolutely

He banged her kinda hard

Maureen was one of my favorites too, she passed away in my hometown a couple years ago

yes you do ;john wayne family ancestors came from ireland -god bless USA

@Michael Cristian DAMN STRAIGHT MAGA WWG1 WGA KAG 2020

he was breathing hard

@@harpoon_bakery162 ..I noticed that, too. Just wondering if he was in a lot of pain. I know pain will make some people breathe heavier and he was shifting his body position, also.

Wrong! Satan still has his pagans like wayne out there in abundance!

wow 👍

I bet that is a great thought knowing that you are related to the legendary Duke 👍🤙

Not all of them were.

@@jaketwaterson9992 the Duke was was my mother's great aunt on my grandfather's side lol

Good thing the Duke was so great to make up for Tommy.

HUAC bully

Unless you were an Indian.

Trump 2020 better to overly prosecute commies than to leave them alone

I loved him!!!

I Think if true I am goin through all that would be history if European people don't go 2 all Americans French English espanol and Portuguese

Locktwiste72 Yup. Wayne's reply was absolutely perfect and well thought out in just a few moments. I think he already knew back then that the political arena was controlled by vultures on the top who ran both parties. Bigger theater than Hollywood. However, I think he still had some hope for positive, sincere change.

Yep! For God and country! My family has been here since the mid 1600's and we not only helped MAKE a country but we fought in some of its wars including the Revolutionary War. The framers did not believe in parties. I think they saw the division that could happen. And they were right! The Duke knew!

Mine too Duke, mine too.

He would say it is a shit hole filled with leftist worms who pretend they hate racism.

He scares the heck out of far leftest liberals. He shows young boys how to be man not little "genders". He inspires young girls to look for a real man in their boyfriends. Honesty in a man is a rare commodity.

He would be horrified and saddened, in equal parts by both sides

@john maselli as if you would know what a real man is.

Never has there ever been another man like John Wayne! I named my son after this iconic man! I cried and cried when he passed. When Elvis died not a tear, but with John Wayne the tears flowed for days!

We're still out there! Its just that society won't let us get very far today!

deniro is a duch bag

Wayne could not handle his Booze either. That is one of the reasons why he died of Stomach Cancer!

SpockBoy Resting just fine pilgrim!

John Wayne is not resting in peace sir! He is in HELL! Pagans don't rest in peace! No one gets to Heaven without Jesus Christ as personal Savior!

@@larrycraddock3063, I am not certain why you believe that John Wayne was not a Christian. Even in this interview, a woman asked him what his favorite book is, and he replied that it had the letters H O L Y on the cover, trying to keep from polarizing his audience. By the way, I am a Christian, and agree that Jesus is the pathway to Heaven, however, you might be more successful spreading the good word, with a little more gentle tone. May God bless you brother.

larry craddock Well, Jesus didn't want to be my personal savior but he changed his mind when he ended up on the wrong side of my six gun! I'm resting just fine ya yella bellied bible bellowing God groveler!

Having a Bible is one thing. Reading it is another! Jehovah's witnesses walk around with a Bible and do not have the foggiest idea who Jesus is! Keep in mind that the last woman in John Wayne's life was Pat Stacey whom he was SHACKING UP with. God is not a respecter of so called great movie stars. Jesus once said 'woe to those that are praised by the crowds. A Christian man does not darken the door of a den of thieves like the oscar awards or Emmy's . The fact that he ran with the Hollywood crowd says a lot about your character! John Wayne was not a christian Stephen. He even had a catholic priest come in to his hospital room the day before he died so that he could TIP his hat to a God that he never knew or had fellowship with! When a person kneels before Christ on Judgement day Jesus Christ is not going to be impressed with who was great in the eyes of the pagan world!

My favorite!

@@carolw24 I like it too. It always makes me laugh because of all that Irish superstitious nonsense! Especially Barry Fitzgerald! He always cracks me up. Like in the bar when he says "I'd tell ya more but.....me throat...me throat!" 🤣 But my favorite ones have to be his last; The Shootist as well as Stage Coach! Eldorado is cool too!

The quiet Man my favorite.

I liked Eldorado better.

@terminalcommand go to hell

I think you're reading too much into it. He was okay. Until the stomach cancer that is.......

His constituition was superhuman. If the average person smoked and drank like he did...I wouldn't lay odds they would make 60.One thing that gets me though is anyone with a Brain, shouldn't judge whether they are Conservative, or Liberal,but how good they are.

M Stephens timestamp?

That guy in the Audience made my skin crawl

@@trex1652 37:40

@@adamkedrowski7901 you really wanna see your skin crawl look inside yourself.

@@jerryboucher5622 the Duke appears to be intoxicated on this show