John Wayne, the name synonymous with the wild west, and Hollywood royalty. Wayne, also nicknamed Duke, was an American actor, producer, and director who became a popular icon through his starring roles in Western films such as The Searchers, Rio Grande, The Alamo, and True Grit. His career spanned from the silent era of the 1920s, through the Golden Age of Hollywood and eventually American New Wave, appearing in a total of 179 film and television productions.

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In 1999, the American Film Institute selected John Wayne as one of the greatest male stars of classic American cinema. In 1976, John Wayne made his final screen performance, he played an aging gunfighter battling cancer in The Shootist. The film featured the young Ron Howard.

Today, Ron Howard is mainly known as one of Hollywood’s most prestigious film directors. With works such as Apollo 13, A Beautiful Mind, Cocoon, Backdraft, Frost/Nixon, Cinderella Man, The Da Vinci Code, Rush, In the Heart of the Sea, and Solo: A Star Wars Story, it’s easy to see why. But Howard is also known for another successful career in Hollywood, an actor. Howard had prominent roles in the sitcoms The Andy Griffith Show and Happy Days, and is also well known for his role in George Lucas’ American Graffiti.

Howard didn’t need any excuse to like Wayne as he was already a huge fan. Howard explained that he always admired John Wayne as a movie star, but also thought of him as a total naturalist. With the toughasnails Wayne playing alongside the young and tender Howard, just what were his true feelings of the young star? Join us as we take a look at the surprisingly heartfelt relationship between these two greats from two very different generations of Hollywood.

John Wayne Revealed His True Feelings About Ron Howard