John Ford Stock Company

Quote from ethanedwards

thanks both for metioning this.
It is something i was considering after
completing the jfsc.
You have also probably noticed that the term
john wayne stock company,
seems to be more regularly used.

Would like your feedback on this,
as my own thoughts would be to
consider all actors/stuntmen etc used since
duke formed wayne-fellows,
and then batjac,
therefore the movies made by those two companies,
as in these films duke had ultimate control
as to the cast lists and crew etc.

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That makes sense to me because many of the same actors were used during that combined time.

Thanks for your work, Keith.

Seems to me that anyone who was in Pappy's Troup should remain "his". Perhaps, when mentioning, JWST, you could make it an addendum to Pappy's. Or, if that isn't to yall's liking, Maybe you could list all of Duke's but with an asterisk or something that denotes they were originally part of the JFST. Also, I think that the ones Pappy directed should remain on his original list whether Batjac was involved or not. Duke got quite a few of his own after Pappy was no longer there. But Pappy developed the whole idea, and to me, he should receive full credit for the ones he directed. Just "feels" right to me.

KEITH

Could an argument be made for John Dierkes? He was in The Alamo and then had a small uncredited part in The Comancheros which I know wasn't produced by Batjac http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0226109/?ref_=tt_cl_t14

I meant to post that in the John Wayne Stock Company, apologies for the mistake.

We'll be starting up a JWMB Stock Company next!

Haha it'd be my pleasure, sounds interesting!

Hi Kieth

It would be an interesting but mindblowing concept.

Regards

Arthur

The gentleman in my profile avatar, Warren Hymer, was part of the John Ford Stock Company as well. He appeared prominently in five of Ford's films: Men Without Women, Born Reckless, Up the River, Seas Beneath and Submarine Patrol. Unfortunately, Warren's alcoholism cost him many acting jobs and ultimately cost him his life.