I love the scene in Hellfighters when he arrives late to the fire to save the day and is wearing a cowboy hat. Just a great scene
Red Adair, the Oil Well fire fighter whose adventures inspired the movie was a Texan. So the comboy hat could have been in character even if it wasn't JW playing it.
Wear a hat? Again, I haven't seen McQ in years so I don't know if he wore a hat or not but that would be something he did in almost every other post Stagecoach movie. I've been trying to remember if Brannigan ever wore a hat but I think I can safely say that in every post-Stagecoach movie except perhaps McQ and Bramnigan he wore a hat of some kind at some point in every movie.
Could be smoking. I assume this just means the staring or significant roles. There were cameos that he didn't drink or smoke in. Maybe it was drinking. I haven't watched McQ in years and don't remember too much about it but I am having trouble thinking of a movie he didn't drink in, maybe The High and the Mighty.
