John Agar:
Going the Extra Mile
by: Ed G. Lousararian
Determined to confront the most important challenge in his
acting career,
John Agar made his debut in the big budget western, Fort Apache. The film's
renowned director, John ford, demanded nothing short of perfection, in spite of
the fact that the rookie actor would have to support Hollywood heavyweights John
Wayne, and Henry Fonda, who had 40 years of acting experience between them.
Fortunately, perfection was Agar's aim, as he epitomized the valiant soldier and
gallant gentleman Ford had envisioned him to project so poetically.....................
John Agar's Western Filmography |
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| 1948 Fort Apache 1949 1951 1952 1955 1956 1957 |
1959 Frontier Gun 1964 1965 1966 1969 1971 |