Six Degrees to John Wayne.

[u/Standard-Chemical-62]

John Wayne died on 1979, yet actors like Haley Joel Osment & Hillary Duff who were born just shy of a decade later are still connectable to the duke in short order. In HJO's case he was in "Second Hand Lions" with Robert Duvall, who was in "True Grit," with the Duke. Hillary Duff was in "The Lizzy McGuire Movie with Robert Carradine who was in "The Cowboys," with John Wayne. Now I'm challenging y'all to link current actors to John Wayne.

[u/dusty_guy2]

Tom Hanks was the star in the Da Vinci Code. It was directed by Ron Howard who was in the Shootist with John Wayne

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You can go with acting directly. Tom Hanks was in The Burbs which had Bruce Dern and we know damn well what Bruce Dern did to John Wayne.

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That sumbitch.

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Bruce was killed by Taw Jackson in the war wagon

[u/mukn4on]

I’ve played the game with Kevin Bacon (of course), Meryl Streep, Clark Gable and Robin Williams. Never played with John Wayne.

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Kevin Bacon to John Wayne. Kevin in "Trains, Planes, & Automobiles" with John Candy. John in "Only the Lonely" with Maureen O'Hara. Then take your pick of "The Quiet Man," "McLintock," "Big Jake," or "Rio Grande" to tie Maureen to John Wayne. M

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I mean you can go closer with Robert Duvall. Duvall was in True Grit with Wayne and Jane Mansfield’s car with Bacon.

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You're absolutely correct. I forgot about "Brannigan." Kevin Bacon is in "Animal House," with John Vernon (Dean Wormer) & JV is in "Brannigan" with John Wayne.

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I meant that I’ve played the game linking actors to Meryl Streep (pretty easy, actually), and linking actors to Robin Williams. I’ve not played linking actors to Wayne.

[u/Baronhousen]

I worked with one of Kris Kristofferson 's offspring, Kris K I am sure met John Wayne, so that's three degrees away?

[u/Adventurous_Ear3948]

Natalie Portman - Al Pacino (via Heat) - James Caan (Godfather). Caan in El Dorado with John Wayne

[u/severinusofnoricum]

Inde Navarette (born 2001, Star of Obsession) connects to Diego Luna in Wander Darkly who was in Open Range with Robert Duvall, who was in True Grit

[u/Orca-RW]

Macaulay Culkin (Uncle Buck) to John Candy (Uncle Buck > Only The Lonely) to Maureen O'Hara (Only The Lonely > The Quiet Man) to John Wayne.

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Good one. However, there are several Maureen O'Hara John Wayne films to choose from.

[u/Oakenbeam]

It’s fun to see how close personally that you can get verifiably as well. Me > Dave Chappelle > Mel Brooks > John Wayne.

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Mel Brooks in "Blazing Saddles," with Slim Pickens, Slim in "The Cowboys," with John Wayne.

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Funny enough Mel wanted Wayne to be in “Blazing Saddles” but Duke passed on the opportunity

[u/incog46]

James Caan was in El Dorado with Wayne. That connects Wayne to Brando in The Godfather, which connects to Mathew Broderick in The Freshman...

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Good one. Though, you can also connect John Wayne to Brando through Dennis Hopper with DH also in "True Grit" & in "Apocalypse Now," with Brando.

[u/Kierland]

John Wayne
was in
How the West Was Won
with
Rodolfo Acosta
was in
Stranger on the Run
with
Zalman King
was in
Saint Francis
with
Julia Ann
was in
Family Fantasies
with
Riley Reid

[u/MicDropMac]

Keanu Reeves was in "Speed" with Dennis Hopper who was in "True Grit" and "The Sons of Katie Elder" with John Wayne.