'); The ranch house owned by the real John Chisum, who was played by Wayne in the movie Chisum. Though he lobbied for the role he later called himself miscast. Most of the film is fictionalized as well, but there is nothing rare about that in the recounting of the life of James Smith. Sherman responds by telling Grant that in the early days of the war the same newspapers were calling him (Sherman) insane. David Crockett of Tennessee with his famous motto handwritten beneath his image. John Wayne was born on May 26, 1907 in Winterset, Iowa, USA. Goodnight Richard Romancito Wolf Lane Smith Leroy Warren Vanders Bagby Jerry Gatlin Nose Strother Martin McCoy Tommy Lee Chen Lee Mickey Gilbert Hambone (uncredited) What is known is that according to eyewitnesses Crockett died during the battle, despite claims he surrendered and was executed. The name ranks sixth because I like Chance better than Cole.