Dorothy Jordan (American actress) Ford, forming Argosy Productions in 1947. It was for Argosy's "The Sun Shines Bright", directed by Ford in 1953, that Jordan again came out of retirement, for a small role. She later had a small role as the sister-in-law of John Wayne's character, Ethan Edwards, who seeks Jordan's daughter, played by Natalie Wood, in the epic 1956 Argosy film "The Searchers". Jordan appeared once more, in a small role in the John Ford film "The Wings of Eagles" in 1957 before retiring permanently. Jordan and Cooper lived in Coronado, California and remained married until his death of cancer on April
John Wayne Corporation, he appeared mostly in small bit parts. His first leading role came in Raoul Walsh's Western "The Big Trail" (1930), an early widescreen film epic which was a box-office failure. Only leading roles in numerous B movies followed during the 1930s, most of them also Westerns. Wayne's career was rejuvenated with John Ford's "Stagecoach" (1939) making him an instant mainstream star. He starred in 142 motion pictures altogether, including the dozens with his name above the title produced before 1939. Biographer Ronald Davis said, "John Wayne personified for millions the nation's frontier heritage. Eighty-three of his movies were Westerns,