John Wayne as Rooster Cogburn

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fictionalCharacterPortrayal filmRole

John Wayne as Rooster Cogburn refers to the iconic, eye-patched U.S. Marshal character he portrayed in the Western films "True Grit" and its sequel, embodying a gruff yet charismatic frontier lawman.

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Rooster Cogburn – John Wayne 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictionalCharacterPortrayal ⓘ
filmRole ⓘ
appearsInFilm Rooster Cogburn (1975 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ
True Grit (1969 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ
awardedForPortrayal Academy Award for Best Actor NERFINISHED ⓘ
awardForFilm True Grit (1969 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ
awardOrganization Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences NERFINISHED ⓘ
awardYear 1970 ⓘ
basedOn Rooster Cogburn (character) NERFINISHED ⓘ
characterAgeRange middle-aged to older ⓘ
characterAlignment lawman ⓘ
characterName Rooster Cogburn NERFINISHED ⓘ
coStarInRoosterCogburn Katharine Hepburn NERFINISHED ⓘ
coStarInTrueGrit Glen Campbell NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kim Darby NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOriginOfWork United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
culturalStatus iconic Western hero ⓘ
directorOfFirstFilm Henry Hathaway NERFINISHED ⓘ
directorOfSecondFilm Stuart Millar NERFINISHED ⓘ
filmGenre Western film ⓘ
filmStudioForRoosterCogburn Universal Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ
filmStudioForTrueGrit Paramount Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstFilmReleaseYear 1969 ⓘ
franchise True Grit film series NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
lawJurisdictionInFiction Indian Territory NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableCostumeElement eye patch ⓘ
notableSceneElement gunfights GENERATED ⓘ
horseback pursuit GENERATED ⓘ
notableTrait courageous ⓘ
hard-drinking ⓘ
tough ⓘ
notableVisualFeature battered hat GENERATED ⓘ
frontier attire GENERATED ⓘ
occupationInFiction U.S. Marshal NERFINISHED ⓘ
personalityTrait charismatic ⓘ
gruff ⓘ
portrayalEra Classical Hollywood Western era NERFINISHED ⓘ
portrayalMedium feature film ⓘ
portrayedBy John Wayne NERFINISHED ⓘ
secondFilmReleaseYear 1975 ⓘ
setting American Old West NERFINISHED ⓘ
sourceNovel True Grit (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ
sourceWorkAuthor Charles Portis NERFINISHED ⓘ
themeAssociation coming-of-age (in True Grit) ⓘ
frontier justice ⓘ
redemption ⓘ
weaponAssociation revolver ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Rooster Cogburn → leadActorRole → John Wayne as Rooster Cogburn ⓘ
subject surface form: Rooster Cogburn (film)
Rooster Cogburn (and the Lady) → leadCharacterPortrayedBy → John Wayne as Rooster Cogburn ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rooster Cogburn – John Wayne