[stormer]

He was John Ford's son-in-law, so he was one of the ensemble in many of Ford's films. Ben Johnson, Harry Carry, Ward Bonds, etc. would probably be a pretty fun crowd to work with. I always like him as Festus, and that made it all the more fun when you saw him in old films in a "straight" role...

[rellimpank]

—in my name drop of the day, he was also my late father-in-law’s grade school classmate-—

[chooseascreennamepat]

“He was John Ford’s son-in-law, so he was one of the ensemble in many of Ford’s films. Ben Johnson, Harry Carry, Ward Bonds, etc. would probably be a pretty fun crowd to work with. I always like him as Festus, and that made it all the more fun when you saw him in old films in a “straight” role...”

I was always a big fan of Ben Johnson. My wife came home from work one evening and said that he had been in her office to update his will and she witnessed it. Since I was only 3 blocks away in my office, she COULD have called me but Noooooo...