# John Wayne would have kicked Chuck Norris's ass **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 11, 2010, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-wayne-would-have-kicked-chuck-norriss-ass/563808 "2010-12-11T19:34:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![mlees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@mlees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mlees)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2017, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-wayne-would-have-kicked-chuck-norriss-ass/563808/201 "2017-01-04T15:27:27Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > I couldn’t see Norris in something like Big Jake or True Grit (unless he had the Glenn Campbell part…) and Wayne in Norris’ early martial arts heavy actioners just doesn’t work at all. Norris could do OK in They Were Expendable. I could see Norris as a young Navy Lt., but I couldn’t see him playing the role of an Admiral (“In Harm’s Way”). ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2017, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-wayne-would-have-kicked-chuck-norriss-ass/563808/202 "2017-01-04T16:46:31Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > **[Moderating]** > > **liveactor** , if you can’t find any way to contribute here other than dredging up a years-old discussion where you were a jerk, just to continue being a jerk, then we have no need for you here. Goodbye. Should’ve said **liveactor** has been blacklisted. ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2017, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-wayne-would-have-kicked-chuck-norriss-ass/563808/203 "2017-01-04T17:13:22Z")
Have you no decency? At long last, sir, have you no decency? I can’t see Norris working that line. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-wayne-would-have-kicked-chuck-norriss-ass/563808.md?page=10)