John Wayne was an American film actor, director and producer. He is one of the most renowned Hollywood stars ever who was the most received star for three decades. The Green Berets, El Dorado, How the West Was Won, True Grit are some of the many movies he was the star of. This famous star also regularly used shoe lifts though he was naturally 6’3″ tall. Though there is no concrete evidence, but it is thought that he used the shoe lifts for appearing even taller and impressive.