John Wayne on the set of 'The Cowboys'

Portrait of John Wayne on the set of 'The Cowboys' at Warner Brothers Studio by Bob Willoughby, 1972. This image was used on the cover of Life magazine on 28 January 1972.

Bob Willoughby apprenticed with a number of Hollywood photographers including Wallace Seawell, Paul Hesse, and Glenn Embree, gleaning technical and business know-how. His career took off in 1954 when Warner Bros. asked him to photograph Judy Garland’s final scene on the set of 'A Star Is Born'. As the first “special” he covered the making of over 100 films, including movies 'The Graduate', 'My Fair Lady', 'Rosemary’s Baby' and 'Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?'.