Rio Bravo Cast Then and Now 2026 | Who's Still Alive 67 Years After 1959? | Western Actors

Three of the people in that jailhouse are gone, and one of them is still with us at ninety-five. This Rio Bravo cast then and now goes through all ten of them, actor by actor, from 1958 to 2026. ✔ TWO SOURCES FOR EVERY NAME. Every birth date, death date and cause in this film is checked against at least two independent sources, listed below. Where the sources disagree, the film says so out loud. No AI faces, no fake photos, no graves invented for people who are still alive. In this Rio Bravo cast then and now you will see John Wayne, Dean Martin, Ricky Nelson, Angie Dickinson, Walter Brennan, Ward Bond, John Russell, Claude Akins, Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez and Estelita Rodriguez: how old each of them was on set, what they did after, and who is still here. The later-years pictures are real: Wayne at the 1979 Oscars, Martin on his 1988 tour, Dickinson introducing the film at the TCM Festival in 2023. A Rio Bravo cast then and now is only worth your time if the "now" is true, so every still is credited below. Two of the numbers in here are disputed and we tell you which: Estelita Rodriguez's birth year is 1925 on her birth record and 1928 in studio material, and Claude Akins's age at death is 67 by his family and 75 in some reference books. That is how this Rio Bravo cast then and now is told: slowly, name by name, with the doubt left in. Which scene from Rio Bravo has never left you? Tell me in the comments. For the same careful roll call on True Grit, Tombstone and The Alamo, subscribe to Western Actors Rewind. The next Rio Bravo cast then and now style film is already in the works. 🎙 Narration: synthetic voice (Google Cloud Text-to-Speech). CHAPTERS 0:00 Rio Bravo Cast Then and Now | Western Actors 0:44 John Wayne, Dean Martin, Ricky Nelson: The Three on the Poster 5:47 Angie Dickinson and Walter Brennan: The One Still With Us 9:04 Rio Bravo Where Are They Now: Bond, Russell, Akins, Gonzalez Gonzalez, Rodriguez 16:17 Rio Bravo Cast Who Is Still Alive: The Final Count SOURCES (full links will be added once the channel passes YouTube verification) Film: Wikipedia · catalog.afi.com John Wayne — Wikipedia · washingtonpost.com Dean Martin — Wikipedia · washingtonpost.com Ricky Nelson — Wikipedia · washingtonpost.com Angie Dickinson — Wikipedia · hollywoodreporter.com Walter Brennan — Wikipedia · britannica.com Ward Bond — Wikipedia · history.nebraska.gov John Russell — Wikipedia · archive.seattletimes.com Claude Akins — Wikipedia · archive.seattletimes.com Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez — Wikipedia · tcm.com Estelita Rodriguez — Wikipedia · wlrn.org Harry Carey Jr. — Wikipedia · bostonglobe.com LATER-YEARS FOOTAGE (stills taken from) John Wayne — 51st Academy Awards, 9 April 1979, presenting Best Picture (Oscars channel, YouTube og8pywu8gbU) Dean Martin — Together Again Tour, Seattle 1988 (YouTube LNcoNNl2Hls) Angie Dickinson — TCM Classic Film Festival 2023, "Rio Bravo" introduction (Turner Classic Movies, YouTube TZLMAdI8TgU) Walter Brennan — The Guns of Will Sonnett, 1967 opening (YouTube 9zHtAnvapf4) John Russell — Pale Rider, 1985 (YouTube 54XT8_07Qk8) Claude Akins — The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo, 1979 opening (YouTube QZAq_jeupXA) Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez — You Bet Your Life, 1953, public domain (YouTube RXTqWOx1dOQ) Estelita Rodriguez — Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter, 1966, public domain (YouTube jZpWlerU_bE) Stills: Rio Bravo trailer (1959, PD) and Wikimedia Commons. MUSIC "Rattlesnake Creek" — licensed via Envato Elements (Claim Clear). #RioBravo #CastThenAndNow #WesternActors