Happy Heavenly Birthday to Web Overlander! John Wayne is pictured behind the scenes with his makeup artist Web Overlander on the set of The Quiet Man (1952), Jet Pilot (1957), She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949), The Horse Soldiers (1959), and The Conqueror (1956). Web Overlander was John Wayne's makeup artist for 21 films starting with Red River (1948) and ending with The Sons of Katie Elder (1965). Some highlight films from their career together include Hondo (1953), The Searchers (1956), The Alamo (1960), and McLintock! (1963). Web Overlander was the artist behind John Wayne's age transformation in Red River where Duke played a character who was much older than he was at the time. After seeing John Wayne's performance in the film, directed by Howard Hawks, John Ford decided to cast Duke in a more complex, multi-layered, and dramatic role in the film She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949). Duke also played an older man in this film, although he had a different makeup artist. Which John Wayne...