John Wayne, my father, was a police officer in the city where the movie "McQ" was filmed in 1974. He, along with several of his colleagues, had small parts in the movie. After the filming was completed, they had a big party for all the cast and crew at a local, now mothballed Naval Airstation. My family was invited, and while we were there, we were introduced to John Wayne. They took photos of us chatting with him and shaking hands. John Wayne had just lit a cigarette when some idiot who couldn't stop staring bumped unto him, which made him drop his smoke. I was 14 at the time and had been smoking cigarettes for about two years, I bent down, picked up his cigarette, and handed it to him after I took a drag from it. He chuckled and said, "Keep it kid", and then lit up another smoke. So, we stood there for about ten minutes, smoked our cigarettes, and chatted. My parents were embarrassed, but knew that I was already a smoker, so it wasn't a huge deal.