Brian G Hutton, who has died of heart failure aged 79, directed Where Eagles Dare (1968) and Kelly's Heroes (1970), second world war pictures starring Clint Eastwood that are among the most popular films ever made
The film-maker worked regularly with John Wayne, directing the star in McLintock!, The Undefeated, Chisum, Cahill US Marshal and Hellfighters.
The news of McLaglen's death was confirmed by the late actor's estate, John Wayne Enterprises.
It was just a couple of weeks ago that New York’s Museum of the Moving Image presented the retrospective Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow: The Cinema of Patrick Lung Kong. Yesterday, as Kevin Ma reports in Film Business Asia, Lung died at his home in the US at the age of 79.