One of the greatest Hollywood character actors off his era was chillingly run through by a bull he rented to breed on his own farm. Today he is buried just a few feet away from the horrific incident. John Pickard acted in True Grit (1969) starring John Wayne. The Tennessee man came from Lascassas and was one of the greatest character actors to grace the big screen”, according to Rutherford TN History. Pickard attended a normal high school wife, and then began acting in films in 1936. By 1939,