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This article is from the Movie Trivia, by Murray Chapman muzzle@cs.uq.oz.au with numerous contributions by others.

267 Long Voyage Home, The (1940)

- 'John Wayne' (qv) was asked by director 'John Ford' (qv) to play the part of
Ole Olson, who happened to be Swedish. Wayne wasn't sure he could
pull off the Swedish accent, and was worried that the audience would laugh.
Ford persuaded Wayne to take the role.

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