I believe the character was called Rooster Cogburn. Oddly there was another hard-nosed Western character in another film with the colorful handle of Turkeyneck Tugwell. ( sounds like a Wrestler).
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There is no cat featured in "The Shootist", John Waynes last movie. You may be thinking of General Sterling Price, the cat from "True Grit" and the sequel "Rooster Cogburn"
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The Shootist, released in August 1976.
Admiral Rockwell Torrey, a fictional character.
I have never heard of a Wayne movie with that title.