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John Wayne
John Wayne

John Wayne

ActingBorn May 26, 1907Died June 11, 1979 (age 72)Winterset, Iowa, USA

Biography

Marion Mitchell Morrison (born Marion Robert Morrison) (May 26, 1907 – June 11, 1979), known professionally as John Wayne and nicknamed Duke, was an American actor and filmmaker. An Academy Award-winner for True Grit (1969), Wayne was among the top box office draws for three decades. Born in Winterset, Iowa, Wayne grew up in Southern California. He was president of Glendale High class of 1925. He found work at local film studios when he lost his football scholarship to the University of Southern California as a result of a bodysurfing accident. Initially working for the Fox Film Corporation, he appeared mostly in small bit parts. His first leading role came in Raoul Walsh's The Big Trail (1930), which led to leading roles in numerous B movies throughout the 1930s, many of them in the Western genre. Wayne's career took off in 1939, with John Ford's Stagecoach making him an instant star. He went on to star in 142 pictures. Biographer Ronald Davis said, "John Wayne personified for millions the nation's frontier heritage. Eighty-three of his movies were Westerns, and in them, he played cowboys, cavalrymen, and unconquerable loners extracted from the Republic's central creation myth." Wayne's other well-known Western roles include a cattleman driving his herd north on the Chisholm Trail in Red River (1948), a Civil War veteran whose young niece is abducted by a tribe of Comanches in The Searchers (1956), and a troubled rancher competing with a lawyer for a woman's hand in marriage in The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962). He is also remembered for his roles in The Quiet Man (1952), Rio Bravo (1959), and The Longest Day (1962). In his final screen performance, he starred as an aging gunfighter battling cancer in The Shootist (1976). He appeared with many important Hollywood stars of his era, and his last public appearance was at the Academy Awards ceremony on April 9, 1979.

Filmography

2026
Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas

as Ethan Edwards (archive footage) (uncredited)

Movie
2025
Elway

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2025
Naughty America: Guns & Stripes

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2024
The Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2024
Atomic People

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2024
Remembering Gene Wilder

as Self (archive photo)

Movie
2023
John Wayne: Cowboys & Demons

as Self (Archive Footage)

Movie
2022
Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2019Movie
2019
John Wayne - America at All Costs

as Himself (archive footage)

Movie
2019
John Ford: The Man Who Invented America

as Self - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage)

Movie
2017
The Fabulous Allan Carr

as Self (archive)

Movie
2016Movie
2013
Dictator: One Crazy Job

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2013
John Ford & Monument Valley

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2013
Talking Pictures

as Self (archive footage)

TV
2010Movie
2010
Nuke 'Em, Duke

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2009
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2004
Battleground

as Self (archive footage)

TV
2002
Edith Head: The Paramount Years

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2001
The Duke at Fox

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2000Movie
1999
Television: The First Fifty Years

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
1998Movie
1998
The Best of the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts

as Self - Roaster (archive footage)

Movie
1997
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
1993
La Classe américaine

as George Abitbol (archive footage)

Movie
1993
The Making of 'Rio Grande'

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
1992
John Wayne's 'The Alamo'

as Davy Crockett

Movie
1991
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
1991Movie
1991
Movie Tough Guys

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
1988Movie
1987
Sacrée soirée

as Self (archive footage)

TV
1984
Going Hollywood: The '30s

as (archive footage)

Movie
1982
Showbiz Goes to War

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
1980
Hollywood

as Self

TV
1978
Western von gestern

as John Wyatt aka John Allen

TV
1978
Western von gestern

as John Wyatt aka John Allen (archive footage)

TV
1978
Western von gestern

as Stony Brooke (archive footage)

TV
1977Movie
1977Movie
1976
Bob Hope's World of Comedy

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
1976
The Shootist

as J.B. Books

Movie
1976Movie
1976Movie
1976
It's Showtime

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
1976
Hooray for Hollywood

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
1975
Rooster Cogburn

as Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn

Movie
1975
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
1975
Brannigan

as Lt. Jim Brannigan

Movie
1974
Spécial cinéma

as Self (archive footage)

TV
1974
Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Movie
1974
McQ

as McQ

Movie
1973Movie
1973Movie
1973Movie
1973Movie
1973Movie
1972
Cancel My Reservation

as Himself (uncredited)

Movie
1972
Maude

as Himself

TV
1972
The Cowboys

as Wil Andersen

Movie
1971Movie
1971
Directed by John Ford

as Self (1969)

Movie
1971
Big Jake

as Jacob McCandles

Movie
1971TV
1971
The Selling of the Pentagon

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
1970
Chisum

as John Chisum

Movie
1970
Raquel!

as Self

Movie
1970
Rio Lobo

as Col. Cord McNally

Movie
1970
Swing Out, Sweet Land

as Self - Host

Movie
1969
The Undefeated

as Colonel John Henry Thomas

Movie
1969
True Grit

as Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn

Movie
1968
Hellfighters

as Chance Buckman

Movie
1968
The Green Berets

as Colonel Mike Kirby

Movie
1968
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

as Self (uncredited)

TV
1968
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

as Self (uncredited)

TV
1968
The Movie Orgy

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
1967
The War Wagon

as Taw Jackson

Movie
1967Movie
1966
El Dorado

as Cole Thornton

Movie
1966
The Victory Squad

as Self - Host

Movie
1966
Cast a Giant Shadow

as Gen. Mike Randolph

Movie
1965Movie
1965
The Greatest Story Ever Told

as Centurion at crucifixion

Movie
1965
In Harm's Way

as Capt. Rockwell Torrey

Movie
1965Movie
1964
Circus World

as Matt Masters

Movie
1964
Choice

as Host

Movie
1963
McLintock!

as George Washington McLintock

Movie
1963
Hollywood and the Stars

as Self (archive footage)

TV
1963
Donovan's Reef

as Michael "Guns" Donovan

Movie
1962
How the West Was Won

as William Sherman

Movie
1962
Flashing Spikes

as Marine Sergeant

Movie
1962
The Lucy Show

as John Wayne

TV
1962
The Beverly Hillbillies

as John Wayne (uncredited)

TV
1962
The Longest Day

as Lt. Col. Benjamin Vandervoort

Movie
1962
Hatari!

as Sean Mercer

Movie
1962Movie
1961
The Comancheros

as Jake Cutter

Movie
1961
The Mike Douglas Show

as Self (archive footage)

TV
1961Movie
1961
The 10 from Texas

as (archive footage)

Movie
1960
North to Alaska

as Sam McCord

Movie
1960
The Alamo

as Col. Davy Crockett

Movie
1959
The Horse Soldiers

as Col John Marlowe

Movie
1959
Rio Bravo

as Sheriff John T. Chance

Movie
1958Movie
1958
I Married a Woman

as Actor in a Movie (uncredited)

Movie
1957
Legend of the Lost

as Joe January

Movie
1957
Jet Pilot

as Col. Jim Shannon

Movie
1957
Wagon Train

as Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman

TV
1957
The Wings of Eagles

as Frank W. 'Spig' Wead

Movie
1956
The Searchers

as Ethan Edwards

Movie
1956TV
1956
The Conqueror

as Temujin

Movie
1955TV
1955
Blood Alley

as Capt. Tom Wilder

Movie
1955
Gunsmoke

as Self - Host, Introduction to the Series

TV
1955
The Sea Chase

as Captain Karl Ehrlich

Movie
1954TV
1954Movie
1953
Hondo

as Hondo Lane

Movie
1953Movie
1953
Island in the Sky

as Captain Dooley

Movie
1953
Trouble Along the Way

as Stephen Aloysius Williams

Movie
1953
The Oscars

as Self

TV
1953Movie
1952
Big Jim McLain

as Jim McLain

Movie
1952
The Quiet Man

as Sean Thornton

Movie
1951
I Love Lucy

as John Wayne

TV
1951
The Red Skelton Show

as Rooster Cogburn

TV
1951
The Red Skelton Show

as Self (uncredited)

TV
1951TV
1951
Flying Leathernecks

as Maj. Daniel Xavier Kirby

Movie
1951
The Screen Director

as Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited)

Movie
1951
Operation Pacific

as Duke E. Gifford

Movie
1950
Rio Grande

as Lt. Col. Kirby Yorke

Movie
1950TV
1950
The Bob Hope Show

as Self - Cameo

TV
1950TV
1950
What's My Line?

as Self - Mystery Guest

TV
1950
Sands of Iwo Jima

as Sgt. John M. Stryker

Movie
1949
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

as Capt. Nathan Cutting Brittles

Movie
1949Movie
1948
3 Godfathers

as Robert Marmaduke Sangster Hightower

Movie
1948
Wake of the Red Witch

as Capt. Ralls

Movie
1948
Red River

as Thomas Dunson

Movie
1948
Fort Apache

as Capt. Kirby York

Movie
1947
Tycoon

as Johnny Munroe

Movie
1947
Angel and the Badman

as Quirt Evans

Movie
1946
Desert Command

as Tom Wayne

Movie
1946
Without Reservations

as Rusty Thomas

Movie
1945
Dakota

as John Devlin

Movie
1945
They Were Expendable

as Lt. (J.G.) 'Rusty' Ryan

Movie
1945
Back to Bataan

as Colonel Joseph Madden

Movie
1945Movie
1944Movie
1944Movie
1944
The Fighting Seabees

as Lt. Cmdr. Wedge Donovan

Movie
1944
Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Nominee

TV
1943
In Old Oklahoma

as Daniel F Somers

Movie
1943
A Lady Takes a Chance

as Duke Hudkins

Movie
1942
Reunion in France

as Pat Talbot

Movie
1942
Pittsburgh

as Charles 'Pittsburgh' Markham

Movie
1942
Flying Tigers

as Jim Gordon

Movie
1942
The Spoilers

as Glennister

Movie
1942
In Old California

as Tom Craig

Movie
1942
Reap the Wild Wind

as Captain Jack Stuart

Movie
1942
Lady for a Night

as Jackson Morgan

Movie
1941
The Shepherd of the Hills

as Young Matt Matthews

Movie
1941
Lady from Louisiana

as John Reynolds

Movie
1941
A Man Betrayed

as Lynn Hollister

Movie
1940Movie
1940Movie
1940
Three Faces West

as John Phillips

Movie
1940
Dark Command

as Bob Seton

Movie
1939
Allegheny Uprising

as Jim Smith

Movie
1939
New Frontier

as Stony Brooke

Movie
1939
Wyoming Outlaw

as Stony Brooke

Movie
1939
Three Texas Steers

as Stony Brooke

Movie
1939
The Night Riders

as Stony Brooke

Movie
1939
Stagecoach

as The Ringo Kid

Movie
1938
Red River Range

as Stony Brooke

Movie
1938
Santa Fe Stampede

as Stony Brooke

Movie
1938
Overland Stage Raiders

as Stony Brooke

Movie
1938
Pals of the Saddle

as Stony Brooke

Movie
1937
Born to the West

as Dare Rudd

Movie
1937
Hell Town

as Dare Rudd

Movie
1937
Adventure's End

as Duke Slade

Movie
1937
Idol of the Crowds

as Johnny Hanson

Movie
1937
I Cover the War!

as Bob Adams

Movie
1937Movie
1936
Conflict

as Pat Glendon

Movie
1936
Sea Spoilers

as Bob Randall

Movie
1936Movie
1936
The Stagecoach Race

as John Blair

Movie
1936
The Lonely Trail

as Captain John Ashley

Movie
1936
King of the Pecos

as John Clayborn

Movie
1936
The Lawless Nineties

as John Tipton

Movie
1936
The Oregon Trail

as Capt John Delmont

Movie
1935
Lawless Range

as John Middleton

Movie
1935
The New Frontier

as John Dawson

Movie
1935
Texas Terror

as John Higgins

Movie
1935Movie
1935
Westward Ho

as John Wyatt

Movie
1935
Cowboy G-Man

as John Wyatt

Movie
1935
Paradise Canyon

as John Wyatt

Movie
1935
The Dawn Rider

as John Mason

Movie
1935
Avenging Angel

as John Mason

Movie
1935
On the Run

as John Jones

Movie
1935
The Desert Trail

as John Scott / John Jones

Movie
1935
Rainbow Valley

as John Martin

Movie
1934
'Neath the Arizona Skies

as Chris Morrell

Movie
1934Movie
1934
Vengence is Mine

as John Tobin

Movie
1934
The Trail Beyond

as Rod Drew

Movie
1934
Klondike Gold

as Rod Drew

Movie
1934
The Star Packer

as U.S. Marshal John Travers

Movie
1934
The Drifter

as Randy

Movie
1934
Randy Rides Alone

as Randy Bowers

Movie
1934
Bandits of the Badlands

as John Carruthers

Movie
1934
The Shadow Gang

as U.S. Marshal John Travers

Movie
1934
Next Of Kin

as Ted Hayden aka Gat Ganns

Movie
1934
The Man from Utah

as John Weston

Movie
1934
Rodeo Rocketeers

as John Weston

Movie
1934
Blue Steel

as John Carruthers

Movie
1934
West of the Divide

as Ted Hayden aka Gat Ganns

Movie
1934
The Lucky Texan

as Jerry Mason

Movie
1934
Claim Jumpers

as Jerry Mason

Movie
1933
Sagebrush Trail

as John Brant

Movie
1933
Fugitive

as John

Movie
1933
College Coach

as Football player (uncredited)

Movie
1933
Riders of Destiny

as Singin' Sandy Saunders

Movie
1933
The Man from Monterey

as John Holmes

Movie
1933
Baby Face

as Jimmy McCoy Jr.

Movie
1933
His Private Secretary

as Dick Wallace

Movie
1933Movie
1933
Somewhere in Sonora

as John Bishop

Movie
1933
The Three Musketeers

as Lt. Tom Wayne

Movie
1933
The Telegraph Trail

as John Trent

Movie
1932
Haunted Gold

as John Mason

Movie
1932
The Big Stampede

as Deputy Sheriff John Steele

Movie
1932
Ride Him, Cowboy

as John Drury

Movie
1932
The Hurricane Express

as The Air Pilot

Movie
1932
Lady and Gent

as Buzz Kinney

Movie
1932Movie
1932
Texas Cyclone

as Steve Pickett

Movie
1932Movie
1932Movie
1931
The Deceiver

as Reginald Thorpe as a corpse

Movie
1931
The Range Feud

as Clint Turner

Movie
1931
Maker of Men

as Dusty Rhodes

Movie
1931
Arizona

as Lt. Bob Denton

Movie
1931
Three Girls Lost

as Gordon Wales

Movie
1931Movie
1930
The Big Trail

as Breck Coleman

Movie
1930
Rough Romance

as Lumberjack (uncredited)

Movie
1930
Born Reckless

as Extra (uncredited)

Movie
1930
Men Without Women

as Radioman on Surface (uncredited)

Movie
1929Movie
1929
Words and Music

as Pete Donahue (as Duke Morrison)

Movie
1929
The Black Watch

as Black Watch Soldier (uncredited)

Movie
1929
Speakeasy

as Extra

Movie
1928
Noah's Ark

as Flood Extra (uncredited)

Movie
1928
A Home Made Man

as Man on Stool

Movie
1928
Hangman's House

as Horse Race Spectator / Condemned Man in Flashback

Movie
1928Movie
1927
The Drop Kick

as Football Player / Extra in Stands

Movie
1927Movie
1927
The Draw-Back

as Opposing Football Player

Movie
1926
The Great K&A Train Robbery

as Extra (uncredited)

Movie
1926
Bardelys the Magnificent

as Guard (uncredited)

Movie
1926
Brown of Harvard

as Yale LIneback Player

Movie
Desert Command

as Tom Wayne

Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayMay 26, 1907
Day of DeathJune 11, 1979
Place of BirthWinterset, Iowa, USA
Popularity2.3
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