John Wayne
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 26, 1907
- Died
- June 11, 1979 (aged 72)
- Birthplace
- 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.
Known For
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Filmography
Rodeo Racketeers
Movie
Spiritual day in Minneapolis
Movie
Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas
Movie · as Ethan Edwards (archive footage) (uncredited)
Naughty America: Guns & Stripes
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Elway
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Breakdown: 1975
Movie · as (archive footage)
The Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Atomic People
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Remembering Gene Wilder
Movie · as Self (archive photo)
Marlene Dietrich: Home Movies
Movie · as Self
John Wayne: Cowboys & Demons
Movie · as Self (Archive Footage)
Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
John Ford and Throwing
Movie
John Ford: The Man Who Invented America
Movie · as Self - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage)
John Wayne - America at All Costs
Movie · as Himself (archive footage)
Gérard Blain : adultes, je vous hais
Movie · as Self (archive)
The Fabulous Allan Carr
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
John Wayne on Film
Movie · as Himself
John Ford & Monument Valley
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Dictator: One Crazy Job
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Talking Pictures
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
Christmas Around the World with Perry Como
Movie · as Self
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Nuke 'Em, Duke
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Battleground
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
Edith Head: The Paramount Years
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Shootist: The Legend Lives On
Movie
The Duke at Fox
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
John Wayne-A Life on Film
Movie · as Himself
Television: The First Fifty Years
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
JOHN WAYNE - AMERICAN LEGEND
Movie · as Himself
The Best of the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
Movie · as Self - Roaster (archive footage)
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
La Classe américaine
Movie · as George Abitbol (archive footage)
The John Wayne Story - The Later Years
Movie · as Himself
Young Duke: Making Of A Movie Star
Movie · as Himself
The Making of 'Rio Grande'
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The John Wayne Story: The Early Years
Movie
John Wayne's 'The Alamo'
Movie · as Davy Crockett
Movie Tough Guys
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
John Wayne - Eine amerikanische Legende
Movie · as (archive footage)
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
John Wayne: American Hero Of The Movies
Movie
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
Movie · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Sacrée soirée
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
Going Hollywood: The '30s
Movie · as (archive footage)
Showbiz Goes to War
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Movie · as Sean Thornton (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hollywood
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Perry Como's Early American Christmas
Movie · as Self
Western von gestern
TV · as John Wyatt aka John Allen (archive footage), Stony Brooke (archive footage) · 1 ep
This Little Bullet
Movie · as Host
That's Action
Movie · as self
Johnny, weil Du Geburtstag hast
Movie · as Self
The Shootist
Movie · as J.B. Books
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
Movie · as Jerry Mason
Bob Hope's Comedy Christmas Special
Movie
CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years
Movie · as Self
Chesty: A Tribute to a Legend
Movie · as Himself/Narrator
It's Showtime
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Hooray for Hollywood
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
Movie · as (archive footage)
Brannigan
Movie · as Lt. Jim Brannigan
Rooster Cogburn
Movie · as Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television
Movie · as (archive footage)
McQ
Movie · as McQ
Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still
Movie · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Spécial cinéma
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
Cahill: United States Marshal
Movie · as J.D. Cahill
Wayne Train
Movie · as Self
The Train Robbers
Movie · as Lane
The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Man Behind the Star
Movie · as Self
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
TV · as Self · 2 eps
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Cowboys
Movie · as Wil Andersen
Cancel My Reservation
Movie · as Himself (uncredited)
Maude
TV · as Himself · 1 ep
Big Jake
Movie · as Jacob McCandles
The American West of John Ford
Movie · as Self - Narrator
Directed by John Ford
Movie · as Self (1969)
The Selling of the Pentagon
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
V.I.P. Schaukel
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Rio Lobo
Movie · as Col. Cord McNally
Chisum
Movie · as John Chisum
No Substitute for Victory
Movie · as Sekf
Raquel!
Movie · as Self
Swing Out, Sweet Land
Movie · as Self - Host
Plimpton! Shoot-Out at Rio Lobo
Movie · as Self
True Grit
Movie · as Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn
The Undefeated
Movie · as Colonel John Henry Thomas
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
TV · as Self · 4 eps
The Movie Orgy
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Green Berets
Movie · as Colonel Mike Kirby
Hellfighters
Movie · as Chance Buckman
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
TV · as Self (uncredited) · 9 eps
A Nation Builds Under Fire
Movie · as Narrator
The War Wagon
Movie · as Taw Jackson
Dateline: Hollywood
TV · 1 ep
El Dorado
Movie · as Cole Thornton
Cast a Giant Shadow
Movie · as Gen. Mike Randolph
The Victory Squad
Movie · as Self - Host
The Greatest Story Ever Told
Movie · as Centurion at crucifixion
In Harm's Way
Movie · as Capt. Rockwell Torrey
The Sons of Katie Elder
Movie · as John Elder
The Making of A Movie
Movie · as Himself
Circus World
Movie · as Matt Masters
Choice
Movie · as Host
McLintock!
Movie · as George Washington McLintock
Donovan's Reef
Movie · as Michael "Guns" Donovan
Hollywood and the Stars
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
Hatari!
Movie · as Sean Mercer
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Movie · as Tom Doniphon
How the West Was Won
Movie · as William Sherman
The Longest Day
Movie · as Lt. Col. Benjamin Vandervoort
Flashing Spikes
Movie · as Marine Sergeant
The Lucy Show
TV · as John Wayne · 1 ep
The Beverly Hillbillies
TV · as John Wayne (uncredited) · 1 ep
The Merv Griffin Show
TV · as Self · 2 eps
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV · as Self · 6 eps
The Comancheros
Movie · as Jake Cutter
The Challenge of Ideas
Movie · as Self
The 10 from Texas
Movie · as (archive footage)
Alcoa Premiere
TV · 1 ep
The Mike Douglas Show
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
The Alamo
Movie · as Col. Davy Crockett
North to Alaska
Movie · as Sam McCord
The Colter Craven Story
Movie
Rio Bravo
Movie · as Sheriff John T. Chance
The Horse Soldiers
Movie · as Col John Marlowe
I Married a Woman
Movie · as Actor in a Movie (uncredited)
The Barbarian and the Geisha
Movie · as Townsend Harris
The Western: A Lost TV Special
Movie · as Self
Legend of the Lost
Movie · as Joe January
The Wings of Eagles
Movie · as Frank W. 'Spig' Wead
Jet Pilot
Movie · as Col. Jim Shannon
Wagon Train
TV · as Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman · 1 ep
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Searchers
Movie · as Ethan Edwards
The Conqueror
Movie · as Temujin
Cinépanorama
TV · as Self · 3 eps
The Sea Chase
Movie · as Captain Karl Ehrlich
Blood Alley
Movie · as Capt. Tom Wilder
Rookie of the Year
Movie · as Mike Cronin
Gunsmoke
TV · as Self - Host, Introduction to the Series · 1 ep
Casablanca
TV · 10 eps
Screen Director's Playhouse
TV · as Mike Cronin · 1 ep
The High and the Mighty
Movie · as Dan Roman
Producers' Showcase
TV · as Self · 38 eps
Hondo
Movie · as Hondo Lane
Island in the Sky
Movie · as Captain Dooley
Trouble Along the Way
Movie · as Stephen Aloysius Williams
You're the Star
Movie · as Self
Three Lives
Movie · as Self
The Oscars
TV · as Self · 4 eps
The Quiet Man
Movie · as Sean Thornton
Big Jim McLain
Movie · as Jim McLain
Operation Pacific
Movie · as Duke E. Gifford
Flying Leathernecks
Movie · as Maj. Daniel Xavier Kirby
The Screen Director
Movie · as Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited)
I Love Lucy
TV · as John Wayne · 1 ep
The Red Skelton Show
TV · as John Wayne, Self (uncredited), Rooster Cogburn · 2 eps
Rio Grande
Movie · as Lt. Col. Kirby Yorke
Sands of Iwo Jima
Movie · as Sgt. John M. Stryker
The Colgate Comedy Hour
TV · as Self · 2 eps
The Bob Hope Show
TV · as Self - Cameo · 1 ep
The Jack Benny Program
TV · as John Wayne · 1 ep
What's My Line?
TV · as Self - Mystery Guest · 1 ep
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
Movie · as Capt. Nathan Cutting Brittles
The Fighting Kentuckian
Movie · as John Breen
Red River
Movie · as Thomas Dunson
Wake of the Red Witch
Movie · as Capt. Ralls
3 Godfathers
Movie · as Robert Marmaduke Sangster Hightower
Fort Apache
Movie · as Capt. Kirby York
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Angel and the Badman
Movie · as Quirt Evans
Tycoon
Movie · as Johnny Munroe
Without Reservations
Movie · as Rusty Thomas
Desert Command
Movie · as Tom Wayne
Desert Command
Movie · as Tom Wayne
Flame of Barbary Coast
Movie · as Duke Fergus
They Were Expendable
Movie · as Lt. (J.G.) 'Rusty' Ryan
Back to Bataan
Movie · as Colonel Joseph Madden
Dakota
Movie · as John Devlin
The Fighting Seabees
Movie · as Lt. Cmdr. Wedge Donovan
Tall in the Saddle
Movie · as Rocklin
Memo for Joe
Movie · as Self
Golden Globe Awards
TV · as Self - Nominee · 1 ep
In Old Oklahoma
Movie · as Daniel F Somers
A Lady Takes a Chance
Movie · as Duke Hudkins
Reunion in France
Movie · as Pat Talbot
Lady for a Night
Movie · as Jackson Morgan
In Old California
Movie · as Tom Craig
Flying Tigers
Movie · as Jim Gordon
The Spoilers
Movie · as Glennister
Pittsburgh
Movie · as Charles 'Pittsburgh' Markham
Reap the Wild Wind
Movie · as Captain Jack Stuart
A Man Betrayed
Movie · as Lynn Hollister
The Shepherd of the Hills
Movie · as Young Matt Matthews
Lady from Louisiana
Movie · as John Reynolds
Seven Sinners
Movie · as Dan
Dark Command
Movie · as Bob Seton
Three Faces West
Movie · as John Phillips
The Long Voyage Home
Movie · as Ole Olsen
Stagecoach
Movie · as The Ringo Kid
Allegheny Uprising
Movie · as Jim Smith
New Frontier
Movie · as Stony Brooke
Three Texas Steers
Movie · as Stony Brooke
Wyoming Outlaw
Movie · as Stony Brooke
The Night Riders
Movie · as Stony Brooke
Santa Fe Stampede
Movie · as Stony Brooke
Overland Stage Raiders
Movie · as Stony Brooke
Red River Range
Movie · as Stony Brooke
Pals of the Saddle
Movie · as Stony Brooke
Born to the West
Movie · as Dare Rudd
Idol of the Crowds
Movie · as Johnny Hanson
I Cover the War!
Movie · as Bob Adams
California Straight Ahead
Movie · as Biff Smith
Adventure's End
Movie · as Duke Slade
Hell Town
Movie · as Dare Rudd
Winds of the Wasteland
Movie · as John Blair
King of the Pecos
Movie · as John Clayborn
The Lawless Nineties
Movie · as John Tipton
The Stagecoach Race
Movie · as John Blair
The Lonely Trail
Movie · as Captain John Ashley
The Oregon Trail
Movie · as Capt John Delmont
Conflict
Movie · as Pat Glendon
Sea Spoilers
Movie · as Bob Randall
Paradise Canyon
Movie · as John Wyatt
Texas Terror
Movie · as John Higgins
Westward Ho
Movie · as John Wyatt
The Desert Trail
Movie · as John Scott / John Jones
Rainbow Valley
Movie · as John Martin
The Dawn Rider
Movie · as John Mason
Lawless Range
Movie · as John Middleton
Avenging Angel
Movie · as John Mason
The New Frontier
Movie · as John Dawson
Guns Along The Trail
Movie · as John Wyatt
On the Run
Movie · as John Jones
Cowboy G-Man
Movie · as John Wyatt
Randy Rides Alone
Movie · as Randy Bowers
The Lucky Texan
Movie · as Jerry Mason
The Trail Beyond
Movie · as Rod Drew
West of the Divide
Movie · as Ted Hayden aka Gat Ganns
The Star Packer
Movie · as U.S. Marshal John Travers
The Lawless Frontier
Movie · as John Tobin
The Man from Utah
Movie · as John Weston
Blue Steel
Movie · as John Carruthers
'Neath the Arizona Skies
Movie · as Chris Morrell
Bandits of the Badlands
Movie · as John Carruthers
The Shadow Gang
Movie · as U.S. Marshal John Travers
Next Of Kin
Movie · as Ted Hayden aka Gat Ganns
Claim Jumpers
Movie · as Jerry Mason
Rodeo Rocketeers
Movie · as John Weston
Klondike Gold
Movie · as Rod Drew
Vengence is Mine
Movie · as John Tobin
The Drifter
Movie · as Randy
Riders of Destiny
Movie · as Singin' Sandy Saunders
Sagebrush Trail
Movie · as John Brant
Baby Face
Movie · as Jimmy McCoy Jr.
His Private Secretary
Movie · as Dick Wallace
Central Airport
Movie
College Coach
Movie · as Football player (uncredited)
The Man from Monterey
Movie · as John Holmes
The Telegraph Trail
Movie · as John Trent
Somewhere in Sonora
Movie · as John Bishop
The Three Musketeers
Movie · as Lt. Tom Wayne
The Life of Jimmy Dolan
Movie · as Smith
Fugitive
Movie · as John
The Shadow of the Eagle
Movie · as Craig McCoy
The Hurricane Express
Movie · as The Air Pilot
The Big Stampede
Movie · as Deputy Sheriff John Steele
Haunted Gold
Movie · as John Mason
Ride Him, Cowboy
Movie · as John Drury
Texas Cyclone
Movie · as Steve Pickett
Two-Fisted Law
Movie · as Duke
Lady and Gent
Movie · as Buzz Kinney
Running Hollywood
Movie · as Emcee
The Hollywood Handicap
Movie
Arizona
Movie · as Lt. Bob Denton
The Range Feud
Movie · as Clint Turner
Maker of Men
Movie · as Dusty Rhodes
Girls Demand Excitement
Movie · as Peter Brooks
Three Girls Lost
Movie · as Gordon Wales
The Deceiver
Movie · as Reginald Thorpe as a corpse
The Big Trail
Movie · as Breck Coleman
Born Reckless
Movie · as Extra (uncredited)
Men Without Women
Movie · as Radioman on Surface (uncredited)
Cheer Up and Smile
Movie · as Roy
Rough Romance
Movie · as Lumberjack (uncredited)
The Black Watch
Movie · as Black Watch Soldier (uncredited)
Salute
Movie · as Midshipman Bill
Words and Music
Movie · as Pete Donahue (as Duke Morrison)
Speakeasy
Movie · as Extra
Noah's Ark
Movie · as Flood Extra (uncredited)
Four Sons
Movie
Hangman's House
Movie · as Horse Race Spectator / Condemned Man in Flashback
A Home Made Man
Movie · as Man on Stool
Annie Laurie
Movie
Mother Machree
Movie
The Drop Kick
Movie · as Football Player / Extra in Stands
The Draw-Back
Movie · as Opposing Football Player
The Great K&A Train Robbery
Movie · as Extra (uncredited)
Bardelys the Magnificent
Movie · as Guard (uncredited)
Brown of Harvard
Movie · as Yale LIneback Player