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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.
Movie | Sly | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2023-09-16 |
Movie | John Ford: The Man Who Invented America | Self - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage) | 2019-02-03 |
Movie | John Wayne on Film | Himself | 2016-09-16 |
Movie | And the Oscar Goes To... | Self (archive footage) | 2014-02-01 |
Series | Talking Pictures | Himself - Archive footage | 2013-01-05 |
Movie | John Ford & Monument Valley | Self (archive footage) | 2013-03-05 |
Movie | Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff | Self (archive footage) | 2010-05-05 |
Movie | 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year | Self (archive footage) | 2009-07-02 |
Movie | The Duke at Fox | Self (archive footage) | 2001-05-17 |
Movie | The Shootist: The Legend Lives On | 2001-07-24 | |
Movie | John Wayne - Ein Leben für den Film | Himself | 2000-01-01 |
Movie | Television: The First Fifty Years | Self (archive footage) | 1999-01-01 |
Movie | JOHN WAYNE - AMERICAN LEGEND | Himself | 1998-03-14 |
Movie | The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender | Self (archive footage) | 1997-11-01 |
Movie | The Making of 'Rio Grande' | Self (archive footage) | 1993-01-01 |
Movie | La Classe américaine | George Abitbol (archive footage) | 1993-12-31 |
Movie | The John Wayne Story - The Later Years | Himself | 1993-05-15 |
Movie | Young Duke: Making Of A Movie Star | Himself | 1993-07-14 |
Movie | John Wayne - Eine amerikanische Legende | (archive footage) | 1991-01-31 |
Movie | Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire | Self (archive footage) | 1991-07-15 |
Movie | John Wayne: American Hero Of The Movies | 1990-01-01 | |
Movie | Going Hollywood: The '30s | (archive footage) | 1984-01-01 |
Movie | That's Action | self | 1977-01-01 |
Movie | Chesty: A Tribute to a Legend | Himself/Narrator | 1976-04-04 |
Movie | It's Showtime | Self (archive footage) | 1976-03-31 |
Movie | Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch | Jerry Mason | 1976-05-01 |
Movie | The Shootist | J.B. Books | 1976-07-21 |
Movie | Brannigan | Lt. Jim Brannigan | 1975-03-21 |
Movie | Rooster Cogburn | Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn | 1975-11-01 |
Movie | Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? | Self (archive footage) | 1975-08-06 |
Movie | McQ | McQ | 1974-01-04 |
Movie | The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks | Self (archive footage) | 1973-01-01 |
Movie | The Train Robbers | Lane | 1973-02-01 |
Series | The American Film Institute Salute to ... | Unknown | 1973-04-02 |
Movie | Cahill: United States Marshal | J.D. Cahill | 1973-07-11 |
Movie | The Cowboys | Wil Andersen | 1972-01-13 |
Movie | Cancel My Reservation | 1972-09-21 | |
Series | V.I.P. Schaukel | Unknown | 1971-05-09 |
Movie | The American West of John Ford | Self - Narrator | 1971-12-05 |
Movie | Big Jake | Jacob McCandles | 1971-05-26 |
Movie | Directed by John Ford | Self (1969) | 1971-09-06 |
Movie | No Substitute for Victory | Himself | 1970-01-01 |
Movie | Swing Out, Sweet Land | Self - Host | 1970-01-01 |
Movie | Raquel! | Self | 1970-04-26 |
Movie | Rio Lobo | Colonel Cord McNally | 1970-04-01 |
Movie | Chisum | John Chisum | 1970-07-23 |
Series | The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour | Unknown | 1969-01-22 |
Movie | The Undefeated | Colonel John Henry Thomas | 1969-10-04 |
Movie | True Grit | Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn | 1969-06-11 |
Movie | The Movie Orgy | Self (archive footage) | 1968-01-01 |
Movie | Hellfighters | Chance Buckman | 1968-11-27 |
Movie | The Green Berets | Colonel Mike Kirby | 1968-07-04 |
Series | Dateline: Hollywood | 1967-04-03 | |
Movie | The War Wagon | Taw Jackson | 1967-05-26 |
Series | Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In | Unknown | 1967-09-09 |
Movie | Cast a Giant Shadow | Gen. Mike Randolph | 1966-03-30 |
Movie | El Dorado | Cole Thornton | 1966-12-17 |
Movie | The Sons of Katie Elder | John Elder | 1965-06-23 |
Movie | In Harm's Way | Capt. Rockwell Torrey | 1965-04-06 |
Movie | The Greatest Story Ever Told | Centurion at crucifixion | 1965-04-09 |
Movie | Circus World | Matt Masters | 1964-06-25 |
Movie | Donovan's Reef | Michael "Guns" Donovan | 1963-06-12 |
Movie | McLintock! | George Washington McLintock | 1963-11-12 |
Movie | Hollywood Without Make-Up | 1963-07-01 | |
Movie | The Longest Day | Lt. Col. Benjamin Vandervoort | 1962-09-25 |
Series | The Beverly Hillbillies | Unknown | 1962-09-26 |
Movie | Hatari! | Sean Mercer | 1962-06-19 |
Movie | The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance | Tom Doniphon | 1962-04-13 |
Series | The Lucy Show | Unknown | 1962-10-01 |
Movie | How the West Was Won | Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman | 1962-11-02 |
Movie | Flashing Spikes | Marine Sergeant | 1962-10-04 |
Movie | The 10 from Texas | (archive footage) | 1961-01-01 |
Movie | The Comancheros | Jake Cutter | 1961-12-22 |
Series | Alcoa Premiere | Unknown | 1961-10-10 |
Movie | The Alamo | Col. Davy Crockett | 1960-10-23 |
Movie | North to Alaska | Sam McCord | 1960-11-07 |
Movie | Rio Bravo | John Chance | 1959-03-18 |
Movie | The Horse Soldiers | Col John Marlowe | 1959-06-11 |
Movie | I Married a Woman | Actor in a Movie (uncredited) | 1958-03-01 |
Movie | The Barbarian and the Geisha | Townsend Harris | 1958-09-30 |
Movie | The Wings of Eagles | Frank W. 'Spig' Wead | 1957-01-31 |
Movie | Jet Pilot | Col. Jim Shannon | 1957-10-11 |
Movie | Legend of the Lost | Joe January | 1957-12-17 |
Series | Cinépanorama | 1956-02-04 | |
Movie | The Conqueror | Temujin, later Genghis Khan | 1956-03-28 |
Movie | The Searchers | Ethan Edwards | 1956-05-16 |
Series | Gunsmoke | Unknown | 1955-09-10 |
Series | Casablanca | 1955-09-27 | |
Movie | The Sea Chase | Captain Karl Ehrlich | 1955-06-04 |
Movie | Rookie of the Year | Mike Cronin | 1955-12-07 |
Series | Screen Director's Playhouse | Mike Cronin | 1955-10-05 |
Movie | Blood Alley | Capt. Tom Wilder | 1955-10-01 |
Movie | The High and the Mighty | Dan Roman | 1954-07-03 |
Series | Producers' Showcase | Self | 1954-10-18 |
Series | The Oscars | Unknown | 1953-03-19 |
Movie | Trouble Along the Way | Stephen Aloysius Williams | 1953-04-04 |
Movie | Island in the Sky | Captain Dooley | 1953-09-05 |
Movie | Hondo | Hondo Lane | 1953-11-25 |
Movie | The Quiet Man | Sean Thornton | 1952-07-21 |
Series | This Is Your Life | Unknown | 1952-10-01 |
Movie | Big Jim McLain | Jim McLain | 1952-08-30 |
Movie | Operation Pacific | Duke E. Gifford | 1951-01-27 |
Movie | The Screen Director | Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited) | 1951-03-12 |
Movie | Flying Leathernecks | Maj. Daniel Xavier Kirby | 1951-08-28 |
Series | I Love Lucy | Unknown | 1951-10-15 |
Movie | Sands of Iwo Jima | Sgt. John M. Stryker | 1950-01-01 |
Movie | Rio Grande | Lt. Col. Kirby Yorke | 1950-11-15 |
Series | The Colgate Comedy Hour | Unknown | 1950-09-10 |
Movie | The Fighting Kentuckian | John Breen | 1949-09-15 |
Movie | She Wore a Yellow Ribbon | Capt. Nathan Cutting Brittles | 1949-10-22 |
Movie | Red River | Thomas Dunson | 1948-08-26 |
Movie | Fort Apache | Capt. Kirby York | 1948-06-14 |
Series | The Ed Sullivan Show | Unknown | 1948-06-20 |
Movie | Wake of the Red Witch | Capt. Ralls | 1948-12-30 |
Movie | 3 Godfathers | Robert Marmaduke Sangster Hightower | 1948-12-31 |
Movie | Angel and the Badman | Quirt Evans | 1947-02-15 |
Movie | Tycoon | Johnny Munroe | 1947-12-27 |
Movie | Without Reservations | Rusty Thomas | 1946-05-13 |
Movie | Desert Command | Tom Wayne | 1946-05-31 |
Movie | Flame of Barbary Coast | Duke Fergus | 1945-05-28 |
Movie | Back to Bataan | Colonel Joseph Madden | 1945-05-30 |
Movie | They Were Expendable | Lt. (J.G.) 'Rusty' Ryan | 1945-12-07 |
Movie | Dakota | John Devlin | 1945-12-15 |
Movie | Memo for Joe | Self | 1944-08-10 |
Movie | The Fighting Seabees | Lt. Cmdr. Wedge Donovan | 1944-01-27 |
Movie | Tall in the Saddle | Rocklin | 1944-09-29 |
Movie | A Lady Takes a Chance | Duke Hudkins | 1943-08-19 |
Movie | In Old Oklahoma | Daniel F Somers | 1943-12-06 |
Movie | Reap the Wild Wind | Captain Jack Stuart | 1942-03-26 |
Movie | Lady for a Night | Jackson Morgan | 1942-01-05 |
Movie | In Old California | Tom Craig | 1942-05-31 |
Movie | The Spoilers | Glennister | 1942-06-11 |
Movie | Reunion in France | Pat Talbot | 1942-12-25 |
Movie | Pittsburgh | Charles 'Pittsburgh' Markham | 1942-12-11 |
Movie | Flying Tigers | Jim Gordon | 1942-10-08 |
Movie | A Man Betrayed | Lynn Hollister | 1941-03-07 |
Movie | The Shepherd of the Hills | Young Matt Matthews | 1941-07-18 |
Movie | Lady from Louisiana | John Reynolds | 1941-04-22 |
Movie | Dark Command | Bob Seton | 1940-04-15 |
Movie | Three Faces West | John Phillips | 1940-07-03 |
Movie | The Long Voyage Home | Ole Olsen | 1940-11-16 |
Movie | Seven Sinners | Dan | 1940-10-25 |
Movie | Stagecoach | The Ringo Kid | 1939-03-03 |
Movie | Three Texas Steers | Stony Brooke | 1939-05-12 |
Movie | The Night Riders | Stony Brooke | 1939-04-12 |
Movie | Wyoming Outlaw | Stony Brooke | 1939-06-27 |
Movie | New Frontier | Stony Brooke | 1939-08-10 |
Movie | Allegheny Uprising | Jim Smith | 1939-11-10 |
Movie | Pals of the Saddle | Stony Brooke | 1938-08-28 |
Movie | Overland Stage Raiders | Stony Brooke | 1938-09-20 |
Movie | Santa Fe Stampede | Stony Brooke | 1938-11-18 |
Movie | Red River Range | Stony Brooke | 1938-12-22 |
Movie | California Straight Ahead | Biff Smith | 1937-04-16 |
Movie | I Cover the War! | Bob Adams | 1937-07-04 |
Movie | Adventure's End | Duke Slade | 1937-12-05 |
Movie | Idol of the Crowds | Johnny Hanson | 1937-09-30 |
Movie | Born to the West | Dare Rudd | 1937-12-10 |
Movie | The Lawless Nineties | John Tipton | 1936-02-15 |
Movie | The Oregon Trail | Capt John Delmont | 1936-01-18 |
Movie | The Lonely Trail | Captain John Ashley | 1936-05-25 |
Movie | King of the Pecos | John Clayborn | 1936-03-09 |
Movie | Winds of the Wasteland | John Blair | 1936-07-06 |
Movie | Conflict | Pat Glendon | 1936-11-29 |
Movie | Sea Spoilers | Bob Randall | 1936-09-30 |
Movie | Paradise Canyon | John Wyatt | 1935-07-19 |
Movie | Westward Ho | John Wyatt | 1935-08-19 |
Movie | Rainbow Valley | John Martin | 1935-03-15 |
Movie | The Desert Trail | John Scott / John Jones | 1935-04-21 |
Movie | The Dawn Rider | John Mason | 1935-06-20 |
Movie | Guns Along The Trail | John Wyatt | 1935-10-06 |
Movie | The New Frontier | John Dawson | 1935-10-25 |
Movie | Lawless Range | John Middleton | 1935-11-04 |
Movie | Texas Terror | John Higgins | 1935-10-17 |
Movie | Blue Steel | John Carruthers | 1934-05-10 |
Movie | West of the Divide | Ted Hayden aka Gat Ganns | 1934-02-15 |
Movie | The Lucky Texan | Jerry Mason | 1934-01-22 |
Movie | The Man from Utah | John Weston | 1934-05-15 |
Movie | Randy Rides Alone | Randy Bowers | 1934-06-05 |
Movie | The Lawless Frontier | John Tobin | 1934-11-22 |
Movie | The Trail Beyond | Rod Drew | 1934-10-22 |
Movie | 'Neath the Arizona Skies | Chris Morrell | 1934-12-05 |
Movie | The Star Packer | U.S. Marshal John Travers | 1934-07-30 |
Movie | Somewhere in Sonora | John Bishop | 1933-05-27 |
Movie | Central Airport | 1933-04-15 | |
Movie | The Telegraph Trail | John Trent | 1933-03-18 |
Movie | The Life of Jimmy Dolan | Smith | 1933-06-03 |
Movie | The Three Musketeers | Lt. Tom Wayne | 1933-04-07 |
Movie | Sagebrush Trail | John Brant | 1933-12-15 |
Movie | His Private Secretary | Dick Wallace | 1933-06-10 |
Movie | Riders of Destiny | Singin' Sandy Saunders | 1933-10-10 |
Movie | College Coach | 1933-11-04 | |
Movie | The Man from Monterey | John Holmes | 1933-07-15 |
Movie | Baby Face | Jimmy McCoy Jr. | 1933-07-13 |
Movie | Two-Fisted Law | Duke | 1932-06-08 |
Movie | Texas Cyclone | Steve Pickett | 1932-02-24 |
Movie | Running Hollywood | Emcee | 1932-01-27 |
Movie | The Shadow of the Eagle | Craig McCoy | 1932-02-01 |
Movie | Lady and Gent | Buzz Kinney | 1932-07-10 |
Movie | The Hurricane Express | The Air Pilot | 1932-08-01 |
Movie | Haunted Gold | John Mason | 1932-12-17 |
Movie | That's My Boy | Football Player (uncredited) | 1932-11-13 |
Movie | Ride Him, Cowboy | John Drury | 1932-08-27 |
Movie | The Big Stampede | Deputy Sheriff John Steele | 1932-09-29 |
Movie | Girls Demand Excitement | Peter Brooks | 1931-02-08 |
Movie | Three Girls Lost | Gordon Wales | 1931-04-19 |
Movie | The Range Feud | Clint Turner | 1931-10-14 |
Movie | Arizona | Lt. Bob Denton | 1931-06-27 |
Movie | Maker of Men | Dusty Rhodes | 1931-08-03 |
Movie | Born Reckless | Extra (uncredited) | 1930-05-11 |
Movie | Rough Romance | Lumberjack | 1930-06-15 |
Movie | Men Without Women | Radioman on Surface (uncredited) | 1930-02-08 |
Movie | Cheer Up and Smile | 1930-06-22 | |
Movie | The Big Trail | Breck Coleman | 1930-11-01 |
Movie | The Black Watch | Black Watch Soldier (uncredited) | 1929-05-22 |
Movie | Speakeasy | Extra | 1929-03-08 |
Movie | Words and Music | Pete Donahue | 1929-08-18 |
Movie | Salute | 1929-09-01 | |
Movie | Four Sons | 1928-02-13 | |
Movie | Hangman's House | Horse Race Spectator / Condemned Man in Flashback | 1928-05-13 |
Movie | A Home Made Man | Man on Stool | 1928-07-17 |
Movie | Noah's Ark | Flood Extra (uncredited) | 1928-11-01 |
Movie | The Draw-Back | Opposing Football Player | 1927-04-10 |
Movie | Annie Laurie | 1927-05-10 | |
Movie | The Drop Kick | Football Player / Extra in Stands | 1927-09-25 |
Movie | Mother Machree | 1927-12-19 | |
Movie | Brown of Harvard | Yale Football Player (uncredited) | 1926-05-02 |
Movie | The Great K&A Train Robbery | Extra (uncredited) | 1926-10-17 |
Movie | Bardelys the Magnificent | Guard (uncredited) | 1926-09-30 |