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John Wayne
Born · May 26, 1907
Died · June 11, 1979 (72 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Winterset, Iowa, USA
Bio
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.
The Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout
Self (archive footage)
8.0
2024
Sly
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
7.2
2023
John Wayne: Cowboys & Demons
Self (Archive Footage)
0.0
2023
Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend
Self (archive footage)
7.4
2022
John Wayne on Film
Himself
10.0
2016
John Ford & Monument Valley
Self (archive footage)
1.0
2013
Christmas Around the World with Perry Como
Self
0.0
2012
The Duke at Fox
Self (archive footage)
0.0
2001
John Wayne-A Life on Film
Himself
0.0
2000
Television: The First Fifty Years
Self (archive footage)
0.0
1999
JOHN WAYNE - AMERICAN LEGEND
Himself
4.0
1998
Young Duke: Making Of A Movie Star
Himself
0.0
1993
The John Wayne Story - The Later Years
Himself
0.0
1993
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
Self (archive footage)
5.7
1991
John Wayne - Eine amerikanische Legende
(archive footage)
6.0
1991
John Wayne: American Hero Of The Movies
0.0
1990
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
Self (archive footage)
6.0
1988
Hollywood's Hidden Secrets
(archive footage)
0.0
1987
Going Hollywood: The '30s
(archive footage)
10.0
1984
This Little Bullet
Host
0.0
1977
That's Action
self
0.0
1977
Bob Hope's Comedy Christmas Special
0.0
1976
CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years
Self
7.0
1976
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
Jerry Mason
9.0
1976
Chesty: A Tribute to a Legend
Himself/Narrator
6.5
1976
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Self (archive footage)
5.7
1975
Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
7.3
1974
The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks
Self (archive footage)
6.8
1973
The American West of John Ford
Self - Narrator
6.3
1971
Directed by John Ford
Self (1969)
6.8
1971
Raquel!
Self
10.0
1970
No Substitute for Victory
Himself
4.3
1970
Swing Out, Sweet Land
Self - Host
5.7
1970
Cast a Giant Shadow
Gen. Mike Randolph
6.3
1966
Choice
Host
1.0
1964
Flashing Spikes
Marine Sergeant
5.3
1962
The Challenge of Ideas
Self
3.5
1961
The Colter Craven Story
0.0
1960
You're the Star
Self
0.0
1953
The Screen Director
Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited)
6.0
1951
Desert Command
Tom Wayne
3.8
1946
Memo for Joe
Self
0.0
1944
Lady from Louisiana
John Reynolds
5.3
1941
Wyoming Outlaw
Stony Brooke
5.6
1939
Three Texas Steers
Stony Brooke
5.0
1939
The Night Riders
Stony Brooke
5.4
1939
Red River Range
Stony Brooke
5.0
1938
Overland Stage Raiders
Stony Brooke
5.0
1938
Pals of the Saddle
Stony Brooke
5.3
1938
Adventure's End
Duke Slade
5.0
1937
Idol of the Crowds
Johnny Hanson
4.1
1937
I Cover the War!
Bob Adams
4.9
1937
California Straight Ahead
Biff Smith
4.3
1937
Conflict
Pat Glendon
2.0
1936
Sea Spoilers
Bob Randall
4.5
1936
The Lonely Trail
Captain John Ashley
4.6
1936
The Oregon Trail
Capt John Delmont
4.0
1936
The New Frontier
John Dawson
4.5
1935
Avenging Angel
John Mason
4.0
1935
Next Of Kin
Ted Hayden aka Gat Ganns
0.0
1934
Claim Jumpers
Jerry Mason
0.0
1934
The Life of Jimmy Dolan
Smith
6.0
1933
Lady and Gent
Buzz Kinney
5.6
1932
Running Hollywood
Emcee
0.0
1932
Maker of Men
Dusty Rhodes
0.0
1931
Girls Demand Excitement
Peter Brooks
0.0
1931
Rough Romance
Lumberjack (uncredited)
5.0
1930
Words and Music
Pete Donahue
0.0
1929
The Drop Kick
Football Player / Extra in Stands
5.0
1927
Rodeo Racketeers
0.0
John Wayne - America at All Costs
Himself (archive footage)
6.6
2019
John Ford: The Man Who Invented America
Self - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage)
6.5
2019
And the Oscar Goes To...
Self (archive footage)
7.0
2014
Dictator: One Crazy Job
Self (archive footage)
6.5
2013
Talking Pictures
Self (archive footage) · (1 episode)
5.0
2013
Christmas Around The World With Perry Como
Self
0.0
2012
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
Self (archive footage)
6.7
2010
Nuke 'Em, Duke
Self (archive footage)
0.0
2010
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
Self (archive footage)
7.5
2009
Battleground
Self (archive footage) · (1 episode)
0.0
2004
The Shootist: The Legend Lives On
7.0
2001
Parkinson
Self (archive footage) · (1 episode)
0.0
1998
The Best of the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
Self - Roaster (archive footage)
5.0
1998
Lee Marvin: A Personal Portrait by John Boorman
Self (archive footage)
0.0
1998
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
Self (archive footage)
5.2
1997
La Classe américaine
George Abitbol (archive footage)
7.6
1993
The John Wayne Story: The Early Years
3.5
1993
The Making of 'Rio Grande'
Self (archive footage)
5.0
1993
John Wayne's 'The Alamo'
Davy Crockett
6.0
1992
Movie Tough Guys
Self (archive footage)
10.0
1991
Sacrée soirée
Self (archive footage) · (1 episode)
6.2
1987
Showbiz Goes to War
(archive footage)
10.0
1982
Hollywood
Self · (1 episode)
8.3
1980
Perry Como's Early American Christmas
Self
0.0
1978
Western von gestern
John Wyatt aka John Allen · (1 episode)
7.5
1978
Western von gestern
John Wyatt aka John Allen (archive footage) · (1 episode)
7.5
1978
Western von gestern
Stony Brooke (archive footage) · (1 episode)
7.5
1978
The Shootist
J.B. Books
7.1
1976
It's Showtime
Self (archive footage)
7.0
1976
Hooray for Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
0.0
1976
Rooster Cogburn
Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn
6.4
1975
Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television
(archive footage)
0.0
1975
Brannigan
Lt. Jim Brannigan
5.9
1975
Spécial cinéma
Self (archive footage) · (1 episode)
0.0
1974
McQ
McQ
6.1
1974
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
Self · (1 episode)
5.4
1973
Cahill: United States Marshal
J.D. Cahill
6.1
1973
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self · (2 episodes)
6.3
1973
Wayne Train
Self
0.0
1973
The Train Robbers
Lane
6.3
1973
Cancel My Reservation
5.3
1972
Maude
Himself · (1 episode)
6.8
1972
The Cowboys
Wil Andersen
7.1
1972
Big Jake
Jacob McCandles
6.9
1971
V.I.P. Schaukel
Self · (2 episodes)
6.0
1971
The Selling of the Pentagon
Self (archive footage)
0.0
1971
Plimpton! Shoot-Out at Rio Lobo
Self
0.0
1970
Chisum
John Chisum
6.7
1970
Rio Lobo
Col. Cord McNally
6.4
1970
The Undefeated
Colonel John Henry Thomas
6.2
1969
True Grit
Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn
7.3
1969
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
Self · (4 episodes)
5.8
1969
Hellfighters
Chance Buckman
6.3
1968
The Green Berets
Colonel Mike Kirby
5.7
1968
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self (uncredited) · (14 episodes)
6.5
1968
The Movie Orgy
Self (archive footage)
6.5
1968
The War Wagon
Taw Jackson
6.8
1967
Dateline: Hollywood
(1 episode)
0.0
1967
A Nation Builds Under Fire
Narrator
0.0
1967
El Dorado
Cole Thornton
7.4
1966
The Victory Squad
Himself - Host
4.0
1966
Best of The Dean Martin Variety Show
(2 episodes)
0.0
1966
The Sons of Katie Elder
John Elder
7.0
1965
The Greatest Story Ever Told
Centurion at crucifixion
6.4
1965
In Harm's Way
Capt. Rockwell Torrey
6.6
1965
Circus World
Matt Masters
6.1
1964
McLintock!
George Washington McLintock
6.5
1963
Hollywood and the Stars
Self (archive footage) · (1 episode)
6.0
1963
Donovan's Reef
Michael "Guns" Donovan
6.2
1963
How the West Was Won
Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman
7.0
1962
The Lucy Show
John Wayne · (1 episode)
7.0
1962
The Merv Griffin Show
Self · (2 episodes)
5.6
1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self · (6 episodes)
7.4
1962
The Beverly Hillbillies
John Wayne (uncredited) · (1 episode)
6.8
1962
The Longest Day
Lt. Col. Benjamin Vandervoort
7.6
1962
Hatari!
Sean Mercer
6.7
1962
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Tom Doniphon
7.8
1962
The Comancheros
Jake Cutter
6.7
1961
The Mike Douglas Show
Self (archive footage) · (1 episode)
5.1
1961
The Mike Douglas Show
Self · (4 episodes)
5.1
1961
Alcoa Premiere
(1 episode)
5.0
1961
The 10 from Texas
(archive footage)
0.0
1961
North to Alaska
Sam McCord
6.5
1960
The Alamo
Col. Davy Crockett
7.1
1960
The Horse Soldiers
Col John Marlowe
7.0
1959
Rio Bravo
John Chance
7.8
1959
The Barbarian and the Geisha
Townsend Harris
5.9
1958
I Married a Woman
Actor in a Movie (uncredited)
5.8
1958
Legend of the Lost
Joe January
6.2
1957
Jet Pilot
Col. Jim Shannon
5.4
1957
Wagon Train
Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman · (1 episode)
6.3
1957
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Self · (1 episode)
6.5
1957
The Wings of Eagles
Frank W. 'Spig' Wead
6.2
1957
The Searchers
Ethan Edwards
7.7
1956
The Conqueror
Temujin, later Genghis Khan
3.4
1956
Cinépanorama
Self · (3 episodes)
8.0
1956
Screen Director's Playhouse
Mike Cronin · (1 episode)
6.5
1955
Blood Alley
Capt. Tom Wilder
5.9
1955
Casablanca
(10 episodes)
10.0
1955
Gunsmoke
Self - Host, Introduction to the Series · (1 episode)
6.6
1955
The Sea Chase
Captain Karl Ehrlich
6.1
1955
Producers' Showcase
Self · (38 episodes)
6.3
1954
The High and the Mighty
Dan Roman
5.9
1954
Hondo
Hondo Lane
6.5
1953
Three Lives
Self
0.0
1953
Island in the Sky
Captain Dooley
6.2
1953
Trouble Along the Way
Stephen Aloysius Williams
5.9
1953
The Oscars
Self · (4 episodes)
6.9
1953
Big Jim McLain
Jim McLain
4.9
1952
The Quiet Man
Sean Thornton
7.3
1952
I Love Lucy
John Wayne · (1 episode)
7.9
1951
The Red Skelton Show
Self - Rooster Cogburn · (1 episode)
7.3
1951
The Red Skelton Show
Self (uncredited) · (1 episode)
7.3
1951
The Red Skelton Show
Self · (2 episodes)
7.3
1951
Flying Leathernecks
Maj. Daniel Xavier Kirby
5.9
1951
Operation Pacific
Duke E. Gifford
6.0
1951
Rio Grande
Lt. Col. Kirby Yorke
6.8
1950
The Jack Benny Program
John Wayne · (1 episode)
7.7
1950
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self · (2 episodes)
7.0
1950
The Bob Hope Show
Self - Cameo · (1 episode)
7.0
1950
The Bob Hope Show
Self · (4 episodes)
7.0
1950
What's My Line?
Self - Mystery Guest · (1 episode)
6.8
1950
Sands of Iwo Jima
Sgt. John M. Stryker
6.3
1950
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
Capt. Nathan Cutting Brittles
6.9
1949
The Fighting Kentuckian
John Breen
5.9
1949
3 Godfathers
Robert Marmaduke Sangster Hightower
6.8
1948
Wake of the Red Witch
Capt. Ralls
5.5
1948
Red River
Thomas Dunson
7.4
1948
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self · (1 episode)
6.6
1948
Fort Apache
Capt. Kirby York
7.0
1948
Tycoon
Johnny Munroe
5.3
1947
Angel and the Badman
Quirt Evans
6.4
1947
Without Reservations
Rusty Thomas
6.2
1946
Dakota
John Devlin
5.1
1945
They Were Expendable
Lt. (J.G.) 'Rusty' Ryan
6.6
1945
Back to Bataan
Colonel Joseph Madden
6.1
1945
Flame of Barbary Coast
Duke Fergus
5.6
1945
Tall in the Saddle
Rocklin
6.5
1944
The Fighting Seabees
Lt. Cmdr. Wedge Donovan
6.2
1944
In Old Oklahoma
Daniel F Somers
6.2
1943
A Lady Takes a Chance
Duke Hudkins
5.7
1943
Reunion in France
Pat Talbot
6.4
1942
Pittsburgh
Charles 'Pittsburgh' Markham
6.2
1942
Flying Tigers
Jim Gordon
6.2
1942
The Spoilers
Glennister
6.2
1942
In Old California
Tom Craig
5.1
1942
Reap the Wild Wind
Captain Jack Stuart
6.4
1942
Lady for a Night
Jackson Morgan
5.2
1942
The Shepherd of the Hills
Young Matt Matthews
6.6
1941
A Man Betrayed
Lynn Hollister
5.4
1941
The Long Voyage Home
Ole Olsen
6.6
1940
Seven Sinners
Dan
6.0
1940
Three Faces West
John Phillips
5.4
1940
Dark Command
Bob Seton
6.3
1940
Allegheny Uprising
Jim Smith
5.6
1939
New Frontier
Stony Brooke
5.5
1939
Stagecoach
The Ringo Kid
7.6
1939
Santa Fe Stampede
Stony Brooke
5.5
1938
Born to the West
Dare Rudd
4.7
1937
Winds of the Wasteland
John Blair
5.2
1936
The Stagecoach Race
John Blair
0.0
1936
King of the Pecos
John Clayborn
5.4
1936
The Lawless Nineties
John Tipton
5.2
1936
Lawless Range
John Middleton
3.9
1935
Texas Terror
John Higgins
4.7
1935
Guns Along The Trail
John Wyatt
3.0
1935
Westward Ho
John Wyatt
5.2
1935
Paradise Canyon
John Wyatt
4.7
1935
The Dawn Rider
John Mason
4.6
1935
The Desert Trail
John Scott / John Jones
4.6
1935
Rainbow Valley
John Martin
4.8
1935
'Neath the Arizona Skies
Chris Morrell
4.5
1934
The Lawless Frontier
John Tobin
4.7
1934
The Trail Beyond
Rod Drew
4.7
1934
The Star Packer
U.S. Marshal John Travers
4.5
1934
Randy Rides Alone
Randy Bowers
4.9
1934
Bandits of the Badlands
John Carruthers
0.0
1934
The Shadow Gang
U.S. Marshal John Travers
0.0
1934
The Man from Utah
John Weston
4.7
1934
Blue Steel
John Carruthers
4.8
1934
West of the Divide
Ted Hayden aka Gat Ganns
5.0
1934
The Lucky Texan
Jerry Mason
4.9
1934
Sagebrush Trail
John Brant
5.3
1933
College Coach
4.2
1933
Riders of Destiny
Singin' Sandy Saunders
5.2
1933
The Man from Monterey
John Holmes
4.4
1933
Baby Face
Jimmy McCoy Jr.
7.3
1933
His Private Secretary
Dick Wallace
4.9
1933
Somewhere in Sonora
John Bishop
5.0
1933
Central Airport
6.1
1933
The Three Musketeers
Lt. Tom Wayne
5.6
1933
The Telegraph Trail
John Trent
4.7
1933
Haunted Gold
John Mason
4.9
1932
The Big Stampede
Deputy Sheriff John Steele
4.8
1932
Ride Him, Cowboy
John Drury
4.7
1932
The Hurricane Express
The Air Pilot
5.2
1932
Two-Fisted Law
Duke
4.6
1932
Texas Cyclone
Steve Pickett
4.2
1932
The Shadow of the Eagle
Craig McCoy
5.1
1932
The Deceiver
Reginald Thorpe as a corpse
0.0
1931
The Range Feud
Clint Turner
5.2
1931
Arizona
Lt. Bob Denton
4.5
1931
Three Girls Lost
Gordon Wales
0.0
1931
The Big Trail
Breck Coleman
6.7
1930
Cheer Up and Smile
0.0
1930
Born Reckless
Extra (uncredited)
5.6
1930
Men Without Women
Radioman on Surface (uncredited)
6.3
1930
Salute
4.7
1929
The Black Watch
Black Watch Soldier (uncredited)
6.0
1929
Speakeasy
Extra
5.0
1929
Noah's Ark
Flood Extra (uncredited)
6.1
1928
A Home Made Man
Man on Stool
6.0
1928
Hangman's House
Horse Race Spectator / Condemned Man in Flashback
6.3
1928
Four Sons
7.2
1928
Mother Machree
6.2
1927
Annie Laurie
6.6
1927
The Draw-Back
Opposing Football Player
4.5
1927
The Great K&A Train Robbery
Extra (uncredited)
5.8
1926
Bardelys the Magnificent
Guard (uncredited)
7.4
1926
Brown of Harvard
Yale Football Player (uncredited)
5.6
1926