John Wayne
Born
May 26, 1907
Died
June 11, 1979 (72 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Winterset, Iowa, USA
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
The Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout
Self (archive footage)
2024
Sly
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2023
John Wayne: Cowboys & Demons
Self (Archive Footage)
2023
Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend
Self (archive footage)
2022
Gérard Blain : adultes, je vous hais
Self (archive)
2019
John Wayne - America at All Costs
Himself (archive footage)
2019
John Ford: The Man Who Invented America
Self - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage)
2019
John Wayne on Film
Himself
2016
And the Oscar Goes To...
Self (archive footage)
2014
Dictator: One Crazy Job
Self (archive footage)
2013
John Ford & Monument Valley
Self (archive footage)
2013
Talking Pictures
Self (archive footage) · (1 episode)
2013
Christmas Around the World with Perry Como
Self
2012
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
Self (archive footage)
2010
Nuke 'Em, Duke
Self (archive footage)
2010
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
Self (archive footage)
2009
Battleground
Self (archive footage) · (1 episode)
2004
The Shootist: The Legend Lives On
2001
The Duke at Fox
Self (archive footage)
2001
John Wayne-A Life on Film
Himself
2000
Television: The First Fifty Years
Self (archive footage)
1999
JOHN WAYNE - AMERICAN LEGEND
Himself
1998
The Best of the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
Self - Roaster (archive footage)
1998
Lee Marvin: A Personal Portrait by John Boorman
Self (archive footage)
1998
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
Self (archive footage)
1997
La Classe américaine
George Abitbol (archive footage)
1993
Young Duke: Making Of A Movie Star
Himself
1993
The John Wayne Story - The Later Years
Himself
1993
The John Wayne Story: The Early Years
1993
The Making of 'Rio Grande'
Self (archive footage)
1993
John Wayne's 'The Alamo'
Davy Crockett
1992
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
Self (archive footage)
1991
John Wayne - Eine amerikanische Legende
(archive footage)
1991
Movie Tough Guys
Self (archive footage)
1991
John Wayne: American Hero Of The Movies
1990
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
Self (archive footage)
1988
Sacrée soirée
Self (archive footage) · (1 episode)
1987
Hollywood's Hidden Secrets
(archive footage)
1987
Going Hollywood: The '30s
(archive footage)
1984
Showbiz Goes to War
(archive footage)
1982
Hollywood
Self · (1 episode)
1980
Perry Como's Early American Christmas
Self
1978
Western von gestern
John Wyatt aka John Allen (archive footage) · (1 episode)
1978
Western von gestern
John Wyatt aka John Allen · (1 episode)
1978
Western von gestern
Stony Brooke (archive footage) · (1 episode)
1978
This Little Bullet
Host
1977
That's Action
self
1977
Bob Hope's Comedy Christmas Special
1976
CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years
Self
1976
The Shootist
J.B. Books
1976
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
Jerry Mason
1976
Chesty: A Tribute to a Legend
Himself/Narrator
1976
It's Showtime
Self (archive footage)
1976
Hooray for Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
1976
Rooster Cogburn
Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn
1975
Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television
(archive footage)
1975
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Self (archive footage)
1975
Brannigan
Lt. Jim Brannigan
1975
Spécial cinéma
Self (archive footage) · (1 episode)
1974
Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1974
McQ
McQ
1974
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
Self · (1 episode)
1973
Cahill: United States Marshal
J.D. Cahill
1973
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self · (2 episodes)
1973
Wayne Train
Self
1973
The Train Robbers
Lane
1973
The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks
Self (archive footage)
1973
Cancel My Reservation
1972
Maude
Himself · (1 episode)
1972
The Cowboys
Wil Andersen
1972
The American West of John Ford
Self - Narrator
1971
Directed by John Ford
Self (1969)
1971
Big Jake
Jacob McCandles
1971
V.I.P. Schaukel
Self · (2 episodes)
1971
The Selling of the Pentagon
Self (archive footage)
1971
Plimpton! Shoot-Out at Rio Lobo
Self
1970
Chisum
John Chisum
1970
Raquel!
Self
1970
Rio Lobo
Col. Cord McNally
1970
No Substitute for Victory
Himself
1970
Swing Out, Sweet Land
Self - Host
1970
The Undefeated
Colonel John Henry Thomas
1969
True Grit
Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn
1969
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
Self · (4 episodes)
1969
Hellfighters
Chance Buckman
1968
The Green Berets
Colonel Mike Kirby
1968
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self (uncredited) · (13 episodes)
1968
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self · (1 episode)
1968
The Movie Orgy
Self (archive footage)
1968
The War Wagon
Taw Jackson
1967
Dateline: Hollywood
(1 episode)
1967
A Nation Builds Under Fire
Narrator
1967
El Dorado
Cole Thornton
1966
The Victory Squad
Himself - Host
1966
Cast a Giant Shadow
Gen. Mike Randolph
1966
The Sons of Katie Elder
John Elder
1965
The Greatest Story Ever Told
Centurion at crucifixion
1965
In Harm's Way
Capt. Rockwell Torrey
1965
The Making of A Movie
Himself
1965
Circus World
Matt Masters
1964
Choice
Host
1964
McLintock!
George Washington McLintock
1963
Hollywood and the Stars
Self (archive footage) · (1 episode)
1963
Donovan's Reef
Michael "Guns" Donovan
1963
How the West Was Won
Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman
1962
Flashing Spikes
Marine Sergeant
1962
The Lucy Show
John Wayne · (1 episode)
1962
The Merv Griffin Show
Self · (2 episodes)
1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self · (6 episodes)
1962
The Beverly Hillbillies
John Wayne (uncredited) · (1 episode)
1962
The Longest Day
Lt. Col. Benjamin Vandervoort
1962
Hatari!
Sean Mercer
1962
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Tom Doniphon
1962
The Comancheros
Jake Cutter
1961
The Mike Douglas Show
Self (archive footage) · (1 episode)
1961
The Mike Douglas Show
Self · (4 episodes)
1961
Alcoa Premiere
(1 episode)
1961
The Challenge of Ideas
Self
1961
The 10 from Texas
(archive footage)
1961
The Colter Craven Story
1960
North to Alaska
Sam McCord
1960
The Alamo
Col. Davy Crockett
1960
The Horse Soldiers
Col John Marlowe
1959
Rio Bravo
John Chance
1959
The Barbarian and the Geisha
Townsend Harris
1958
I Married a Woman
Actor in a Movie (uncredited)
1958
Legend of the Lost
Joe January
1957
Jet Pilot
Col. Jim Shannon
1957
Wagon Train
Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman · (1 episode)
1957
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Self · (1 episode)
1957
The Wings of Eagles
Frank W. 'Spig' Wead
1957
The Searchers
Ethan Edwards
1956
The Conqueror
Temujin, later Genghis Khan
1956
Cinépanorama
Self · (3 episodes)
1956
Screen Director's Playhouse
Mike Cronin · (1 episode)
1955
Blood Alley
Capt. Tom Wilder
1955
Casablanca
(10 episodes)
1955
Gunsmoke
Self - Host, Introduction to the Series · (1 episode)
1955
The Sea Chase
Captain Karl Ehrlich
1955
Producers' Showcase
Self · (38 episodes)
1954
The High and the Mighty
Dan Roman
1954
Hondo
Hondo Lane
1953
Three Lives
Self
1953
Island in the Sky
Captain Dooley
1953
Trouble Along the Way
Stephen Aloysius Williams
1953
The Oscars
Self · (4 episodes)
1953
You're the Star
Self
1953
Big Jim McLain
Jim McLain
1952
The Quiet Man
Sean Thornton
1952
I Love Lucy
John Wayne · (1 episode)
1951
The Red Skelton Show
Self · (2 episodes)
1951
The Red Skelton Show
Self (uncredited) · (1 episode)
1951
The Red Skelton Show
Self - Rooster Cogburn · (1 episode)
1951
Flying Leathernecks
Maj. Daniel Xavier Kirby
1951
The Screen Director
Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited)
1951
Operation Pacific
Duke E. Gifford
1951
Rio Grande
Lt. Col. Kirby Yorke
1950
The Jack Benny Program
John Wayne · (1 episode)
1950
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self · (2 episodes)
1950
The Bob Hope Show
Self - Cameo · (1 episode)
1950
The Bob Hope Show
Self · (4 episodes)
1950
What's My Line?
Self - Mystery Guest · (1 episode)
1950
Sands of Iwo Jima
Sgt. John M. Stryker
1950
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
Capt. Nathan Cutting Brittles
1949
The Fighting Kentuckian
John Breen
1949
3 Godfathers
Robert Marmaduke Sangster Hightower
1948
Wake of the Red Witch
Capt. Ralls
1948
Red River
Thomas Dunson
1948
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self · (1 episode)
1948
Fort Apache
Capt. Kirby York
1948
Tycoon
Johnny Munroe
1947
Angel and the Badman
Quirt Evans
1947
Desert Command
Tom Wayne
1946
Without Reservations
Rusty Thomas
1946
Dakota
John Devlin
1945
They Were Expendable
Lt. (J.G.) 'Rusty' Ryan
1945
Back to Bataan
Colonel Joseph Madden
1945
Flame of Barbary Coast
Duke Fergus
1945
Tall in the Saddle
Rocklin
1944
Memo for Joe
Self
1944
The Fighting Seabees
Lt. Cmdr. Wedge Donovan
1944
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Winner · (1 episode)
1944
In Old Oklahoma
Daniel F Somers
1943
A Lady Takes a Chance
Duke Hudkins
1943
Reunion in France
Pat Talbot
1942
Pittsburgh
Charles 'Pittsburgh' Markham
1942
Flying Tigers
Jim Gordon
1942
The Spoilers
Glennister
1942
In Old California
Tom Craig
1942
Reap the Wild Wind
Captain Jack Stuart
1942
Lady for a Night
Jackson Morgan
1942
The Shepherd of the Hills
Young Matt Matthews
1941
Lady from Louisiana
John Reynolds
1941
A Man Betrayed
Lynn Hollister
1941
The Long Voyage Home
Ole Olsen
1940
Seven Sinners
Dan
1940
Three Faces West
John Phillips
1940
Dark Command
Bob Seton
1940
Allegheny Uprising
Jim Smith
1939
New Frontier
Stony Brooke
1939
Wyoming Outlaw
Stony Brooke
1939
Three Texas Steers
Stony Brooke
1939
The Night Riders
Stony Brooke
1939
Stagecoach
The Ringo Kid
1939
Red River Range
Stony Brooke
1938
Santa Fe Stampede
Stony Brooke
1938
Overland Stage Raiders
Stony Brooke
1938
Pals of the Saddle
Stony Brooke
1938
Born to the West
Dare Rudd
1937
Adventure's End
Duke Slade
1937
Idol of the Crowds
Johnny Hanson
1937
I Cover the War!
Bob Adams
1937
California Straight Ahead
Biff Smith
1937
Conflict
Pat Glendon
1936
Sea Spoilers
Bob Randall
1936
Winds of the Wasteland
John Blair
1936
The Stagecoach Race
John Blair
1936
The Lonely Trail
Captain John Ashley
1936
King of the Pecos
John Clayborn
1936
The Lawless Nineties
John Tipton
1936
The Oregon Trail
Capt John Delmont
1936
Lawless Range
John Middleton
1935
The New Frontier
John Dawson
1935
Texas Terror
John Higgins
1935
Guns Along The Trail
John Wyatt
1935
Westward Ho
John Wyatt
1935
Paradise Canyon
John Wyatt
1935
The Dawn Rider
John Mason
1935
Avenging Angel
John Mason
1935
The Desert Trail
John Scott / John Jones
1935
Rainbow Valley
John Martin
1935
'Neath the Arizona Skies
Chris Morrell
1934
The Lawless Frontier
John Tobin
1934
The Trail Beyond
Rod Drew
1934
The Star Packer
U.S. Marshal John Travers
1934
Randy Rides Alone
Randy Bowers
1934
Bandits of the Badlands
John Carruthers
1934
The Shadow Gang
U.S. Marshal John Travers
1934
Next Of Kin
Ted Hayden aka Gat Ganns
1934
The Man from Utah
John Weston
1934
Blue Steel
John Carruthers
1934
West of the Divide
Ted Hayden aka Gat Ganns
1934
The Lucky Texan
Jerry Mason
1934
Claim Jumpers
Jerry Mason
1934
Sagebrush Trail
John Brant
1933
College Coach
1933
Riders of Destiny
Singin' Sandy Saunders
1933
The Man from Monterey
John Holmes
1933
Baby Face
Jimmy McCoy Jr.
1933
His Private Secretary
Dick Wallace
1933
The Life of Jimmy Dolan
Smith
1933
Somewhere in Sonora
John Bishop
1933
Central Airport
1933
The Three Musketeers
Lt. Tom Wayne
1933
The Telegraph Trail
John Trent
1933
Haunted Gold
John Mason
1932
The Big Stampede
Deputy Sheriff John Steele
1932
Ride Him, Cowboy
John Drury
1932
The Hollywood Handicap
1932
The Hurricane Express
The Air Pilot
1932
Lady and Gent
Buzz Kinney
1932
Two-Fisted Law
Duke
1932
Texas Cyclone
Steve Pickett
1932
The Shadow of the Eagle
Craig McCoy
1932
Running Hollywood
Emcee
1932
The Deceiver
Reginald Thorpe as a corpse
1931
The Range Feud
Clint Turner
1931
Maker of Men
Dusty Rhodes
1931
Arizona
Lt. Bob Denton
1931
Three Girls Lost
Gordon Wales
1931
Girls Demand Excitement
Peter Brooks
1931
The Big Trail
Breck Coleman
1930
Cheer Up and Smile
1930
Rough Romance
Lumberjack (uncredited)
1930
Born Reckless
Extra (uncredited)
1930
Men Without Women
Radioman on Surface (uncredited)
1930
Salute
1929
Words and Music
Pete Donahue (as Duke Morrison)
1929
The Black Watch
Black Watch Soldier (uncredited)
1929
The Drop Kick
Football Player / Extra in Stands
1927
Rodeo Racketeers
Speakeasy
Extra
1929
Noah's Ark
Flood Extra (uncredited)
1928
A Home Made Man
Man on Stool
1928
Hangman's House
Horse Race Spectator / Condemned Man in Flashback
1928
Four Sons
1928
Mother Machree
1927
Annie Laurie
1927
The Draw-Back
Opposing Football Player
1927
The Great K&A Train Robbery
Extra (uncredited)
1926
Bardelys the Magnificent
Guard (uncredited)
1926
Brown of Harvard
Yale Football Player (uncredited)
1926