John Wayne

John Wayne

26 May 1907 (117 years old) in 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

Credits

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