JW
John Wayne
Actor, Producer, Director
Died June 11, 1979 (72 years)
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.
Filmography
| 2018 | Making Montgomery Clift · as Thomas Dunson |
| 2016 | I Am Not Your Negro · as Ringo Kid |
| 2015 | Keith Richards: Under the Influence · as Ethan Edwards |
| 2007 | Mr. Untouchable · as actor |
| 2002 | Edith Head: The Paramount Years · as actor |
| 1998 | |
| 1997 | Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years · as Breck Coleman |
| 1995 | Get Shorty · as Sheriff John T. Chance |
| 1993 | La Classe américaine · as George Abitbol (archive footage) |
| 1993 | The John Wayne Story: The Early Years · as Unknown |
| 1992 | Rock Hudson's Home Movies · as Col. John Henry Thomas |
| 1991 | John Wayne - Eine amerikanische Legende · as (archive footage) |
| 1987 | House II: The Second Story · as Cowboy |
| 1979 | The Wild West · as Various Characters |
| 1977 | This Little Bullet · as Host |
| 1976 | The Shootist · as J.B. Books |
| 1976 | Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch · as Jerry Mason |
| 1976 | America at the Movies · as Tom Dustan |
| 1975 | Rooster Cogburn · as Rooster Cogburn |
| 1975 | Brannigan · as Lt. Jim Brannigan |
| 1975 | Brother Can You Spare a Dime · as (archive footage) |
| 1974 | McQ · as McQ |
| 1973 | Cahill U.S. Marshal · as J.D. Cahill |
| 1973 | The Train Robbers · as Lane |
| 1972 | The Cowboys · as Wil Andersen |
| 1972 | Maude (TV Series) · as Duke |
| 1971 | Big Jake · as Jacob McCandles |
| 1970 | |
| 1970 | Chisum · as John Simpson Chisum |
| 1969 | The Undefeated · as Colonel John Henry Thomas |
| 1969 | The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1969 | True Grit · as Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn |
| 1968 | Hellfighters · as Chance Buckman |
| 1968 | The Green Berets · as Colonel Mike Kirby |
| 1967 | The War Wagon · as Taw Jackson |
| 1967 | Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1966 | Cast a Giant Shadow · as Gen. Mike Randolph |
| 1966 | El Dorado · as Cole Thornton |
| 1965 | The Greatest Story Ever Told · as Centurion at crucifixion |
| 1965 | The Sons of Katie Elder · as John Elder |
| 1965 | In Harm's Way · as Capt. Rockwell Torrey |
| 1964 | Circus World · as Matt Masters |
| 1963 | McLintock! · as George Washington McLintock |
| 1963 | Donovan's Reef · as Michael "Guns" Donovan |
| 1962 | The Longest Day · as Col. Benjamin Vandervoort |
| 1962 | Hatari! · as Sean Mercer |
| 1962 | How the West Was Won · as William Sherman |
| 1962 | The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance · as Tom Doniphon |
| 1962 | The Beverly Hillbillies (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1962 | The Lucy Show (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1961 | The Comancheros · as Jake Cutter |
| 1960 | North to Alaska · as Sam McCord |
| 1960 | The Alamo · as Col. Davy Crockett |
| 1959 | Rio Bravo · as John Chance |
| 1959 | The Horse Soldiers · as Col John Marlowe |
| 1958 | The Barbarian and the Geisha · as Townsend Harris |
| 1957 | Legend of the Lost · as Joe January |
| 1957 | The Wings of Eagles · as Frank W. 'Spig' Wead |
| 1957 | Jet Pilot · as Col. Jim Shannon |
| 1957 | Wagon Train (TV Series) · as Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman |
| 1956 | The Searchers · as Ethan Edwards |
| 1956 | The Conqueror · as Temujin, later Genghis Khan |
| 1955 | Blood Alley · as Capt. Tom Wilder |
| 1955 | The Sea Chase · as Captain Karl Ehrlich |
| 1954 | The High and the Mighty · as Dan Roman |
| 1953 | Island in the Sky · as Captain Dooley |
| 1953 | Trouble Along the Way · as Stephen Aloysius Williams |
| 1953 | Hondo · as Hondo Lane |
| 1952 | Big Jim McLain · as Jim McLain |
| 1952 | The Quiet Man · as Sean Thornton |
| 1951 | Operation Pacific · as Duke E. Gifford |
| 1951 | Flying Leathernecks · as Maj. Daniel Xavier Kirby |
| 1951 | I Love Lucy (TV Series) · as John Wayne |
| 1950 | Rio Grande · as Lt. Col. Kirby Yorke |
| 1950 | The Jack Benny Program (TV Series) · as John Wayne |
| 1950 | The Colgate Comedy Hour (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1949 | She Wore a Yellow Ribbon · as Capt. Nathan Cutting Brittles |
| 1949 | The Fighting Kentuckian · as John Breen |
| 1949 | Sands of Iwo Jima · as Sgt. John M. Stryker |
| 1948 | 3 Godfathers · as Robert Marmaduke Hightower |
| 1948 | Fort Apache · as Capt. Kirby York |
| 1948 | Wake of the Red Witch · as Capt. Ralls |
| 1948 | Red River · as Thomas Dunson |
| 1947 | Angel and the Badman · as Quirt Evans |
| 1947 | Tycoon · as Johnny Munroe |
| 1946 | Without Reservations · as Rusty Thomas |
| 1946 | Desert Command · as Tom Wayne |
| 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 |
| 1945 | Dakota · as John Devlin |
| 1944 | Tall in the Saddle · as Rocklin |
| 1944 | The Fighting Seabees · as Lt. Cmdr. Wedge Donovan |
| 1943 | In Old Oklahoma · as Daniel F Somers |
| 1942 | Reunion in France · as Pat Talbot |
| 1942 | Flying Tigers · as Jim Gordon |
| 1942 | Lady for a Night · as Jackson Morgan |
| 1942 | In Old California · as Tom Craig |
| 1942 | Pittsburgh · as Charles 'Pittsburgh' Markham |
| 1942 | The Spoilers · as Glennister |
| 1941 | The Shepherd of the Hills · as Young Matt |
| 1941 | Lady from Louisiana · as John Reynolds |
| 1940 | Dark Command · as Bob Seton |
| 1940 | Three Faces West · as John Phillips |
| 1940 | The Long Voyage Home · as Ole Olsen |
| 1939 | Stagecoach · as The Ringo Kid |
| 1939 | Allegheny Uprising · as Jim Smith |
| 1939 | Wyoming Outlaw · as Stony Brooke |
| 1939 | New Frontier · as Stony Brooke |
| 1938 | Overland Stage Raiders · as Stony Brooke |
| 1938 | Red River Range · as Stony Brooke |
| 1938 | Pals of the Saddle · as Stony Brooke |
| 1938 | The Painted Trail · as actor |
| 1937 | Born to the West · as Dare Rudd |
| 1937 | Hell Town · as Dare Rudd |
| 1936 | Winds of the Wasteland · as John Blair |
| 1936 | King of the Pecos · as John Clayborn |
| 1936 | The Lonely Trail · as Captain John Ashley |
| 1935 | Texas Terror · as John Higgins |
| 1935 | Paradise Canyon · as John Wyatt |
| 1935 | The Desert Trail · as John Scott / John Jones |
| 1935 | Rainbow Valley · as John Martin |
| 1935 | The Dawn Rider · as John Mason |
| 1935 | Westward Ho · as John Wyatt |
| 1935 | Lawless Range · as John Middleton |
| 1934 | The Lucky Texan · as Jerry Mason |
| 1934 | Randy Rides Alone · as Randy Bowers |
| 1934 | West of the Divide · as Ted Hayden aka Gat Ganns |
| 1934 | The Trail Beyond · as Rod Drew |
| 1934 | The Lawless Frontier · as John Tobin |
| 1934 | The Man from Utah · as John Weston |
| 1934 | 'Neath the Arizona Skies · as Chris Morrell |
| 1934 | Blue Steel · as John Carruthers |
| 1934 | The Star Packer · as U.S. Marshal John Travers |
| 1933 | Sagebrush Trail · as John Brant |
| 1933 | Riders of Destiny · as Singin' Sandy Saunders |
| 1933 | Baby Face · as Jimmy McCoy Jr. |
| 1933 | His Private Secretary · as Dick Wallace |
| 1933 | The Man from Monterey · as John Holmes |
| 1933 | Somewhere in Sonora · as John Bishop |
| 1933 | The Telegraph Trail · as John Trent |
| 1933 | The Three Musketeers · as Lt. Tom Wayne |
| 1932 | The Hurricane Express · as The Air Pilot |
| 1932 | The Shadow of the Eagle · as Craig McCoy |
| 1932 | Haunted Gold · as John Mason |
| 1932 | The Big Stampede · as Deputy Sheriff John Steele |
| 1932 | Ride Him, Cowboy · as John Drury |
| 1932 | Texas Cyclone · as Steve Pickett |
| 1932 | Two-Fisted Law · as Duke |
| 1932 | Lady and Gent · as Buzz Kinney |
| 1931 | Arizona · as Lt. Bob Denton |
| 1931 | The Range Feud · as Clint Turner |
| 1930 | The Big Trail · as Breck Coleman |
| 1930 | Born Reckless · as Extra (uncredited) |
| 1930 | Men Without Women · as Radioman on Surface (uncredited) |
| 1929 | The Black Watch · as 42nd Highlander (uncredited) |
| 1928 | Four Sons · as Officer (uncredited) |
| 1928 | Noah's Ark · as Flood Extra (uncredited) |
| 1928 | Hangman's House · as Horse Race Spectator / Condemned Man in Flashback |
| 1927 | Annie Laurie · as Extra (uncredited) |
| 1926 | Bardelys the Magnificent · as Guard (uncredited) |