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John Wayne

Actor, Producer, Director, Additional Credits
Born May 26, 1907Died June 11, 1979 (72 years)
Marion Mitchell Morrison (born Marion Robert Morrison), 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.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Stagecoach
  • McLintock!
  • Rio Lobo
  • House II: The Second Story
  • The Beverly Hillbillies
  • Angel and the Badman
  • Dark Command
  • Blue Steel
  • In Old Oklahoma
  • Sagebrush Trail
  • The Lucky Texan
  • The Dawn Rider
  • The Star Packer
  • The Man from Utah
  • Riders of Destiny
  • Winds of the Wasteland
  • 'Neath the Arizona Skies
  • The Lawless Frontier
  • The Desert Trail
  • Paradise Canyon
  • The Trail Beyond
  • New Frontier
  • The Telegraph Trail
  • Lawless Range

Known For

  • The Searchers
  • True Grit
  • The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
  • The Longest Day
  • The Quiet Man
  • Red River
  • El Dorado
  • Stagecoach
  • The Shootist
  • The Alamo
  • Fort Apache
  • She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
  • The Sons of Katie Elder
  • Rio Grande
  • McLintock!
  • The Cowboys
  • Big Jake
  • Hatari!
  • Rio Lobo
  • The Green Berets
  • Rooster Cogburn
  • Sands of Iwo Jima
  • Hondo
  • The Horse Soldiers

Featured Videos

    Filmography

    2018
    Making Montgomery Clift · as Thomas Dunson
    2016
    I Am Not Your Negro · as Ringo Kid
    2015
    2009
    2007
    Mr. Untouchable · as Cast
    2005
    2002
    2001
    1999
    1998
    1997
    1993
    La classe américaine · as George Abitbol (archive Footage)
    1993
    1992
    Ca détourne · as Mc François
    1992
    Rock Hudson's Home Movies · as Col. John Henry Thomas
    1991
    1990
    Hollywood Mavericks · as Ethan Edwards
    1987
    1984
    Going Hollywood: The '30s · as (archive Footage)
    1982
    Showbiz Goes to War · as (archive Footage)
    1982
    1979
    The Wild West · as Various Characters
    1978
    Western Von Gestern (TV Series) · as Stony Brooke (archive Footage)
    1977
    1976
    America at the Movies · as Tom Dustan
    1976
    The Shootist · as J.b. Books
    1976
    1975
    Rooster Cogburn · as Reuben J. "rooster" Cogburn
    1975
    Brannigan · as Lt. Jim Brannigan
    1974
    McQ · as Mcq
    1973
    Cahill U.S. Marshal · as J.d. Cahill
    1973
    1972
    The Cowboys · as Wil Andersen
    1971
    Big Jake · as Jacob Mccandles
    1970
    Rio Lobo · as Col. Cord Mcnally
    1970
    Chisum · as John Chisum
    1969
    The Undefeated · as Colonel John Henry Thomas
    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
    1966
    El Dorado · as Cole Thornton
    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
    1963
    McLintock! · as George Washington Mclintock
    1963
    Donovan's Reef · as Michael "guns" Donovan
    1962
    How the West Was Won · as Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman
    1962
    The Beverly Hillbillies (TV Series) · as John Wayne (uncredited)
    1962
    The Longest Day · as Lt. Col. Benjamin Vandervoort
    1962
    Hatari! · as Sean Mercer
    1962
    1961
    The Comancheros · as Jake Cutter
    1961
    Alcoa Premiere (TV Series)
    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 (TV Series) · as Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman
    1957
    The Wings of Eagles · as Frank W. 'spig' Wead
    1956
    The Searchers · as Ethan Edwards
    1956
    The Conqueror · as Temujin, Later Genghis Khan
    1955
    Screen Directors Playhouse (TV Series) · as Mike Cronin
    1955
    Blood Alley · as Capt. Tom Wilder
    1955
    Casablanca (1955) (TV Series)
    1955
    The Sea Chase · as Captain Karl Ehrlich
    1954
    The High and the Mighty · as Dan Roman
    1953
    Hondo · as Hondo Lane
    1953
    Island in the Sky · as Captain Dooley
    1953
    Trouble Along the Way · as Stephen Aloysius Williams
    1952
    Big Jim McLain · as Jim Mclain
    1952
    The Quiet Man · as Sean Thornton
    1951
    Flying Leathernecks · as Maj. Daniel Xavier Kirby
    1951
    Operation Pacific · as Duke E. Gifford
    1950
    Rio Grande · as Lt. Col. Kirby Yorke
    1949
    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
    Fort Apache · as Capt. Kirby York
    1947
    Tycoon · as Johnny Munroe
    1947
    1946
    Desert Command · as Tom Wayne
    1946
    Without Reservations · as Rusty Thomas
    1945
    They Were Expendable · as Lt. (j.g.) 'rusty' Ryan
    1945
    Dakota · as John Devlin
    1945
    Back to Bataan · as Colonel Joseph Madden
    1945
    Flame of Barbary Coast · as Duke Fergus
    1944
    Tall in the Saddle · as Rocklin
    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
    Reap the Wild Wind · as Captain Jack Stuart
    1942
    In Old California · as Tom Craig
    1942
    Lady for a Night · as Jackson Morgan
    1941
    The Shepherd of the Hills · as Young Matt Matthews
    1941
    Raiders of the Desert · as Truck Driver
    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
    1938
    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
    1936
    Conflict · as Pat Glendon
    1936
    The Sea Spoilers · as Bob Randall
    1936
    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
    1935
    Lawless Range · as John Middleton
    1935
    The New Frontier · as John Dawson
    1935
    Westward Ho · as John Wyatt
    1935
    Paradise Canyon · as John Wyatt
    1935
    The Dawn Rider · as John Mason
    1935
    The Desert Trail · as John Scott / John Jones
    1935
    Rainbow Valley · as John Martin
    1935
    Texas Terror · as John Higgins
    1934
    1934
    1934
    1934
    The Star Packer · as U.s. Marshal John Travers
    1934
    Randy Rides Alone · as Randy Bowers
    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
    1933
    Sagebrush Trail · as John Brant
    1933
    Baby Face · as Jimmy Mccoy Jr.
    1933
    1933
    Riders of Destiny · as Singin' Sandy Saunders
    1933
    The Man from Monterey · as John Holmes
    1933
    His Private Secretary · as Dick Wallace
    1933
    1933
    Somewhere in Sonora · as John Bishop
    1933
    1933
    The Three Musketeers · as Lt. Tom Wayne
    1933
    1932
    Haunted Gold · as John Mason
    1932
    That's My Boy · as Taylor - Harvard Player
    1932
    The Big Stampede · as Deputy Sheriff John Steele
    1932
    Ride Him, Cowboy · as John Drury
    1932
    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
    1931
    Maker of Men · as Dusty Rhodes
    1931
    The Range Feud · as Clint Turner
    1931
    The Deceiver · as Reginald Thorpe As A Corpse
    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
    1930
    Rough Romance · as Lumberjack (uncredited)
    1930
    Born Reckless · as Extra (uncredited)
    1930
    Men Without Women · as Radioman On Surface (uncredited)
    1929
    The Forward Pass · as Football Player
    1929
    1929
    Words and Music · as Pete Donahue (as Duke Morrison)
    1929
    The Black Watch · as Black Watch Soldier (uncredited)
    1929
    Speakeasy · as Extra
    1928
    Noah's Ark · as Flood Extra (uncredited)
    1928
    Hangman's House · as Horse Race Spectator / Condemned Man In Flashback
    1928
    1927
    1927
    The Drop Kick · as Football Player / Extra In Stands
    1927
    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)

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