JW
John Wayne
Actor, Producer, Director, Additional Credits
Born May 26, 1907Died 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.
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.
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John Wayne 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 |
| 2009 | Comic Relief 2009 · as Cast |
| 2007 | Mr. Untouchable · as Cast |
| 2005 | I'm King Kong!: The Exploits of Merian C. Cooper · as Ethan Edwards |
| 2002 | Edith Head: The Paramount Years · as Cast |
| 2001 | I Love Lucy's 50th Anniversary Special · as Cast |
| 1999 | ABC 2000: The Millennium · as Cast |
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| 1997 | Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years · as Breck Coleman |
| 1993 | La classe américaine · as George Abitbol (archive Footage) |
| 1992 | Ca détourne · as Mc François |
| 1992 | Rock Hudson's Home Movies · as Col. John Henry Thomas |
| 1991 | John Wayne - Eine amerikanische Legende · as (archive Footage) |
| 1990 | Hollywood Mavericks · as Ethan Edwards |
| 1987 | House II: The Second Story · as Cowboy |
| 1984 | Going Hollywood: The '30s · as (archive Footage) |
| 1982 | Showbiz Goes to War · as (archive Footage) |
| 1982 | Henry Fonda: The Man and His Movies · as Capt. Kirby York |
| 1979 | The Wild West · as Various Characters |
| 1978 | Western Von Gestern (TV Series) · as John Wyatt Aka John Allen (archive Footage) |
| 1977 | This Little Bullet · as Host |
| 1976 | America at the Movies · as Tom Dustan |
| 1976 | The Shootist · as J.b. Books |
| 1976 | Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch · as Jerry Mason |
| 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 | The Train Robbers · as Lane |
| 1972 | The Cowboys · as Wil Andersen |
| 1971 | Big Jake · as Jacob Mccandles |
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| 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 | The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance · as Tom Doniphon |
| 1961 | The Comancheros · as Jake Cutter |
| 1961 | Alcoa Premiere (TV Series) |
| 1960 | North to Alaska · as Sam Mccord |
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| 1959 | The Horse Soldiers · as Col John Marlowe |
| 1959 | Rio Bravo · as Sheriff John T. 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 |
| 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 | Angel and the Badman · as Quirt Evans |
| 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 | The Painted Trail · as Cast |
| 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 | The 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 |
| 1935 | Lawless Range · as John Middleton |
| 1935 | The New Frontier · as John Dawson |
| 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 | The Desert Trail · as John Scott / John Jones |
| 1935 | Rainbow Valley · as John Martin |
| 1935 | Texas Terror · as John Higgins |
| 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 | 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 | College Coach · as Football Player (uncredited) |
| 1933 | Riders of Destiny · as Singin' Sandy Saunders |
| 1933 | The Man from Monterey · as John Holmes |
| 1933 | His Private Secretary · as Dick Wallace |
| 1933 | The Life of Jimmy Dolan · as Smith |
| 1933 | Somewhere in Sonora · as John Bishop |
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| 1933 | The Three Musketeers · as Lt. Tom Wayne |
| 1933 | The Telegraph Trail · as John Trent |
| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 1927 | The Drop Kick · as Football Player / Extra In Stands |
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| 1926 | The Great K & A Train Robbery · as Extra (uncredited) |
| 1926 | Bardelys the Magnificent · as Guard (uncredited) |
| 1926 | Brown of Harvard · as Yale Lineback Player |
| 1975 | Brannigan · as Executive Producer |
| 1974 | McQ · as Executive Producer |
| 1973 | Cahill U.S. Marshal · as Executive Producer |
| 1973 | The Train Robbers · as Executive Producer |
| 1971 | Big Jake · as Executive Producer |
| 1970 | Swing Out, Sweet Land · as Executive Producer |
| 1970 | Chisum · as Executive Producer |
| 1968 | The Green Berets · as Executive Producer |
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| 1967 | Hondo (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 1967 | The War Wagon · as Executive Producer |
| 1963 | McLintock! · as Executive Producer |
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| 1966 | Cast a Giant Shadow · as Co-Executive Producer |
| 1959 | Escort West · as Producer: Batjac |