John Wayne
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 26, 1907
- Died
- Jun 11, 1979 (aged 72)
- Place of birth
- Winterset, Iowa, USA
- Credits
- 306
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 Searchers
1956Movie
Ethan Edwards
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
1962Movie
Tom Doniphon
Rio Bravo
1959Movie
Sheriff John T. Chance
Stagecoach
1939Movie
The Ringo Kid
The Longest Day
1962Movie
Lt. Col. Benjamin Vandervoort
True Grit
1969Movie
Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn
Filmography
Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas
2026Movie
Ethan Edwards (archive footage) (uncredited)
Spiritual day in Minneapolis
2026Movie
Elway
2025Movie
Self (archive footage)
Breakdown: 1975
2025Movie
Self (archive footage)
Naughty America: Guns & Stripes
2025Movie
Self (archive footage)
The Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout
2024Movie
Self (archive footage)
Atomic People
2024Movie
Self (archive footage)
Remembering Gene Wilder
2024Movie
Self (archive photo)
John Wayne: Cowboys & Demons
2023Movie
Self (Archive Footage)
Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend
2022Movie
Self (archive footage)
John Ford and Throwing
2022Movie
Gérard Blain : adultes, je vous hais
2019Movie
Self (archive)
John Wayne - America at All Costs
2019Movie
Himself (archive footage)
John Ford: The Man Who Invented America
2019Movie
Self - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage)
The Fabulous Allan Carr
2017Movie
Self (archive footage)
John Wayne on Film
2016Movie
Himself
Dictator: One Crazy Job
2013Movie
Self (archive footage)
John Ford & Monument Valley
2013Movie
Self (archive footage)
Talking Pictures
2013TV
Self (archive footage)
Christmas Around the World with Perry Como
2012Movie
Self
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
2010Movie
Self (archive footage)
Nuke 'Em, Duke
2010Movie
Self (archive footage)
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
2009Movie
Self (archive footage)
Battleground
2004TV
Self (archive footage)
Edith Head: The Paramount Years
2002Movie
Self (archive footage)
The Shootist: The Legend Lives On
2001Movie
The Duke at Fox
2001Movie
Self (archive footage)
John Wayne-A Life on Film
2000Movie
Himself
Television: The First Fifty Years
1999Movie
Self (archive footage)
JOHN WAYNE - AMERICAN LEGEND
1998Movie
Himself
The Best of the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
1998Movie
Self - Roaster (archive footage)
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
1997Movie
Self (archive footage)
La Classe américaine
1993Movie
George Abitbol (archive footage)
Young Duke: Making Of A Movie Star
1993Movie
Himself
The John Wayne Story - The Later Years
1993Movie
Himself
The John Wayne Story: The Early Years
1993Movie
The Making of 'Rio Grande'
1993Movie
Self (archive footage)
John Wayne's 'The Alamo'
1992Movie
Davy Crockett
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
1991Movie
Self (archive footage)
John Wayne - Eine amerikanische Legende
1991Movie
(archive footage)
Movie Tough Guys
1991Movie
Self (archive footage)
John Wayne: American Hero Of The Movies
1990Movie
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
1988Movie
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Sacrée soirée
1987TV
Self (archive footage)
Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984Movie
(archive footage)
Showbiz Goes to War
1982Movie
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood
1980TV
Self
Perry Como's Early American Christmas
1978Movie
Self
Western von gestern
1978TV
John Wyatt aka John Allen (archive footage), John Wyatt aka John Allen, Stony Brooke (archive footage)
Johnny, weil Du Geburtstag hast
1977Movie
Self
This Little Bullet
1977Movie
Host
That's Action
1977Movie
self
Bob Hope's Comedy Christmas Special
1976Movie
CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years
1976Movie
Self
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
1976Movie
(archive footage)
The Shootist
1976Movie
J.B. Books
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
1976Movie
Jerry Mason
Chesty: A Tribute to a Legend
1976Movie
Himself/Narrator
It's Showtime
1976Movie
Self (archive footage)
Hooray for Hollywood
1976Movie
Self (archive footage)
Rooster Cogburn
1975Movie
Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn
Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television
1975Movie
(archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975Movie
Self (archive footage)
Brannigan
1975Movie
Lt. Jim Brannigan
Spécial cinéma
1974TV
Self (archive footage)
Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still
1974Movie
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
McQ
1974Movie
McQ
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
1973TV
Self
Cahill: United States Marshal
1973Movie
J.D. Cahill
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973TV
Self
The Man Behind the Star
1973Movie
Self
Wayne Train
1973Movie
Self
The Train Robbers
1973Movie
Lane
The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks
1973Movie
Self (archive footage)
Cancel My Reservation
1972Movie
Himself (uncredited)
Maude
1972TV
Himself
The Cowboys
1972Movie
Wil Andersen
The American West of John Ford
1971Movie
Self - Narrator
Directed by John Ford
1971Movie
Self (1969)
Big Jake
1971Movie
Jacob McCandles
V.I.P. Schaukel
1971TV
Self
The Selling of the Pentagon
1971Movie
Self (archive footage)
Plimpton! Shoot-Out at Rio Lobo
1970Movie
Self
Chisum
1970Movie
John Chisum
Raquel!
1970Movie
Self
Rio Lobo
1970Movie
Col. Cord McNally
No Substitute for Victory
1970Movie
Sekf
Swing Out, Sweet Land
1970Movie
Self - Host
The Undefeated
1969Movie
Colonel John Henry Thomas
True Grit
1969Movie
Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
1969TV
Self
Hellfighters
1968Movie
Chance Buckman
The Green Berets
1968Movie
Colonel Mike Kirby
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968TV
Self (uncredited), Self
The Movie Orgy
1968Movie
Self (archive footage)
The War Wagon
1967Movie
Taw Jackson
Dateline: Hollywood
1967TV
A Nation Builds Under Fire
1967Movie
Narrator
El Dorado
1966Movie
Cole Thornton
The Victory Squad
1966Movie
Self - Host
Cast a Giant Shadow
1966Movie
Gen. Mike Randolph
The Sons of Katie Elder
1965Movie
John Elder
The Greatest Story Ever Told
1965Movie
Centurion at crucifixion
In Harm's Way
1965Movie
Capt. Rockwell Torrey
The Making of A Movie
1965Movie
Himself
Circus World
1964Movie
Matt Masters
Choice
1964Movie
Host
McLintock!
1963Movie
George Washington McLintock
Hollywood and the Stars
1963TV
Self (archive footage)
Donovan's Reef
1963Movie
Michael "Guns" Donovan
How the West Was Won
1962Movie
William Sherman
Flashing Spikes
1962Movie
Marine Sergeant
The Lucy Show
1962TV
John Wayne
The Merv Griffin Show
1962TV
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962TV
Self
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962TV
John Wayne (uncredited)
The Longest Day
1962Movie
Lt. Col. Benjamin Vandervoort
Hatari!
1962Movie
Sean Mercer
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
1962Movie
Tom Doniphon
The Comancheros
1961Movie
Jake Cutter
The Mike Douglas Show
1961TV
Self (archive footage), Self
Alcoa Premiere
1961TV
The Challenge of Ideas
1961Movie
Self
The 10 from Texas
1961Movie
(archive footage)
The Colter Craven Story
1960Movie
North to Alaska
1960Movie
Sam McCord
The Alamo
1960Movie
Col. Davy Crockett
The Horse Soldiers
1959Movie
Col John Marlowe
Rio Bravo
1959Movie
Sheriff John T. Chance
The Barbarian and the Geisha
1958Movie
Townsend Harris
The Western: A Lost TV Special
1958Movie
Self
I Married a Woman
1958Movie
Actor in a Movie (uncredited)
Legend of the Lost
1957Movie
Joe January
Jet Pilot
1957Movie
Col. Jim Shannon
Wagon Train
1957TV
Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957TV
Self
The Wings of Eagles
1957Movie
Frank W. 'Spig' Wead
The Searchers
1956Movie
Ethan Edwards
Cinépanorama
1956TV
Self
The Conqueror
1956Movie
Temujin
Rookie of the Year
1955Movie
Mike Cronin
Screen Director's Playhouse
1955TV
Mike Cronin
Blood Alley
1955Movie
Capt. Tom Wilder
Casablanca
1955TV
Gunsmoke
1955TV
Self - Host, Introduction to the Series
The Sea Chase
1955Movie
Captain Karl Ehrlich
Producers' Showcase
1954TV
Self
The High and the Mighty
1954Movie
Dan Roman
Hondo
1953Movie
Hondo Lane
Three Lives
1953Movie
Self
Island in the Sky
1953Movie
Captain Dooley
Trouble Along the Way
1953Movie
Stephen Aloysius Williams
The Oscars
1953TV
Self
You're the Star
1953Movie
Self
Big Jim McLain
1952Movie
Jim McLain
The Quiet Man
1952Movie
Sean Thornton
I Love Lucy
1951TV
John Wayne
The Red Skelton Show
1951TV
Self (uncredited), John Wayne, Rooster Cogburn
Flying Leathernecks
1951Movie
Maj. Daniel Xavier Kirby
The Screen Director
1951Movie
Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited)
Operation Pacific
1951Movie
Duke E. Gifford
Rio Grande
1950Movie
Lt. Col. Kirby Yorke
The Jack Benny Program
1950TV
John Wayne
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950TV
Self
The Bob Hope Show
1950TV
Self - Cameo, Self
What's My Line?
1950TV
Self - Mystery Guest
Sands of Iwo Jima
1950Movie
Sgt. John M. Stryker
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
1949Movie
Capt. Nathan Cutting Brittles
The Fighting Kentuckian
1949Movie
John Breen
3 Godfathers
1948Movie
Robert Marmaduke Sangster Hightower
Wake of the Red Witch
1948Movie
Capt. Ralls
Red River
1948Movie
Thomas Dunson
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948TV
Self
Fort Apache
1948Movie
Capt. Kirby York
Tycoon
1947Movie
Johnny Munroe
Angel and the Badman
1947Movie
Quirt Evans
Desert Command
1946Movie
Tom Wayne
Desert Command
1946Movie
Tom Wayne
Without Reservations
1946Movie
Rusty Thomas
Dakota
1945Movie
John Devlin
They Were Expendable
1945Movie
Lt. (J.G.) 'Rusty' Ryan
Back to Bataan
1945Movie
Colonel Joseph Madden
Flame of Barbary Coast
1945Movie
Duke Fergus
Tall in the Saddle
1944Movie
Rocklin
Memo for Joe
1944Movie
Self
The Fighting Seabees
1944Movie
Lt. Cmdr. Wedge Donovan
Golden Globe Awards
1944TV
Self - Nominee
In Old Oklahoma
1943Movie
Daniel F Somers
A Lady Takes a Chance
1943Movie
Duke Hudkins
Reunion in France
1942Movie
Pat Talbot
Pittsburgh
1942Movie
Charles 'Pittsburgh' Markham
Flying Tigers
1942Movie
Jim Gordon
The Spoilers
1942Movie
Glennister
In Old California
1942Movie
Tom Craig
Reap the Wild Wind
1942Movie
Captain Jack Stuart
Lady for a Night
1942Movie
Jackson Morgan
The Shepherd of the Hills
1941Movie
Young Matt Matthews
Lady from Louisiana
1941Movie
John Reynolds
A Man Betrayed
1941Movie
Lynn Hollister
The Long Voyage Home
1940Movie
Ole Olsen
Seven Sinners
1940Movie
Dan
Three Faces West
1940Movie
John Phillips
Dark Command
1940Movie
Bob Seton
Allegheny Uprising
1939Movie
Jim Smith
New Frontier
1939Movie
Stony Brooke
Wyoming Outlaw
1939Movie
Stony Brooke
Three Texas Steers
1939Movie
Stony Brooke
The Night Riders
1939Movie
Stony Brooke
Stagecoach
1939Movie
The Ringo Kid
Red River Range
1938Movie
Stony Brooke
Santa Fe Stampede
1938Movie
Stony Brooke
Overland Stage Raiders
1938Movie
Stony Brooke
Pals of the Saddle
1938Movie
Stony Brooke
Born to the West
1937Movie
Dare Rudd
Hell Town
1937Movie
Dare Rudd
Adventure's End
1937Movie
Duke Slade
Idol of the Crowds
1937Movie
Johnny Hanson
I Cover the War!
1937Movie
Bob Adams
California Straight Ahead
1937Movie
Biff Smith
Conflict
1936Movie
Pat Glendon
Sea Spoilers
1936Movie
Bob Randall
Winds of the Wasteland
1936Movie
John Blair
The Stagecoach Race
1936Movie
John Blair
The Lonely Trail
1936Movie
Captain John Ashley
King of the Pecos
1936Movie
John Clayborn
The Lawless Nineties
1936Movie
John Tipton
The Oregon Trail
1936Movie
Capt John Delmont
Lawless Range
1935Movie
John Middleton
The New Frontier
1935Movie
John Dawson
Texas Terror
1935Movie
John Higgins
Guns Along The Trail
1935Movie
John Wyatt
Westward Ho
1935Movie
John Wyatt
Cowboy G-Man
1935Movie
John Wyatt
Paradise Canyon
1935Movie
John Wyatt
The Dawn Rider
1935Movie
John Mason
Avenging Angel
1935Movie
John Mason
On the Run
1935Movie
John Jones
The Desert Trail
1935Movie
John Scott / John Jones
Rainbow Valley
1935Movie
John Martin
'Neath the Arizona Skies
1934Movie
Chris Morrell
The Lawless Frontier
1934Movie
John Tobin
Vengence is Mine
1934Movie
John Tobin
The Trail Beyond
1934Movie
Rod Drew
Klondike Gold
1934Movie
Rod Drew
The Star Packer
1934Movie
U.S. Marshal John Travers
The Drifter
1934Movie
Randy
Randy Rides Alone
1934Movie
Randy Bowers
Bandits of the Badlands
1934Movie
John Carruthers
The Shadow Gang
1934Movie
U.S. Marshal John Travers
Next Of Kin
1934Movie
Ted Hayden aka Gat Ganns
The Man from Utah
1934Movie
John Weston
Rodeo Rocketeers
1934Movie
John Weston
Blue Steel
1934Movie
John Carruthers
West of the Divide
1934Movie
Ted Hayden aka Gat Ganns
The Lucky Texan
1934Movie
Jerry Mason
Claim Jumpers
1934Movie
Jerry Mason
Sagebrush Trail
1933Movie
John Brant
Fugitive
1933Movie
John
College Coach
1933Movie
Football player (uncredited)
Riders of Destiny
1933Movie
Singin' Sandy Saunders
The Man from Monterey
1933Movie
John Holmes
Baby Face
1933Movie
Jimmy McCoy Jr.
His Private Secretary
1933Movie
Dick Wallace
The Life of Jimmy Dolan
1933Movie
Smith
Somewhere in Sonora
1933Movie
John Bishop
Central Airport
1933Movie
The Three Musketeers
1933Movie
Lt. Tom Wayne
The Telegraph Trail
1933Movie
John Trent
Haunted Gold
1932Movie
John Mason
The Big Stampede
1932Movie
Deputy Sheriff John Steele
Ride Him, Cowboy
1932Movie
John Drury
The Hollywood Handicap
1932Movie
The Hurricane Express
1932Movie
The Air Pilot
Lady and Gent
1932Movie
Buzz Kinney
Two-Fisted Law
1932Movie
Duke
Texas Cyclone
1932Movie
Steve Pickett
The Shadow of the Eagle
1932Movie
Craig McCoy
Running Hollywood
1932Movie
Emcee
The Deceiver
1931Movie
Reginald Thorpe as a corpse
The Range Feud
1931Movie
Clint Turner
Maker of Men
1931Movie
Dusty Rhodes
Arizona
1931Movie
Lt. Bob Denton
Three Girls Lost
1931Movie
Gordon Wales
Girls Demand Excitement
1931Movie
Peter Brooks
The Big Trail
1930Movie
Breck Coleman
Cheer Up and Smile
1930Movie
Roy
Rough Romance
1930Movie
Lumberjack (uncredited)
Born Reckless
1930Movie
Extra (uncredited)
Men Without Women
1930Movie
Radioman on Surface (uncredited)
Salute
1929Movie
Midshipman Bill
Words and Music
1929Movie
Pete Donahue (as Duke Morrison)
The Black Watch
1929Movie
Black Watch Soldier (uncredited)
Speakeasy
1929Movie
Extra
Noah's Ark
1928Movie
Flood Extra (uncredited)
A Home Made Man
1928Movie
Man on Stool
Hangman's House
1928Movie
Horse Race Spectator / Condemned Man in Flashback
Four Sons
1928Movie
Mother Machree
1927Movie
The Drop Kick
1927Movie
Football Player / Extra in Stands
Annie Laurie
1927Movie
The Draw-Back
1927Movie
Opposing Football Player
The Great K&A Train Robbery
1926Movie
Extra (uncredited)
Bardelys the Magnificent
1926Movie
Guard (uncredited)
Brown of Harvard
1926Movie
Yale LIneback Player
Marlene Dietrich: Home Movies
Movie
Self
Rodeo Racketeers
Movie