John Wayne
Known for Acting · 302 credits
- Born
- 1907-05-26
- Died
- 1979-06-11
- Place of birth
- Winterset, Iowa, USA
- Also known as
- Duke · The Duke · ジョン・ウェイン · Michael Morris · جان وین · Marion Mitchell Morrison
Biography
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
TV Shows (36)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self (archive footage)
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee
Wagon Train
1957
as Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman
What's My Line?
1950
as Self - Mystery Guest
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962
as John Wayne (uncredited)
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
The Lucy Show
1962
as John Wayne
The Red Skelton Show
1951
as Self - Rooster Cogburn / Self (uncredited)
I Love Lucy
1951
as John Wayne
Sacrée soirée
1987
as Self (archive footage)
Gunsmoke
1955
as Self - Host, Introduction to the Series
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
Spécial cinéma
1974
as Self (archive footage)
The Oscars
1953
as Self
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
as Self
The Jack Benny Program
1950
as John Wayne
The Bob Hope Show
1950
as Self - Cameo
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
as Self
Maude
1972
as Himself
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
as Self (uncredited) / Self (uncredited)
Cinépanorama
1956
as Self
Screen Director's Playhouse
1955
as Mike Cronin
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
1969
as Self
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
1973
as Self
V.I.P. Schaukel
1971
as Self
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
as Self
Alcoa Premiere
1961
Producers' Showcase
1954
as Self
Talking Pictures
2013
as Self (archive footage)
Western von gestern
1978
as John Wyatt aka John Allen / John Wyatt aka John Allen (archive footage) / Stony Brooke (archive footage)
Hollywood
1980
as Self
Casablanca
1955
Hollywood and the Stars
1963
as Self (archive footage)
Battleground
2004
as Self (archive footage)
Dateline: Hollywood
1967
Movies (266)
El Dorado
1966
as Cole Thornton
True Grit
1969
as Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn
The Longest Day
1962
as Lt. Col. Benjamin Vandervoort
The Green Berets
1968
as Colonel Mike Kirby
Rio Bravo
1959
as Sheriff John T. Chance
The Searchers
1956
as Ethan Edwards
Stagecoach
1939
as The Ringo Kid
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
1962
as Tom Doniphon
Dead Man's Wire
2026
as Self (archive footage)(uncredited)
The Alamo
1960
as Col. Davy Crockett
McLintock!
1963
as George Washington McLintock
Chisum
1970
as John Chisum
How the West Was Won
1962
as William Sherman
The Greatest Story Ever Told
1965
as Centurion at crucifixion
In Harm's Way
1965
as Capt. Rockwell Torrey
Hondo
1953
as Hondo Lane
The Comancheros
1961
as Jake Cutter
The Shootist
1976
as J.B. Books
Rio Lobo
1970
as Col. Cord McNally
The Cowboys
1972
as Wil Andersen
Hatari!
1962
as Sean Mercer
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
1949
as Capt. Nathan Cutting Brittles
Rio Grande
1950
as Lt. Col. Kirby Yorke
Fort Apache
1948
as Capt. Kirby York
Red River
1948
as Thomas Dunson
The Undefeated
1969
as Colonel John Henry Thomas
The Horse Soldiers
1959
as Col John Marlowe
The Sons of Katie Elder
1965
as John Elder
Rooster Cogburn
1975
as Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn
They Were Expendable
1945
as Lt. (J.G.) 'Rusty' Ryan
The High and the Mighty
1954
as Dan Roman
Big Jake
1971
as Jacob McCandles
The War Wagon
1967
as Taw Jackson
The Quiet Man
1952
as Sean Thornton
The Conqueror
1956
as Temujin
Donovan's Reef
1963
as Michael "Guns" Donovan
McQ
1974
as McQ
3 Godfathers
1948
as Robert Marmaduke Sangster Hightower
The Spoilers
1942
as Glennister
Baby Face
1933
as Jimmy McCoy Jr.
North to Alaska
1960
as Sam McCord
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
1988
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend
2022
as Self (archive footage)
Reap the Wild Wind
1942
as Captain Jack Stuart
Dakota
1945
as John Devlin
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
1997
as Self (archive footage)
Operation Pacific
1951
as Duke E. Gifford
Cahill: United States Marshal
1973
as J.D. Cahill
Flying Leathernecks
1951
as Maj. Daniel Xavier Kirby
The Sea Chase
1955
as Captain Karl Ehrlich
Tall in the Saddle
1944
as Rocklin
Angel and the Badman
1947
as Quirt Evans
Central Airport
1933
Born Reckless
1930
as Extra (uncredited)
Brannigan
1975
as Lt. Jim Brannigan
The Movie Orgy
1968
as Self (archive footage)
Cast a Giant Shadow
1966
as Gen. Mike Randolph
The Train Robbers
1973
as Lane
The Big Trail
1930
as Breck Coleman
Sands of Iwo Jima
1950
as Sgt. John M. Stryker
Blue Steel
1934
as John Carruthers
Blood Alley
1955
as Capt. Tom Wilder
Seven Sinners
1940
as Dan
Television: The First Fifty Years
1999
as Self (archive footage)
The Barbarian and the Geisha
1958
as Townsend Harris
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
as Self (archive footage)
Hellfighters
1968
as Chance Buckman
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
1991
as Self (archive footage)
The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks
1973
as Self (archive footage)
Noah's Ark
1928
as Flood Extra (uncredited)
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
2010
as Self (archive footage)
Island in the Sky
1953
as Captain Dooley
La Classe américaine
1993
as George Abitbol (archive footage)
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
2009
as Self (archive footage)
The Wings of Eagles
1957
as Frank W. 'Spig' Wead
Without Reservations
1946
as Rusty Thomas
Directed by John Ford
1971
as Self (1969)
Wake of the Red Witch
1948
as Capt. Ralls
The Shepherd of the Hills
1941
as Young Matt Matthews
Westward Ho
1935
as John Wyatt
Riders of Destiny
1933
as Singin' Sandy Saunders
Trouble Along the Way
1953
as Stephen Aloysius Williams
Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984
as (archive footage)
In Old Oklahoma
1943
as Daniel F Somers
Flying Tigers
1942
as Jim Gordon
Tycoon
1947
as Johnny Munroe
The Fighting Seabees
1944
as Lt. Cmdr. Wedge Donovan
Back to Bataan
1945
as Colonel Joseph Madden
The Range Feud
1931
as Clint Turner
Legend of the Lost
1957
as Joe January
Reunion in France
1942
as Pat Talbot
The Fabulous Allan Carr
2017
as Self (archive)
Circus World
1964
as Matt Masters
Jet Pilot
1957
as Col. Jim Shannon
The Fighting Kentuckian
1949
as John Breen
It's Showtime
1976
as Self (archive footage)
The Trail Beyond
1934
as Rod Drew
Elway
2025
as Self (archive footage)
Flame of Barbary Coast
1945
as Duke Fergus
Swing Out, Sweet Land
1970
as Self - Host
The Best of the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
1998
as Self - Roaster (archive footage)
Winds of the Wasteland
1936
as John Blair
Edith Head: The Paramount Years
2002
as Self (archive footage)
Showbiz Goes to War
1982
as Self (archive footage)
The Shootist: The Legend Lives On
2001
CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years
1976
as Self
Lawless Range
1935
as John Middleton
West of the Divide
1934
as Ted Hayden aka Gat Ganns
A Man Betrayed
1941
as Lynn Hollister
The Long Voyage Home
1940
as Ole Olsen
Sea Spoilers
1936
as Bob Randall
Desert Command
1946
as Tom Wayne
Wyoming Outlaw
1939
as Stony Brooke
Santa Fe Stampede
1938
as Stony Brooke
In Old California
1942
as Tom Craig
Dark Command
1940
as Bob Seton
Dictator: One Crazy Job
2013
as Self (archive footage)
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
1976
as Jerry Mason
Hell Town
1937
as Dare Rudd
Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television
1975
as (archive footage)
About John Wayne
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… With 302 credits spanning from 1926 to 2026, John Wayne has appeared in 266 films and 36 TV shows.
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Most Popular John Wayne Movies
- El Dorado (1966) — as Cole Thornton
- True Grit (1969) — as Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn
- The Longest Day (1962) — as Lt. Col. Benjamin Vandervoort
- The Green Berets (1968) — as Colonel Mike Kirby
- Rio Bravo (1959) — as Sheriff John T. Chance
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