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