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