John Wayne

Acting · 2.4 popularity

Age

119

Movies

269

Born: May 26, 1907 – June 11, 1979
From: Winterset, Iowa, USA
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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.

Works

269 films

The Longest Day

19627.6

The Searchers

19567.7

True Grit

19697.3

Rio Bravo

19597.8

Baby Face

19337.2

How the West Was Won

19627.0

El Dorado

19667.4

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

19627.8

The Alamo

19607.1

Stagecoach

19397.6

Chisum

19706.7

The Cowboys

19727.1

3 Godfathers

19486.8

Red River

19487.3

Rio Grande

19506.8

Rio Lobo

19706.5

The Shootist

19767.1

The Quiet Man

19527.3

McLintock!

19636.6

The Greatest Story Ever Told

19656.4

The Green Berets

19685.7

Fort Apache

19487.0

The Comancheros

19616.7

The Undefeated

19696.3

She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

19496.9

In Harm's Way

19656.6

Big Jake

19716.8

Hatari!

19626.8

North to Alaska

19606.5

The War Wagon

19676.8

Hondo

19536.5

The Horse Soldiers

19596.9

Blood Alley

19556.0

The High and the Mighty

19545.9

Donovan's Reef

19636.2

The Sons of Katie Elder

19657.0

McQ

19746.1

The Movie Orgy

19686.7

Breakdown: 1975

20256.8

Tall in the Saddle

19446.6

Television: The First Fifty Years

1999

Angel and the Badman

19476.4

Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire

19916.5

Rooster Cogburn

19756.5

The Train Robbers

19736.3

Directed by John Ford

19717.0

The Big Trail

19306.7

In Old California

19425.3

The Spoilers

19426.2

Hellfighters

19686.3

La Classe américaine

19937.6

Cast a Giant Shadow

19666.4

The Trail Beyond

19344.8

Cahill: United States Marshal

19736.1

The Conqueror

19563.6

They Were Expendable

19456.5

The Wings of Eagles

19576.3

Sagebrush Trail

19335.2

The Fighting Kentuckian

19495.9

Back to Bataan

19456.1

Brannigan

19756.0

Dark Command

19406.4

John Ford: The Man Who Invented America

20195.9

Flying Leathernecks

19515.8

Sands of Iwo Jima

19506.4

In Old Oklahoma

19436.2

The Sea Chase

19556.3

Blue Steel

19344.8

Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend

20227.3

The Long Voyage Home

19406.6

Operation Pacific

19516.1

Circus World

19646.2

The Barbarian and the Geisha

19586.0

The Fighting Seabees

19446.2

Seven Sinners

19405.9

Three Girls Lost

19318.0

Flying Tigers

19426.2

Edith Head: The Paramount Years

20027.7

Jet Pilot

19575.5

Wake of the Red Witch

19485.8

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

20097.5

It's Showtime

19767.5

Noah's Ark

19286.4

Reap the Wild Wind

19426.4

The Shepherd of the Hills

19416.6

Dakota

19455.2

Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas

2026

Legend of the Lost

19576.2

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

19756.3

Words and Music

192910.0

Bob Hope's World of Comedy

1976

Allegheny Uprising

19395.9

Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff

20106.7

New Frontier

19395.7

'Neath the Arizona Skies

19344.8

Born to the West

19374.8

Island in the Sky

19536.2

Raquel!

197010.0

West of the Divide

19345.2

Remembering Gene Wilder

20247.2

The American West of John Ford

19716.4

The Fabulous Allan Carr

20174.5

The Man from Utah

19344.8

Going Hollywood: The '30s

19849.0

Without Reservations

19466.2

Choice

19641.0

Trouble Along the Way

19536.1

The Lucky Texan

19345.0

Avenging Angel

19354.0

Flame of Barbary Coast

19455.5

The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender

19975.1

Texas Terror

19354.8

Bardelys the Magnificent

19267.4

The Shootist: The Legend Lives On

20017.0

Central Airport

19336.0

Big Jim McLain

19525.0

Four Sons

19287.3

Riders of Destiny

19335.3

The Lawless Frontier

19344.8

A Man Betrayed

19415.6

The Night Riders

19395.8

Reunion in France

19426.4

The Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout

20245.3

Ride Him, Cowboy

19324.9

Winds of the Wasteland

19365.2

The Big Stampede

19325.1

Men Without Women

19306.4

Paradise Canyon

19354.8

Salute

19296.0

Cancel My Reservation

19726.5

Hell Town

1937

The Desert Trail

19354.6

The Best of the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts

19986.5

Hooray for Hollywood

19768.0

Swing Out, Sweet Land

19705.7

Tycoon

19475.6

Randy Rides Alone

19345.0

Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch

19768.5

Johnny, weil Du Geburtstag hast

1977

Rodeo Rocketeers

1934

Marlene Dietrich: Home Movies

2026

The Screen Director

19517.0

Idol of the Crowds

19375.1

The Western: A Lost TV Special

1958

Overland Stage Raiders

19385.2

The Star Packer

19344.5

Girls Demand Excitement

193110.0

The Lawless Nineties

19365.5

Showbiz Goes to War

198210.0

The Lonely Trail

19364.8

I Married a Woman

19586.4

The Three Musketeers

19335.7

A Lady Takes a Chance

19435.8

Lawless Range

19354.3

Flashing Spikes

19626.8

Santa Fe Stampede

19385.6

Red River Range

19385.2

Westward Ho

19355.4

Naughty America: Guns & Stripes

2025

California Straight Ahead

19375.8

Haunted Gold

19325.1

The Victory Squad

19664.0

Lady for a Night

19425.5

The Shadow Gang

1934

CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years

19767.3

Guns Along The Trail

19353.0

Annie Laurie

19276.8

The Duke at Fox

2001

Pittsburgh

19426.4

Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still

19747.2

The Oregon Trail

19367.0

Lady from Louisiana

19415.4

Cheer Up and Smile

193010.0

College Coach

19334.6

The Drifter

1934

Desert Command

2026

Rainbow Valley

19354.9

The Dawn Rider

19354.7

Desert Command

19464.2

Somewhere in Sonora

19335.1

Next Of Kin

1934

Adventure's End

19375.5

The Life of Jimmy Dolan

19336.2

Three Faces West

19405.7

John Ford & Monument Valley

20131.0

Arizona

19314.8

Maker of Men

19317.0

Elway

20256.6

The Black Watch

19295.9

Rough Romance

19305.8

Wyoming Outlaw

19395.8

John Wayne's 'The Alamo'

19928.3

Born Reckless

19305.8

King of the Pecos

19365.6

John Wayne: Cowboys & Demons

2023

Atomic People

20248.4

Three Texas Steers

19395.0

Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television

1975

His Private Secretary

19335.1

Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC

19886.0

Claim Jumpers

1934

Dictator: One Crazy Job

20136.5

The Hurricane Express

19325.4

The Shadow of the Eagle

19325.5

The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks

19736.8

The New Frontier

19354.9

John Wayne-A Life on Film

2000

Mother Machree

19276.6

John Ford and Throwing

2022

Plimpton! Shoot-Out at Rio Lobo

1970

Fugitive

1933

Texas Cyclone

19324.5

The Range Feud

19315.2

Gérard Blain : adultes, je vous hais

2019

Two-Fisted Law

19324.8

Three Lives

19537.5

The Deceiver

19318.0

The 10 from Texas

19619.0

John Wayne - America at All Costs

20196.6

The Hollywood Handicap

19327.0

I Cover the War!

19375.1

Young Duke: Making Of A Movie Star

1993

The Telegraph Trail

19334.7

The Man Behind the Star

1973

Running Hollywood

19329.0

The Man from Monterey

19334.8

The Making of 'Rio Grande'

19935.0

Sea Spoilers

19365.0

Memo for Joe

19448.0

Brown of Harvard

19265.5

The Drop Kick

19275.3

Wayne Train

1973

No Substitute for Victory

19705.0

Conflict

19365.5

Pals of the Saddle

19385.7

The Making of A Movie

1965

Hangman's House

19286.6

Klondike Gold

1934

Bandits of the Badlands

1934

The Stagecoach Race

1936

Christmas Around the World with Perry Como

2012

The Great K&A Train Robbery

19265.8

On the Run

1935

The Colter Craven Story

1960

Bob Hope's Comedy Christmas Special

1976

Vengence is Mine

1934

Movie Tough Guys

199110.0

Speakeasy

19296.0

John Wayne: American Hero Of The Movies

1990

John Wayne - Eine amerikanische Legende

19916.0

Lady and Gent

19325.8

A Home Made Man

19287.0

Cowboy G-Man

1935

Chesty: A Tribute to a Legend

19767.7

You're the Star

1953

The Selling of the Pentagon

19718.0

Nuke 'Em, Duke

2010

The John Wayne Story - The Later Years

1993

The Draw-Back

19277.3

JOHN WAYNE - AMERICAN LEGEND

19984.8

The Challenge of Ideas

19615.3

A Nation Builds Under Fire

19677.0

The John Wayne Story: The Early Years

19933.5

Perry Como's Early American Christmas

1978

That's Action

19778.0

This Little Bullet

1977

John Wayne on Film

20169.5

Rodeo Racketeers

2026

Spiritual day in Minneapolis

2026