John Wayne

Acting · 2.2 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

Baby Face

19337.2

Rio Bravo

19597.8

True Grit

19697.3

How the West Was Won

19627.0

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

19627.8

El Dorado

19667.4

The Quiet Man

19527.3

The Alamo

19607.1

Chisum

19706.7

Stagecoach

19397.6

The Cowboys

19727.1

Red River

19487.3

Rio Grande

19506.8

3 Godfathers

19486.8

The Greatest Story Ever Told

19656.4

The Shootist

19767.1

Rio Lobo

19706.5

The Comancheros

19616.7

McLintock!

19636.6

Fort Apache

19487.0

The Undefeated

19696.3

The Green Berets

19685.7

Blood Alley

19556.0

Big Jake

19716.8

McQ

19746.1

The War Wagon

19676.8

In Harm's Way

19656.6

She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

19496.9

Hatari!

19626.8

The Movie Orgy

19686.7

The Sons of Katie Elder

19657.0

North to Alaska

19606.5

Hondo

19536.5

Breakdown: 1975

20256.8

The High and the Mighty

19545.9

Donovan's Reef

19636.2

The Horse Soldiers

19596.9

Television: The First Fifty Years

1999

Sagebrush Trail

19335.2

The Trail Beyond

19344.8

Tall in the Saddle

19446.6

Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire

19916.5

Hellfighters

19686.3

In Old California

19425.3

Rooster Cogburn

19756.5

Directed by John Ford

19717.0

The Conqueror

19563.6

Angel and the Badman

19476.4

The Wings of Eagles

19576.3

The Big Trail

19306.7

John Ford: The Man Who Invented America

20195.9

Edith Head: The Paramount Years

20027.7

They Were Expendable

19456.5

The Train Robbers

19736.3

Operation Pacific

19516.1

The Long Voyage Home

19406.6

The Sea Chase

19556.3

Brannigan

19756.0

Flying Leathernecks

19515.8

Sands of Iwo Jima

19506.4

Jet Pilot

19575.5

Cahill: United States Marshal

19736.1

The Fighting Seabees

19446.2

Blue Steel

19344.8

In Old Oklahoma

19436.2

Reap the Wild Wind

19426.4

Cast a Giant Shadow

19666.4

Three Girls Lost

19318.0

Dark Command

19406.4

The Spoilers

19426.2

Back to Bataan

19456.1

Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend

20227.3

Seven Sinners

19405.9

The Fighting Kentuckian

19495.9

Legend of the Lost

19576.2

The Barbarian and the Geisha

19586.0

The Shepherd of the Hills

19416.6

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

19756.3

Noah's Ark

19286.4

Circus World

19646.2

Island in the Sky

19536.2

Flying Tigers

19426.2

La Classe américaine

19937.6

Wake of the Red Witch

19485.8

The Fabulous Allan Carr

20174.5

Dakota

19455.2

Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas

2026

It's Showtime

19767.5

Remembering Gene Wilder

20247.2

Raquel!

197010.0

Born to the West

19374.8

'Neath the Arizona Skies

19344.8

Allegheny Uprising

19395.9

Trouble Along the Way

19536.1

Words and Music

192910.0

Cancel My Reservation

19726.5

Bob Hope's World of Comedy

1976

Central Airport

19336.0

West of the Divide

19345.2

Big Jim McLain

19525.0

The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender

19975.1

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

20097.5

Flame of Barbary Coast

19455.5

Without Reservations

19466.2

Reunion in France

19426.4

Riders of Destiny

19335.3

Girls Demand Excitement

193110.0

New Frontier

19395.7

Tycoon

19475.6

The Lucky Texan

19345.0

Hell Town

1937

Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff

20106.7

The Lawless Frontier

19344.8

The Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout

20245.3

Showbiz Goes to War

198210.0

Bardelys the Magnificent

19267.4

The Desert Trail

19354.6

Four Sons

19287.3

The American West of John Ford

19716.4

Texas Terror

19354.8

Choice

19641.0

Marlene Dietrich: Home Movies

2026

The Big Stampede

19325.1

The Best of the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts

19986.5

Avenging Angel

19354.0

The Victory Squad

19664.0

The Man from Utah

19344.8

Going Hollywood: The '30s

19849.0

I Married a Woman

19586.4

Ride Him, Cowboy

19324.9

Winds of the Wasteland

19365.2

The Shootist: The Legend Lives On

20017.0

Westward Ho

19355.4

Salute

19296.0

Men Without Women

19306.4

Swing Out, Sweet Land

19705.7

Red River Range

19385.2

Paradise Canyon

19354.8

Adventure's End

19375.5

Randy Rides Alone

19345.0

The Life of Jimmy Dolan

19336.2

Cheer Up and Smile

193010.0

The Three Musketeers

19335.7

Born Reckless

19305.8

Dictator: One Crazy Job

20136.5

A Lady Takes a Chance

19435.8

The Star Packer

19344.5

A Man Betrayed

19415.6

Guns Along The Trail

19353.0

The Western: A Lost TV Special

1958

The Dawn Rider

19354.7

Flashing Spikes

19626.8

The Hollywood Handicap

19327.0

Desert Command

2026

The Screen Director

19517.0

The Lonely Trail

19364.8

Elway

20256.6

Johnny, weil Du Geburtstag hast

1977

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

19886.0

Gérard Blain : adultes, je vous hais

2019

Hooray for Hollywood

19768.0

Atomic People

20248.4

Next Of Kin

1934

The Night Riders

19395.8

Three Texas Steers

19395.0

Three Faces West

19405.7

Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still

19747.2

College Coach

19334.6

His Private Secretary

19335.1

California Straight Ahead

19375.8

King of the Pecos

19365.6

Rainbow Valley

19354.9

Naughty America: Guns & Stripes

2025

CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years

19767.3

John Wayne's 'The Alamo'

19928.3

Rodeo Rocketeers

1934

Haunted Gold

19325.1

The Shadow of the Eagle

19325.5

Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television

1975

The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks

19736.8

Fugitive

1933

Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch

19768.5

The Lawless Nineties

19365.5

The Shadow Gang

1934

Running Hollywood

19329.0

Lady from Louisiana

19415.4

Pittsburgh

19426.4

John Wayne: Cowboys & Demons

2023

Memo for Joe

19448.0

Idol of the Crowds

19375.1

Claim Jumpers

1934

Overland Stage Raiders

19385.2

The Telegraph Trail

19334.7

John Wayne - America at All Costs

20196.6

The Making of 'Rio Grande'

19935.0

Sea Spoilers

19365.0

Desert Command

19464.2

Santa Fe Stampede

19385.6

Lawless Range

19354.3

Mother Machree

19276.6

Annie Laurie

19276.8

The Man Behind the Star

1973

The Oregon Trail

19367.0

Somewhere in Sonora

19335.1

The Range Feud

19315.2

Lady for a Night

19425.5

The Hurricane Express

19325.4

Young Duke: Making Of A Movie Star

1993

The Duke at Fox

2001

John Wayne-A Life on Film

2000

The Black Watch

19295.9

The Great K&A Train Robbery

19265.8

John Ford and Throwing

2022

John Ford & Monument Valley

20131.0

The Drifter

1934

Hangman's House

19286.6

Rough Romance

19305.8

Wyoming Outlaw

19395.8

Three Lives

19537.5

Christmas Around the World with Perry Como

2012

The Man from Monterey

19334.8

The Drop Kick

19275.3

Brown of Harvard

19265.5

Maker of Men

19317.0

Two-Fisted Law

19324.8

Plimpton! Shoot-Out at Rio Lobo

1970

The 10 from Texas

19619.0

The Deceiver

19318.0

Texas Cyclone

19324.5

Pals of the Saddle

19385.7

On the Run

1935

Wayne Train

1973

I Cover the War!

19375.1

The New Frontier

19354.9

Arizona

19314.8

Lady and Gent

19325.8

No Substitute for Victory

19705.0

Klondike Gold

1934

The Making of A Movie

1965

Conflict

19365.5

You're the Star

1953

Movie Tough Guys

199110.0

The Draw-Back

19277.3

Speakeasy

19296.0

Bandits of the Badlands

1934

Chesty: A Tribute to a Legend

19767.7

The Selling of the Pentagon

19718.0

Bob Hope's Comedy Christmas Special

1976

John Wayne - Eine amerikanische Legende

19916.0

John Wayne: American Hero Of The Movies

1990

The Stagecoach Race

1936

The Colter Craven Story

1960

The Challenge of Ideas

19615.3

Perry Como's Early American Christmas

1978

A Home Made Man

19287.0

Vengence is Mine

1934

JOHN WAYNE - AMERICAN LEGEND

19984.8

The John Wayne Story - The Later Years

1993

Cowboy G-Man

1935

A Nation Builds Under Fire

19677.0

The John Wayne Story: The Early Years

19933.5

Nuke 'Em, Duke

2010

That's Action

19778.0

Rodeo Racketeers

2026

John Wayne on Film

20169.5

This Little Bullet

1977

Spiritual day in Minneapolis

2026