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