John Wayne
Biography
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Marion Mitchell Morrison (born Marion Robert Morrison; May 26, 1907 – June 11, 1979), better known by his stage name John Wayne, was an American film actor, director and producer. An Academy Award-winner, Wayne was among the top box office draws for three decades, and was named the all-time top money-making star. An enduring American icon, he epitomized rugged masculinity and is famous for his demeanor, including his distinctive calm voice, walk, and height. Wayne was born in Winterset, Iowa but his family relocated to the greater Los Angeles area when he was four years old. He found work at local film studios when he lost his football scholarship to USC as a result of a bodysurfing accident. Initially working for the Fox Film Corporation, he mostly appeared in small bit parts. His acting breakthrough came in 1939 with John Ford's Stagecoach, making him an instant star. Wayne would go on to star in 142 pictures, primarily typecast in Western films. Among his best known films are The Quiet Man (1952), which follows him as an Irish-American boxer and his love affair with a fiery spinster played by Maureen O'Hara; The Searchers (1956), in which he plays a Civil War veteran who seeks out his abducted niece; Rio Bravo (1959), playing a Sheriff with Dean Martin; True Grit (1969), playing a humorous U.S. Marshal who sets out to avenge a man's death in the role that won Wayne an Academy Award; and The Shootist (1976), his final screen performance in which he plays an aging gunslinger battling cancer. Wayne moved to Orange County, California in the 1960s, and was a prominent Republican in Hollywood, supporting anti-communist positions. He died of stomach cancer in 1979. In June 1999, the American Film Institute named Wayne 13th among the Greatest Male Screen Legends of All Time.
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| Acting | |
|---|---|
| 2004 | The Great American Western Volume 24 … Lead |
| 2004 | John Wayne Collection … Lead |
| 1993 | La classe américaine … George Abitbol (archive footage) |
| 1976 | The Shootist … John Bernard Books |
| 1975 | Brannigan … Lt. Jim Brannigan |
| 1975 | Rooster Cogburn … Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn |
| 1974 | McQ … Det. Lt. Lon McQ |
| 1973 | Cahill U.S. Marshal … J.D. Cahill |
| 1973 | The Train Robbers … Lane |
| 1972 | The Cowboys … Wil Andersen |
| 1971 | Big Jake … Jacob McCandless |
| 1970 | Rio Lobo … Colonel Cord McNally |
| 1970 | Chisum … John Simpson Chisum |
| 1969 | The Undefeated … Col. John Henry Thomas |
| 1969 | True Grit … Marshall Reuben J. 'Rooster' Cogburn |
| 1968 | Hellfighters … chad |
| 1968 | The Green Berets … Colonel Mike Kirby |
| 1967 | The War Wagon … Taw Jackson |
| 1966 | El Dorado … Cole Thornton |
| 1965 | The Sons of Katie Elder … John Elder |
| 1965 | The Greatest Story Ever Told … Der Zenturio |
| 1965 | In Harm's Way … Capt. Rockwell Torrey |
| 1964 | Circus World … Matt Masters |
| 1963 | McLintock! … George Washington McLintock |
| 1963 | Donovan's Reef … Michael Patrick Donovan |
| 1962 | The Longest Day … Col. Benjamin Vandervoort |
| 1962 | Hatari! … Sean Mercer |
| 1962 | How the West Was Won … Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman |
| 1962 | The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance … Tom Doniphon |
| 1961 | The Comancheros … Jake Cutter |
| 1960 | North to Alaska … Sam McCord |
| 1960 | The Alamo … Col. Davy Crockett |
| 1959 | The Horse Soldiers … Col John Marlowe |
| 1959 | Rio Bravo … Sheriff John T. Chance |
| 1958 | The Barbarian and the Geisha … Townsend Harris |
| 1957 | Jet Pilot … Col. Jim Shannon |
| 1957 | Legend of the Lost … Joe January |
| 1957 | The Wings of Eagles … Frank W. 'Spig' Wead |
| 1956 | The Searchers … Ethan Edwards |
| 1956 | The Conqueror … Temujin, later Genghis Khan |
| 1955 | The Sea Chase … Captain Karl Ehrlich |
| 1955 | Blood Alley … Capt. Tom Wilder |
| 1954 | The High and the Mighty … Dan Roman |
| 1953 | Island in the Sky … Captain Dooley |
| 1953 | Hondo … Hondo Lane |
| 1952 | The Quiet Man … Sean Thornton |
| 1952 | Big Jim McLain … Jim McLain |
| 1951 | Operation Pacific … Lt Cmdr. Duke E. Gifford |
| 1951 | Flying Leathernecks … Maj. Daniel Xavier Kirby |
| 1950 | Rio Grande … Lt. Col. Kirby Yorke |
| 1949 | Wake of The Red Witch … Capt. Ralls |
| 1949 | She Wore a Yellow Ribbon … Capt. Nathan Cutting Brittles |
| 1949 | The Fighting Kentuckian … John Breen |
| 1949 | Sands of Iwo Jima … Sgt John M Stryker |
| 1948 | 3 Godfathers … Robert Marmaduke Hightower |
| 1948 | Fort Apache … Captain Kirby York |
| 1948 | Red River … Thomas Dunson |
| 1947 | Angel and the Badman … Quirt Evans |
| 1947 | Tycoon … Johnny Munroe |
| 1946 | Without Reservations … Rusty Thomas |
| 1945 | Flame of the Barbary Coast … Duke Fergus |
| 1945 | They Were Expendable … Lt. (J.G.) 'Rusty' Ryan |
| 1945 | Back To Bataan … Colonel Joseph Madden |
| 1945 | Dakota … John Devlin |
| 1944 | Tall in the Saddle … Rocklin |
| 1944 | The Fighting Seabees … Lt. Cmdr. Wedge Donovan |
| 1943 | In Old Oklahoma … Daniel F Somers |
| 1942 | Pittsburgh … Charles 'Pittsburgh' Markham |
| 1942 | In Old California … Tom Craig |
| 1942 | Lady for a Night … Jackson Morgan |
| 1942 | Flying Tigers … Jim Gordon |
| 1942 | The Spoilers … Roy Glennister |
| 1942 | Reunion in France … Pat Talbot |
| 1941 | A Man Betrayed … Lynn Hollister |
| 1941 | The Shepherd of the Hills … Young Matt |
| 1940 | The Long Voyage Home … Ole Olsen |
| 1940 | Dark Command … Bob Seton |
| 1940 | Seven Sinners … Lieutenant Dan Brent |
| 1939 | New Frontier … Stony Brooke |
| 1939 | Allegheny Uprising … Jim Smith |
| 1939 | Stagecoach … The Ringo Kid |
| 1938 | Santa Fe Stampede … Stony Brooke |
| 1937 | Hell Town … Dare Rudd |
| 1936 | King of the Pecos … John Clayborn |
| 1936 | Winds of the Wasteland … John Blair |
| 1935 | Paradise Canyon … John Wyatt |
| 1935 | Lawless Range … John Middleton, aka John Allen |
| 1935 | The Dawn Rider … John Mason |
| 1935 | Texas Terror … John Higgins |
| 1935 | Rumbo al Oeste … |
| 1935 | Rainbow Valley … John Martin |
| 1934 | The Lawless Frontier … John Tobin |
| 1934 | West of the Divide … Ted Hayden aka Gat Ganns |
| 1934 | The Star Packer … U.S. Marshal John Travers |
| 1934 | The Desert Trail … John Scott / John Jones |
| 1934 | The Trail Beyond … Rod Drew |
| 1934 | The Man From Utah … John Weston |
| 1934 | 'Neath Arizona Skies … Chris Morrell |
| 1934 | Randy Rides Alone … Randy Bowers |
| 1934 | Blue Steel … John Carruthers |
| 1934 | The Lucky Texan … Jerry Mason |
| 1934 | His Private Secretary … Dick Wallace |
| 1933 | Somewhere in Sonora … John Bishop |
| 1933 | The Telegraph Trail … John Trent |
| 1933 | The Man from Monterey … Captain John Holmes |
| 1933 | Sagebrush Trail … John Brant |
| 1933 | Baby Face … Jimmy McCoy Jr. |
| 1933 | Riders of Destiny … Singin' Sandy Saunders |
| 1932 | The Big Stampede … Deputy Sheriff John Steele |
| 1932 | Texas Cyclone … Steve Pickett |
| 1932 | Two-Fisted Law … Duke |
| 1932 | The Shadow of the Eagle … Craig McCoy |
| 1932 | Haunted Gold … John Mason |
| 1932 | Ride Him, Cowboy … John Drury |
| 1931 | The Range Feud … Clint Turner |
| 1931 | Arizona … Lt. Bob Denton |
| 1930 | The Big Trail … Breck Coleman |
| Directing | |
|---|---|
| 1968 | The Green Berets … Director |
| 1960 | The Alamo … Director |
| Production | |
|---|---|
| 1960 | The Alamo … Producer |
| 1953 | Hondo … Producer |
| 1953 | Island in the Sky … Producer |
| 1951 | Bullfighter and the Lady … Producer |
| 1947 | Angel and the Badman … Producer |