John Wayne
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.
Acted in
The Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout
2024
as Self (archive footage)
Sly
2023
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
John Wayne: Cowboys & Demons
2023
as Self (Archive Footage)
Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend
2022
as Self (archive footage)
John Wayne - America at All Costs
2019
as Himself (archive footage)
John Ford: The Man Who Invented America
2019
as Self - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage)
John Wayne on Film
2016
as Himself
And the Oscar Goes To...
2014
as Self (archive footage)
Dictator: One Crazy Job
2013
as Self (archive footage)
John Ford & Monument Valley
2013
as Self (archive footage)
Talking Pictures
2013
as Self (archive footage)
Christmas Around the World with Perry Como
2012
as Self
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
2010
as Self (archive footage)
Nuke 'Em, Duke
2010
as Self (archive footage)
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
2009
as Self (archive footage)
Battleground
2004
as Self (archive footage)
The Shootist: The Legend Lives On
2001
The Duke at Fox
2001
as Self (archive footage)
John Wayne-A Life on Film
2000
as Himself
Television: The First Fifty Years
1999
as Self (archive footage)
JOHN WAYNE - AMERICAN LEGEND
1998
as Himself
The Best of the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
1998
as Self - Roaster (archive footage)
Lee Marvin: A Personal Portrait by John Boorman
1998
as Self (archive footage)
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
1997
as Self (archive footage)
La Classe américaine
1993
as George Abitbol (archive footage)
Young Duke: Making Of A Movie Star
1993
as Himself
The John Wayne Story - The Later Years
1993
as Himself
The John Wayne Story: The Early Years
1993
The Making of 'Rio Grande'
1993
as Self (archive footage)
John Wayne's 'The Alamo'
1992
as Davy Crockett
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
1991
as Self (archive footage)
John Wayne - Eine amerikanische Legende
1991
as (archive footage)
Movie Tough Guys
1991
as Self (archive footage)
John Wayne: American Hero Of The Movies
1990
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
1988
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood's Hidden Secrets
1987
as (archive footage)
Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984
as (archive footage)
Showbiz Goes to War
1982
as (archive footage)
Hollywood
1980
as Self
Perry Como's Early American Christmas
1978
as Self
Western von gestern
1978
as John Wyatt aka John Allen (archive footage)
Western von gestern
1978
as John Wyatt aka John Allen
Western von gestern
1978
as Stony Brooke (archive footage)
This Little Bullet
1977
as Host
That's Action
1977
as self
Bob Hope's Comedy Christmas Special
1976
CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years
1976
as Self
The Shootist
1976
as J.B. Books
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
1976
as Jerry Mason
Chesty: A Tribute to a Legend
1976
as Himself/Narrator
It's Showtime
1976
as Self (archive footage)
Rooster Cogburn
1975
as Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn
Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television
1975
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
as Self (archive footage)
Brannigan
1975
as Lt. Jim Brannigan
Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still
1974
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
McQ
1974
as McQ
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
1973
as Self
Cahill: United States Marshal
1973
as J.D. Cahill
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
as Self
Wayne Train
1973
as Self
The Train Robbers
1973
as Lane
The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks
1973
as Self (archive footage)
Cancel My Reservation
1972
Maude
1972
as Himself
The Cowboys
1972
as Wil Andersen
The American West of John Ford
1971
as Self - Narrator
Directed by John Ford
1971
as Self (1969)
Big Jake
1971
as Jacob McCandles
The Selling of the Pentagon
1971
as Self (archive footage)
Plimpton! Shoot-Out at Rio Lobo
1970
as Self
Chisum
1970
as John Chisum
Raquel!
1970
as Self
Rio Lobo
1970
as Colonel Cord McNally
No Substitute for Victory
1970
as Himself
Swing Out, Sweet Land
1970
as Self - Host
The Undefeated
1969
as Colonel John Henry Thomas
True Grit
1969
as Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
1969
as Self
Hellfighters
1968
as Chance Buckman
The Green Berets
1968
as Colonel Mike Kirby
The Movie Orgy
1968
as Self (archive footage)
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1967
as Self (uncredited)
The War Wagon
1967
as Taw Jackson
A Nation Builds Under Fire
1967
as Narrator
El Dorado
1966
as Cole Thornton
The Victory Squad
1966
as Himself - Host
Cast a Giant Shadow
1966
as Gen. Mike Randolph
The Sons of Katie Elder
1965
as John Elder
The Greatest Story Ever Told
1965
as Centurion at crucifixion
In Harm's Way
1965
as Capt. Rockwell Torrey
Circus World
1964
as Matt Masters
Choice
1964
as Host
McLintock!
1963
as George Washington McLintock
Hollywood and the Stars
1963
as Self (archive footage)
Donovan's Reef
1963
as Michael "Guns" Donovan
How the West Was Won
1962
as Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman
Flashing Spikes
1962
as Marine Sergeant
The Lucy Show
1962
as John Wayne
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962
as John Wayne (uncredited)
The Longest Day
1962
as Lt. Col. Benjamin Vandervoort
Hatari!
1962
as Sean Mercer
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
1962
as Tom Doniphon
The Comancheros
1961
as Jake Cutter
Alcoa Premiere
1961
The Challenge of Ideas
1961
as Self
The 10 from Texas
1961
as (archive footage)
The Colter Craven Story
1960
North to Alaska
1960
as Sam McCord
The Alamo
1960
as Col. Davy Crockett
The Horse Soldiers
1959
as Col John Marlowe
Rio Bravo
1959
as John Chance
The Barbarian and the Geisha
1958
as Townsend Harris
I Married a Woman
1958
as Actor in a Movie (uncredited)
Legend of the Lost
1957
as Joe January
Jet Pilot
1957
as Col. Jim Shannon
Wagon Train
1957
as Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman
The Wings of Eagles
1957
as Frank W. 'Spig' Wead
The Searchers
1956
as Ethan Edwards
The Conqueror
1956
as Temujin, later Genghis Khan
Rookie of the Year
1955
as Mike Cronin
Screen Director's Playhouse
1955
as Mike Cronin
Blood Alley
1955
as Capt. Tom Wilder
Casablanca
1955
Gunsmoke
1955
as Self - Host, Introduction to the Series
The Sea Chase
1955
as Captain Karl Ehrlich
Producers' Showcase
1954
as Self
The High and the Mighty
1954
as Dan Roman
Hondo
1953
as Hondo Lane
Three Lives
1953
as Self
Island in the Sky
1953
as Captain Dooley
Trouble Along the Way
1953
as Stephen Aloysius Williams
The Oscars
1953
as Self
You're the Star
1953
as Self
Big Jim McLain
1952
as Jim McLain
The Quiet Man
1952
as Sean Thornton
I Love Lucy
1951
as John Wayne
Flying Leathernecks
1951
as Maj. Daniel Xavier Kirby
The Screen Director
1951
as Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited)
Operation Pacific
1951
as Duke E. Gifford
Rio Grande
1950
as Lt. Col. Kirby Yorke
The Jack Benny Program
1950
as John Wayne
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
as Self
What's My Line?
1950
as Self - Mystery Guest
Sands of Iwo Jima
1950
as Sgt. John M. Stryker
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
1949
as Capt. Nathan Cutting Brittles
The Fighting Kentuckian
1949
as John Breen
3 Godfathers
1948
as Robert Marmaduke Sangster Hightower
Wake of the Red Witch
1948
as Capt. Ralls
Red River
1948
as Thomas Dunson
Fort Apache
1948
as Capt. Kirby York
Tycoon
1947
as Johnny Munroe
Angel and the Badman
1947
as Quirt Evans
Desert Command
1946
as Tom Wayne
Without Reservations
1946
as Rusty Thomas
Dakota
1945
as John Devlin
They Were Expendable
1945
as Lt. (J.G.) 'Rusty' Ryan
Back to Bataan
1945
as Colonel Joseph Madden
Flame of Barbary Coast
1945
as Duke Fergus
Tall in the Saddle
1944
as Rocklin
Memo for Joe
1944
as Self
The Fighting Seabees
1944
as Lt. Cmdr. Wedge Donovan
In Old Oklahoma
1943
as Daniel F Somers
A Lady Takes a Chance
1943
as Duke Hudkins
Reunion in France
1942
as Pat Talbot
Pittsburgh
1942
as Charles 'Pittsburgh' Markham
Flying Tigers
1942
as Jim Gordon
The Spoilers
1942
as Glennister
In Old California
1942
as Tom Craig
Reap the Wild Wind
1942
as Captain Jack Stuart
Lady for a Night
1942
as Jackson Morgan
The Shepherd of the Hills
1941
as Young Matt Matthews
Lady from Louisiana
1941
as John Reynolds
A Man Betrayed
1941
as Lynn Hollister
The Long Voyage Home
1940
as Ole Olsen
Seven Sinners
1940
as Dan
Three Faces West
1940
as John Phillips
Dark Command
1940
as Bob Seton
Allegheny Uprising
1939
as Jim Smith
New Frontier
1939
as Stony Brooke
Wyoming Outlaw
1939
as Stony Brooke
Three Texas Steers
1939
as Stony Brooke
The Night Riders
1939
as Stony Brooke
Stagecoach
1939
as The Ringo Kid
Red River Range
1938
as Stony Brooke
Santa Fe Stampede
1938
as Stony Brooke
Overland Stage Raiders
1938
as Stony Brooke
Pals of the Saddle
1938
as Stony Brooke
Born to the West
1937
as Dare Rudd
Adventure's End
1937
as Duke Slade
Idol of the Crowds
1937
as Johnny Hanson
I Cover the War!
1937
as Bob Adams
California Straight Ahead
1937
as Biff Smith
Conflict
1936
as Pat Glendon
Sea Spoilers
1936
as Bob Randall
Winds of the Wasteland
1936
as John Blair
The Stagecoach Race
1936
as John Blair
The Lonely Trail
1936
as Captain John Ashley
King of the Pecos
1936
as John Clayborn
The Lawless Nineties
1936
as John Tipton
The Oregon Trail
1936
as Capt John Delmont
Lawless Range
1935
as John Middleton
The New Frontier
1935
as John Dawson
Texas Terror
1935
as John Higgins
Guns Along The Trail
1935
as John Wyatt
Westward Ho
1935
as John Wyatt
Paradise Canyon
1935
as John Wyatt
The Dawn Rider
1935
as John Mason
Avenging Angel
1935
as John Mason
The Desert Trail
1935
as John Scott / John Jones
Rainbow Valley
1935
as John Martin
'Neath the Arizona Skies
1934
as Chris Morrell
The Lawless Frontier
1934
as John Tobin
The Trail Beyond
1934
as Rod Drew
The Star Packer
1934
as U.S. Marshal John Travers
Randy Rides Alone
1934
as Randy Bowers
Bandits of the Badlands
1934
as John Carruthers
The Shadow Gang
1934
as U.S. Marshal John Travers
Next Of Kin
1934
as Ted Hayden aka Gat Ganns
The Man from Utah
1934
as John Weston
Blue Steel
1934
as John Carruthers
West of the Divide
1934
as Ted Hayden aka Gat Ganns
The Lucky Texan
1934
as Jerry Mason
Claim Jumpers
1934
as Jerry Mason
Sagebrush Trail
1933
as John Brant
College Coach
1933
Riders of Destiny
1933
as Singin' Sandy Saunders
The Man from Monterey
1933
as John Holmes
Baby Face
1933
as Jimmy McCoy Jr.
His Private Secretary
1933
as Dick Wallace
The Life of Jimmy Dolan
1933
as Smith
Somewhere in Sonora
1933
as John Bishop
Central Airport
1933
The Three Musketeers
1933
as Lt. Tom Wayne
The Telegraph Trail
1933
as John Trent
Haunted Gold
1932
as John Mason
The Big Stampede
1932
as Deputy Sheriff John Steele
Ride Him, Cowboy
1932
as John Drury
The Hurricane Express
1932
as The Air Pilot
Lady and Gent
1932
as Buzz Kinney
Two-Fisted Law
1932
as Duke
Texas Cyclone
1932
as Steve Pickett
The Shadow of the Eagle
1932
as Craig McCoy
Running Hollywood
1932
as Emcee
The Range Feud
1931
as Clint Turner
Maker of Men
1931
as Dusty Rhodes
Arizona
1931
as Lt. Bob Denton
Three Girls Lost
1931
as Gordon Wales
Girls Demand Excitement
1931
as Peter Brooks
The Big Trail
1930
as Breck Coleman
Cheer Up and Smile
1930
Rough Romance
1930
as Lumberjack (uncredited)
Born Reckless
1930
as Extra (uncredited)
Men Without Women
1930
as Radioman on Surface (uncredited)
Salute
1929
Words and Music
1929
as Pete Donahue
The Black Watch
1929
as Black Watch Soldier (uncredited)
Speakeasy
1929
as Extra
Noah's Ark
1928
as Flood Extra (uncredited)
A Home Made Man
1928
as Man on Stool
Hangman's House
1928
as Horse Race Spectator / Condemned Man in Flashback
Four Sons
1928
Mother Machree
1927
The Drop Kick
1927
as Football Player / Extra in Stands
Annie Laurie
1927
The Draw-Back
1927
as Opposing Football Player
The Great K&A Train Robbery
1926
as Extra (uncredited)
Bardelys the Magnificent
1926
as Guard (uncredited)
Brown of Harvard
1926
as Yale Football Player (uncredited)
