John Wayne
Known for Acting · 302 credits
- Born
- 1907-05-26
- Died
- 1979-06-11
- Place of birth
- Winterset, Iowa, USA
- Also known as
- Duke · The Duke · ジョン・ウェイン · Michael Morris · جان وین · Marion Mitchell Morrison
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.
Known For
TV Shows (36)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self (archive footage)
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee
What's My Line?
1950
as Self - Mystery Guest
Wagon Train
1957
as Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962
as John Wayne (uncredited)
I Love Lucy
1951
as John Wayne
The Lucy Show
1962
as John Wayne
The Red Skelton Show
1951
as Self - Rooster Cogburn / Self (uncredited)
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
Sacrée soirée
1987
as Self (archive footage)
Gunsmoke
1955
as Self - Host, Introduction to the Series
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
as Self
Spécial cinéma
1974
as Self (archive footage)
The Oscars
1953
as Self
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
as Self
The Bob Hope Show
1950
as Self - Cameo
The Jack Benny Program
1950
as John Wayne
Maude
1972
as Himself
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
as Self (uncredited) / Self (uncredited)
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
1969
as Self
Screen Director's Playhouse
1955
as Mike Cronin
Cinépanorama
1956
as Self
Western von gestern
1978
as John Wyatt aka John Allen / John Wyatt aka John Allen (archive footage) / Stony Brooke (archive footage)
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
1973
as Self
V.I.P. Schaukel
1971
as Self
Alcoa Premiere
1961
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
as Self
Producers' Showcase
1954
as Self
Talking Pictures
2013
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood
1980
as Self
Casablanca
1955
Hollywood and the Stars
1963
as Self (archive footage)
Battleground
2004
as Self (archive footage)
Dateline: Hollywood
1967
Movies (266)
Dead Man's Wire
2026
as Self (archive footage)(uncredited)
The Searchers
1956
as Ethan Edwards
The Longest Day
1962
as Lt. Col. Benjamin Vandervoort
True Grit
1969
as Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn
El Dorado
1966
as Cole Thornton
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
1962
as Tom Doniphon
Rio Bravo
1959
as Sheriff John T. Chance
Fort Apache
1948
as Capt. Kirby York
Stagecoach
1939
as The Ringo Kid
Rio Lobo
1970
as Col. Cord McNally
The Green Berets
1968
as Colonel Mike Kirby
Chisum
1970
as John Chisum
The Shootist
1976
as J.B. Books
Hondo
1953
as Hondo Lane
How the West Was Won
1962
as William Sherman
The Undefeated
1969
as Colonel John Henry Thomas
McLintock!
1963
as George Washington McLintock
Big Jake
1971
as Jacob McCandles
Rio Grande
1950
as Lt. Col. Kirby Yorke
In Harm's Way
1965
as Capt. Rockwell Torrey
Red River
1948
as Thomas Dunson
Hatari!
1962
as Sean Mercer
The Alamo
1960
as Col. Davy Crockett
The Comancheros
1961
as Jake Cutter
The Cowboys
1972
as Wil Andersen
The Greatest Story Ever Told
1965
as Centurion at crucifixion
Rooster Cogburn
1975
as Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn
The Conqueror
1956
as Temujin
The Sons of Katie Elder
1965
as John Elder
The War Wagon
1967
as Taw Jackson
They Were Expendable
1945
as Lt. (J.G.) 'Rusty' Ryan
Baby Face
1933
as Jimmy McCoy Jr.
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
1949
as Capt. Nathan Cutting Brittles
Operation Pacific
1951
as Duke E. Gifford
The Quiet Man
1952
as Sean Thornton
North to Alaska
1960
as Sam McCord
The Horse Soldiers
1959
as Col John Marlowe
The Spoilers
1942
as Glennister
Flying Leathernecks
1951
as Maj. Daniel Xavier Kirby
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
1988
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Reap the Wild Wind
1942
as Captain Jack Stuart
Donovan's Reef
1963
as Michael "Guns" Donovan
The Train Robbers
1973
as Lane
3 Godfathers
1948
as Robert Marmaduke Sangster Hightower
Without Reservations
1946
as Rusty Thomas
Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend
2022
as Self (archive footage)
Sands of Iwo Jima
1950
as Sgt. John M. Stryker
Brannigan
1975
as Lt. Jim Brannigan
McQ
1974
as McQ
The High and the Mighty
1954
as Dan Roman
Central Airport
1933
The Fighting Seabees
1944
as Lt. Cmdr. Wedge Donovan
Salute
1929
The Big Trail
1930
as Breck Coleman
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
1997
as Self (archive footage)
Born Reckless
1930
as Extra (uncredited)
Tall in the Saddle
1944
as Rocklin
Blood Alley
1955
as Capt. Tom Wilder
Seven Sinners
1940
as Dan
Angel and the Badman
1947
as Quirt Evans
Dakota
1945
as John Devlin
Cahill: United States Marshal
1973
as J.D. Cahill
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
2010
as Self (archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
as Self (archive footage)
The Movie Orgy
1968
as Self (archive footage)
Cast a Giant Shadow
1966
as Gen. Mike Randolph
Hellfighters
1968
as Chance Buckman
In Old Oklahoma
1943
as Daniel F Somers
Desert Command
1946
as Tom Wayne
Flying Tigers
1942
as Jim Gordon
Dark Command
1940
as Bob Seton
The Range Feud
1931
as Clint Turner
The Barbarian and the Geisha
1958
as Townsend Harris
The Trail Beyond
1934
as Rod Drew
Wake of the Red Witch
1948
as Capt. Ralls
La Classe américaine
1993
as George Abitbol (archive footage)
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
1991
as Self (archive footage)
Television: The First Fifty Years
1999
as Self (archive footage)
Island in the Sky
1953
as Captain Dooley
The Wings of Eagles
1957
as Frank W. 'Spig' Wead
The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks
1973
as Self (archive footage)
Directed by John Ford
1971
as Self (1969)
The Shepherd of the Hills
1941
as Young Matt Matthews
Blue Steel
1934
as John Carruthers
Westward Ho
1935
as John Wyatt
Jet Pilot
1957
as Col. Jim Shannon
Trouble Along the Way
1953
as Stephen Aloysius Williams
It's Showtime
1976
as Self (archive footage)
In Old California
1942
as Tom Craig
The Fabulous Allan Carr
2017
as Self (archive)
Legend of the Lost
1957
as Joe January
Circus World
1964
as Matt Masters
Lawless Range
1935
as John Middleton
The Fighting Kentuckian
1949
as John Breen
Noah's Ark
1928
as Flood Extra (uncredited)
Tycoon
1947
as Johnny Munroe
The Lawless Nineties
1936
as John Tipton
Reunion in France
1942
as Pat Talbot
Back to Bataan
1945
as Colonel Joseph Madden
Flame of Barbary Coast
1945
as Duke Fergus
The Long Voyage Home
1940
as Ole Olsen
Showbiz Goes to War
1982
as Self (archive footage)
The Screen Director
1951
as Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited)
The Sea Chase
1955
as Captain Karl Ehrlich
Winds of the Wasteland
1936
as John Blair
Three Faces West
1940
as John Phillips
Wyoming Outlaw
1939
as Stony Brooke
The Lawless Frontier
1934
as John Tobin
West of the Divide
1934
as Ted Hayden aka Gat Ganns
Edith Head: The Paramount Years
2002
as Self (archive footage)
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
1976
as Self (archive footage)
The Best of the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
1998
as Self - Roaster (archive footage)
Cancel My Reservation
1972
as Himself (uncredited)
A Lady Takes a Chance
1943
as Duke Hudkins
New Frontier
1939
as Stony Brooke
Texas Terror
1935
as John Higgins
Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984
as (archive footage)
The Desert Trail
1935
as John Scott / John Jones
Swing Out, Sweet Land
1970
as Self - Host
Sagebrush Trail
1933
as John Brant
About 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… With 302 credits spanning from 1926 to 2026, John Wayne has appeared in 266 films and 36 TV shows.
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Most Popular John Wayne Movies
- Dead Man's Wire (2026) — as Self (archive footage)(uncredited)
- The Searchers (1956) — as Ethan Edwards
- The Longest Day (1962) — as Lt. Col. Benjamin Vandervoort
- True Grit (1969) — as Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn
- El Dorado (1966) — as Cole Thornton
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