John Wayne
Known for Acting · 304 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
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self (archive footage)
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
The Red Skelton Show
1951
as Self (uncredited) / John Wayne / Rooster Cogburn
Spécial cinéma
1974
as Self (archive footage)
Wagon Train
1957
as Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman
TV Shows (36)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self (archive footage)
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
The Red Skelton Show
1951
as Self (uncredited) / John Wayne / Rooster Cogburn
Spécial cinéma
1974
as Self (archive footage)
Wagon Train
1957
as Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee
What's My Line?
1950
as Self - Mystery Guest
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962
as John Wayne (uncredited)
Sacrée soirée
1987
as Self (archive footage)
The Lucy Show
1962
as John Wayne
I Love Lucy
1951
as John Wayne
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
as Self
The Bob Hope Show
1950
as Self - Cameo
Gunsmoke
1955
as Self - Host, Introduction to the Series
Maude
1972
as Himself
The Oscars
1953
as Self
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
as Self (uncredited) / Self (uncredited)
Cinépanorama
1956
as Self
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
as Self
The Jack Benny Program
1950
as John Wayne
Screen Director's Playhouse
1955
as Mike Cronin
V.I.P. Schaukel
1971
as Self
Western von gestern
1978
as John Wyatt aka John Allen (archive footage) / Stony Brooke (archive footage)
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
1969
as Self
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
as Self
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
1973
as Self
Talking Pictures
2013
as Self (archive footage)
Alcoa Premiere
1961
Producers' Showcase
1954
as Self
Hollywood and the Stars
1963
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood
1980
as Self
Casablanca
1955
Battleground
2004
as Self (archive footage)
Dateline: Hollywood
1967
Movies (268)
Baby Face
1933
as Jimmy McCoy Jr.
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
1962
as Tom Doniphon
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
Rio Bravo
1959
as Sheriff John T. Chance
How the West Was Won
1962
as William Sherman
3 Godfathers
1948
as Robert Marmaduke Sangster Hightower
Chisum
1970
as John Chisum
The Alamo
1960
as Col. Davy Crockett
The Quiet Man
1952
as Sean Thornton
El Dorado
1966
as Cole Thornton
McLintock!
1963
as George Washington McLintock
Stagecoach
1939
as The Ringo Kid
Red River
1948
as Thomas Dunson
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
1949
as Capt. Nathan Cutting Brittles
The Sons of Katie Elder
1965
as John Elder
McQ
1974
as McQ
The War Wagon
1967
as Taw Jackson
Sagebrush Trail
1933
as John Brant
The Cowboys
1972
as Wil Andersen
The Horse Soldiers
1959
as Col John Marlowe
In Harm's Way
1965
as Capt. Rockwell Torrey
The Greatest Story Ever Told
1965
as Centurion at crucifixion
Directed by John Ford
1971
as Self (1969)
Fort Apache
1948
as Capt. Kirby York
The Green Berets
1968
as Colonel Mike Kirby
The Train Robbers
1973
as Lane
Rio Lobo
1970
as Col. Cord McNally
The High and the Mighty
1954
as Dan Roman
The Undefeated
1969
as Colonel John Henry Thomas
The Shootist
1976
as J.B. Books
The Comancheros
1961
as Jake Cutter
Hell Town
1937
as Dare Rudd
Rio Grande
1950
as Lt. Col. Kirby Yorke
Donovan's Reef
1963
as Michael "Guns" Donovan
Central Airport
1933
Big Jake
1971
as Jacob McCandles
Reap the Wild Wind
1942
as Captain Jack Stuart
The Movie Orgy
1968
as Self (archive footage)
They Were Expendable
1945
as Lt. (J.G.) 'Rusty' Ryan
Hatari!
1962
as Sean Mercer
Hondo
1953
as Hondo Lane
Brannigan
1975
as Lt. Jim Brannigan
The Fighting Kentuckian
1949
as John Breen
The Trail Beyond
1934
as Rod Drew
Rodeo Rocketeers
1934
as John Weston
La Classe américaine
1993
as George Abitbol (archive footage)
In Old Oklahoma
1943
as Daniel F Somers
Cahill: United States Marshal
1973
as J.D. Cahill
Hellfighters
1968
as Chance Buckman
Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas
2026
as Ethan Edwards (archive footage) (uncredited)
Blood Alley
1955
as Capt. Tom Wilder
Legend of the Lost
1957
as Joe January
Operation Pacific
1951
as Duke E. Gifford
Flying Leathernecks
1951
as Maj. Daniel Xavier Kirby
The Wings of Eagles
1957
as Frank W. 'Spig' Wead
Sands of Iwo Jima
1950
as Sgt. John M. Stryker
The Big Trail
1930
as Breck Coleman
Avenging Angel
1935
as John Mason
Back to Bataan
1945
as Colonel Joseph Madden
Tall in the Saddle
1944
as Rocklin
Blue Steel
1934
as John Carruthers
Three Girls Lost
1931
as Gordon Wales
The Big Stampede
1932
as Deputy Sheriff John Steele
North to Alaska
1960
as Sam McCord
The Long Voyage Home
1940
as Ole Olsen
Cancel My Reservation
1972
as Himself (uncredited)
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
1976
as Self (archive footage)
Born to the West
1937
as Dare Rudd
Ride Him, Cowboy
1932
as John Drury
Rooster Cogburn
1975
as Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn
Jet Pilot
1957
as Col. Jim Shannon
Wake of the Red Witch
1948
as Capt. Ralls
The Spoilers
1942
as Glennister
Dakota
1945
as John Devlin
Circus World
1964
as Matt Masters
John Ford: The Man Who Invented America
2019
as Self - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage)
The Conqueror
1956
as Temujin
The Shepherd of the Hills
1941
as Young Matt Matthews
The Fighting Seabees
1944
as Lt. Cmdr. Wedge Donovan
Westward Ho
1935
as John Wyatt
Dark Command
1940
as Bob Seton
Flame of Barbary Coast
1945
as Duke Fergus
The Barbarian and the Geisha
1958
as Townsend Harris
Reunion in France
1942
as Pat Talbot
It's Showtime
1976
as Self (archive footage)
The John Wayne Story: The Early Years
1993
Trouble Along the Way
1953
as Stephen Aloysius Williams
I Married a Woman
1958
as Actor in a Movie (uncredited)
'Neath the Arizona Skies
1934
as Chris Morrell
Noah's Ark
1928
as Flood Extra (uncredited)
A Lady Takes a Chance
1943
as Duke Hudkins
Big Jim McLain
1952
as Jim McLain
The Night Riders
1939
as Stony Brooke
Hooray for Hollywood
1976
as Self (archive footage)
Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend
2022
as Self (archive footage)
Cast a Giant Shadow
1966
as Gen. Mike Randolph
The Sea Chase
1955
as Captain Karl Ehrlich
Desert Command
as Tom Wayne
In Old California
1942
as Tom Craig
Bardelys the Magnificent
1926
as Guard (uncredited)
Salute
1929
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
as Self (archive footage)
Raquel!
1970
as Self
The Lawless Frontier
1934
as John Tobin
Desert Command
1946
as Tom Wayne
The American West of John Ford
1971
as Self - Narrator
Seven Sinners
1940
as Dan
Without Reservations
1946
as Rusty Thomas
The Three Musketeers
1933
as Lt. Tom Wayne
Gérard Blain : adultes, je vous hais
2019
as Self (archive)
Words and Music
1929
as Pete Donahue (as Duke Morrison)
Tycoon
1947
as Johnny Munroe
Remembering Gene Wilder
2024
as Self (archive photo)
The Dawn Rider
1935
as John Mason
Lady from Louisiana
1941
as John Reynolds
Angel and the Badman
1947
as Quirt Evans
Television: The First Fifty Years
1999
as Self (archive footage)
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 304 credits spanning from 1926 to 2026, John Wayne has appeared in 268 films and 36 TV shows.
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Most Popular John Wayne Movies
- Baby Face (1933) — as Jimmy McCoy Jr.
- The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) — as Tom Doniphon
- 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
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