John Wayne
Acting
🎂 1907-05-26
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.
Cast credits(292)
Self
1962
Self
1962
John Wayne
1950
Self
1957
Self (archive footage)
1961
Self
1961
Self
1948
Self (uncredited)
1951
Self
1951
Self - Rooster Cogburn
1951
Self - Mystery Guest
1950
John Wayne (uncredited)
1962
Self
1950
Self (archive footage)
1974
Self (archive footage)
1987
Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman
1957
Self - Winner
1944
1961
Self - Cameo
1950
Self
1950
John Wayne
1962
Himself
1972
Self
1969
Mike Cronin
1955
Self
1956
Self
1973
Self
1953
John Wyatt aka John Allen (archive footage)
1978
John Wyatt aka John Allen
1978
Stony Brooke (archive footage)
1978
Self (archive footage)
1963
Self (archive footage)
2013
John Wayne
1951
Self - Host, Introduction to the Series
1955
Self
1973
Self
1980
Tom Doniphon
1962
1955
Self (uncredited)
1968
Self
1968
Self
1954
Jimmy McCoy Jr.
1933
1967
Self
1971
Thomas Dunson
1948
Ethan Edwards
1956
Self (archive footage)
2004
John Chance
1959
The Ringo Kid
1939
Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn
1969
Lt. Col. Benjamin Vandervoort
1962
Self (archive footage)
1975
Col. Cord McNally
1970
George Washington McLintock
1963
Cole Thornton
1966
Centurion at crucifixion
1965
Sean Mercer
1962
Sam McCord
1960
Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman
1962
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2023
Col John Marlowe
1959
Michael "Guns" Donovan
1963
John Elder
1965
John Chisum
1970
Capt. Rockwell Torrey
1965
Sean Thornton
1952
Quirt Evans
1947
Jacob McCandles
1971
Capt. Kirby York
1948
Lt. Col. Kirby Yorke
1950
Taw Jackson
1967
Capt. Nathan Cutting Brittles
1949
Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn
1975
Jake Cutter
1961
John Wyatt
1935
Col. Davy Crockett
1960
Colonel Mike Kirby
1968
Hondo Lane
1953
Wil Andersen
1972
J.D. Cahill
1973
Dan Roman
1954
J.B. Books
1976
John Weston
1934
Colonel John Henry Thomas
1969
John Wyatt
1935
Lt. Jim Brannigan
1975
Singin' Sandy Saunders
1933
Lane
1973
Flood Extra (uncredited)
1928
Lt. (J.G.) 'Rusty' Ryan
1945
John Breen
1949
Robert Marmaduke Sangster Hightower
1948
U.S. Marshal John Travers
1934
Gen. Mike Randolph
1966
Self (archive footage)
1999
Captain Jack Stuart
1942
Breck Coleman
1930
Chance Buckman
1968
John Tobin
1934
John Scott / John Jones
1935
John Blair
1936
Sgt. John M. Stryker
1950
Self (archive footage)
2014
Lt. Cmdr. Wedge Donovan
1944
Glennister
1942
McQ
1974
Ted Hayden aka Gat Ganns
1934
Colonel Joseph Madden
1945
Temujin, later Genghis Khan
1956
Rocklin
1944
Captain Karl Ehrlich
1955
Maj. Daniel Xavier Kirby
1951
Chris Morrell
1934
Captain Dooley
1953
Johnny Munroe
1947
Duke E. Gifford
1951
Joe January
1957
Bob Seton
1940
John Carruthers
1934
Matt Masters
1964
Self (archive footage)
1968
1932
Jim Gordon
1942
Self (archive footage)
2022
Daniel F Somers
1943
John Trent
1933
Capt. Ralls
1948
Jim McLain
1952
Young Matt Matthews
1941
George Abitbol (archive footage)
1993
John Devlin
1945
John Mason
1932
Capt. Tom Wilder
1955
Stephen Aloysius Williams
1953
Ole Olsen
1940
Randy Bowers
1934
Self (archive footage)
2024
Self - Host
1970
Townsend Harris
1958
Jim Smith
1939
Pat Talbot
1942
Smith
1933
Col. Jim Shannon
1957
Duke Fergus
1945
Duke Hudkins
1943
Self (archive footage)
1991
Guard (uncredited)
1926
1933
Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited)
1951
John Brant
1933
Charles 'Pittsburgh' Markham
1942
Tom Craig
1942
John Mason
1935
Duke
1932
Extra (uncredited)
1930
Self (archive footage)
1976
Jerry Mason
1934
Rusty Thomas
1946
Self (archive footage)
2009
John Wyatt
1935
Stony Brooke
1939
Radioman on Surface (uncredited)
1930
Tom Wayne
1946
Frank W. 'Spig' Wead
1957
Self (archive footage)
1998
John Drury
1932
(archive footage)
1982
Marine Sergeant
1962
Stony Brooke
1939
Steve Pickett
1932
Dan
1940
Lynn Hollister
1941
Craig McCoy
1932
Rod Drew
1934
Self - Roaster (archive footage)
1998
John Phillips
1940
Johnny Hanson
1937
Stony Brooke
1938
John Dawson
1935
The Air Pilot
1932
(archive footage)
1984
Dick Wallace
1933
Jackson Morgan
1942
John Clayborn
1936
Self (archive footage)
1988
John Higgins
1935
Self (1969)
1971
Stony Brooke
1939
Self (archive footage)
1976
Black Watch Soldier (uncredited)
1929
John Holmes
1933
Pete Donahue (as Duke Morrison)
1929
1960
1972
1933
1929
Extra
1929
Stony Brooke
1938
Stony Brooke
1939
John Mason
1935
Actor in a Movie (uncredited)
1958
John Tipton
1936
John Bishop
1933
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1974
Self (archive footage)
1971
Dare Rudd
1937
1927
Self
1961
Duke Slade
1937
Stony Brooke
1938
Davy Crockett
1992
Self (archive footage)
2010
John Reynolds
1941
Captain John Ashley
1936
self
1977
Stony Brooke
1938
Clint Turner
1931
Jerry Mason
1976
1927
Self (archive footage)
1997
John Martin
1935
(archive footage)
1961
Lt. Tom Wayne
1933
Self
1953
Emcee
1932
Football Player / Extra in Stands
1927
Himself
2000
Deputy Sheriff John Steele
1932
Self - Narrator
1971
Bob Adams
1937
Self
1978
Bob Randall
1936
Ted Hayden aka Gat Ganns
1934
Self (archive footage)
2010
Himself
1993
Gordon Wales
1931
Self (archive footage)
2013
Self - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage)
2019
Himself (archive footage)
2019
Lt. Bob Denton
1931
Self (archive footage)
2013
1928
Self (archive footage)
1991
Opposing Football Player
1927
Capt John Delmont
1936
John Middleton
1935
Self
1944
Pat Glendon
1936
Narrator
1967
(archive footage)
1975
(archive footage)
1991
Self
1976
John Blair
1936
Biff Smith
1937
Buzz Kinney
1932
Horse Race Spectator / Condemned Man in Flashback
1928
2001
Self (archive footage)
1973
Self (Archive Footage)
2023
Self
1970
Peter Brooks
1931
Himself
2016
Dusty Rhodes
1931
Yale Football Player (uncredited)
1926
Himself - Host
1966
Self
1970
U.S. Marshal John Travers
1934
(archive footage)
1987
Host
1964
Self
1973
Himself
1998
Lumberjack (uncredited)
1930
Himself
1970
Himself
1993
1993
Himself/Narrator
1976
Host
1977
1930
1976
Jerry Mason
1934
Self (archive footage)
2001
Self (archive footage)
1993
John Carruthers
1934
1990
Extra (uncredited)
1926
Reginald Thorpe as a corpse
1931
Self (archive)
2019
Self
2012
Self
1953
Himself
1965
Man on Stool
1928
