John Wayne
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.
Personal info
Gender
Male
Birthday
1907-05-26
Place of birth
Winterset, Iowa, USA
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Cast
Rio Bravo
1959
7.81
Stagecoach
1939
7.62
Movie Tough Guys
1991
10.00
Red River
1948
7.35
The Quiet Man
1952
7.30
The Searchers
1956
7.70
The Greatest Story Ever Told
1965
6.40
The Movie Orgy
1968
6.50
The Alamo
1960
7.10
The Comancheros
1961
6.65
Cahill: United States Marshal
1973
6.10
Hatari!
1962
6.70
North to Alaska
1960
6.50
Hondo
1953
6.60
The Fighting Seabees
1944
6.20
Big Jake
1971
6.90
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
1962
7.80
Angel and the Badman
1947
6.40
The Green Berets
1968
5.70
El Dorado
1966
7.40
Paradise Canyon
1935
4.70
Rio Grande
1950
6.80
Riders of Destiny
1933
5.20
Randy Rides Alone
1934
4.80
Texas Terror
1935
4.66
The Lucky Texan
1934
4.90
Sagebrush Trail
1933
5.20
The Conqueror
1956
3.40
How the West Was Won
1962
7.00
A Man Betrayed
1941
5.40
Without Reservations
1946
6.20
The Shootist
1976
7.10
Legend of the Lost
1957
6.20
A Nation Builds Under Fire
1967
0.00
The Longest Day
1962
7.58
Hellfighters
1968
6.35
Rio Lobo
1970
6.40
McQ
1974
6.10
The War Wagon
1967
6.80
Brannigan
1975
5.90
Baby Face
1933
7.20
Wayne Train
1973
0.00
Reunion in France
1942
6.40
Winds of the Wasteland
1936
5.07
West of the Divide
1934
5.00
The Trail Beyond
1934
4.60
Seven Sinners
1940
5.80
Island in the Sky
1953
6.24
The Sea Chase
1955
6.10
Dark Command
1940
6.30
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
1949
6.87
Operation Pacific
1951
6.04
In Old California
1942
5.10
Trouble Along the Way
1953
5.88
The Train Robbers
1973
6.30
Lady for a Night
1942
5.20
Flame of Barbary Coast
1945
5.60
Big Jim McLain
1952
4.90
In Old Oklahoma
1943
6.20
Three Faces West
1940
5.40
The Shadow of the Eagle
1932
5.10
Wake of the Red Witch
1948
5.60
His Private Secretary
1933
4.90
3 Godfathers
1948
6.74
Flying Tigers
1942
6.10
Blood Alley
1955
5.90
The Big Trail
1930
6.70
Circus World
1964
6.13
The Shepherd of the Hills
1941
6.60
Fort Apache
1948
7.00
McLintock!
1963
6.60
Tall in the Saddle
1944
6.50
The Fighting Kentuckian
1949
5.90
The Spoilers
1942
6.20
Allegheny Uprising
1939
5.59
Donovan's Reef
1963
6.20
The Cowboys
1972
7.10
Westward Ho
1935
5.29
The Star Packer
1934
4.41
Pittsburgh
1942
6.20
In Harm's Way
1965
6.60
La Classe américaine
1993
7.61
Reap the Wild Wind
1942
6.39
The Sons of Katie Elder
1965
7.00
The Hurricane Express
1932
5.20
College Coach
1933
4.20
Noah's Ark
1928
6.29
Mother Machree
1927
6.20
I Married a Woman
1958
5.80
Cancel My Reservation
1972
5.30
Born Reckless
1930
5.50
Salute
1929
4.70
Men Without Women
1930
6.30
Bardelys the Magnificent
1926
7.40
The Great K&A Train Robbery
1926
5.80
Central Airport
1933
6.14
Cheer Up and Smile
1930
0.00
The Black Watch
1929
6.00
Annie Laurie
1927
6.67
Four Sons
1928
7.23
Chisum
1970
6.70
The Wings of Eagles
1957
6.23
True Grit
1969
7.33
Rooster Cogburn
1975
6.40
A Lady Takes a Chance
1943
5.70
Flying Leathernecks
1951
5.90
The Barbarian and the Geisha
1958
5.90
The Horse Soldiers
1959
6.90
The High and the Mighty
1954
5.90
Sands of Iwo Jima
1950
6.40
They Were Expendable
1945
6.60
The Lawless Frontier
1934
4.62
The Big Stampede
1932
4.81
The Undefeated
1969
6.20
Back to Bataan
1945
6.10
Showbiz Goes to War
1982
10.00
The Man from Monterey
1933
4.40
The Long Voyage Home
1940
6.62
Haunted Gold
1932
4.90
Born to the West
1937
4.48
The Desert Trail
1935
4.53
The Man from Utah
1934
4.60
New Frontier
1939
5.50
Rainbow Valley
1935
4.73
The Dawn Rider
1935
4.52
Blue Steel
1934
4.70
'Neath the Arizona Skies
1934
4.35
Ride Him, Cowboy
1932
4.70
Jet Pilot
1957
5.40
The Telegraph Trail
1933
4.70
King of the Pecos
1936
5.47
Two-Fisted Law
1932
4.60
Somewhere in Sonora
1933
5.00
Texas Cyclone
1932
4.20
Lawless Range
1935
4.04
Tycoon
1947
5.30
Santa Fe Stampede
1938
5.50
Dakota
1945
5.10
Brown of Harvard
1926
5.60
Arizona
1931
4.50
The Range Feud
1931
5.20
The Lawless Nineties
1936
5.23
Bandits of the Badlands
1934
0.00
The Stagecoach Race
1936
0.00
The Shadow Gang
1934
0.00
The Three Musketeers
1933
5.60
Three Texas Steers
1939
4.88
Next Of Kin
1934
0.00
Avenging Angel
1935
4.00
Idol of the Crowds
1937
4.10
Red River Range
1938
5.00
Overland Stage Raiders
1938
5.00
No Substitute for Victory
1970
4.30
Desert Command
1946
3.80
Wyoming Outlaw
1939
5.60
The Lonely Trail
1936
4.60
Pals of the Saddle
1938
5.20
The Night Riders
1939
5.55
Lady and Gent
1932
5.63
I Cover the War!
1937
4.90
California Straight Ahead
1937
4.30
The Drop Kick
1927
4.33
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
1976
9.00
You're the Star
1953
0.00
This Little Bullet
1977
0.00
Choice
1964
1.00
The Challenge of Ideas
1961
3.50
The New Frontier
1935
4.61
Running Hollywood
1932
0.00
Lady from Louisiana
1941
5.30
Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984
10.00
The Draw-Back
1927
4.50
Rough Romance
1930
5.00
The Life of Jimmy Dolan
1933
6.00
John Wayne: Cowboys & Demons
2023
0.00
JOHN WAYNE - AMERICAN LEGEND
1998
4.00
Maker of Men
1931
0.00
Cast a Giant Shadow
1966
6.30
Words and Music
1929
0.00
Hollywood's Hidden Secrets
1987
0.00
The Duke at Fox
2001
0.00
Girls Demand Excitement
1931
0.00
The Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout
2024
8.00
Sly
2023
7.22
John Ford & Monument Valley
2013
1.00
Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend
2022
7.40
The Oregon Trail
1936
4.00
Rodeo Racketeers
0.00
Claim Jumpers
1934
0.00
The American West of John Ford
1971
6.33
Conflict
1936
2.00
Adventure's End
1937
5.00
The Colter Craven Story
1960
0.00
Flashing Spikes
1962
5.30
Hangman's House
1928
6.40
Sea Spoilers
1936
4.50
That's Action
1977
0.00
Raquel!
1970
10.00
John Wayne on Film
2016
10.00
Directed by John Ford
1971
6.80
Chesty: A Tribute to a Legend
1976
6.50
John Wayne-A Life on Film
2000
0.00
Swing Out, Sweet Land
1970
6.00
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
5.70
A Home Made Man
1928
6.00
The Screen Director
1951
6.00
Memo for Joe
1944
0.00
Speakeasy
1929
5.00
The 10 from Texas
1961
0.00
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
2009
7.50
And the Oscar Goes To...
2014
6.99
It's Showtime
1976
7.00
The Making of 'Rio Grande'
1993
5.00
The Selling of the Pentagon
1971
0.00
Guns Along The Trail
1935
3.00
The Victory Squad
1966
4.00
John Wayne's 'The Alamo'
1992
6.00
Three Girls Lost
1931
0.00
Dictator: One Crazy Job
2013
6.50
Three Lives
1953
0.00
Plimpton! Shoot-Out at Rio Lobo
1970
0.00
Nuke 'Em, Duke
2010
0.00
The Deceiver
1931
0.00
Hooray for Hollywood
1976
0.00
The Hollywood Handicap
1932
0.00
