John Wayne

Personal Info

Birthday

May 26, 1907

Day of Death

1979-06-11

(72 years old)

Place of Birth

Winterset, Iowa, USA

Also Known As

Duke

The Duke

ジョン・ウェイン

Michael Morris

جان وین

John Wayne

Biography

Marion Mitchell Morrison (born Marion Robert Morrison), 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.

Known For

Wagon Train

The Lucy Show

The Beverly Hillbillies

I Love Lucy

The Jack Benny Program

Screen Director's Playhouse

Rio Bravo

She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

Filmography

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