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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 (1…
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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.
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John Wayne's Filmography
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Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas
as Ethan Edwards (archive footage) (uncredited)
Spiritual day in Minneapolis
Elway
as Self (archive footage)
Breakdown: 1975
as Self (archive footage)
Naughty America: Guns & Stripes
as Self (archive footage)
The Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout
as Self (archive footage)
Marlene Dietrich: Home Movies
as Self
Atomic People
as Self (archive footage)
Remembering Gene Wilder
as Self (archive photo)
John Wayne: Cowboys & Demons
as Self (Archive Footage)
Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend
as Self (archive footage)
John Ford and Throwing
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)
The Fabulous Allan Carr
as Self (archive footage)
John Wayne on Film
as Himself
Dictator: One Crazy Job
as Self (archive footage)
John Ford & Monument Valley
as Self (archive footage)
Christmas Around the World with Perry Como
as Self
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
as Self (archive footage)
Nuke 'Em, Duke
as Self (archive footage)
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
as Self (archive footage)
Edith Head: The Paramount Years
as Self (archive footage)
The Shootist: The Legend Lives On
The Duke at Fox
as Self (archive footage)
John Wayne-A Life on Film
as Himself
No Poster
Television: The First Fifty Years
as Self (archive footage)
No Poster
JOHN WAYNE - AMERICAN LEGEND
as Himself
The Best of the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
as Self - Roaster (archive footage)
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
as Self (archive footage)
La Classe américaine
as George Abitbol (archive footage)
No Poster
Young Duke: Making Of A Movie Star
as Himself
The John Wayne Story - The Later Years
as Himself
The John Wayne Story: The Early Years
The Making of 'Rio Grande'
as Self (archive footage)
No Poster
John Wayne's 'The Alamo'
as Davy Crockett
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
as Self (archive footage)
John Wayne - Eine amerikanische Legende
as (archive footage)
Movie Tough Guys
as Self (archive footage)
John Wayne: American Hero Of The Movies
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Going Hollywood: The '30s
as (archive footage)
Showbiz Goes to War
as Self (archive footage)
Perry Como's Early American Christmas
as Self
Johnny, weil Du Geburtstag hast
as Self
No Poster
That's Action
as self
This Little Bullet
as Host
Bob Hope's Comedy Christmas Special
CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years
as Self
No Poster
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
as (archive footage)
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)
Rooster Cogburn
as Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn
No Poster
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
Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
McQ
as McQ
Cahill: United States Marshal
as J.D. Cahill
No Poster
The Man Behind the Star
as Self
Wayne Train
as Self
The Train Robbers
as Lane
The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks
as Self (archive footage)
Cancel My Reservation
as Himself (uncredited)
The Cowboys
as Wil Andersen
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)
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 Sekf
The Undefeated
as Colonel John Henry Thomas
True Grit
as Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn
Hellfighters
as Chance Buckman
The Green Berets
as Colonel Mike Kirby
The Movie Orgy
as Self (archive footage)
The War Wagon
as Taw Jackson
A Nation Builds Under Fire
as Narrator
El Dorado
as Cole Thornton
The Victory Squad
as Self - Host
Cast a Giant Shadow
as Gen. Mike Randolph
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
No Poster
The Making of A Movie
as Himself
Circus World
as Matt Masters
No Poster
Choice
as Host
McLintock!
as George Washington McLintock
Donovan's Reef
as Michael "Guns" Donovan
How the West Was Won
as William 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
The Comancheros
as Jake Cutter
The 10 from Texas
as (archive footage)
No Poster
The Challenge of Ideas
as Self
The Colter Craven Story
North to Alaska
as Sam McCord
The Alamo
as Col. Davy Crockett
The Horse Soldiers
as Col John Marlowe
Rio Bravo
as Sheriff John T. Chance
The Barbarian and the Geisha
as Townsend Harris
The Western: A Lost TV Special
as Self
I Married a Woman
as Actor in a Movie (uncredited)
Legend of the Lost
as Joe January
Jet Pilot
as Col. Jim Shannon
The Wings of Eagles
as Frank W. 'Spig' Wead
The Searchers
as Ethan Edwards
The Conqueror
as Temujin
No Poster
Rookie of the Year
as Mike Cronin
Blood Alley
as Capt. Tom Wilder
The Sea Chase
as Captain Karl Ehrlich
The High and the Mighty
as Dan Roman
Hondo
as Hondo Lane
No Poster
Three Lives
as Self
Island in the Sky
as Captain Dooley
Trouble Along the Way
as Stephen Aloysius Williams
No Poster
You're the Star
as Self
Big Jim McLain
as Jim McLain
The Quiet Man
as Sean Thornton
Flying Leathernecks
as Maj. Daniel Xavier Kirby
The Screen Director
as Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited)
Operation Pacific
as Duke E. Gifford
Rio Grande
as Lt. Col. Kirby Yorke
Sands of Iwo Jima
as Sgt. John M. Stryker
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
as Capt. Nathan Cutting Brittles
The Fighting Kentuckian
as John Breen
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
Tycoon
as Johnny Munroe
Angel and the Badman
as Quirt Evans
Desert Command
as Tom Wayne
No Poster
Desert Command
as Tom Wayne
Without Reservations
as Rusty Thomas
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
Tall in the Saddle
as Rocklin
Memo for Joe
as Self
The Fighting Seabees
as Lt. Cmdr. Wedge Donovan
In Old Oklahoma
as Daniel F Somers
A Lady Takes a Chance
as Duke Hudkins
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
The Shepherd of the Hills
as Young Matt Matthews
Lady from Louisiana
as John Reynolds
A Man Betrayed
as Lynn Hollister
The Long Voyage Home
as Ole Olsen
Seven Sinners
as Dan
Three Faces West
as John Phillips
Dark Command
as Bob Seton
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
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
Born to the West
as Dare Rudd
Hell Town
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
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
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
'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
Next Of Kin
as Ted Hayden aka Gat Ganns
The Shadow Gang
as U.S. Marshal John Travers
Bandits of the Badlands
as John Carruthers
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
Sagebrush Trail
as John Brant
Fugitive
as John
College Coach
as Football player (uncredited)
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
Central Airport
The Three Musketeers
as Lt. Tom Wayne
The Telegraph Trail
as John Trent
Haunted Gold
as John Mason
The Big Stampede
as Deputy Sheriff John Steele
Ride Him, Cowboy
as John Drury
No Poster
The Hollywood Handicap
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
No Poster
Running Hollywood
as Emcee
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
The Big Trail
as Breck Coleman
Cheer Up and Smile
as Roy
Rough Romance
as Lumberjack (uncredited)
Born Reckless
as Extra (uncredited)
Men Without Women
as Radioman on Surface (uncredited)
Salute
as Midshipman Bill
Words and Music
as Pete Donahue (as Duke Morrison)
The Black Watch
as Black Watch Soldier (uncredited)
Speakeasy
as Extra
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
Four Sons
Mother Machree
The Drop Kick
as Football Player / Extra in Stands
Annie Laurie
The Draw-Back
as Opposing Football Player
The Great K&A Train Robbery
as Extra (uncredited)
Bardelys the Magnificent
as Guard (uncredited)
Brown of Harvard
as Yale LIneback Player
No Poster