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. 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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Sheriff John T. Chance

Movie Tough Guys

Self (archive footage)

The Greatest Story Ever Told

Centurion at crucifixion

Self (archive footage)

Col. Davy Crockett

The Comancheros

Cahill: United States Marshal

North to Alaska

The Fighting Seabees

Lt. Cmdr. Wedge Donovan

Jacob McCandles

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

Angel and the Badman

The Green Berets

Colonel Mike Kirby

Paradise Canyon

Lt. Col. Kirby Yorke

Riders of Destiny

Singin' Sandy Saunders

Randy Rides Alone

The Lucky Texan

Sagebrush Trail

How the West Was Won

Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman

Perry Como's Early American Christmas

Without Reservations

Legend of the Lost

A Nation Builds Under Fire

The Longest Day

Lt. Col. Benjamin Vandervoort

Col. Cord McNally

Lt. Jim Brannigan

Jimmy McCoy Jr.

Reunion in France

Winds of the Wasteland

West of the Divide

Ted Hayden aka Gat Ganns

The Trail Beyond

Island in the Sky

Captain Karl Ehrlich

She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

Capt. Nathan Cutting Brittles

Operation Pacific

Duke E. Gifford

In Old California

Trouble Along the Way

Stephen Aloysius Williams

The Train Robbers

Lady for a Night

Flame of Barbary Coast

In Old Oklahoma

Daniel F Somers

Three Faces West

The Shadow of the Eagle

Wake of the Red Witch

His Private Secretary

Robert Marmaduke Sangster Hightower

Capt. Tom Wilder

The Shepherd of the Hills

Young Matt Matthews

Capt. Kirby York

George Washington McLintock

Tall in the Saddle

The Fighting Kentuckian

Allegheny Uprising

Michael "Guns" Donovan

The Star Packer

U.S. Marshal John Travers

Charles 'Pittsburgh' Markham

Capt. Rockwell Torrey

La Classe américaine

George Abitbol (archive footage)

Reap the Wild Wind

Captain Jack Stuart

The Sons of Katie Elder

The Hurricane Express

Football player (uncredited)

Flood Extra (uncredited)

I Married a Woman

Actor in a Movie (uncredited)

Cancel My Reservation

Himself (uncredited)

Extra (uncredited)

Men Without Women

Radioman on Surface (uncredited)

Bardelys the Magnificent

Guard (uncredited)

The Great K&A Train Robbery

Extra (uncredited)

Central Airport

Cheer Up and Smile

The Black Watch

Black Watch Soldier (uncredited)

The Wings of Eagles

Frank W. 'Spig' Wead

The Shootist: The Legend Lives On

Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn

Rooster Cogburn

Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn

A Lady Takes a Chance

Flying Leathernecks

Maj. Daniel Xavier Kirby

The Barbarian and the Geisha

Townsend Harris

The Horse Soldiers

Col John Marlowe

The High and the Mighty

Sands of Iwo Jima

Sgt. John M. Stryker

They Were Expendable

Lt. (J.G.) 'Rusty' Ryan

The Lawless Frontier

The Big Stampede

Deputy Sheriff John Steele

Colonel John Henry Thomas

Colonel Joseph Madden

Showbiz Goes to War

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The Man from Monterey

The Long Voyage Home

Born to the West

The Desert Trail

John Scott / John Jones

The Man from Utah

John Carruthers

'Neath the Arizona Skies

Ride Him, Cowboy

Col. Jim Shannon

The Telegraph Trail

King of the Pecos

Somewhere in Sonora

Santa Fe Stampede

Brown of Harvard

Yale LIneback Player

The Lawless Nineties

Bandits of the Badlands

John Carruthers

The Stagecoach Race

The Shadow Gang

U.S. Marshal John Travers

The Three Musketeers

Three Texas Steers

Ted Hayden aka Gat Ganns

Idol of the Crowds

Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC

Self (archive footage)

Red River Range

Overland Stage Raiders

No Substitute for Victory

The Lonely Trail

Captain John Ashley

Pals of the Saddle

The Night Riders

The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks

Self (archive footage)

John Wayne: American Hero Of The Movies

I Cover the War!

California Straight Ahead

Football Player / Extra in Stands

Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch

You're the Star

This Little Bullet

The Challenge of Ideas

The New Frontier

Running Hollywood

Lady from Louisiana

Going Hollywood: The '30s

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Opposing Football Player

Lumberjack (uncredited)

The Life of Jimmy Dolan

John Wayne: Cowboys & Demons

Self (Archive Footage)

The John Wayne Story - The Later Years

JOHN WAYNE - AMERICAN LEGEND

Cast a Giant Shadow

Gen. Mike Randolph

Bob Hope's Comedy Christmas Special

Words and Music

Pete Donahue (as Duke Morrison)

The Duke at Fox

Self (archive footage)

CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years

Girls Demand Excitement

The Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout

Self (archive footage)

John Ford & Monument Valley

Self (archive footage)

Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend

Self (archive footage)

The Oregon Trail

Capt John Delmont

Rodeo Racketeers

The American West of John Ford

Self - Narrator

Adventure's End

The Colter Craven Story

Flashing Spikes

Marine Sergeant

Hangman's House

Horse Race Spectator / Condemned Man in Flashback

Television: The First Fifty Years

Self (archive footage)

Young Duke: Making Of A Movie Star

John Wayne on Film

Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Christmas Around the World with Perry Como

Directed by John Ford

Chesty: A Tribute to a Legend

Himself/Narrator

John Wayne - Eine amerikanische Legende

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John Wayne-A Life on Film

Swing Out, Sweet Land

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

Self (archive footage)

A Home Made Man

Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire

Self (archive footage)

The Screen Director

Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited)

The 10 from Texas

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John Ford: The Man Who Invented America

Self - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage)

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

Self (archive footage)

The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender

Self (archive footage)

Self (archive footage)

John Wayne - America at All Costs

Himself (archive footage)

The Making of 'Rio Grande'

Self (archive footage)

The Selling of the Pentagon

Self (archive footage)

Guns Along The Trail

The Best of the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts

Self - Roaster (archive footage)

The Victory Squad

The John Wayne Story: The Early Years

John Wayne's 'The Alamo'

Three Girls Lost

Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff

Self (archive footage)

Dictator: One Crazy Job

Self (archive footage)

Plimpton! Shoot-Out at Rio Lobo

Self (archive footage)

Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television

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Reginald Thorpe as a corpse

Hooray for Hollywood

Self (archive footage)

The Hollywood Handicap

Gérard Blain : adultes, je vous hais

The Making of A Movie

Self (archive footage)

Rodeo Rocketeers

Vengence is Mine

The Western: A Lost TV Special

John Ford and Throwing

Naughty America: Guns & Stripes

Self (archive footage)

I Am Not Your Negro

Self (archive footage)