From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: Marion Mitchell Morrison (born Marion Robert Morrison; May 26, 1907 – June 11, 1979), better known by his stage name John Wayne, was an American film actor, director and producer. An Academy Award-winner, Wayne was among the top box office draws for three decades, and was named the all-time top money-making star. An enduring American icon, he epitomized rugged masculinity and is famous for his demeanor, including his distinctive calm voice, walk, and height. Wayne was born in Winterset, Iowa but his family relocated to the greater Los Angeles area when he was four years old. He found work at local film studios when he lost his football scholarship to USC as a result of a bodysurfing accident. Initially working for the Fox Film Corporation, he mostly appeared in small bit parts. His acting breakthrough came in 1939 with John Ford's Stagecoach, making him an instant star. Wayne would go on to star in 142 pictures, primarily typecast in Western films. Among his best known films are The Quiet Man (1952), which follows him as an Irish-American boxer and his love affair with a fiery spinster played by Maureen O'Hara; The Searchers (1956), in which he plays a Civil War veteran who seeks out his abducted niece; Rio Bravo (1959), playing a Sheriff with Dean Martin; True Grit (1969), playing a humorous U.S. Marshal who sets out to avenge a man's death in the role that won Wayne an Academy Award; and The Shootist (1976), his final screen performance in which he plays an aging gunslinger battling cancer. Wayne moved to Orange County, California in the 1960s, and was a prominent Republican in Hollywood, supporting anti-communist positions. He died of stomach cancer in 1979. In June 1999, the American Film Institute named Wayne 13th among the Greatest Male Screen Legends of All Time. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Wayne, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Series | Wide Wide World | Unknown | 2025 |
Movie | Sly | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2023-09-16 |
Movie | I Am Not Your Negro | Various Roles (archive footage) | 2017-02-03 |
Movie | John Wayne on Film | Himself | 2016-09-16 |
Movie | And the Oscar Goes To... | Self (archive footage) | 2014-02-01 |
Movie | Dictator: One Crazy Job | Self (archive footage) | 2013-06-12 |
Series | Talking Pictures | Himself - Archive footage | 2013-01-05 |
Movie | John Ford & Monument Valley | Self (archive footage) | 2013-03-05 |
Movie | Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff | Self (archive footage) | 2010-05-05 |
Movie | 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year | Self (archive footage) | 2009-07-02 |
Movie | The Duke at Fox | (Archive Footage) | 2001-05-17 |
Movie | JOHN WAYNE - AMERICAN LEGEND | Himself | 1998-03-14 |
Movie | The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender | Self (archive footage) | 1997-11-01 |
Movie | The Making of 'Rio Grande' | Self (archive footage) | 1993-01-01 |
Movie | The John Wayne Story: The Early Years | 1993-02-04 | |
Movie | Young Duke: Making Of A Movie Star | Himself | 1993-07-14 |
Movie | La Classe américaine | George Abitbol (archive footage) | 1993-12-31 |
Movie | The John Wayne Story - The Later Years | Himself | 1993-05-15 |
Movie | Movie Tough Guys | Self (archive footage) | 1991-01-01 |
Movie | John Wayne - Eine amerikanische Legende | (archive footage) | 1991-01-31 |
Movie | Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire | Self (archive footage) | 1991-07-15 |
Movie | John Wayne: American Hero Of The Movies | 1990-01-01 | |
Movie | Cinema Paradiso | Ringo Kid (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1988-11-17 |
Movie | House II: The Second Story | Cowboy (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1987-05-14 |
Movie | Hollywood's Hidden Secrets | (Archival Footage) | 1987-01-01 |
Movie | Going Hollywood: The '30s | (archive footage) | 1984-01-01 |
Movie | Showbiz Goes to War | (archive footage) | 1982-12-31 |
Movie | Perry Como's Early American Christmas | Self | 1978-12-13 |
Movie | Star Wars | Garindan (uncredited) (voice) (archive footage) | 1977-05-25 |
Movie | Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch | Jerry Mason | 1976-05-01 |
Movie | The Shootist | J.B. Books | 1976-07-21 |
Movie | It's Showtime | Self (archive footage) | 1976-03-31 |
Movie | Brannigan | Lt. Jim Brannigan | 1975-03-21 |
Movie | Rooster Cogburn | Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn | 1975-11-01 |
Movie | Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? | Self (archive footage) | 1975-08-06 |
Movie | McQ | McQ | 1974-01-04 |
Movie | Cahill U.S. Marshall | J.D. Cahill | 1973-07-11 |
Movie | The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks | Self (archive footage) | 1973-01-01 |
Movie | Wayne Train | Self | 1973-02-07 |
Movie | The Train Robbers | Lane | 1973-02-07 |
Series | The American Film Institute Salute to ... | Unknown | 1973-04-02 |
Movie | The Cowboys | Wil Andersen | 1972-01-13 |
Movie | Letter to Jane | Himself (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1972-10-10 |
Movie | Cancel My Reservation | 1972-09-21 | |
Movie | The Selling of the Pentagon | Self (archive footage) | 1971-02-23 |
Movie | Big Jake | Jacob McCandles | 1971-05-26 |
Movie | The American West of John Ford | Self - Narrator | 1971-12-05 |
Movie | Directed by John Ford | Self (1969) | 1971-09-06 |
Movie | Swing Out, Sweet Land | Self - Host | 1970-01-01 |
Movie | No Substitute for Victory | Himself | 1970-01-01 |
Movie | Raquel! | Self | 1970-04-26 |
Movie | Rio Lobo | Colonel Cord McNally | 1970-04-01 |
Movie | Chisum | John Simpson Chisum | 1970-07-23 |
Series | The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour | Unknown | 1969-01-22 |
Movie | True Grit | Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn | 1969-06-11 |
Movie | The Undefeated | Colonel John Henry Thomas | 1969-10-04 |
Movie | The Movie Orgy | Self (archive footage) | 1968-01-01 |
Movie | Hellfighters | Chance Buckman | 1968-11-27 |
Movie | The Green Berets | Colonel Mike Kirby | 1968-07-04 |
Series | Dateline: Hollywood | 1967-04-03 | |
Movie | The War Wagon | Taw Jackson | 1967-05-26 |
Series | Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In | Unknown | 1967-09-09 |
Movie | El Dorado | Cole Thornton | 1966-12-17 |
Movie | Cast a Giant Shadow | Gen. Mike Randolph | 1966-03-30 |
Movie | In Harm's Way | Capt. Rockwell Torrey | 1965-04-06 |
Movie | The Greatest Story Ever Told | Centurion at crucifixion | 1965-04-09 |
Movie | The Sons of Katie Elder | John Elder | 1965-06-23 |
Movie | Circus World | Matt Masters | 1964-06-25 |
Movie | Donovan's Reef | Michael "Guns" Donovan | 1963-06-12 |
Movie | Hollywood Without Make-Up | Self (archive footage) | 1963-07-01 |
Movie | McLintock! | George Washington McLintock | 1963-11-12 |
Movie | Hatari! | Sean Mercer | 1962-06-19 |
Movie | The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance | Tom Doniphon | 1962-04-13 |
Movie | The Longest Day | Col. Benjamin Vandervoort | 1962-09-25 |
Movie | How the West Was Won | Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman | 1962-11-02 |
Movie | Flashing Spikes | Marine Sergeant | 1962-10-04 |
Series | The Lucy Show | Unknown | 1962-10-01 |
Series | The Beverly Hillbillies | Unknown | 1962-09-26 |
Movie | The 10 from Texas | (archive footage) | 1961-01-01 |
Movie | The Comancheros | Jake Cutter | 1961-12-22 |
Series | Alcoa Premiere | Unknown | 1961-10-10 |
Movie | The Alamo | Col. Davy Crockett | 1960-10-23 |
Movie | North to Alaska | Sam McCord | 1960-11-07 |
Movie | Rio Bravo | John Chance | 1959-03-18 |
Movie | The Horse Soldiers | Col John Marlowe | 1959-06-11 |
Movie | I Married a Woman | 1958-03-01 | |
Movie | The Barbarian and the Geisha | Townsend Harris | 1958-09-30 |
Movie | Legend of the Lost | Joe January | 1957-12-17 |
Movie | The Wings of Eagles | Frank W. 'Spig' Wead | 1957-01-31 |
Movie | Jet Pilot | Col. Jim Shannon | 1957-10-11 |
Series | Cinépanorama | 1956-02-04 | |
Movie | The Conqueror | Temujin, later Genghis Khan | 1956-03-28 |
Movie | The Searchers | Ethan Edwards | 1956-05-16 |
Movie | The Sea Chase | Captain Karl Ehrlich | 1955-06-04 |
Series | Gunsmoke | Unknown | 1955-09-10 |
Movie | Blood Alley | Capt. Tom Wilder | 1955-10-01 |
Series | Screen Director's Playhouse | Mike Cronin | 1955-10-05 |
Series | Casablanca | 1955-09-27 | |
Movie | The High and the Mighty | Dan Roman | 1954-07-03 |
Series | Producers' Showcase | Self | 1954-10-18 |
Series | The Oscars | Unknown | 1953-03-19 |
Movie | Trouble Along the Way | Stephen Aloysius Williams | 1953-04-04 |
Movie | Three Lives | Self | 1953-09-17 |
Movie | Hondo | Hondo Lane | 1953-11-26 |
Movie | Island in the Sky | Captain Dooley | 1953-09-05 |
Movie | The Quiet Man | Sean Thornton | 1952-07-21 |
Movie | Big Jim McLain | Jim McLain | 1952-08-30 |
Series | This Is Your Life | Unknown | 1952-10-01 |
Movie | Operation Pacific | Duke E. Gifford | 1951-01-27 |
Movie | Flying Leathernecks | Maj. Daniel Xavier Kirby | 1951-08-28 |
Movie | The Screen Director | Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited) | 1951-03-12 |
Series | I Love Lucy | Unknown | 1951-10-15 |
Movie | Sands of Iwo Jima | Sgt. John M. Stryker | 1950-01-01 |
Series | The Colgate Comedy Hour | Unknown | 1950-09-10 |
Movie | Rio Grande | Lt. Col. Kirby Yorke | 1950-11-15 |
Movie | The Fighting Kentuckian | John Breen | 1949-09-15 |
Movie | She Wore a Yellow Ribbon | Capt. Nathan Cutting Brittles | 1949-10-22 |
Movie | Fort Apache | Capt. Kirby York | 1948-06-14 |
Movie | 3 Godfathers | Robert Marmaduke Sangster Hightower | 1948-12-31 |
Series | The Ed Sullivan Show | Unknown | 1948-06-20 |
Movie | Red River | Thomas Dunson | 1948-08-26 |
Movie | Wake of the Red Witch | Capt. Ralls | 1948-12-30 |
Movie | Tycoon | Johnny Munroe | 1947-12-27 |
Movie | Angel and the Badman | Quirt Evans | 1947-02-15 |
Movie | Desert Command | Tom Wayne | 1946-05-31 |
Movie | Without Reservations | Rusty Thomas | 1946-05-13 |
Movie | Flame of Barbary Coast | Duke Fergus | 1945-05-28 |
Movie | Back to Bataan | Colonel Joseph Madden | 1945-05-30 |
Movie | Dakota | John Devlin | 1945-12-15 |
Movie | They Were Expendable | Lt. (J.G.) 'Rusty' Ryan | 1945-12-07 |
Movie | The Fighting Seabees | Lt. Cmdr. Wedge Donovan | 1944-01-27 |
Movie | Memo for Joe | Self | 1944-08-10 |
Movie | Tall in the Saddle | Rocklin | 1944-09-29 |
Movie | A Lady Takes a Chance | Duke Hudkins | 1943-08-19 |
Movie | In Old Oklahoma | Daniel F Somers | 1943-12-06 |
Movie | Reap the Wild Wind | Captain Jack Stuart | 1942-03-26 |
Movie | Lady for a Night | Jackson Morgan | 1942-01-05 |
Movie | In Old California | Tom Craig | 1942-05-31 |
Movie | Reunion in France | Pat Talbot | 1942-12-25 |
Movie | The Spoilers | Glennister | 1942-06-11 |
Movie | Pittsburgh | Charles 'Pittsburgh' Markham | 1942-12-11 |
Movie | Flying Tigers | Jim Gordon | 1942-10-08 |
Movie | A Man Betrayed | Lynn Hollister | 1941-03-07 |
Movie | The Shepherd of the Hills | Young Matt Matthews | 1941-07-18 |
Movie | Lady from Louisiana | John Reynolds | 1941-04-22 |
Movie | Dark Command | Bob Seton | 1940-04-15 |
Movie | The Long Voyage Home | Ole Olsen | 1940-11-16 |
Movie | Seven Sinners | Dan | 1940-10-25 |
Movie | Three Faces West | John Phillips | 1940-07-03 |
Movie | The Night Riders | Stony Brooke | 1939-04-12 |
Movie | Three Texas Steers | Stony Brooke | 1939-05-12 |
Movie | Stagecoach | The Ringo Kid | 1939-03-03 |
Movie | New Frontier | Stony Brooke | 1939-08-10 |
Movie | Allegheny Uprising | Jim Smith | 1939-11-10 |
Movie | Wyoming Outlaw | Stony Brooke | 1939-06-27 |
Movie | Pals of the Saddle | Stony Brooke | 1938-08-28 |
Movie | Overland Stage Raiders | Stony Brooke | 1938-09-20 |
Movie | Santa Fe Stampede | Stony Brooke | 1938-11-18 |
Movie | Red River Range | Stony Brooke | 1938-12-22 |
Movie | I Cover the War! | Bob Adams | 1937-07-04 |
Movie | California Straight Ahead | Biff Smith | 1937-04-16 |
Movie | Idol of the Crowds | Johnny Hanson | 1937-09-30 |
Movie | Adventure's End | Duke Slade | 1937-12-05 |
Movie | Born to the West | Dare Rudd | 1937-12-10 |
Movie | The Lawless Nineties | John Tipton | 1936-02-15 |
Movie | The Oregon Trail | Capt John Delmont | 1936-01-18 |
Movie | King of the Pecos | John Clayborn | 1936-03-09 |
Movie | The Lonely Trail | Captain John Ashley | 1936-05-25 |
Movie | Sea Spoilers | Bob Randall | 1936-09-30 |
Movie | Conflict | Pat Glendon | 1936-11-29 |
Movie | Winds of the Wasteland | John Blair | 1936-07-06 |
Movie | The Dawn Rider | John Mason | 1935-06-20 |
Movie | Rainbow Valley | John Martin | 1935-03-15 |
Movie | The Desert Trail | John Scott / John Jones | 1935-04-21 |
Movie | Westward Ho | John Wyatt | 1935-08-19 |
Movie | Lawless Range | John Middleton | 1935-11-04 |
Movie | The New Frontier | John Dawson | 1935-10-25 |
Movie | Paradise Canyon | John Wyatt | 1935-07-19 |
Movie | Texas Terror | John Higgins | 1935-10-17 |
Movie | West of the Divide | Ted Hayden aka Gat Ganns | 1934-02-15 |
Movie | The Lucky Texan | Jerry Mason | 1934-01-22 |
Movie | Blue Steel | John Carruthers | 1934-05-10 |
Movie | The Man from Utah | John Weston | 1934-05-15 |
Movie | 'Neath the Arizona Skies | Chris Morrell | 1934-12-05 |
Movie | The Trail Beyond | Rod Drew | 1934-10-22 |
Movie | The Lawless Frontier | John Tobin | 1934-11-22 |
Movie | The Star Packer | U.S. Marshal John Travers | 1934-07-30 |
Movie | Randy Rides Alone | Randy Bowers | 1934-06-05 |
Movie | Somewhere in Sonora | John Bishop | 1933-05-27 |
Movie | Central Airport | 1933-04-15 | |
Movie | The Telegraph Trail | John Trent | 1933-03-18 |
Movie | The Life of Jimmy Dolan | Smith | 1933-06-03 |
Movie | The Three Musketeers | Lt. Tom Wayne | 1933-04-07 |
Movie | College Coach | 1933-11-04 | |
Movie | Sagebrush Trail | John Brant | 1933-12-15 |
Movie | His Private Secretary | Dick Wallace | 1933-06-10 |
Movie | Riders of Destiny | Singin' Sandy Saunders | 1933-10-10 |
Movie | The Man from Monterey | John Holmes | 1933-07-15 |
Movie | Baby Face | Jimmy McCoy Jr. | 1933-07-13 |
Movie | Texas Cyclone | Steve Pickett | 1932-02-24 |
Movie | Running Hollywood | Emcee | 1932-01-27 |
Movie | The Shadow of the Eagle | Craig McCoy | 1932-02-01 |
Movie | Two-Fisted Law | Duke | 1932-06-08 |
Movie | Haunted Gold | John Mason | 1932-12-17 |
Movie | Lady and Gent | Buzz Kinney | 1932-07-10 |
Movie | The Big Stampede | Deputy Sheriff John Steele | 1932-09-29 |
Movie | Ride Him, Cowboy | John Drury | 1932-08-27 |
Movie | The Hurricane Express | The Air Pilot | 1932-08-01 |
Movie | Girls Demand Excitement | Peter Brooks | 1931-02-08 |
Movie | Three Girls Lost | Gordon Wales | 1931-04-19 |
Movie | Maker of Men | Dusty Rhodes | 1931-08-03 |
Movie | The Range Feud | Clint Turner | 1931-10-14 |
Movie | Arizona | Lt. Bob Denton | 1931-06-27 |
Movie | Men Without Women | Radioman on Surface (uncredited) | 1930-02-08 |
Movie | Born Reckless | Extra (uncredited) | 1930-05-11 |
Movie | Rough Romance | Lumberjack | 1930-06-15 |
Movie | The Big Trail | Breck Coleman | 1930-11-01 |
Movie | Cheer Up and Smile | 1930-06-22 | |
Movie | Speakeasy | Extra | 1929-03-08 |
Movie | Salute | 1929-09-01 | |
Movie | Words and Music | Pete Donahue | 1929-08-18 |
Movie | The Black Watch | Black Watch Soldier (uncredited) | 1929-05-22 |
Movie | Four Sons | 1928-02-13 | |
Movie | Hangman's House | Horse Race Spectator / Condemned Man in Flashback | 1928-05-13 |
Movie | Noah's Ark | Flood Extra (uncredited) | 1928-11-01 |
Movie | The Draw-Back | Opposing Football Player | 1927-04-10 |
Movie | The Drop Kick | Football Player / Extra in Stands | 1927-09-25 |
Movie | Annie Laurie | 1927-05-10 | |
Movie | Mother Machree | 1927-12-19 | |
Movie | Brown of Harvard | Yale Football Player (uncredited) | 1926-05-02 |
Movie | Bardelys the Magnificent | 1926-09-30 | |
Movie | The Great K&A Train Robbery | 1926-10-17 |