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.
302 acting credits · 2 directing credits
Acting · 302
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
Golden Globe Awards
1944
Wagon Train
1957
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
The Lucy Show
1962
Sacrée soirée
1987
I Love Lucy
1951
What's My Line?
1950
The Red Skelton Show
1951
The Oscars
1953
Gunsmoke
1955
Spécial cinéma
1974
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
The Jack Benny Program
1950
The Bob Hope Show
1950
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
Maude
1972
Cinépanorama
1956
Screen Director's Playhouse
1955
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
1969
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
1973
V.I.P. Schaukel
1971
El Dorado
1966
Alcoa Premiere
1961
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
True Grit
1969
The Longest Day
1962
Rio Bravo
1959
Producers' Showcase
1954
The Searchers
1956
Stagecoach
1939
Talking Pictures
2013
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
1962
Dead Man's Wire
2026
Chisum
1970
The Alamo
1960
Hollywood
1980
How the West Was Won
1962
Hondo
1953
McLintock!
1963
The Greatest Story Ever Told
1965
Hatari!
1962
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
1949
The Cowboys
1972
The Green Berets
1968
Rio Grande
1950
Western von gestern
1978
In Harm's Way
1965
The Undefeated
1969
Rio Lobo
1970
The Comancheros
1961
The Horse Soldiers
1959
The Quiet Man
1952
Fort Apache
1948
The Sons of Katie Elder
1965
Rooster Cogburn
1975
Red River
1948
The Shootist
1976
They Were Expendable
1945
The War Wagon
1967
Big Jake
1971
The High and the Mighty
1954
Reap the Wild Wind
1942
3 Godfathers
1948
The Movie Orgy
1968
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
1988
The Conqueror
1956
Donovan's Reef
1963
North to Alaska
1960
Sands of Iwo Jima
1950
Baby Face
1933
Cahill: United States Marshal
1973
McQ
1974
Operation Pacific
1951
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
1997
Dakota
1945
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
1991
Angel and the Badman
1947
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
2010
Casablanca
1955
Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend
2022
Tall in the Saddle
1944
The Spoilers
1942
Flying Leathernecks
1951
Hollywood and the Stars
1963
Without Reservations
1946
Television: The First Fifty Years
1999
Blood Alley
1955
Brannigan
1975
Cast a Giant Shadow
1966
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
La Classe américaine
1993
Wake of the Red Witch
1948
The Big Trail
1930
Noah's Ark
1928
Seven Sinners
1940
Directed by John Ford
1971
The Barbarian and the Geisha
1958
Hellfighters
1968
The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks
1973
Battleground
2004
The Shepherd of the Hills
1941
The Train Robbers
1973
Trouble Along the Way
1953
The Sea Chase
1955
Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984
Dark Command
1940
Blue Steel
1934
The Best of the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
1998
The Wings of Eagles
1957
Island in the Sky
1953
Jet Pilot
1957
Reunion in France
1942
Back to Bataan
1945
Tycoon
1947
The Fighting Seabees
1944
The Fabulous Allan Carr
2017
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
2009
Legend of the Lost
1957
In Old Oklahoma
1943
Flame of Barbary Coast
1945
Born Reckless
1930
Showbiz Goes to War
1982
Riders of Destiny
1933
The Shootist: The Legend Lives On
2001
The Lawless Frontier
1934
Flying Tigers
1942
Atomic People
2024
Allegheny Uprising
1939
Born to the West
1937
Big Jim McLain
1952
It's Showtime
1976
The Range Feud
1931
Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still
1974
Westward Ho
1935
Circus World
1964
The Fighting Kentuckian
1949
The Long Voyage Home
1940
Santa Fe Stampede
1938
Swing Out, Sweet Land
1970
Sea Spoilers
1936
The Lawless Nineties
1936
Elway
2025
CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years
1976
The Trail Beyond
1934
Desert Command
1946
Hell Town
1937
Paradise Canyon
1935
Texas Terror
1935
Pittsburgh
1942
Dictator: One Crazy Job
2013
A Man Betrayed
1941
Edith Head: The Paramount Years
2002
New Frontier
1939
Lady from Louisiana
1941
The Black Watch
1929
The Lonely Trail
1936
The Night Riders
1939
Wyoming Outlaw
1939
The Three Musketeers
1933
Three Faces West
1940
Flashing Spikes
1962
John Ford: The Man Who Invented America
2019
Three Girls Lost
1931
The Colter Craven Story
1960
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
1976
Winds of the Wasteland
1936
Sagebrush Trail
1933
In Old California
1942
The Lucky Texan
1934
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
1976
Cancel My Reservation
1972
Central Airport
1933
Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television
1975
The Desert Trail
1935
Red River Range
1938
College Coach
1933
Bardelys the Magnificent
1926
Adventure's End
1937
Arizona
1931
The Screen Director
1951
The Star Packer
1934
Salute
1929
The Man from Utah
1934
Randy Rides Alone
1934
I Cover the War!
1937
Cheer Up and Smile
1930
Four Sons
1928
The Shadow of the Eagle
1932
Hangman's House
1928
West of the Divide
1934
A Lady Takes a Chance
1943
Brown of Harvard
1926
Haunted Gold
1932
The Dawn Rider
1935
Lawless Range
1935
Lady for a Night
1942
Two-Fisted Law
1932
Plimpton! Shoot-Out at Rio Lobo
1970
Conflict
1936
The Hurricane Express
1932
Rainbow Valley
1935
His Private Secretary
1933
John Wayne's 'The Alamo'
1992
Maker of Men
1931
Raquel!
1970
King of the Pecos
1936
Hooray for Hollywood
1976
John Wayne - America at All Costs
2019
Somewhere in Sonora
1933
Guns Along The Trail
1935
Annie Laurie
1927
Dateline: Hollywood
1967
John Wayne-A Life on Film
2000
The Life of Jimmy Dolan
1933
'Neath the Arizona Skies
1934
The New Frontier
1935
Claim Jumpers
1934
Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas
2026
Ride Him, Cowboy
1932
The Oregon Trail
1936
The Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout
2024
The Deceiver
1931
The American West of John Ford
1971
I Married a Woman
1958
Girls Demand Excitement
1931
Idol of the Crowds
1937
Speakeasy
1929
Movie Tough Guys
1991
The Big Stampede
1932
Texas Cyclone
1932
The Shadow Gang
1934
Mother Machree
1927
Three Lives
1953
The Selling of the Pentagon
1971
The Drop Kick
1927
Three Texas Steers
1939
John Wayne: Cowboys & Demons
2023
The Man from Monterey
1933
Avenging Angel
1935
The Victory Squad
1966
Rough Romance
1930
Running Hollywood
1932
Men without Women
1930
Pals of the Saddle
1938
The Great K&A Train Robbery
1926
The Telegraph Trail
1933
Words and Music
1929
Christmas Around the World with Perry Como
2012
Lady and Gent
1932
The 10 from Texas
1961
Bob Hope's Comedy Christmas Special
1976
The Duke at Fox
2001
California Straight Ahead
1937
The Making of A Movie
1965
The Draw-Back
1927
Memo for Joe
1944
Overland Stage Raiders
1938
John Wayne - Eine amerikanische Legende
1991
Chesty: A Tribute to a Legend
1976
Next Of Kin
1934
JOHN WAYNE - AMERICAN LEGEND
1998
Fugitive
1933
Vengence is Mine
1934
The Western: A Lost TV Special
1958
Choice
1964
Gérard Blain : adultes, je vous hais
2019
John Ford & Monument Valley
2013
The Making of 'Rio Grande'
1993
On the Run
1935
Bandits of the Badlands
1934
The Hollywood Handicap
1932
The Challenge of Ideas
1961
A Nation Builds Under Fire
1967
Rodeo Racketeers
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Rodeo Rocketeers
1934
The Man Behind the Star
1973
Naughty America: Guns & Stripes
2025
The John Wayne Story: The Early Years
1993
A Home Made Man
1928
Perry Como's Early American Christmas
1978
John Ford and Throwing
2022
The John Wayne Story - The Later Years
1993
Spiritual day in Minneapolis
2026
That's Action
1977
No Substitute for Victory
1970
This Little Bullet
1977
Wayne Train
1973
The Stagecoach Race
1936
Klondike Gold
1934
Cowboy G-Man
1935
Desert Command
—
The Drifter
1934
John Wayne: American Hero Of The Movies
1990
You're the Star
1953
Nuke 'Em, Duke
2010
John Wayne on Film
2016
Young Duke: Making Of A Movie Star
1993