John Wayne

Known For: Acting
Born: May 26, 1907
Place of Birth: Winterset, Iowa, USA
Died: June 11, 1979

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.…

Filmography

Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas

2026 · Ethan Edwards (archive footage) (uncredited)

Spiritual day in Minneapolis

2026

Dead Man's Wire

2026 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Elway

2025 · Self (archive footage)

Naughty America: Guns & Stripes

2025 · Self (archive footage)

The Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout

2024 · Self (archive footage)

Atomic People

2024 · Self (archive footage)

Remembering Gene Wilder

2024 · Self (archive photo)

John Wayne: Cowboys & Demons

2023 · Self (Archive Footage)

Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend

2022 · Self (archive footage)

John Ford and Throwing

2022

Gérard Blain : adultes, je vous hais

2019 · Self (archive)

John Wayne - America at All Costs

2019 · Himself (archive footage)

John Ford: The Man Who Invented America

2019 · Self - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage)

The Fabulous Allan Carr

2017 · Self (archive)

John Wayne on Film

2016 · Himself

Dictator: One Crazy Job

2013 · Self (archive footage)

John Ford & Monument Valley

2013 · Self (archive footage)

Talking Pictures

2013 · Self (archive footage)

Christmas Around the World with Perry Como

2012 · Self

Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff

2010 · Self (archive footage)

Nuke 'Em, Duke

2010 · Self (archive footage)

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

2009 · Self (archive footage)

Battleground

2004 · Self (archive footage)

Edith Head: The Paramount Years

2002 · Self (archive footage)

The Shootist: The Legend Lives On

2001

The Duke at Fox

2001 · Self (archive footage)

John Wayne-A Life on Film

2000 · Himself

Television: The First Fifty Years

Television: The First Fifty Years

1999 · Self (archive footage)

JOHN WAYNE - AMERICAN LEGEND

JOHN WAYNE - AMERICAN LEGEND

1998 · Himself

The Best of the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts

1998 · Self - Roaster (archive footage)

The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender

1997 · Self (archive footage)

100 Years at the Movies

1994 · Self (archive footage)

La Classe américaine

1993 · George Abitbol (archive footage)

Young Duke: Making Of A Movie Star

Young Duke: Making Of A Movie Star

1993 · Himself

The John Wayne Story - The Later Years

1993 · Himself

The John Wayne Story: The Early Years

1993

The Making of 'Rio Grande'

1993 · Self (archive footage)

John Wayne's 'The Alamo'

John Wayne's 'The Alamo'

1992 · Davy Crockett

Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire

1991 · Self (archive footage)

John Wayne - Eine amerikanische Legende

1991 · (archive footage)

Movie Tough Guys

1991 · Self (archive footage)

John Wayne: American Hero Of The Movies

1990

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

1988 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Sacrée soirée

1987 · Self (archive footage)

Going Hollywood: The '30s

1984 · (archive footage)

Showbiz Goes to War

1982 · Self (archive footage)

Hollywood

1980 · Self

Perry Como's Early American Christmas

1978 · Self

Western von gestern

1978 · John Wyatt aka John Allen, John Wyatt aka John Allen (archive footage), Stony Brooke (archive footage)

Johnny, weil Du Geburtstag hast

1977 · Self

This Little Bullet

1977 · Host

That's Action

1977 · self

Bob Hope's Comedy Christmas Special

1976

CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years

1976 · Self

Bob Hope's World of Comedy

Bob Hope's World of Comedy

1976 · Self (archive footage)

The Shootist

1976 · J.B. Books

Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch

1976 · Jerry Mason

Chesty: A Tribute to a Legend

1976 · Himself/Narrator

It's Showtime

1976 · Self (archive footage)

Hooray for Hollywood

1976 · Self (archive footage)

Rooster Cogburn

1975 · Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn

Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television

Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television

1975 · (archive footage)

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

1975 · Self (archive footage)

Brannigan

1975 · Lt. Jim Brannigan

Spécial cinéma

1974 · Self (archive footage)

Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still

1974 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

McQ

1974 · McQ, Executive Producer

The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts

1973 · Self

Cahill: United States Marshal

1973 · J.D. Cahill

The American Film Institute Salute to ...

1973 · Self

The Man Behind the Star

The Man Behind the Star

1973 · Self

Wayne Train

1973 · Self

The Train Robbers

1973 · Lane, Executive Producer

The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks

1973 · Self (archive footage)

Cancel My Reservation

1972 · Himself (uncredited)

Maude

1972 · Himself

The Cowboys

1972 · Wil Andersen

The American West of John Ford

1971 · Self - Narrator

Directed by John Ford

1971 · Self (1969)

Big Jake

1971 · Jacob McCandles, Executive Producer

V.I.P. Schaukel

V.I.P. Schaukel

1971 · Self

The Selling of the Pentagon

1971 · Self (archive footage)

Plimpton! Shoot-Out at Rio Lobo

1970 · Self

Chisum

1970 · John Chisum

Raquel!

1970 · Self

Rio Lobo

1970 · Col. Cord McNally

No Substitute for Victory

1970 · Sekf

Swing Out, Sweet Land

1970 · Self - Host

The Undefeated

1969 · Colonel John Henry Thomas

True Grit

1969 · Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn

The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour

1969 · Self

Hellfighters

1968 · Chance Buckman

The Green Berets

1968 · Colonel Mike Kirby, Director

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

1968 · Self (uncredited), Self (uncredited)

The Movie Orgy

1968 · Self (archive footage)

The War Wagon

1967 · Taw Jackson, Executive Producer

Dateline: Hollywood

Dateline: Hollywood

1967

A Nation Builds Under Fire

1967 · Narrator

El Dorado

1966 · Cole Thornton

The Victory Squad

1966 · Self - Host

Cast a Giant Shadow

1966 · Gen. Mike Randolph

The Sons of Katie Elder

1965 · John Elder

The Greatest Story Ever Told

1965 · Centurion at crucifixion

In Harm's Way

1965 · Capt. Rockwell Torrey

The Making of A Movie

The Making of A Movie

1965 · Himself

Circus World

1964 · Matt Masters

Choice

1964 · Host

McLintock!

1963 · George Washington McLintock

Hollywood and the Stars

1963 · Self (archive footage)

Donovan's Reef

1963 · Michael "Guns" Donovan

How the West Was Won

1962 · William Sherman

Flashing Spikes

1962 · Marine Sergeant

The Lucy Show

1962 · John Wayne

The Merv Griffin Show

1962 · Self

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962 · Self

The Beverly Hillbillies

1962 · John Wayne (uncredited)

The Longest Day

1962 · Lt. Col. Benjamin Vandervoort

Hatari!

1962 · Sean Mercer

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

1962 · Tom Doniphon

The Comancheros

1961 · Jake Cutter

The Mike Douglas Show

1961 · Self (archive footage)

Alcoa Premiere

1961

The Challenge of Ideas

The Challenge of Ideas

1961 · Self

The 10 from Texas

1961 · (archive footage)

The Colter Craven Story

1960

North to Alaska

1960 · Sam McCord

The Alamo

1960 · Col. Davy Crockett, Director, Producer

The Horse Soldiers

1959 · Col John Marlowe

Rio Bravo

1959 · Sheriff John T. Chance

The Barbarian and the Geisha

1958 · Townsend Harris

The Western: A Lost TV Special

1958 · Self

I Married a Woman

1958 · Actor in a Movie (uncredited)

Legend of the Lost

1957 · Joe January

Jet Pilot

1957 · Col. Jim Shannon

Wagon Train

1957 · Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman

Tonight Starring Jack Paar

Tonight Starring Jack Paar

1957 · Self

The Wings of Eagles

1957 · Frank W. 'Spig' Wead

7 Men from Now

1956 · Producer

The Searchers

1956 · Ethan Edwards

Good-bye, My Lady

1956 · Producer

Cinépanorama

1956 · Self

The Conqueror

1956 · Temujin

Screen Director's Playhouse

1955 · Mike Cronin

Blood Alley

1955 · Capt. Tom Wilder, Producer

Casablanca

1955

Gunsmoke

1955 · Self - Host, Introduction to the Series

The Sea Chase

1955 · Captain Karl Ehrlich

Track of the Cat

1954 · Producer

Producers' Showcase

Producers' Showcase

1954 · Self

Ring of Fear

1954 · Producer

The High and the Mighty

1954 · Dan Roman, Producer

Hondo

1953 · Hondo Lane, Producer

Three Lives

1953 · Self

Island in the Sky

1953 · Captain Dooley, Producer

Trouble Along the Way

1953 · Stephen Aloysius Williams

The Oscars

1953 · Self

You're the Star

You're the Star

1953 · Self

Big Jim McLain

1952 · Jim McLain

The Quiet Man

1952 · Sean Thornton

Santa and the Fairy Snow Queen

1951 · Producer

I Love Lucy

1951 · John Wayne

The Red Skelton Show

1951 · Rooster Cogburn, Self (uncredited), John Wayne

Flying Leathernecks

1951 · Maj. Daniel Xavier Kirby

Bullfighter and the Lady

1951 · Producer

The Screen Director

The Screen Director

1951 · Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited)

Operation Pacific

1951 · Duke E. Gifford

Rio Grande

1950 · Lt. Col. Kirby Yorke

The Jack Benny Program

1950 · John Wayne

The Colgate Comedy Hour

1950 · Self

The Bob Hope Show

1950 · Self - Cameo

The Dangerous Stranger

1950 · Producer

What's My Line?

1950 · Self - Mystery Guest

Sands of Iwo Jima

1950 · Sgt. John M. Stryker

She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

1949 · Capt. Nathan Cutting Brittles

The Fighting Kentuckian

1949 · John Breen, Producer

3 Godfathers

1948 · Robert Marmaduke Sangster Hightower

Wake of the Red Witch

1948 · Capt. Ralls

Red River

1948 · Thomas Dunson

The Ed Sullivan Show

1948 · Self

Fort Apache

1948 · Capt. Kirby York

Tycoon

1947 · Johnny Munroe

Angel and the Badman

1947 · Quirt Evans, Producer

Desert Command

1946 · Tom Wayne

Without Reservations

1946 · Rusty Thomas

Dakota

1945 · John Devlin

They Were Expendable

1945 · Lt. (J.G.) 'Rusty' Ryan

Back to Bataan

1945 · Colonel Joseph Madden

Flame of Barbary Coast

1945 · Duke Fergus

Tall in the Saddle

1944 · Rocklin

Memo for Joe

1944 · Self

The Fighting Seabees

1944 · Lt. Cmdr. Wedge Donovan

Golden Globe Awards

1944 · Self - Nominee

In Old Oklahoma

1943 · Daniel F Somers

A Lady Takes a Chance

1943 · Duke Hudkins

Reunion in France

1942 · Pat Talbot

Pittsburgh

1942 · Charles 'Pittsburgh' Markham

Flying Tigers

1942 · Jim Gordon

The Spoilers

1942 · Glennister

In Old California

1942 · Tom Craig

Reap the Wild Wind

1942 · Captain Jack Stuart

Lady for a Night

1942 · Jackson Morgan

The Shepherd of the Hills

1941 · Young Matt Matthews

Lady from Louisiana

1941 · John Reynolds

A Man Betrayed

1941 · Lynn Hollister

The Long Voyage Home

1940 · Ole Olsen

Seven Sinners

1940 · Dan

Three Faces West

1940 · John Phillips

Dark Command

1940 · Bob Seton

Allegheny Uprising

1939 · Jim Smith

New Frontier

1939 · Stony Brooke

Wyoming Outlaw

1939 · Stony Brooke

Three Texas Steers

1939 · Stony Brooke

The Night Riders

1939 · Stony Brooke

Stagecoach

1939 · The Ringo Kid

Red River Range

1938 · Stony Brooke

Santa Fe Stampede

1938 · Stony Brooke

Overland Stage Raiders

1938 · Stony Brooke

Pals of the Saddle

1938 · Stony Brooke

Born to the West

1937 · Dare Rudd

Hell Town

1937 · Dare Rudd

Adventure's End

1937 · Duke Slade

Idol of the Crowds

1937 · Johnny Hanson

I Cover the War!

1937 · Bob Adams

California Straight Ahead

1937 · Biff Smith

Conflict

1936 · Pat Glendon

Sea Spoilers

1936 · Bob Randall

Winds of the Wasteland

1936 · John Blair

The Stagecoach Race

1936 · John Blair

The Lonely Trail

1936 · Captain John Ashley

King of the Pecos

1936 · John Clayborn

The Lawless Nineties

1936 · John Tipton

The Oregon Trail

1936 · Capt John Delmont

Lawless Range

1935 · John Middleton

The New Frontier

1935 · John Dawson

Texas Terror

1935 · John Higgins

Guns Along The Trail

1935 · John Wyatt

Westward Ho

1935 · John Wyatt

Cowboy G-Man

1935 · John Wyatt

Paradise Canyon

1935 · John Wyatt

The Dawn Rider

1935 · John Mason

Avenging Angel

1935 · John Mason

On the Run

1935 · John Jones

The Desert Trail

1935 · John Scott / John Jones

Rainbow Valley

1935 · John Martin

'Neath the Arizona Skies

1934 · Chris Morrell

The Lawless Frontier

1934 · John Tobin

Vengence is Mine

1934 · John Tobin

The Trail Beyond

1934 · Rod Drew

Klondike Gold

1934 · Rod Drew

The Star Packer

1934 · U.S. Marshal John Travers

The Drifter

1934 · Randy

Randy Rides Alone

1934 · Randy Bowers

Bandits of the Badlands

1934 · John Carruthers

The Shadow Gang

1934 · U.S. Marshal John Travers

Next Of Kin

1934 · Ted Hayden aka Gat Ganns

The Man from Utah

1934 · John Weston

Rodeo Rocketeers

1934 · John Weston

Blue Steel

1934 · John Carruthers

West of the Divide

1934 · Ted Hayden aka Gat Ganns

The Lucky Texan

1934 · Jerry Mason

Claim Jumpers

1934 · Jerry Mason

Sagebrush Trail

1933 · John Brant

Fugitive

1933 · John

College Coach

1933 · Football player (uncredited)

Riders of Destiny

1933 · Singin' Sandy Saunders

The Man from Monterey

1933 · John Holmes

Baby Face

1933 · Jimmy McCoy Jr.

His Private Secretary

1933 · Dick Wallace

The Life of Jimmy Dolan

1933 · Smith

Somewhere in Sonora

1933 · John Bishop

Central Airport

1933

The Three Musketeers

1933 · Lt. Tom Wayne

The Telegraph Trail

1933 · John Trent

Haunted Gold

1932 · John Mason

The Big Stampede

1932 · Deputy Sheriff John Steele

Ride Him, Cowboy

1932 · John Drury

The Hollywood Handicap

The Hollywood Handicap

1932

The Hurricane Express

1932 · The Air Pilot

Lady and Gent

1932 · Buzz Kinney

Two-Fisted Law

1932 · Duke

Texas Cyclone

1932 · Steve Pickett

The Shadow of the Eagle

1932 · Craig McCoy

Running Hollywood

Running Hollywood

1932 · Emcee

The Deceiver

1931 · Reginald Thorpe as a corpse

The Range Feud

1931 · Clint Turner

Maker of Men

1931 · Dusty Rhodes

Arizona

1931 · Lt. Bob Denton

Three Girls Lost

1931 · Gordon Wales

Girls Demand Excitement

1931 · Peter Brooks

The Big Trail

1930 · Breck Coleman

Cheer Up and Smile

1930

Rough Romance

1930 · Lumberjack (uncredited), Props

Born Reckless

1930 · Extra (uncredited)

Men Without Women

1930 · Radioman on Surface (uncredited)

Salute

1929

Words and Music

1929 · Pete Donahue (as Duke Morrison)

The Black Watch

1929 · Black Watch Soldier (uncredited)

Speakeasy

1929 · Extra

Noah's Ark

1928 · Flood Extra (uncredited)

A Home Made Man

1928 · Man on Stool

Hangman's House

1928 · Horse Race Spectator / Condemned Man in Flashback

Four Sons

1928 · , Property Master

Mother Machree

1927 · , Property Master

The Drop Kick

1927 · Football Player / Extra in Stands

Annie Laurie

1927

The Draw-Back

1927 · Opposing Football Player

The Great K&A Train Robbery

1926 · Extra (uncredited)

Bardelys the Magnificent

1926 · Guard (uncredited)

Brown of Harvard

1926 · Yale LIneback Player

Rodeo Racketeers

Rodeo Racketeers

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Desert Command

— · Tom Wayne

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