Known For
Acting
Born
May 26, 1907
Died
Jun 11, 1979
Place of Birth
Winterset, Iowa, USA
Credits
312 titles
John Wayne
Biography
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.
Known For
Filmography
Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas
Ethan Edwards (archive footage) (uncredited)
Spiritual day in Minneapolis
Elway
Self (archive footage)
Breakdown: 1975
Self (archive footage)
Naughty America: Guns & Stripes
Self (archive footage)
The Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout
Self (archive footage)
Atomic People
Self (archive footage)
Remembering Gene Wilder
Self (archive photo)
John Wayne: Cowboys & Demons
Self (Archive Footage)
Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend
Self (archive footage)
John Ford and Throwing
Gérard Blain : adultes, je vous hais
Self (archive)
John Wayne - America at All Costs
Himself (archive footage)
John Ford: The Man Who Invented America
Self - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage)
The Fabulous Allan Carr
Self (archive)
John Wayne on Film
Himself
Dictator: One Crazy Job
Self (archive footage)
John Ford & Monument Valley
Self (archive footage)
Talking Pictures
Self (archive footage)
Christmas Around the World with Perry Como
Self
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
Self (archive footage)
Nuke 'Em, Duke
Self (archive footage)
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
Self (archive footage)
Battleground
Self (archive footage)
Edith Head: The Paramount Years
Self (archive footage)
The Shootist: The Legend Lives On
The Duke at Fox
Self (archive footage)
John Wayne-A Life on Film
Himself
Television: The First Fifty Years
Self (archive footage)
JOHN WAYNE - AMERICAN LEGEND
Himself
The Best of the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
Self - Roaster (archive footage)
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
Self (archive footage)
La Classe américaine
George Abitbol (archive footage)
Young Duke: Making Of A Movie Star
Himself
The John Wayne Story - The Later Years
Himself
The John Wayne Story: The Early Years
The Making of 'Rio Grande'
Self (archive footage)
John Wayne's 'The Alamo'
Davy Crockett
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
Self (archive footage)
John Wayne - Eine amerikanische Legende
(archive footage)
Movie Tough Guys
Self (archive footage)
John Wayne: American Hero Of The Movies
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Sacrée soirée
Self (archive footage)
Going Hollywood: The '30s
(archive footage)
Showbiz Goes to War
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood
Self
Perry Como's Early American Christmas
Self
Western von gestern
John Wyatt aka John Allen (archive footage)
Johnny, weil Du Geburtstag hast
Self