John Wayne

ActorProducerDirectorArtCrew May 26 (died age 72) Winterset, Iowa, USA 1926–2026 (100 year career)

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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 Souther…

Known For

Film

The Searchers

Ethan Edwards

Film

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

Tom Doniphon

Film

Rio Bravo

Sheriff John T. Chance

Film

Stagecoach

The Ringo Kid

Film

The Longest Day

Lt. Col. Benjamin Vandervoort

Film

True Grit

Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn

Film

El Dorado

Cole Thornton

Film

The Quiet Man

Sean Thornton

Filmography

Acting (299)

Movies (262)

Dead Man's Wire

2026

as Self (archive footage)(uncredited)

6.4

Spiritual day in Minneapolis

2026

Elway

2025

as Self (archive footage)

5.8

Naughty America: Guns & Stripes

2025

as Self (archive footage)

The Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout

2024

as Self (archive footage)

5.3

Atomic People

2024

as Self (archive footage)

8.2

John Wayne: Cowboys & Demons

2023

as Self (Archive Footage)

Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend

2022

as Self (archive footage)

7.2

John Ford and Throwing

2022

Gérard Blain : adultes, je vous hais

2019

as Self (archive)

John Ford: The Man Who Invented America

2019

as Self - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage)

6.5

John Wayne - America at All Costs

2019

as Himself (archive footage)

6.7

John Wayne on Film

2016

as Himself

10.0

John Ford & Monument Valley

2013

as Self (archive footage)

1.0

Dictator: One Crazy Job

2013

as Self (archive footage)

6.5

Christmas Around the World with Perry Como

2012

as Self

Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff

2010

as Self (archive footage)

6.6

Nuke 'Em, Duke

2010

as Self (archive footage)

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

2009

as Self (archive footage)

7.5

Edith Head: The Paramount Years

2002

as Self (archive footage)

7.5

The Duke at Fox

2001

as Self (archive footage)

The Shootist: The Legend Lives On

2001

7.0

John Wayne-A Life on Film

2000

as Himself

Television: The First Fifty Years

1999

as Self (archive footage)

The Best of the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts

1998

as Self - Roaster (archive footage)

5.0

JOHN WAYNE - AMERICAN LEGEND

1998

as Himself

4.0

The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender

1997

as Self (archive footage)

4.9

The Making of 'Rio Grande'

1993

as Self (archive footage)

5.0

The John Wayne Story - The Later Years

1993

as Himself

The John Wayne Story: The Early Years

1993

3.5

La Classe américaine

1993

as George Abitbol (archive footage)

7.6

Young Duke: Making Of A Movie Star

1993

as Himself

John Wayne's 'The Alamo'

1992

as Davy Crockett

6.0

Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire

1991

as Self (archive footage)

5.7

Movie Tough Guys

1991

as Self (archive footage)

10.0

John Wayne - Eine amerikanische Legende

1991

as (archive footage)

6.0

John Wayne: American Hero Of The Movies

1990

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

1988

as Self (archive footage)

6.0

Going Hollywood: The '30s

as (archive footage)

Showbiz Goes to War

as (archive footage)

Perry Como's Early American Christmas

1978

as Self

This Little Bullet

1977

as Host

That's Action

1977

as self

Chesty: A Tribute to a Legend

1976

as Himself/Narrator

6.5

Bob Hope's Comedy Christmas Special

1976

The Shootist

1976

as J.B. Books

7.1

Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch

1976

as Jerry Mason

9.0

It's Showtime

1976

as Self (archive footage)

7.0

Hooray for Hollywood

1976

as Self (archive footage)

CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years

1976

as Self

7.3

Bob Hope's World of Comedy

1976

as Self (archive footage)

Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television

1975

as (archive footage)

Brannigan

1975

as Lt. Jim Brannigan

6.0

Rooster Cogburn

1975

as Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn

6.4

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

1975

as Self (archive footage)

6.1

McQ

1974

as McQ

6.1

Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still

1974

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

7.0

The Train Robbers

1973

as Lane

6.3

Cahill: United States Marshal

1973

as J.D. Cahill

6.1

Wayne Train

1973

as Self

The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks

1973

as Self (archive footage)

6.8

The Cowboys

1972

as Wil Andersen

7.1

Cancel My Reservation

1972

as Himself (uncredited)

5.3

Big Jake

1971

as Jacob McCandles

6.9

Directed by John Ford

1971

as Self (1969)

6.9

The American West of John Ford

1971

as Self - Narrator

6.2

The Selling of the Pentagon

1971

as Self (archive footage)

Rio Lobo

as Col. Cord McNally

Chisum

as John Chisum

Raquel!

as Self

No Substitute for Victory

1970

as Himself

4.3

Swing Out, Sweet Land

1970

as Self - Host

6.0

Plimpton! Shoot-Out at Rio Lobo

1970

as Self

True Grit

1969

as Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn

7.3

The Undefeated

1969

as Colonel John Henry Thomas

Hellfighters

as Chance Buckman

The Green Berets

as Colonel Mike Kirby

5.7

The Movie Orgy

1968

as Self (archive footage)

6.3

The War Wagon

1967

as Taw Jackson

6.8

A Nation Builds Under Fire

1967

as Narrator

El Dorado

as Cole Thornton

The Victory Squad

as Self - Host

Cast a Giant Shadow

as Gen. Mike Randolph

6.2

The Greatest Story Ever Told

1965

as Centurion at crucifixion

6.4

In Harm's Way

1965

as Capt. Rockwell Torrey

6.6

The Sons of Katie Elder

1965

as John Elder

7.0

The Making of A Movie

1965

as Himself

Circus World

as Matt Masters

Choice

as Host

McLintock!

as George Washington McLintock

6.6

Donovan's Reef

1963

as Michael "Guns" Donovan

6.2

The Longest Day

1962

as Lt. Col. Benjamin Vandervoort

7.6

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

as Tom Doniphon

How the West Was Won

as William Sherman

Hatari!

as Sean Mercer

Flashing Spikes

as Marine Sergeant

The Challenge of Ideas

as Self

The Comancheros

as Jake Cutter

The 10 from Texas

as (archive footage)

The Alamo

1960

as Col. Davy Crockett

7.1

North to Alaska

1960

as Sam McCord

6.5

The Colter Craven Story

1960

Rio Bravo

1959

as Sheriff John T. Chance

7.8

The Horse Soldiers

1959

as Col John Marlowe

7.0

The Barbarian and the Geisha

1958

as Townsend Harris

5.9

I Married a Woman

1958

as Actor in a Movie (uncredited)

5.8

The Western: A Lost TV Special

1958

as Self

Jet Pilot

1957

as Col. Jim Shannon

5.4

The Wings of Eagles

1957

as Frank W. 'Spig' Wead

Legend of the Lost

as Joe January

The Searchers

as Ethan Edwards

The Conqueror

as Temujin

Blood Alley

as Capt. Tom Wilder

The Sea Chase

as Captain Karl Ehrlich

6.1

The High and the Mighty

1954

as Dan Roman

5.9

Trouble Along the Way

1953

as Stephen Aloysius Williams

Hondo

as Hondo Lane

You're the Star

as Self

Island in the Sky

as Captain Dooley

Three Lives

as Self

The Quiet Man

as Sean Thornton

Big Jim McLain

as Jim McLain

Flying Leathernecks

as Maj. Daniel Xavier Kirby

Operation Pacific

as Duke E. Gifford

The Screen Director

as Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited)

6.0

Rio Grande

1950

as Lt. Col. Kirby Yorke

6.8

Sands of Iwo Jima

1950

as Sgt. John M. Stryker

6.4

She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

1949

as Capt. Nathan Cutting Brittles

6.9

The Fighting Kentuckian

as John Breen

Red River

as Thomas Dunson

Fort Apache

as Capt. Kirby York

3 Godfathers

as Robert Marmaduke Sangster Hightower

6.7

Wake of the Red Witch

as Capt. Ralls

Angel and the Badman

as Quirt Evans

Tycoon

as Johnny Munroe

Without Reservations

as Rusty Thomas

Desert Command

as Tom Wayne

Flame of Barbary Coast

1945

as Duke Fergus

5.3

They Were Expendable

1945

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

6.5

Back to Bataan

1945

as Colonel Joseph Madden

Dakota

as John Devlin

Tall in the Saddle

as Rocklin

The Fighting Seabees

as Lt. Cmdr. Wedge Donovan

6.2

Memo for Joe

1944

as Self

In Old Oklahoma

1943

as Daniel F Somers

6.2

A Lady Takes a Chance

as Duke Hudkins

Reunion in France

as Pat Talbot

Reap the Wild Wind

as Captain Jack Stuart

6.4

Pittsburgh

1942

as Charles 'Pittsburgh' Markham

Flying Tigers

as Jim Gordon

The Spoilers

as Glennister

In Old California

as Tom Craig

Lady for a Night

as Jackson Morgan

Lady from Louisiana

as John Reynolds

The Shepherd of the Hills

1941

as Young Matt Matthews

A Man Betrayed

as Lynn Hollister

The Long Voyage Home

as Ole Olsen

Three Faces West

as John Phillips

Seven Sinners

as Dan

Dark Command

as Bob Seton

Stagecoach

as The Ringo Kid

Three Texas Steers

as Stony Brooke

New Frontier

as Stony Brooke

Allegheny Uprising

as Jim Smith

Wyoming Outlaw

as Stony Brooke

The Night Riders

as Stony Brooke

Santa Fe Stampede

as Stony Brooke

Pals of the Saddle

as Stony Brooke

Overland Stage Raiders

as Stony Brooke

Red River Range

as Stony Brooke

Adventure's End

as Duke Slade

Born to the West

as Dare Rudd

Idol of the Crowds

as Johnny Hanson

I Cover the War!

as Bob Adams

California Straight Ahead

1937

as Biff Smith

4.3

Hell Town

1937

as Dare Rudd

The Stagecoach Race

1936

as John Blair

King of the Pecos

1936

as John Clayborn

5.5

The Lonely Trail

1936

as Captain John Ashley

4.6

Winds of the Wasteland

as John Blair

Conflict

as Pat Glendon

The Oregon Trail

as Capt John Delmont

The Lawless Nineties

as John Tipton

Sea Spoilers

as Bob Randall

The New Frontier

as John Dawson

Westward Ho

as John Wyatt

The Desert Trail

as John Scott / John Jones

Avenging Angel

as John Mason

Paradise Canyon

as John Wyatt

Lawless Range

as John Middleton

Guns Along The Trail

as John Wyatt

Rainbow Valley

as John Martin

Texas Terror

as John Higgins

The Dawn Rider

as John Mason

Cowboy G-Man

as John Wyatt

On the Run

1935

as John Jones

Next Of Kin

1934

as Ted Hayden aka Gat Ganns

'Neath the Arizona Skies

1934

as Chris Morrell

4.5

The Star Packer

1934

as U.S. Marshal John Travers

4.4

Claim Jumpers

1934

as Jerry Mason

The Lawless Frontier

1934

as John Tobin

4.6

West of the Divide

1934

as Ted Hayden aka Gat Ganns

The Lucky Texan

as Jerry Mason

Rodeo Rocketeers

as John Weston

The Trail Beyond

as Rod Drew

Blue Steel

as John Carruthers

Randy Rides Alone

as Randy Bowers

The Man from Utah

as John Weston

The Shadow Gang

as U.S. Marshal John Travers

Bandits of the Badlands

1934

as John Carruthers

Klondike Gold

1934

as Rod Drew

Vengence is Mine

1934

as John Tobin

The Drifter

1934

as Randy

Riders of Destiny

1933

as Singin' Sandy Saunders

5.2

The Life of Jimmy Dolan

as Smith

Baby Face

as Jimmy McCoy Jr.

Central Airport

Sagebrush Trail

as John Brant

The Telegraph Trail

as John Trent

His Private Secretary

as Dick Wallace

The Three Musketeers

as Lt. Tom Wayne

College Coach

as Football player (uncredited)

4.1

The Man from Monterey

1933

as John Holmes

4.4

Fugitive

1933

as John

Somewhere in Sonora

1933

as John Bishop

5.0

The Big Stampede

1932

as Deputy Sheriff John Steele

Haunted Gold

as John Mason

Running Hollywood

as Emcee

Texas Cyclone

as Steve Pickett

Ride Him, Cowboy

as John Drury

Lady and Gent

as Buzz Kinney

The Hurricane Express

1932

as The Air Pilot

5.2

The Shadow of the Eagle

as Craig McCoy

Two-Fisted Law

as Duke

The Hollywood Handicap

1932

The Deceiver

1931

as Reginald Thorpe as a corpse

The Range Feud

1931

as Clint Turner

5.1

Girls Demand Excitement

1931

as Peter Brooks

Arizona

1931

as Lt. Bob Denton

4.3

Three Girls Lost

1931

as Gordon Wales

Maker of Men

1931

as Dusty Rhodes

The Big Trail

1930

as Breck Coleman

6.7

Born Reckless

1930

as Extra (uncredited)

5.5

Men without Women

1930

as Radioman on Surface (uncredited)

6.3

Cheer Up and Smile

1930

Rough Romance

1930

as Lumberjack (uncredited)

Speakeasy

as Extra

Salute

The Black Watch

as Black Watch Soldier (uncredited)

6.0

Words and Music

1929

as Pete Donahue (as Duke Morrison)

A Home Made Man

1928

as Man on Stool

6.0

Noah's Ark

1928

as Flood Extra (uncredited)

Four Sons

Hangman's House

as Horse Race Spectator / Condemned Man in Flashback

6.5

The Drop Kick

1927

as Football Player / Extra in Stands

Annie Laurie

Mother Machree

The Draw-Back

as Opposing Football Player

4.5

Bardelys the Magnificent

1926

as Guard (uncredited)

7.4

Brown of Harvard

1926

as Yale LIneback Player

5.3

The Great K&A Train Robbery

1926

as Extra (uncredited)

5.7

Rodeo Racketeers

Television (37)

Talking Pictures

2013

as Self (archive footage)

5.8

Battleground

2004

as Self (archive footage)

Parkinson

1998

as Self (archive footage)

Sacrée Soirée

1987

as Self (archive footage)

Hollywood

as Self

Western von gestern

as John Wyatt aka John Allen (archive footage)

7.7

Spécial cinéma

1974

as Self (archive footage)

The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts

1973

as Self

5.4

The American Film Institute Salute to ...

as Self

Maude

as Himself

V.I.P. Schaukel

as Self

The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour

1969

as Self

5.8

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

1968

as Self (uncredited)

6.6

Dateline: Hollywood

1967

Hollywood and the Stars

1963

as Self (archive footage)

6.0

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

as Self

7.5

The Merv Griffin Show

1962

as Self

6.2

The Beverly Hillbillies

1962

as John Wayne (uncredited)

6.9

The Lucy Show

1962

as John Wayne

7.0

The Mike Douglas Show

as Self

Alcoa Premiere

Wagon Train

as Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman

6.6

Tonight Starring Jack Paar

as Self

Cinépanorama

as Self

Gunsmoke

as Self - Host, Introduction to the Series

6.6

Screen Director's Playhouse

as Mike Cronin

Casablanca

Producers' Showcase

as Self

The Oscars

as Self

The Red Skelton Show

as Self (uncredited)

I Love Lucy

as John Wayne

The Bob Hope Show

as Self - Cameo

What's My Line?

as Self - Mystery Guest

6.9

The Colgate Comedy Hour

1950

as Self

6.8

The Jack Benny Program

as John Wayne

The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self

Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Nominee

Crew (23)

Movies (23)

McQ

Executive Producer

The Train Robbers

Executive Producer

Big Jake

Executive Producer

The Green Berets

Director

The War Wagon

Executive Producer

The Alamo

Director

The Alamo

Producer

Good-bye, My Lady

Producer

Seven Men from Now

Producer

Blood Alley

Producer

Track of the Cat

Producer

The High and the Mighty

Producer

Ring of Fear

Producer

Hondo

Producer

Island in the Sky

Producer

Bullfighter and the Lady

1951

Producer

6.1

Santa and the Fairy Snow Queen

1951

Producer

3.5

The Dangerous Stranger

1950

Producer

5.5

The Fighting Kentuckian

Producer

Angel and the Badman

Producer

Rough Romance

Props

Four Sons

Property Master

Mother Machree

Property Master