Acting · Winterset, Iowa, USA · Born May 26, 1907
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.
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2026
as Ethan Edwards (archive footage) (uncredited)
MovieSpiritual day in Minneapolis
2026
MovieDead Man's Wire
2026
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MovieElway
2025
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MovieNaughty America: Guns & Stripes
2025
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MovieThe Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout
2024
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MovieAtomic People
2024
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MovieRemembering Gene Wilder
2024
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MovieJohn Wayne: Cowboys & Demons
2023
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MovieClint Eastwood: The Last Legend
2022
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MovieJohn Ford and Throwing
2022
MovieGérard Blain : adultes, je vous hais
2019
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MovieJohn Wayne - America at All Costs
2019
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MovieJohn Ford: The Man Who Invented America
2019
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MovieThe Fabulous Allan Carr
2017
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MovieJohn Wayne on Film
2016
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MovieDictator: One Crazy Job
2013
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MovieJohn Ford & Monument Valley
2013
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TVTalking Pictures
2013
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MovieChristmas Around the World with Perry Como
2012
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MovieCameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
2010
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MovieNuke 'Em, Duke
2010
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Movie1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
2009
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Battleground
2004
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MovieEdith Head: The Paramount Years
2002
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MovieThe Shootist: The Legend Lives On
2001
MovieThe Duke at Fox
2001
as Self (archive footage)
MovieJohn Wayne-A Life on Film
2000
as Himself
Television: The First Fifty Years
1999
as Self (archive footage)
JOHN WAYNE - AMERICAN LEGEND
1998
as Himself
MovieThe Best of the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
1998
as Self - Roaster (archive footage)
MovieThe Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
1997
as Self (archive footage)
MovieLa Classe américaine
1993
as George Abitbol (archive footage)
Young Duke: Making Of A Movie Star
1993
as Himself
MovieThe John Wayne Story - The Later Years
1993
as Himself
MovieThe John Wayne Story: The Early Years
1993
MovieThe Making of 'Rio Grande'
1993
as Self (archive footage)
John Wayne's 'The Alamo'
1992
as Davy Crockett
MovieBarbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
1991
as Self (archive footage)
MovieJohn Wayne - Eine amerikanische Legende
1991
as (archive footage)
MovieMovie Tough Guys
1991
as Self (archive footage)
MovieJohn Wayne: American Hero Of The Movies
1990
MovieHappy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
1988
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
TVSacrée soirée
1987
as Self (archive footage)
MovieGoing Hollywood: The '30s
1984
as (archive footage)
MovieShowbiz Goes to War
1982
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TVHollywood
1980
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MoviePerry Como's Early American Christmas
1978
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TVWestern von gestern
1978
as John Wyatt aka John Allen (archive footage)
MovieJohnny, weil Du Geburtstag hast
1977
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MovieThis Little Bullet
1977
as Host
That's Action
1977
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MovieBob Hope's Comedy Christmas Special
1976
MovieCBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years
1976
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Bob Hope's World of Comedy
1976
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MovieThe Shootist
1976
as J.B. Books
MovieMeanwhile, Back at the Ranch
1976
as Jerry Mason
MovieChesty: A Tribute to a Legend
1976
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MovieIt's Showtime
1976
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MovieHooray for Hollywood
1976
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MovieRooster Cogburn
1975
as Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn
Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television
1975
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MovieBrother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
as Self (archive footage)
MovieBrannigan
1975
as Lt. Jim Brannigan
TVSpécial cinéma
1974
as Self (archive footage)
MovieLetter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still
1974
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
MovieMcQ
1974
as McQ
TVThe Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
1973
as Self
MovieCahill: United States Marshal
1973
as J.D. Cahill
TVThe American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
as Self
The Man Behind the Star
1973
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MovieWayne Train
1973
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MovieThe Train Robbers
1973
as Lane
MovieThe Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks
1973
as Self (archive footage)
MovieCancel My Reservation
1972
as Himself (uncredited)
TVMaude
1972
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MovieThe Cowboys
1972
as Wil Andersen
MovieThe American West of John Ford
1971
as Self - Narrator
MovieDirected by John Ford
1971
as Self (1969)
MovieBig Jake
1971
as Jacob McCandles
V.I.P. Schaukel
1971
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MovieThe Selling of the Pentagon
1971
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MoviePlimpton! Shoot-Out at Rio Lobo
1970
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MovieChisum
1970
as John Chisum
MovieRaquel!
1970
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MovieRio Lobo
1970
as Col. Cord McNally
MovieNo Substitute for Victory
1970
as Sekf
MovieSwing Out, Sweet Land
1970
as Self - Host
MovieThe Undefeated
1969
as Colonel John Henry Thomas
MovieTrue Grit
1969
as Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn
TVThe Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
1969
as Self
MovieHellfighters
1968
as Chance Buckman
MovieThe Green Berets
1968
as Colonel Mike Kirby
TVRowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
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MovieThe Movie Orgy
1968
as Self (archive footage)
MovieThe War Wagon
1967
as Taw Jackson
Dateline: Hollywood
1967
MovieA Nation Builds Under Fire
1967
as Narrator
MovieEl Dorado
1966
as Cole Thornton
MovieThe Victory Squad
1966
as Self - Host
MovieCast a Giant Shadow
1966
as Gen. Mike Randolph
MovieThe Sons of Katie Elder
1965
as John Elder
MovieThe Greatest Story Ever Told
1965
as Centurion at crucifixion
MovieIn Harm's Way
1965
as Capt. Rockwell Torrey
The Making of A Movie
1965
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MovieCircus World
1964
as Matt Masters
Choice
1964
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MovieMcLintock!
1963
as George Washington McLintock
TVHollywood and the Stars
1963
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MovieDonovan's Reef
1963
as Michael "Guns" Donovan
MovieHow the West Was Won
1962
as William Sherman
MovieFlashing Spikes
1962
as Marine Sergeant
TVThe Lucy Show
1962
as John Wayne
TVThe Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
TVThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
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TVThe Beverly Hillbillies
1962
as John Wayne (uncredited)
MovieThe Longest Day
1962
as Lt. Col. Benjamin Vandervoort
MovieHatari!
1962
as Sean Mercer
MovieThe Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
1962
as Tom Doniphon
MovieThe Comancheros
1961
as Jake Cutter
TVThe Mike Douglas Show
1961
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TVAlcoa Premiere
1961
The Challenge of Ideas
1961
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MovieThe 10 from Texas
1961
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MovieThe Colter Craven Story
1960
MovieNorth to Alaska
1960
as Sam McCord
MovieThe Alamo
1960
as Col. Davy Crockett
MovieThe Horse Soldiers
1959
as Col John Marlowe
MovieRio Bravo
1959
as Sheriff John T. Chance
MovieThe Barbarian and the Geisha
1958
as Townsend Harris
MovieThe Western: A Lost TV Special
1958
as Self
MovieI Married a Woman
1958
as Actor in a Movie (uncredited)
MovieLegend of the Lost
1957
as Joe January
MovieJet Pilot
1957
as Col. Jim Shannon
TVWagon Train
1957
as Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
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MovieThe Wings of Eagles
1957
as Frank W. 'Spig' Wead
MovieThe Searchers
1956
as Ethan Edwards
TVCinépanorama
1956
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MovieThe Conqueror
1956
as Temujin
TVScreen Director's Playhouse
1955
as Mike Cronin
MovieBlood Alley
1955
as Capt. Tom Wilder
TVCasablanca
1955
TVGunsmoke
1955
as Self - Host, Introduction to the Series
MovieThe Sea Chase
1955
as Captain Karl Ehrlich
Producers' Showcase
1954
as Self
MovieThe High and the Mighty
1954
as Dan Roman
MovieHondo
1953
as Hondo Lane
Three Lives
1953
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MovieIsland in the Sky
1953
as Captain Dooley
MovieTrouble Along the Way
1953
as Stephen Aloysius Williams
TVThe Oscars
1953
as Self
You're the Star
1953
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MovieBig Jim McLain
1952
as Jim McLain
MovieThe Quiet Man
1952
as Sean Thornton
TVI Love Lucy
1951
as John Wayne
TVThe Red Skelton Show
1951
as Self (uncredited)
MovieFlying Leathernecks
1951
as Maj. Daniel Xavier Kirby
The Screen Director
1951
as Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited)
MovieOperation Pacific
1951
as Duke E. Gifford
MovieRio Grande
1950
as Lt. Col. Kirby Yorke
TVThe Jack Benny Program
1950
as John Wayne
TVThe Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
as Self
TVThe Bob Hope Show
1950
as Self - Cameo
TVWhat's My Line?
1950
as Self - Mystery Guest
MovieSands of Iwo Jima
1950
as Sgt. John M. Stryker
MovieShe Wore a Yellow Ribbon
1949
as Capt. Nathan Cutting Brittles
MovieThe Fighting Kentuckian
1949
as John Breen
Movie3 Godfathers
1948
as Robert Marmaduke Sangster Hightower
MovieWake of the Red Witch
1948
as Capt. Ralls
MovieRed River
1948
as Thomas Dunson
TVThe Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
MovieFort Apache
1948
as Capt. Kirby York
MovieTycoon
1947
as Johnny Munroe
MovieAngel and the Badman
1947
as Quirt Evans
MovieDesert Command
1946
as Tom Wayne
MovieWithout Reservations
1946
as Rusty Thomas
MovieDakota
1945
as John Devlin
MovieThey Were Expendable
1945
as Lt. (J.G.) 'Rusty' Ryan
MovieBack to Bataan
1945
as Colonel Joseph Madden
MovieFlame of Barbary Coast
1945
as Duke Fergus
MovieTall in the Saddle
1944
as Rocklin
MovieMemo for Joe
1944
as Self
MovieThe Fighting Seabees
1944
as Lt. Cmdr. Wedge Donovan
TVGolden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee
MovieIn Old Oklahoma
1943
as Daniel F Somers
MovieA Lady Takes a Chance
1943
as Duke Hudkins
MovieReunion in France
1942
as Pat Talbot
MoviePittsburgh
1942
as Charles 'Pittsburgh' Markham
MovieFlying Tigers
1942
as Jim Gordon
MovieThe Spoilers
1942
as Glennister
MovieIn Old California
1942
as Tom Craig
MovieReap the Wild Wind
1942
as Captain Jack Stuart
MovieLady for a Night
1942
as Jackson Morgan
MovieThe Shepherd of the Hills
1941
as Young Matt Matthews
MovieLady from Louisiana
1941
as John Reynolds
MovieA Man Betrayed
1941
as Lynn Hollister
MovieThe Long Voyage Home
1940
as Ole Olsen
MovieSeven Sinners
1940
as Dan
MovieThree Faces West
1940
as John Phillips
MovieDark Command
1940
as Bob Seton
MovieAllegheny Uprising
1939
as Jim Smith
MovieNew Frontier
1939
as Stony Brooke
MovieWyoming Outlaw
1939
as Stony Brooke
MovieThree Texas Steers
1939
as Stony Brooke
MovieThe Night Riders
1939
as Stony Brooke
MovieStagecoach
1939
as The Ringo Kid
MovieRed River Range
1938
as Stony Brooke
MovieSanta Fe Stampede
1938
as Stony Brooke
MovieOverland Stage Raiders
1938
as Stony Brooke
MoviePals of the Saddle
1938
as Stony Brooke
MovieBorn to the West
1937
as Dare Rudd
MovieHell Town
1937
as Dare Rudd
MovieAdventure's End
1937
as Duke Slade
MovieIdol of the Crowds
1937
as Johnny Hanson
MovieI Cover the War!
1937
as Bob Adams
MovieCalifornia Straight Ahead
1937
as Biff Smith
MovieConflict
1936
as Pat Glendon
MovieSea Spoilers
1936
as Bob Randall
MovieWinds of the Wasteland
1936
as John Blair
MovieThe Stagecoach Race
1936
as John Blair
MovieThe Lonely Trail
1936
as Captain John Ashley
MovieKing of the Pecos
1936
as John Clayborn
MovieThe Lawless Nineties
1936
as John Tipton
MovieThe Oregon Trail
1936
as Capt John Delmont
MovieLawless Range
1935
as John Middleton
MovieThe New Frontier
1935
as John Dawson
MovieTexas Terror
1935
as John Higgins
MovieGuns Along The Trail
1935
as John Wyatt
MovieWestward Ho
1935
as John Wyatt
MovieCowboy G-Man
1935
as John Wyatt
MovieParadise Canyon
1935
as John Wyatt
MovieThe Dawn Rider
1935
as John Mason
MovieAvenging Angel
1935
as John Mason
MovieOn the Run
1935
as John Jones
MovieThe Desert Trail
1935
as John Scott / John Jones
MovieRainbow Valley
1935
as John Martin
Movie'Neath the Arizona Skies
1934
as Chris Morrell
MovieThe Lawless Frontier
1934
as John Tobin
MovieVengence is Mine
1934
as John Tobin
MovieThe Trail Beyond
1934
as Rod Drew
MovieKlondike Gold
1934
as Rod Drew
MovieThe Star Packer
1934
as U.S. Marshal John Travers
MovieThe Drifter
1934
as Randy
MovieRandy Rides Alone
1934
as Randy Bowers
MovieBandits of the Badlands
1934
as John Carruthers
MovieThe Shadow Gang
1934
as U.S. Marshal John Travers
MovieNext Of Kin
1934
as Ted Hayden aka Gat Ganns
MovieThe Man from Utah
1934
as John Weston
MovieRodeo Rocketeers
1934
as John Weston
MovieBlue Steel
1934
as John Carruthers
MovieWest of the Divide
1934
as Ted Hayden aka Gat Ganns
MovieThe Lucky Texan
1934
as Jerry Mason
MovieClaim Jumpers
1934
as Jerry Mason
MovieSagebrush Trail
1933
as John Brant
MovieFugitive
1933
as John
MovieCollege Coach
1933
as Football player (uncredited)
MovieRiders of Destiny
1933
as Singin' Sandy Saunders
MovieThe Man from Monterey
1933
as John Holmes
MovieBaby Face
1933
as Jimmy McCoy Jr.
MovieHis Private Secretary
1933
as Dick Wallace
MovieThe Life of Jimmy Dolan
1933
as Smith
MovieSomewhere in Sonora
1933
as John Bishop
MovieCentral Airport
1933
MovieThe Three Musketeers
1933
as Lt. Tom Wayne
MovieThe Telegraph Trail
1933
as John Trent
MovieHaunted Gold
1932
as John Mason
MovieThe Big Stampede
1932
as Deputy Sheriff John Steele
MovieRide Him, Cowboy
1932
as John Drury
The Hollywood Handicap
1932
MovieThe Hurricane Express
1932
as The Air Pilot
MovieLady and Gent
1932
as Buzz Kinney
MovieTwo-Fisted Law
1932
as Duke
MovieTexas Cyclone
1932
as Steve Pickett
MovieThe Shadow of the Eagle
1932
as Craig McCoy
Running Hollywood
1932
as Emcee
The Deceiver
1931
as Reginald Thorpe as a corpse
MovieThe Range Feud
1931
as Clint Turner
MovieMaker of Men
1931
as Dusty Rhodes
MovieArizona
1931
as Lt. Bob Denton
MovieThree Girls Lost
1931
as Gordon Wales
MovieGirls Demand Excitement
1931
as Peter Brooks
MovieThe Big Trail
1930
as Breck Coleman
MovieCheer Up and Smile
1930
MovieRough Romance
1930
as Lumberjack (uncredited)
MovieBorn Reckless
1930
as Extra (uncredited)
MovieMen Without Women
1930
as Radioman on Surface (uncredited)
MovieSalute
1929
MovieWords and Music
1929
as Pete Donahue (as Duke Morrison)
MovieThe Black Watch
1929
as Black Watch Soldier (uncredited)
MovieSpeakeasy
1929
as Extra
MovieNoah's Ark
1928
as Flood Extra (uncredited)
MovieA Home Made Man
1928
as Man on Stool
MovieHangman's House
1928
as Horse Race Spectator / Condemned Man in Flashback
MovieFour Sons
1928
MovieMother Machree
1927
MovieThe Drop Kick
1927
as Football Player / Extra in Stands
MovieAnnie Laurie
1927
MovieThe Draw-Back
1927
as Opposing Football Player
MovieThe Great K&A Train Robbery
1926
as Extra (uncredited)
MovieBardelys the Magnificent
1926
as Guard (uncredited)
MovieBrown of Harvard
1926
as Yale LIneback Player
Rodeo Racketeers
Desert Command
as Tom Wayne
