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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
Filmography

Spiritual day in Minneapolis
2026

Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas
2026
as Ethan Edwards (archive footage) (uncredited)

Naughty America: Guns & Stripes
2025
as Self (archive footage)

Elway
2025
as Self (archive footage)

Breakdown: 1975
2025
as Self (archive footage)

The Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout
2024
as Self (archive footage)

Atomic People
2024
as Self (archive footage)

Remembering Gene Wilder
2024
as Self (archive photo)

John Wayne: Cowboys & Demons
2023
as Self (Archive Footage)

Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend
2022
as Self (archive footage)

John Ford and Throwing
2022

John Ford: The Man Who Invented America
2019
as Self - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage)

John Wayne - America at All Costs
2019
as Himself (archive footage)

Gérard Blain : adultes, je vous hais
2019
as Self (archive)

The Fabulous Allan Carr
2017
as Self (archive footage)

John Wayne on Film
2016
as Himself

John Ford & Monument Valley
2013
as Self (archive footage)

Dictator: One Crazy Job
2013
as Self (archive footage)

Talking Pictures
2013
as Self (archive footage)

Christmas Around the World with Perry Como
2012
as Self

Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
2010
as Self (archive footage)

Nuke 'Em, Duke
2010
as Self (archive footage)

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
2009
as Self (archive footage)
Battleground
2004
as Self (archive footage)

Edith Head: The Paramount Years
2002
as Self (archive footage)

The Shootist: The Legend Lives On
2001

The Duke at Fox
2001
as Self (archive footage)

John 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

The Best of the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
1998
as Self - Roaster (archive footage)

The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
1997
as Self (archive footage)

La Classe américaine
1993
as George Abitbol (archive footage)

The John Wayne Story - The Later Years
1993
as Himself
Young Duke: Making Of A Movie Star
1993
as Himself

The Making of 'Rio Grande'
1993
as Self (archive footage)

The John Wayne Story: The Early Years
1993
John Wayne's 'The Alamo'
1992
as Davy Crockett

Movie Tough Guys
1991
as Self (archive footage)

John Wayne - Eine amerikanische Legende
1991
as (archive footage)

Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
1991
as Self (archive footage)

John Wayne: American Hero Of The Movies
1990

Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
1988
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Sacrée soirée
1987
as Self (archive footage)

Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984
as (archive footage)

Showbiz Goes to War
1982
as Self (archive footage)

Hollywood
1980
as Self

Perry Como's Early American Christmas
1978
as Self

Western von gestern
1978
as John Wyatt aka John Allen (archive footage)

Western von gestern
1978
as John Wyatt aka John Allen

Western von gestern
1978
as Stony Brooke (archive footage)

This Little Bullet
1977
as Host
That's Action
1977
as self

Johnny, weil Du Geburtstag hast
1977
as Self

The Shootist
1976
as J.B. Books

Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
1976
as Jerry Mason

Bob Hope's Comedy Christmas Special
1976

CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years
1976
as Self

Chesty: A Tribute to a Legend
1976
as Himself/Narrator

It's Showtime
1976
as Self (archive footage)

Hooray for Hollywood
1976
as Self (archive footage)
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
1976
as Self (archive footage)

Brannigan
1975
as Lt. Jim Brannigan

Rooster Cogburn
1975
as Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
as Self (archive footage)
Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television
1975
as (archive footage)

McQ
1974
as McQ

Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still
1974
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Spécial cinéma
1974
as Self (archive footage)

Cahill: United States Marshal
1973
as J.D. Cahill

Wayne Train
1973
as Self

The Train Robbers
1973
as Lane

The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks
1973
as Self (archive footage)
The Man Behind the Star
1973
as Self

The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
as Self

The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
1973
as Self

The Cowboys
1972
as Wil Andersen

Cancel My Reservation
1972
as Himself (uncredited)

Maude
1972
as Himself

Big Jake
1971
as Jacob McCandles

The American West of John Ford
1971
as Self - Narrator

Directed by John Ford
1971
as Self (1969)

The Selling of the Pentagon
1971
as Self (archive footage)
V.I.P. Schaukel
1971
as Self

Rio Lobo
1970
as Col. Cord McNally

Chisum
1970
as John Chisum

No Substitute for Victory
1970
as Sekf

Raquel!
1970
as Self

Swing Out, Sweet Land
1970
as Self - Host

Plimpton! Shoot-Out at Rio Lobo
1970
as Self

True Grit
1969
as Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn

The Undefeated
1969
as Colonel John Henry Thomas

The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
1969
as Self

The Movie Orgy
1968
as Self (archive footage)

The Green Berets
1968
as Colonel Mike Kirby

Hellfighters
1968
as Chance Buckman

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
as Self (uncredited)

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
as Self

A Nation Builds Under Fire
1967
as Narrator

The War Wagon
1967
as Taw Jackson
Dateline: Hollywood
1967

El Dorado
1966
as Cole Thornton

Cast a Giant Shadow
1966
as Gen. Mike Randolph

The Victory Squad
1966
as Self - Host

The Greatest Story Ever Told
1965
as Centurion at crucifixion

In Harm's Way
1965
as Capt. Rockwell Torrey

The Sons of Katie Elder
1965
as John Elder
The Making of A Movie
1965
as Himself

Circus World
1964
as Matt Masters
Choice
1964
as Host

McLintock!
1963
as George Washington McLintock

Donovan's Reef
1963
as Michael "Guns" Donovan

Hollywood and the Stars
1963
as Self (archive footage)

Hatari!
1962
as Sean Mercer

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
1962
as Tom Doniphon

How the West Was Won
1962
as William Sherman

The Longest Day
1962
as Lt. Col. Benjamin Vandervoort

Flashing Spikes
1962
as Marine Sergeant

The Lucy Show
1962
as John Wayne

The Beverly Hillbillies
1962
as John Wayne (uncredited)

The Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self

The Comancheros
1961
as Jake Cutter
The Challenge of Ideas
1961
as Self

The 10 from Texas
1961
as (archive footage)

Alcoa Premiere
1961

The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self (archive footage)

The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self

The Alamo
1960
as Col. Davy Crockett

North to Alaska
1960
as Sam McCord

The Colter Craven Story
1960

Rio Bravo
1959
as Sheriff John T. Chance

The Horse Soldiers
1959
as Col John Marlowe

I Married a Woman
1958
as Actor in a Movie (uncredited)

The Barbarian and the Geisha
1958
as Townsend Harris

The Western: A Lost TV Special
1958
as Self

Legend of the Lost
1957
as Joe January

The Wings of Eagles
1957
as Frank W. 'Spig' Wead

Jet Pilot
1957
as Col. Jim Shannon

Wagon Train
1957
as Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman

Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
as Self

The Searchers
1956
as Ethan Edwards

The Conqueror
1956
as Temujin

Cinépanorama
1956
as Self

The Sea Chase
1955
as Captain Karl Ehrlich

Blood Alley
1955
as Capt. Tom Wilder
Rookie of the Year
1955
as Mike Cronin

Gunsmoke
1955
as Self - Host, Introduction to the Series

Casablanca
1955

Screen Director's Playhouse
1955
as Mike Cronin

The High and the Mighty
1954
as Dan Roman
Producers' Showcase
1954
as Self

Hondo
1953
as Hondo Lane

Island in the Sky
1953
as Captain Dooley

Trouble Along the Way
1953
as Stephen Aloysius Williams
You're the Star
1953
as Self
Three Lives
1953
as Self

The Oscars
1953
as Self

The Quiet Man
1952
as Sean Thornton

Big Jim McLain
1952
as Jim McLain

Operation Pacific
1951
as Duke E. Gifford

Flying Leathernecks
1951
as Maj. Daniel Xavier Kirby

The Screen Director
1951
as Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited)

I Love Lucy
1951
as John Wayne

The Red Skelton Show
1951
as Self (uncredited)

The Red Skelton Show
1951
as John Wayne

The Red Skelton Show
1951
as Rooster Cogburn

Rio Grande
1950
as Lt. Col. Kirby Yorke

Sands of Iwo Jima
1950
as Sgt. John M. Stryker

The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
as Self

The Bob Hope Show
1950
as Self - Cameo

The Bob Hope Show
1950
as Self

The Jack Benny Program
1950
as John Wayne

What's My Line?
1950
as Self - Mystery Guest

She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
1949
as Capt. Nathan Cutting Brittles

The Fighting Kentuckian
1949
as John Breen

Red River
1948
as Thomas Dunson

Wake of the Red Witch
1948
as Capt. Ralls

3 Godfathers
1948
as Robert Marmaduke Sangster Hightower

Fort Apache
1948
as Capt. Kirby York

The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self

Angel and the Badman
1947
as Quirt Evans

Tycoon
1947
as Johnny Munroe

Without Reservations
1946
as Rusty Thomas

Desert Command
1946
as Tom Wayne
Desert Command
1946
as Tom Wayne

Flame of Barbary Coast
1945
as Duke Fergus

They Were Expendable
1945
as Lt. (J.G.) 'Rusty' Ryan

Back to Bataan
1945
as Colonel Joseph Madden

Dakota
1945
as John Devlin

The Fighting Seabees
1944
as Lt. Cmdr. Wedge Donovan

Tall in the Saddle
1944
as Rocklin

Memo for Joe
1944
as Self

Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee

In Old Oklahoma
1943
as Daniel F Somers

A Lady Takes a Chance
1943
as Duke Hudkins

Reunion in France
1942
as Pat Talbot

Lady for a Night
1942
as Jackson Morgan

In Old California
1942
as Tom Craig

Flying Tigers
1942
as Jim Gordon

The Spoilers
1942
as Glennister

Pittsburgh
1942
as Charles 'Pittsburgh' Markham

Reap the Wild Wind
1942
as Captain Jack Stuart

A Man Betrayed
1941
as Lynn Hollister

The Shepherd of the Hills
1941
as Young Matt Matthews

Lady from Louisiana
1941
as John Reynolds

Seven Sinners
1940
as Dan

Dark Command
1940
as Bob Seton

Three Faces West
1940
as John Phillips

The Long Voyage Home
1940
as Ole Olsen

Stagecoach
1939
as The Ringo Kid

Allegheny Uprising
1939
as Jim Smith

New Frontier
1939
as Stony Brooke

Three Texas Steers
1939
as Stony Brooke

Wyoming Outlaw
1939
as Stony Brooke

The Night Riders
1939
as Stony Brooke

Santa Fe Stampede
1938
as Stony Brooke

Overland Stage Raiders
1938
as Stony Brooke

Red River Range
1938
as Stony Brooke

Pals of the Saddle
1938
as Stony Brooke

Born to the West
1937
as Dare Rudd

Idol of the Crowds
1937
as Johnny Hanson

I Cover the War!
1937
as Bob Adams

California Straight Ahead
1937
as Biff Smith

Adventure's End
1937
as Duke Slade

Hell Town
1937
as Dare Rudd

Winds of the Wasteland
1936
as John Blair

King of the Pecos
1936
as John Clayborn

The Lawless Nineties
1936
as John Tipton

The Stagecoach Race
1936
as John Blair

The Lonely Trail
1936
as Captain John Ashley

The Oregon Trail
1936
as Capt John Delmont

Conflict
1936
as Pat Glendon

Sea Spoilers
1936
as Bob Randall

Paradise Canyon
1935
as John Wyatt

Texas Terror
1935
as John Higgins

Westward Ho
1935
as John Wyatt

The Desert Trail
1935
as John Scott / John Jones

Rainbow Valley
1935
as John Martin

The Dawn Rider
1935
as John Mason

Lawless Range
1935
as John Middleton

Avenging Angel
1935
as John Mason

The New Frontier
1935
as John Dawson

Guns Along The Trail
1935
as John Wyatt

On the Run
1935
as John Jones

Cowboy G-Man
1935
as John Wyatt

Randy Rides Alone
1934
as Randy Bowers

The Lucky Texan
1934
as Jerry Mason

The Trail Beyond
1934
as Rod Drew

West of the Divide
1934
as Ted Hayden aka Gat Ganns

The Star Packer
1934
as U.S. Marshal John Travers

The Lawless Frontier
1934
as John Tobin

The Man from Utah
1934
as John Weston

Blue Steel
1934
as John Carruthers

'Neath the Arizona Skies
1934
as Chris Morrell

Bandits of the Badlands
1934
as John Carruthers

The Shadow Gang
1934
as U.S. Marshal John Travers

Next Of Kin
1934
as Ted Hayden aka Gat Ganns

Claim Jumpers
1934
as Jerry Mason

Rodeo Rocketeers
1934
as John Weston

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

Sagebrush Trail
1933
as John Brant

Baby Face
1933
as Jimmy McCoy Jr.

His Private Secretary
1933
as Dick Wallace

Central Airport
1933

College Coach
1933
as Football player (uncredited)

The Man from Monterey
1933
as John Holmes

The Telegraph Trail
1933
as John Trent

Somewhere in Sonora
1933
as John Bishop

The Three Musketeers
1933
as Lt. Tom Wayne

The Life of Jimmy Dolan
1933
as Smith

Fugitive
1933
as John

The Shadow of the Eagle
1932
as Craig McCoy

The Hurricane Express
1932
as The Air Pilot

The Big Stampede
1932
as Deputy Sheriff John Steele

Haunted Gold
1932
as John Mason

Ride Him, Cowboy
1932
as John Drury

Texas Cyclone
1932
as Steve Pickett

Two-Fisted Law
1932
as Duke

Lady and Gent
1932
as Buzz Kinney
Running Hollywood
1932
as Emcee
The Hollywood Handicap
1932

Arizona
1931
as Lt. Bob Denton

The Range Feud
1931
as Clint Turner

Maker of Men
1931
as Dusty Rhodes

Girls Demand Excitement
1931
as Peter Brooks

Three Girls Lost
1931
as Gordon Wales

The Deceiver
1931
as Reginald Thorpe as a corpse

The Big Trail
1930
as Breck Coleman

Born Reckless
1930
as Extra (uncredited)

Men Without Women
1930
as Radioman on Surface (uncredited)

Cheer Up and Smile
1930
as Roy

Rough Romance
1930
as Lumberjack (uncredited)

The Black Watch
1929
as Black Watch Soldier (uncredited)

Salute
1929
as Midshipman Bill

Words and Music
1929
as Pete Donahue (as Duke Morrison)

Speakeasy
1929
as Extra

Noah's Ark
1928
as Flood Extra (uncredited)

Four Sons
1928

Hangman's House
1928
as Horse Race Spectator / Condemned Man in Flashback

A Home Made Man
1928
as Man on Stool

Annie Laurie
1927

Mother Machree
1927

The Drop Kick
1927
as Football Player / Extra in Stands

The Draw-Back
1927
as Opposing Football Player

The Great K&A Train Robbery
1926
as Extra (uncredited)

Bardelys the Magnificent
1926
as Guard (uncredited)

Brown of Harvard
1926
as Yale LIneback Player