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John Wayne (I) (1907–1979)


John Wayne (born Marion Morrison) was the son of pharmacist Clyde Morrison and his wife Mary. Clyde developed a lung condition that required him to move his family from Iowa to the warmer climate of southern California, where they tried ranching in the Mojave Desert. Until the ranch failed, Marion and his younger brother Robert E. Morrison swam in an irrigation ditch and rode a horse to school... See full bio »

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Filmography

Hide HideActor (172 titles)
1976 The Shootist
J.B. Books
 
1974 McQ
McQ
 
1973 Cahill U.S. Marshal
J. D. Cahill
 
1968 The Green Berets
Col. Mike Kirby
 
1966 Magic Mansion (TV series)
John Wayne
Ride 'em Cowboy (1966) … John Wayne
 
1962 Alcoa Premiere (TV series)
Sergeant-Umpire in Korea
Flashing Spikes (1962) … Sergeant-Umpire in Korea (as Marion Morrison)
 
1960 Wagon Train (TV series)
Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman
The Colter Craven Story (1960) … Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman (as Michael Morris)
 
1958 I Married a Woman
Leonard (uncredited) / John Wayne (uncredited)
 
1955 Screen Directors Playhouse (TV series)
Mike Cronin
 
1955 The Sea Chase
Captain Karl Ehrlich
 
1953 Hondo
Hondo Lane
 
1953 Three Lives (short)
Commentator
 
1952 Miracle in Motion (short)
Narrator
 
1947 Tycoon
Johnny
 
1946 Without Reservations
Rusty
 
1942 Reap the Wild Wind
Capt. Jack Stuart
 
1939 Allegheny Uprising
Jim Smith
 
1937 Idol of the Crowds
Johnny Hanson
 
1936 Sea Spoilers
Bob Randall
 
1935 Paradise Canyon
John Wyatt / John Rogers
 
1935 The Desert Trail
John Scott/John Jones
 
1933 College Coach
Student Greeting Phil (uncredited)
 
1933 Central Airport
Co-Pilot in Wreck (uncredited)
 
1932 The Big Stampede
Deputy Sheriff John Steele
 
1932 That's My Boy
Football Player (uncredited)
 
1932 The Hurricane Express
The Air Pilot
 
1930 Cheer Up and Smile
Bit Part (uncredited)
 
1930 Rough Romance
Lumberjack (uncredited)
 
1930 Born Reckless
Extra (uncredited)
 
1930 Men Without Women
Radioman on Surface (uncredited)
 
1929 The Forward Pass
Extra (uncredited)
 
1929 Salute
Midshipman Bill (uncredited)
 
1929 Words and Music
Pete Donahue (as Duke Morrison)
 
1929 The Black Watch
42nd Highlander (uncredited)
 
1929 Speakeasy
Extra (uncredited)
 
1928/I Noah's Ark
Flood Extra (uncredited)
 
1928 Four Sons
Officer (uncredited)
 
1928 Mother Machree
Extra (uncredited)
 
1927 The Drop Kick
Football Player (uncredited) / Extra in Stands (uncredited)
 
1927 Annie Laurie
Extra (uncredited)
 
1926 The Great K & A Train Robbery
Extra (uncredited)
 
1926 Bardelys the Magnificent
Guard (uncredited)
 
1926 Brown of Harvard
Yale Football Player (uncredited)
 
Show ShowProducer (21 titles)
1967 Hondo and the Apaches (TV movie) (producer)
 
1960 The Alamo (producer)
 
1958 Escort West (producer - uncredited)
 
1958 China Doll (producer - uncredited)
 
1956 Man in the Vault (producer - uncredited)
 
1956 Gun the Man Down (producer)
 
1956 Seven Men from Now (producer - uncredited)
 
1956 Good-bye, My Lady (producer)
 
1955 Blood Alley (producer - uncredited)
 
1954 Track of the Cat (producer - uncredited)
 
1954 Ring of Fear (producer - uncredited)
 
1954 The High and the Mighty (producer - uncredited)
 
1953 Hondo (producer - uncredited)
 
1953 Island in the Sky (producer - uncredited)
 
1953 Plunder of the Sun (producer - uncredited)
 
1952 Big Jim McLain (producer - uncredited)
 
1951 Bullfighter and the Lady (producer)
 
1951 Santa and the Fairy Snow Queen (short) (producer - uncredited)
 
1950 The Dangerous Stranger (short) (producer - uncredited)
 
1949 The Fighting Kentuckian (producer - uncredited)
 
1947 Angel and the Badman (producer - uncredited)
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (11 titles)
1976 The Shootist (performer: "Willow, Tit Willow")
 
1954 The High and the Mighty ("Son of a Gambolier" - uncredited)
 
1952 The Quiet Man (performer: "The Wild Colonial Boy" - uncredited)
 
1942 Lady for a Night ("Up in a Balloon" - uncredited)
 
1935 Lawless Range (performer: "On the Banks of the Sunny San Juan" - uncredited)
 
1935 Westward Ho (performer: "The Girl I Loved Long Ago" - uncredited)
 
1934 The Man from Utah (performer: "Sing Me a Song of the Wild" - uncredited)
 
1933 Riders of Destiny (performer: "A Cowboy's Song of Fate" - uncredited, "Song of the Wild" - uncredited)
 
1933 The Telegraph Trail ("Oh Susanna")
 
1932 Haunted Gold ("She'll Be Comin' Round the Mountain" - uncredited)
 
1932 Ride Him, Cowboy ("She'll Be Comin' 'Round the Mountain When She Comes" - uncredited)
 
Show ShowArt Department (7 titles)
1930 Cheer Up and Smile (property assistant)
 
1930 Rough Romance (props - uncredited)
 
1929 Words and Music (property assistant)
 
1929 The Black Watch (props - uncredited)
 
1928 Four Sons (props - uncredited)
 
1928 Mother Machree (props - uncredited)
 
1926 The Great K & A Train Robbery (property boy - uncredited)
 
Show ShowDirector (5 titles)
1971 Big Jake (uncredited)
 
1961 The Comancheros (uncredited)
 
1960 The Alamo
 
1955 Blood Alley (uncredited)
 
1952 The Quiet Man (second unit director - uncredited)
 
Show ShowCostume and Wardrobe Department (1 title)
1929 Salute (costumer - uncredited)
 
Show ShowThanks (2 titles)
1998 A Turning of the Earth: John Ford, John Wayne and the Searchers (documentary short) (dedicatee)
 
1971 Directed by John Ford (documentary) (thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (88 titles)
1979 The 51st Annual Academy Awards (TV special documentary)
Himself - Presenter: Best Picture
 
1979 The Barbara Walters Summer Special (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 10 January 1979 (1979) … Himself
 
1978 Early American Christmas (TV special)
 
1978 General Electric's All-Star Anniversary (TV documentary)
Himself/Host
 
1978 Happy Birthday, Bob (TV special)
Himself
 
1978 AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Henry Fonda (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
1978 ABC's Silver Anniversary Celebration (TV movie)
Himself
 
1977 Jimmy Carter's Inaugural Gala (TV movie)
Himself
 
1976 CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1976 An All-Star Tribute to John Wayne (TV documentary)
Himself - Guest of Honor
 
1976 The Mike Douglas Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 21 September 1976 (1976) … Himself
 
1976 Chesty: A Tribute to a Legend (documentary)
Narrator
 
1976 Backlot USA (TV movie)
Himself
 
1976 The 2nd Annual People's Choice Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Winner
 
1971-1976 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 8 January 1976 (1976) … Himself
Episode dated 15 October 1975 (1975) … Himself
Episode dated 22 March 1973 (1973) … Himself
Episode dated 7 June 1972 (1972) … Himself
Episode dated 14 January 1972 (1972) … Himself
 
1971-1975 V.I.P.-Schaukel (TV series documentary)
Himself
Episode #5.4 (1975) … Himself
Episode #1.2 (1971) … Himself
 
1975 Bob Hope on Campus (TV movie)
Himself
 
1975 The 47th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Presenter: Honorary Award to Howard Hawks
 
1975 The 17th Annual TV Week Logie Awards (TV movie)
Himself
 
1974 Maude (TV series)
Himself
Maude Meets the Duke (1974) … Himself
 
1974 AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to James Cagney (TV special documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1973 RCA's Opening Night (TV movie)
Himself
 
1973 AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to John Ford (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
1973 Cavalcade of Champions (TV movie)
Himself - Presenter
 
1968-1973 Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Guest Performer
Episode #6.20 (1973) … Himself
Episode #6.1 (1972) … Himself - Guest Performer
Episode #5.23 (1972) … Himself
Episode #5.18 (1972) … Himself
Episode #5.8 (1971) … Himself - Guest Performer
 
1973 The Wayne Train (TV documentary short)
Himself
 
1972 Cancel My Reservation
Himself, John Wayne (uncredited)
 
1972 The David Frost Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode #4.185 (1972) … Himself
 
1972 The 44th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself- Presenter
 
1971 The American West of John Ford (TV documentary)
Himself - Narrator
 
1971 The Bob Hope Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 7 November 1971 (1971) … Himself (uncredited)
 
1971 Directed by John Ford (documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1969-1971 The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour (TV series)
Himself
Episode #4.1 (1971) … Himself
Episode #1.4 (1969) … Himself
 
1971 Sehnsucht nach dem wilden Westen (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1970 Plimpton! Shoot-Out at Rio Lobo (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1970 Swing Out, Sweet Land (TV movie)
Himself
 
1970 Raquel! (TV movie)
Himself
 
1970 The 42nd Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Winner: Best Actor in a Leading Role & Presenter: Best Cinematography
 
1970 The Movie Game (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 16 March 1970 (1970) … Himself
 
1970 No Substitute for Victory (documentary)
Narrator
 
1970 John Wayne and Chisum (documentary short)
Himself
 
1970 Harry Jackson: A Man and his Art (TV documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
1966-1969 The Red Skelton Hour (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Guest Host / Rooster Cogburn
Red Skelton Scrapbook 66 (1966) … Himself - Guest Host
 
1968/II The Moviemakers (documentary short)
Himself
 
1967 Dateline: Hollywood (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 19 May 1967 (1967) … Himself
Episode dated 18 May 1967 (1967) … Himself
Episode dated 17 May 1967 (1967) … Himself
Episode dated 16 May 1967 (1967) … Himself
Episode dated 15 May 1967 (1967) … Himself
 
1967 The Beverly Hillbillies (TV series)
Himself
The Indians Are Coming (1967) … Himself (uncredited)
 
1967 A Nation Builds Under Fire (documentary short)
Narrator
 
1966 The Lucy Show (TV series)
Himself
Lucy and John Wayne (1966) … Himself
 
1965-1966 The Dean Martin Comedy Hour (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 27 October 1966 (1966) … Himself
Episode dated 23 September 1965 (1965) … Himself
 
1966 The Merv Griffin Show (TV series)
Himself - Guest
Episode dated 16 March 1966 (1966) … Himself - Guest
 
1960-1964 Cinépanorama (TV series documentary)
Himself
Episode dated 26 December 1964 (1964) … Himself
Episode dated 17 December 1960 (1960) … Himself
 
1963 The Dick Powell Theatre (TV series)
Himself--Host
The Third Side of a Coin (1963) … Himself--Host
 
1961 The Challenge of Ideas (documentary short)
Himself - Narrator
 
1960 The Jack Benny Program (TV series)
Himself
John Wayne Show (1960) … Himself
 
1960 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode #14.6 (1960) … Himself
 
1960 What's My Line? (TV series)
Himself - Mystery Guest
Episode dated 13 November 1960 (1960) … Himself - Mystery Guest
 
1960 The 32nd Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Presenter: Best Director
 
1959 The 31st Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Presenter: Best Actor
 
1958 Wide Wide World (TV series documentary)
Himself
The Western (1958) … Himself
 
1958 Screen Snapshots: Salute to Hollywood (documentary short)
Himself
 
1958 The 30th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Presenter: Best Actress
 
1956 Screen Directors Playhouse (TV series)
Himself
Markheim (1956) … Himself
 
1956 Climax! (TV series)
Himself
The Louella Parsons Story (1956) … Himself
 
1953-1955 The Colgate Comedy Hour (TV series)
Himself - Actor / Himself - Awards Presenter
Episode #6.9 (1955) … Himself - Awards Presenter
Episode #4.2 (1953) … Himself - Actor
 
1955 Producers' Showcase (TV series)
Himself
Dateline II (1955) … Himself
 
1955 I Love Lucy (TV series)
Himself
Lucy and John Wayne (1955) … Himself
 
1955 The Buick-Berle Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode #8.1 (1955) … Himself
 
1955 Casablanca (TV series)
Himself
Who Holds Tomorrow? (1955) … Himself (uncredited)
 
1955 Gunsmoke (TV series)
Himself - Host
Matt Gets It (1955) … Himself - Host
 
1955 Screen Snapshots: The Great Al Jolson (short)
Himself
 
1954 This Is Your Life (TV series)
Himself
William Wellman (1954) … Himself
 
1953 The 25th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Accepting Best Actor Award for Gary Cooper
 
1951 Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Awards (documentary short)
Himself
 
1951 The Screen Director (documentary short)
Himself (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited)
 
1951 Screen Snapshots: Reno's Silver Spur Awards (documentary short)
Himself
 
1950 Screen Snapshots: Hollywood's Famous Feet (documentary short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1949 Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Rodeo (short)
Himself
 
1944 Memo for Joe (documentary short)
Himself
 
1941 Meet the Stars #8: Stars Past and Present (documentary short)
Himself
 
1940 Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 8: Cowboy Jubilee (documentary short)
Himself
 
1932 The Hollywood Handicap (short)
Himself
 
1932 Running Hollywood (short)
Himself
 
1932 The Voice of Hollywood No. 13 (Second Series) (short)
Himself, Announcer
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (103 titles)
2011 The Personal Property of John Wayne (video documentary)
Himself
 
2011 Stunt Love (documentary short)
Himself
 
2011 Reagan (documentary)
Himself
 
2010 Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood (TV mini-series documentary)
 
2010 Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff (documentary)
Himself
 
2010 Live from Studio Five (TV series)
 
2010 Pure in Heart: The Life and Legacy of Lon Chaney Jr. (video documentary short)
 
2009 The American Experience (TV series documentary)
 
2009 50 años de (TV series)
 
2009 The Jay Leno Show (TV series)
 
2009 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2009 Comic Relief 2009 (TV movie)
 
2008 The O'Reilly Factor (TV series)
 
2008 Spisok korabley (documentary)
 
2007 100 Years of John Wayne (TV documentary short)
 
2007 Best Evidence (TV series documentary)
 
2007 Hoge bomen: Pioniers (TV series documentary)
 
2006 Amérique, notre histoire (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2006 American Masters (TV series documentary)
 
2005 Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2005 Ban the Sadist Videos! (video documentary)
Himself
 
2005 I'm King Kong!: The Exploits of Merian C. Cooper (documentary)
Ethan Edwards
 
2005 Private Screenings (TV series)
 
2005 Battleground (TV series documentary)
 
2005 John Wayne: Working with a Western Legend (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2005 Dead Famous (TV series documentary)
 
2004 Rated 'R': Republicans in Hollywood (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2003 Christmas from Hollywood (video documentary)
Himself
 
2003 Go West, Young Man! (documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2003 Bob Hope at 100 (TV documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2002 Remembering 'The Quiet Man' (video short)
Himself
 
2002 John Ford Goes to War (documentary)
Himself
 
2001 I Love Lucy's 50th Anniversary Special (TV documentary)
 
2001 The Shootist: The Legend Lives On (video documentary short)
John Bernard Books (uncredited)
 
2001 Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood (TV documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2000 Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs (TV documentary)
 
1999 ABC 2000: The Millennium (TV documentary)
 
1999 The Century: America's Time (TV mini-series documentary)
 
1998 The Making of 'How the West Was Won' (video documentary short)
Himself
 
1998 Hollywoodism: Jews, Movies and the American Dream (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1998 Biography (TV series documentary)
 
1998 Playboy: The Story of X (video documentary)
Himself
 
1998 John Wayne on Film (video documentary short)
Himself
 
1998 The Best of the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts (TV documentary)
Himself - Roaster
 
1998 Warner Bros. 75th Anniversary: No Guts, No Glory (TV documentary)
(uncredited)
 
1997 John Wayne: On Board with the Duke (video documentary)
Himself
 
1996 Barbara Walters: 20 Years at ABC (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1995 Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick (documentary)
Himself
 
1995 Legends of Entertainment Video (video documentary)
Himself
 
1994 100 Years of the Hollywood Western (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1993 La classe américaine (TV movie)
George Abitbol
 
1993 Bob Hope's Bag Full of Christmas Memories (TV special)
Himself
 
1993 Laugh-In Past Christmas Present (TV special)
Himself
 
1993 John Ford (TV documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1992 Ca détourne (TV movie)
MC François
 
1992 Omnibus (TV series documentary)
 
1992 Rock Hudson's Home Movies (documentary)
 
1992 Fonda on Fonda (TV documentary)
Actor in 'Fort Apache' (uncredited)
 
1992 John Wayne's 'The Alamo' (video documentary short)
Davy Crockett
 
1992 Oscar's Greatest Moments (video documentary)
Himself
 
1992 The Making of 'The Quiet Man' (video documentary short)
 
1991 Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1991 Here's Looking at You, Warner Bros. (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1990 Hollywood on Parade (video documentary)
Himself
 
1989 Hollywood: The Early Years (TV series documentary)
Various
 
1988 We Can Keep You Forever (TV documentary)
Himself - at POW Homecoming (uncredited)
 
1987 House II: The Second Story
Cowboy (uncredited)
 
1987 The West That Never Was (TV documentary)
 
1984 Unrehearsed Antics of the Stars (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1984 Cowboys of the Saturday Matinee (video documentary)
 
1982 Showbiz Goes to War (TV movie)
 
1982 Henry Fonda: The Man and His Movies (TV documentary)
Actor in 'Fort Apache' (uncredited)
 
1981 Margret Dünser, auf der Suche nach den Besonderen (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1980 Fist of Fear, Touch of Death (documentary)
Himself, at the Academy Awards (uncredited)
 
1980 Hollywood (TV mini-series documentary)
 
1980 John Wayne the Duke Lives On: A Tribute (video documentary)
Himself
 
1979 Ken Murray Shooting Stars (documentary)
Himself
 
1979 Homage for The Duke (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1977 That's Action (documentary)
Himself
 
1976 America at the Movies (documentary)
Tom Dustan/Ethan Edwards/Rooster Cogburn
 
1976 Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
Jerry Mason
 
1976 It's Showtime (documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1975 Brother Can You Spare a Dime (documentary)
Himself
 
1975 Hooray for Hollywood (documentary)
Himself
 
1973 The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks (TV documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1971 The Selling of the Pentagon (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1968 Skidoo
Captain Rockwell Torrey (clip from "In Harm's Way") (uncredited)
 
1965 Wayne and Shuster Take an Affectionate Look At... (TV series documentary)
 
1963-1964 Hollywood and the Stars (TV series)
 
1963 Hollywood Without Make-Up (documentary)
Himself
 
1962 Hollywood: The Fabulous Era (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1962 'Neath Arizona Skies (short)
John Martin
 
1961 I 10 del Texas
 
1957-1959 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
 
1955 Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Cowboy Stars (documentary short)
Himself
 
1946 Desert Command
Tom Wayne
 
1945 George White's Scandals
Himself (uncredited)
 
1938 The Painted Trail
(uncredited)
 
1937 God's Country and the Man
Stock Footage Long Shot (uncredited)
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

(1966) TV commercial (political ad): Ronald Reagan for California governor. See more »

Publicity Listings:

13 Biographical Movies  | 45 Print Biographies  | 2 Interviews  | 27 Articles  | 11 Magazine Cover Photos  | See more »

Official Sites:

Official Site | See more »

Alternate Names:

Michael Morris | Duke Morrison | Marion Michael Morrison | Marion Morrison

Height:

6' 4" (1.93 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

My main object in making a motion picture is entertainment. If at the same time I can strike a blow for liberty, then I'll stick one in. See more »

Trivia:

Gave the eulogy at the funerals of Ward Bond, John Ford and Howard Hawks. See more »

Trademark:

His movies frequently reflected his conservative values See more »

Nickname:

Duke See more »

Star Sign:

Gemini