John Wayne

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	Acting
Most Rating	27.324
Birthday	1907-05-26
Place of Birth	Winterset, Iowa, USA
Also Known As	Duke, The Duke, ジョン・ウェイン, Michael Morris, 존 웨인,

Rio Bravo

Stagecoach

Red River

The Searchers

The Alamo

The Comancheros

Big Jake

Cahill U.S. Marshal

Hatari!

Angel and the Badman

The Green Berets

Randy Rides Alone

Texas Terror

The Lucky Texan

North to Alaska

Hondo

The Fighting Seabees

El Dorado

Paradise Canyon

Riders of Destiny

Rio Grande

Sagebrush Trail

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

The Conqueror

Legend of the Lost

Hellfighters

McQ

A Man Betrayed

The Shootist

Rio Lobo

The War Wagon

Brannigan

The Sea Chase

Island in the Sky

Trouble Along the Way

The Train Robbers

In Old California

Operation Pacific

In Old Oklahoma

Winds of the Wasteland

Wake of the Red Witch

Big Jim McLain

The Trail Beyond

Three Faces West

Flame of Barbary Coast

West of the Divide

The Shadow of the Eagle

She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

3 Godfathers

Blood Alley

Flying Tigers

The Big Trail

Circus World

The Shepherd of the Hills

Fort Apache

The Fighting Kentuckian

Tall in the Saddle

McLintock!

Allegheny Uprising

The Cowboys

Westward Ho

In Harm's Way

Donovan's Reef

The Star Packer

The Sons of Katie Elder

The Hurricane Express

Chisum

The Wings of Eagles

The Barbarian and the Geisha

True Grit

Rooster Cogburn

Flying Leathernecks

The Horse Soldiers

The High and the Mighty

Sands of Iwo Jima

The Lawless Frontier

The Big Stampede

The Undefeated

Back to Bataan

The Man from Monterey