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.
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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The Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout
Sly
John Wayne: Cowboys & Demons
Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend
John Wayne - America at All Costs
John Ford: The Man Who Invented America
And the Oscar Goes To...
Dictator: One Crazy Job
John Ford & Monument Valley
Talking Pictures
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
Nuke 'Em, Duke
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
The Shootist: The Legend Lives On
The Duke at Fox
John Wayne - Ein Leben für den Film
Lee Marvin: A Personal Portrait by John Boorman
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
La Classe américaine
The John Wayne Story - The Later Years
The John Wayne Story: The Early Years
The Making of 'Rio Grande'
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
John Wayne - Eine amerikanische Legende
Movie Tough Guys
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
Going Hollywood: The '30s
Showbiz Goes to War
Hollywood
Western von gestern
Bob Hope's Comedy Christmas Special
CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years
The Shootist
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
Chesty: A Tribute to a Legend
It's Showtime
Rooster Cogburn
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Brannigan
Spécial cinéma
McQ
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
Cahill: United States Marshal
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
The Train Robbers
The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks
Cancel My Reservation
Maude
The Cowboys
The American West of John Ford
Directed by John Ford
Big Jake
Plimpton! Shoot-Out at Rio Lobo
Chisum
Raquel!
Rio Lobo
Swing Out, Sweet Land
The Undefeated
True Grit
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
Hellfighters
The Green Berets
The Movie Orgy
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
The War Wagon
A Nation Builds Under Fire
El Dorado
The Victory Squad
Cast a Giant Shadow
The Sons of Katie Elder
The Greatest Story Ever Told
In Harm's Way
Circus World
McLintock!
Donovan's Reef
How the West Was Won
Flashing Spikes
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Beverly Hillbillies
The Longest Day
Hatari!
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
The Comancheros
The Mike Douglas Show
Alcoa Premiere
The Colter Craven Story:
North to Alaska
The Alamo
The Horse Soldiers
Rio Bravo
The Barbarian and the Geisha
I Married a Woman
Legend of the Lost
Jet Pilot
Wagon Train
The Wings of Eagles
7 Men from Now
The Searchers
Good-bye, My Lady
The Conqueror
Cinépanorama
Rookie of the Year
Screen Director's Playhouse
Blood Alley
Casablanca
Gunsmoke
The Sea Chase
Track of the Cat
Ring of Fear
The High and the Mighty
Hondo
Three Lives
Island in the Sky
Trouble Along the Way
The Oscars
Big Jim McLain
The Quiet Man
Santa and the Fairy Snow Queen
I Love Lucy
The Red Skelton Show
Flying Leathernecks
Bullfighter and the Lady
Operation Pacific
Rio Grande
The Jack Benny Program
The Colgate Comedy Hour
The Bob Hope Show
The Dangerous Stranger
What's My Line?
Sands of Iwo Jima
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
The Fighting Kentuckian
3 Godfathers
Wake of the Red Witch
Red River
The Ed Sullivan Show
Fort Apache
Tycoon
Angel and the Badman
Desert Command
Without Reservations
Dakota
They Were Expendable
Back to Bataan
Flame of Barbary Coast
Tall in the Saddle
Memo for Joe
The Fighting Seabees
In Old Oklahoma
A Lady Takes a Chance
Reunion in France
Pittsburgh
Flying Tigers
The Spoilers
In Old California
Reap the Wild Wind
Lady for a Night
The Shepherd of the Hills
Lady from Louisiana
A Man Betrayed
The Long Voyage Home
Seven Sinners
Three Faces West
Dark Command
Allegheny Uprising
New Frontier
Wyoming Outlaw
Three Texas Steers
The Night Riders
Stagecoach
Red River Range
Santa Fe Stampede
Overland Stage Raiders
Pals of the Saddle
Born to the West
Adventure's End
Idol of the Crowds
I Cover the War!
California Straight Ahead
Conflict
Sea Spoilers
Winds of the Wasteland
The Stagecoach Race
The Lonely Trail
King of the Pecos
The Lawless Nineties
The Oregon Trail
Lawless Range
The New Frontier
Texas Terror
Guns Along The Trail
Westward Ho
Paradise Canyon
The Dawn Rider
Avenging Angel
The Desert Trail
Rainbow Valley
'Neath the Arizona Skies
The Lawless Frontier
The Trail Beyond
The Star Packer
Randy Rides Alone
Next Of Kin
The Man from Utah
Blue Steel
West of the Divide
Sagebrush Trail
College Coach
Riders of Destiny
The Man from Monterey
Baby Face
His Private Secretary
The Life of Jimmy Dolan
Somewhere in Sonora
Central Airport
The Three Musketeers
The Telegraph Trail
Haunted Gold
The Big Stampede
Ride Him, Cowboy
The Hurricane Express
Lady and Gent
Two-Fisted Law
Texas Cyclone
The Shadow of the Eagle
The Range Feud
Maker of Men
Arizona
Three Girls Lost
Girls Demand Excitement
The Big Trail
Cheer Up and Smile
Rough Romance
Born Reckless
Men Without Women
Salute
Words and Music
The Black Watch
Speakeasy
Noah's Ark
A Home Made Man
Hangman's House
Four Sons
Mother Machree
The Drop Kick
Annie Laurie
The Draw-Back
The Great K&A Train Robbery
Bardelys the Magnificent
Brown of Harvard