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John Wayne
Known for: ActingMarion 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.
Filmography 139
Baby Face
as Jimmy McCoy Jr. 
Κομαντσέρος
as Jake Cutter 
Ρίο Μπράβο
as Sheriff John T. Chance 
Η Αιχμάλωτος της Ερήμου
as Ethan Edwards 
Η Μεγαλύτερη Ημέρα του Πολέμου
as Lt. Col. Benjamin Vandervoort 
Hatari!
as Sean Mercer 
Επέλαση την Αυγή
as Capt. Kirby York 
Το κόκκινο ποτάμι
as Thomas Dunson 
Ηρωική επέλαση
as Capt. Nathan Cutting Brittles 
Οι Καουμπόις
as Wil Andersen 
Η ταχυδρομική άμαξα
as The Ringo Kid 
True Grit
as Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn 
Ο άνθρωπος που σκότωσε τον Λίμπερτι Βάλανς
as Tom Doniphon 
Back to Bataan
as Colonel Joseph Madden 
Η κατάκτηση της Δύσης
as William Sherman 
Χόντο
as Hondo Lane 
Με το Χέρι στη Σκανδάλη
as J.B. Books 
Εναντίον όλων των παρανόμων
as John Chisum 
Ελντοράντο
as Cole Thornton 
McQ
as McQ 
The Spoilers
as Glennister 
Jet Pilot
as Col. Jim Shannon 
Οι τρεις δραπέτες
as Robert Marmaduke Sangster Hightower 
McLintock!
as George Washington McLintock 
Άλαμο
as Col. Davy Crockett 
Ρίο Γκράντε
as Lt. Col. Kirby Yorke 
Ο Ήσυχος Άνθρωπος
as Sean Thornton 
Rio Lobo
as Col. Cord McNally 
Και οι τέσσερις ήταν γενναίοι
as John Elder 
Angel and the Badman
as Quirt Evans 
Οι ακατανίκητοι
as Taw Jackson 
Without Reservations
as Rusty Thomas 
Οι αήττητοι
as Colonel John Henry Thomas 
Τα Πράσινα Μπερέ
as Colonel Mike Kirby 
In Harm's Way
as Capt. Rockwell Torrey 
Τετάρτη πρωί, η εκτέλεση
as J.D. Cahill 
Brannigan
as Lt. Jim Brannigan 
North to Alaska
as Sam McCord 
Τα Τέσσερα Λιοντάρια της Ερήμου
as Gen. Mike Randolph 
Sagebrush Trail
as John Brant 
Ο Μονόφλαμος
as Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn 
Στους άμμους της Ιβοζίμα
as Sgt. John M. Stryker 
New Frontier
as Stony Brooke 
The Horse Soldiers
as Col John Marlowe 
Το Μεγαλύτερο Τσίρκο του Κόσμου
as Matt Masters 
Μονομαχία στη Δύση
as Jacob McCandles 
Αρπαγές του Μαύρου Χρυσού
as Daniel F Somers 
Three Faces West
as John Phillips 
The High and the Mighty
as Dan Roman 
Big Jim McLain
as Jim McLain 
Η συμμορία των επτά δολοφόνων
Producer 
Το γεράκι των 5 θαλασσών
as Captain Karl Ehrlich 
Hellfighters
as Chance Buckman 
Blood Alley
as Capt. Tom Wilder 
Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend
as Self (archive footage) 
Ο δρόμος των χαμένων εραστών
as Joe January 
Donovan's Reef
as Michael "Guns" Donovan 
Reap the Wild Wind
as Captain Jack Stuart 
Dark Command
as Bob Seton 
Οι Ληστές των Τρένων
as Lane 
They Were Expendable
as Lt. (J.G.) 'Rusty' Ryan 
The Conqueror
as Temujin 
Ψηλός στη σέλα
as Rocklin 
Wake of the Red Witch
as Capt. Ralls 
Ο δαίμων της μάχης
as John Breen 
The Long Voyage Home
as Ole Olsen 
Το μεγάλο μονοπάτι
as Breck Coleman 
Operation Pacific
as Duke E. Gifford 
Τα πιστόλια που σκορπίζαν τον θάνατο
as John Devlin 
The Wings of Eagles
as Frank W. 'Spig' Wead 
The Shepherd of the Hills
as Young Matt Matthews 
'Neath the Arizona Skies
as Chris Morrell 
Οι Επτά Αμαρτωλοί
as Dan 
Flying Tigers
as Jim Gordon 
Reunion in France
as Pat Talbot 
A Lady Takes a Chance
as Duke Hudkins 
Track of the Cat
Producer 
Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited) 
Directed by John Ford
as Self (1969) 
Χαμένη αποστολή
as Captain Dooley 
The Fighting Seabees
as Lt. Cmdr. Wedge Donovan 
West of the Divide
as Ted Hayden aka Gat Ganns 
Winds of the Wasteland
as John Blair 
Trouble Along the Way
as Stephen Aloysius Williams 
Flying Leathernecks
as Maj. Daniel Xavier Kirby 
Ο άνδρας από τη Γιούτα
as John Weston 
Flame of Barbary Coast
as Duke Fergus 
The Trail Beyond
as Rod Drew 
In Old California
as Tom Craig 
Lady for a Night
as Jackson Morgan 
Η Πόλη της Κολάσεως
as Dare Rudd 
The Star Packer
as U.S. Marshal John Travers 
Atomic People
as Self (archive footage) 
Blue Steel
as John Carruthers 
Ο βάρβαρος και η γκέισα
as Townsend Harris 
Good-bye, My Lady
Producer 
Το μονοπάτι της ερήμου
as John Scott / John Jones 
O Tραγουδιστής Σάντυ
as Singin' Sandy Saunders 
Tycoon
as Johnny Munroe 
Allegheny Uprising
as Jim Smith 
Randy Rides Alone
as Randy Bowers 
Hell Town
as Dare Rudd 
The Shadow of the Eagle
as Craig McCoy 
A Man Betrayed
as Lynn Hollister 
The Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout
as Self (archive footage) 
Westward Ho
as John Wyatt 
King of the Pecos
as John Clayborn 
The Black Watch
as Black Watch Soldier (uncredited) 
Ο Τυχερός Τεξανός
as Jerry Mason 
The American West of John Ford
as Self - Narrator 
The Western: A Lost TV Special
as Self 
Τα Αστέρια του Τέξας
as Stony Brooke 
Men Without Women
as Radioman on Surface (uncredited) 
Lawless Range
as John Middleton 
Ring of Fear
Producer 
The Lawless Frontier
as John Tobin 
The Dawn Rider
as John Mason 
John Ford & Monument Valley
as Self (archive footage) 
John Wayne - America at All Costs
as Himself (archive footage) 
Ride Him, Cowboy
as John Drury 
Χαρικέιν εξπρές
as The Air Pilot 
John Wayne: Cowboys & Demons
as Self (Archive Footage) 
His Private Secretary
as Dick Wallace 
The Man from Monterey
as John Holmes 
Overland Stage Raiders
as Stony Brooke 
The Lonely Trail
as Captain John Ashley 
Santa Fe Stampede
as Stony Brooke 
Guns Along The Trail
as John Wyatt 
Texas Terror
as John Higgins 
The Range Feud
as Clint Turner 
No Substitute for Victory
as Sekf 
Texas Cyclone
as Steve Pickett 
Born Reckless
as Extra (uncredited) 
The Telegraph Trail
as John Trent 
The Three Musketeers
as Lt. Tom Wayne 
Salute
as Midshipman Bill 
The Big Stampede
as Deputy Sheriff John Steele