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John Ford & Monument Valley

as Self (archive footage)

2013
The Shootist

as J.B. Books

1976
Chesty: A Tribute to a Legend

as Himself/Narrator

1976
Rooster Cogburn

as Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn

1975
Brannigan

as Lt. Jim Brannigan

1975
McQ

as McQ

1974
Cahill U.S. Marshall

as J.D. Cahill

1973
The Train Robbers

as Lane

1973
The Cowboys

as Wil Andersen

1972
Big Jake

as Jacob McCandles

1971
The American West of John Ford

as Self - Narrator

1971
The Selling of the Pentagon

as Self (archive footage)

1971
Rio Lobo

as Colonel Cord McNally

1970
Chisum

as John Simpson Chisum

1970
True Grit

as Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn

1969
The Undefeated

as Colonel John Henry Thomas

1969
The Green Berets

as Colonel Mike Kirby

1968
The War Wagon

as Taw Jackson

1967
El Dorado

as Cole Thornton

1967
Cast a Giant Shadow

as Gen. Mike Randolph

1966
The Sons of Katie Elder

as John Elder

1965
In Harm's Way

as Capt. Rockwell Torrey

1965
Circus World

as Matt Masters

1964
McLintock!

as George Washington McLintock

1963
Donovan's Reef

as Michael "Guns" Donovan

1963
The Longest Day

as Col. Benjamin Vandervoort

1962
Hatari!

as Sean Mercer

1962
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

as Tom Doniphon

1962
John Wayne John Wayne

Birthday

1907-05-26

Place of Birth

Winterset, Iowa, USA

Biography

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.
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