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John Wayne
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Occupation
Actor
Birth Name
Marion Michael Morrison
Born
May 26
,
1907
-
Winterset, IA
Died
Jun 11
,
1979
Years Active
1910
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
2000
Countries
USA
Genres
Western
Drama
Action
Adventure
Types
Traditional Western
B-Western
Adventure Drama
Film & Television History
Biography
Sports Drama
Other Entries
AllMusic Entry
AMG Artist ID
P116130
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John Wayne on Film [doc]
Archival Appearance
2008
Rona Barrett's Hollywood: Nothing But the Truth [doc]
Archival Appearance
2006
Directed by John Ford [doc]
Archival Appearance
1993
Young Duke: The Making of a Movie Star [doc]
Archival Appearance
1990
John Wayne: Bigger Than Life [doc]
Archival Appearance
1990
John Wayne: American Hero of the Movies [doc]
Archival Appearance
1988
Saturday at the Movies [doc]
Archival Appearance
1987
Wild West [doc]
Archival Appearance
1987
Smoke That Cigarette [doc]
Archival Appearance
1987
Hollywood Home Movies [doc]
Archival Appearance
1984
John Wayne: The Duke Lives on [doc]
Archival Appearance
1984
Cowboys of the Saturday Matinee
Archival Appearance
1978
Olaf Wieghorst: Painter of the American West [doc]
Participant
1976
The Shootist
Actor [Starring]
1976
No Substitute for Victory [doc]
Voice [Starring]
1976
America at the Movies [doc]
Archival Appearance
1975
Rooster Cogburn
Rooster Cogburn...and the Lady
Actor [Starring]
1975
Brannigan
Joe Battle
Actor [Starring]
1974
McQ
Actor [Starring]
1973
The Train Robbers
Actor [Starring]
1973
The Great American West [doc]
The American West of John Ford [1971]
Participant [Starring]
1973
Cahill: United States Marshal
Cahill Cahill, United States Marshal Wednesday Morning
Actor [Starring]
1973
AFI Lifetime Achievement Awards: John Ford [doc]
Actor
1972
The Cowboys
Actor [Starring]
1972
Cancel My Reservation
Actor
1971
Directed by John Ford [doc]
Interviewee [Starring]
1971
Big Jake
Actor [Starring]
1970
Rio Lobo
San Timoteo
Actor [Starring]
1970
Raquel! [perf]
Performer
1970
John Wayne's Tribute to America [perf]
Swing Out, Sweet Land
(U.S. title)
Participant [Starring]
1970
Chisum
Actor [Starring]
1969
True Grit
Actor [Starring]
1969
The Undefeated
Actor [Starring]
1968
The Green Berets
Actor [Starring] / Producer / Director
1968
Hellfighters
Actor [Starring]
1967
The War Wagon
Actor [Starring]
1967
The Beverly Hillbillies: The Indians are Coming [TV]
The Beverly Hillbillies: Episode 158 (Episode Number title)
Actor
1967
Hondo and the Apaches [TV]
Producer
1967
El Dorado
Actor [Starring]
1966
The Lucy Show: Lucy and John Wayne [TV]
The Lucy Show: Episode 120
Actor [Starring]
1966
Cast a Giant Shadow
Actor
1965
The Sons of Katie Elder
Actor [Starring]
1965
The Greatest Story Ever Told
Actor
1965
In Harm's Way
Actor [Starring]
1964
Circus World
Magnificent Showman
Actor [Starring]
1963
McLintock!
Actor [Starring]
1963
Donovan's Reef
Actor [Starring]
1962
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Actor [Starring]
1962
The Longest Day
Actor [Starring]
1962
How the West Was Won
Actor [Starring]
1962
Hatari!
Actor [Starring]
1962
Flashing Spikes [TV]
Actor
1961
The Comancheros
Actor [Starring]
1960
The Alamo
Director / Actor [Starring] / Producer
1960
North to Alaska
Go North
Actor [Starring]
1959
The Horse Soldiers
Actor [Starring]
1959
Rio Bravo
Actor [Starring]
1958
The Barbarian and the Geisha
The Townsend Harris Story
Actor [Starring]
1958
Dave Garroway's Wide, Wide World [TV]
Actor
1957
The Wings of Eagles
Actor [Starring]
1957
Legend of the Lost
Actor [Starring]
1957
Jet Pilot
Actor [Starring]
1957
Gun the Man Down
Arizona Mission [1956]
Producer
1956
The Searchers
Actor [Starring]
1956
The Conqueror
Conqueror of the Desert
Actor [Starring]
1956
I Married a Woman
Actor [Starring]
1956
Goodbye, My Lady
Producer
1955
The Sea Chase
Actor [Starring]
1955
Rookie of the Year [TV]
Actor
1955
I Love Lucy: Lucy and John Wayne [TV]
I Love Lucy: Episode 129 [1953] (Episode Number title)
Actor [Starring]
1955
Dateline II [TV]
Dateline 2
Actor
1955
Blood Alley
Producer / Director / Actor [Starring]
1954
Track of the Cat
Producer
1954
The High and the Mighty
Producer / Actor [Starring]
1953
Trouble Along the Way
Alma Mater
Actor [Starring]
1953
Plunder of the Sun
Producer
1953
Island in the Sky
Producer / Actor [Starring]
1953
Hondo
Actor [Starring] / Producer
1952
The Quiet Man
Actor [Starring]
1952
Big Jim McLain
Jim McLain
Producer / Actor [Starring]
1951
Operation Pacific
Actor [Starring]
1951
Flying Leathernecks
Actor [Starring]
1950
The Bullfighter and the Lady
Producer
1950
Shoot 'Em Up [doc]
Archival Appearance
1950
Rio Grande
Actor [Starring]
1949
Wake of the Red Witch
Actor [Starring]
1949
The Fighting Kentuckian
A Strange Caravan
Producer / Actor [Starring]
1949
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
Actor [Starring]
1949
Sands of Iwo Jima
Actor [Starring]
1948
The Three Godfathers
Actor [Starring]
1948
Red River
Actor [Starring]
1948
Fort Apache
War Party
Actor [Starring]
1947
Tycoon
Actor [Starring]
1947
Angel and the Badman
The Angel and the Outlaw
Actor [Starring] / Producer
1946
Without Reservations
Thanks God, I'll Take It From Here
Actor [Starring]
1946
Desert Command
Actor
1945
They Were Expendable
Actor [Starring]
1945
Flame of the Barbary Coast
Actor
1945
Flame of Barbary Coast
Actor [Starring]
1945
Dakota
Actor [Starring]
1945
Back to Bataan
Actor [Starring]
1944
The Fighting Seabees
Donovan's Army
Actor [Starring]
1943
War of the Wildcats
In Old Oklahoma
Actor [Starring]
1943
A Lady Takes a Chance
The Cowboy and the Girl
Actor [Starring]
1942
The Spoilers
Actor [Starring]
1942
The Flying Tigers
Actor [Starring]
1942
Reunion in France
Mademoiselle France Reunion
Actor [Starring]
1942
Reap the Wild Wind
Actor [Starring]
1942
Pittsburgh
Actor [Starring]
1942
In Old California
Actor [Starring]
1941
The Shepherd of the Hills
Actor [Starring]
1941
Tall in the Saddle
Actor [Starring]
1941
Lady from Louisiana
Lady from New Orleans
Actor [Starring]
1941
Lady for a Night
Actor [Starring]
1941
A Man Betrayed
Citadel of Crime (U.K. title) Wheel of Fortune
(U.S. title)
Actor [Starring]
1940
Three Faces West
Refugee
Actor [Starring]
1940
The Long Voyage Home
Actor [Starring]
1940
The Dark Command
Actor [Starring]
1940
Seven Sinners
Cafe of the Seven Sinners
Actor [Starring]
1939
Wyoming Outlaw
Actor [Starring]
1939
Three Texas Steers
Danger Rides the Range
Actor [Starring]
1939
The Night Riders
Lone Star Bullets
Actor [Starring]
1939
Stagecoach
Actor [Starring]
1939
Frontier Horizon
New Frontier
Actor [Starring]
1939
Allegheny Uprising
First Rebel
Actor [Starring]
1938
Santa Fe Stampede
Actor [Starring]
1938
Red River Range
Actor [Starring]
1938
Pals of the Saddle
Actor [Starring]
1938
Overland Stage Raiders
Actor [Starring]
1937
Idol of the Crowds
Actor [Starring]
1937
I Cover the War
Actor [Starring]
1937
Hell Town
Born to the West Helltown
Actor [Starring]
1937
Conflict
Actor [Starring]
1937
California Straight Ahead
Actor [Starring]
1937
Adventure's End
Actor [Starring]
1936
Winds of the Wasteland
Actor [Starring]
1936
The Sea Spoilers
Actor [Starring]
1936
The Oregon Trail
Actor
1936
The Lonely Trail
Actor [Starring]
1936
The Lawless Nineties
Actor [Starring]
1936
King of the Pecos
Actor
1935
Westward Ho
Actor [Starring]
1935
The New Frontier
Actor [Starring]
1935
The Lawless Frontier
Actor [Starring]
1935
The Desert Trail
Actor [Starring]
1935
The Dawn Rider
Actor [Starring]
1935
Texas Terror
Actor [Starring]
1935
Rainbow Valley
Actor [Starring]
1935
Paradise Canyon
Guns Along the Trail
Actor [Starring]
1935
Lawless Range
Actor [Starring]
1934
West of the Divide
Actor [Starring]
1934
The Trail Beyond
Actor
1934
The Star Packer
Actor [Starring]
1934
The Man From Utah
Actor
1934
The Lucky Texan
Gold Strike River
Actor [Starring]
1934
Randy Rides Alone
Actor
1934
Blue Steel
Stolen Goods
Actor [Starring]
1934
'Neath the Arizona Skies
'Neath Arizona Skies
Actor [Starring]
1933
The Three Musketeers [Serial]
Actor
1933
The Telegraph Trail
Actor [Starring]
1933
The Man from Monterey
Actor [Starring]
1933
The Life of Jimmy Dolan
The Kid's Last Fight
Actor
1933
Somewhere in Sonora
Actor
1933
Sagebrush Trail
Actor [Starring]
1933
Riders of Destiny
Actor [Starring]
1933
His Private Secretary
Actor [Starring]
1933
College Coach
Football Coach
Actor
1933
Central Airport
Actor
1933
Baby Face
Actor [Starring]
1932
Two-Fisted Law
Actor
1932
The Hurricane Express [Serial]
Actor
1932
The Big Stampede
Actor [Starring]
1932
That's My Boy
Actor
1932
Texas Cyclone
Actor
1932
Shadow of the Eagle [Serial]
Actor
1932
Ride Him, Cowboy
The Hawk
Actor [Starring]
1932
Lady and Gent
The Challenger
Actor [Starring]
1932
Haunted Gold
Actor
1931
Three Girls Lost
Actor [Starring]
1931
The Range Feud
Actor [Starring]
1931
The Deceiver
Actor
1931
Maker of Men
Makers Of Men Yellow
Actor [Starring]
1931
Girls Demand Excitement
Actor [Starring]
1931
Arizona
Men Are Like That The Virtuous Wife
Actor [Starring]
1930
The Big Trail
Actor [Starring]
1930
Rough Romance
Actor
1930
Men Without Women
Actor
1930
Cheer up and Smile
Actor
1930
Born Reckless
Actor
1929
Words and Music
Actor [Starring]
1929
The Forward Pass
Actor
1929
The Black Watch
Actor
1929
Speakeasy
Actor
1929
Salute
Actor
1928
Noah's Ark
Noah's Ark - The Story Of The Deluge
Actor
1928
Mother Machree
Actor
1928
Hangman's House
Actor
1928
Four Sons
Actor
1927
The Dropkick
Glitter
Actor
1927
Annie Laurie
Actor
1926
The Great K & A Train Robbery
Actor
1926
Brown of Harvard
Actor
1926
Bardelys the Magnificent
Actor