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John Wayne filmography. American actor, director, and producer John Wayne (1907–1979) began working on films as an extra, prop man and stuntman, mainly for the Fox Film Corporation. He frequently worked in minor roles with director John Ford and when Raoul Walsh suggested him for the lead in The Big Trail (1930), an epic Western shot in an ...
May 26, 1907 · Winterset, Iowa, USA. Died. June 11, 1979 · Los Angeles, California, USA (respiratory arrest and gastric cancer) Birth name. Marion Robert Morrison. Nicknames. Duke. JW. Height. 6′ 4″ (1.93 m) Mini Bio. John Wayne was born Marion Robert Morrison in Iowa, to Mary Alberta (Brown) and Clyde Leonard Morrison, a pharmacist.
Apr 15, 2024 · John Wayne, major American motion-picture actor who embodied the image of the strong, taciturn cowboy or soldier and who in many ways personified the idealized American values of his era. He is best known for the films he made with directors John Ford and Howard Hawks.
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.
3 days ago · Directed by Michael Curtiz. Image via 20th Century Studios. Wayne takes on an archetypical role in the Western genre —the aging ranger forced to pull off a daring task— in the 1961 film The ...
John Wayne’s Life. Welcome to the official website of The Duke, an Academy Award winning American actor who became a popular icon through his film roles made during Hollywood’s Golden Age. MAY 26, 1907. Marion Robert Morrison is Born. Wayne was born Marion Robert Morrison in Winterset, Iowa.
Mar 24, 2014 · He was the strong, forthright hero: authentic, stubborn, sometimes pigheaded but dedicated to justice and capable of tenderness and sacrifice; a solitary figure, called upon to defend the homestead...
