Marion Mitchell Morrison (born Marion Robert Morrison), 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 Sou ... thern 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 Lucy Show
as John Wayne
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 01, 1962
The Beverly Hillbillies
as John Wayne (uncredited)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 26, 1962
I Love Lucy
as John Wayne
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 15, 1951
Screen Director's Playhouse
as Mike Cronin
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 05, 1955
Wagon Train
as Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 18, 1957
The Jack Benny Program
as John Wayne
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 28, 1950
Western von gestern
as John Wyatt aka John Allen
Episodes: 1
First Aired: May 05, 1978
Western von gestern
as John Wyatt aka John Allen (archive footage)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: May 05, 1978
Western von gestern
as Stony Brooke (archive footage)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: May 05, 1978
Producers' Showcase
as Self
Episodes: 38
First Aired: Oct 18, 1954
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
as Self (uncredited)
Episodes: 14
First Aired: Sep 09, 1967
Casablanca
Episodes: 10
First Aired: Sep 27, 1955
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
Episodes: 6
First Aired: Oct 01, 1962
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
as Self
Episodes: 4
First Aired: Jan 22, 1969
The Oscars
as Self
Episodes: 4
First Aired: Mar 19, 1953
The Bob Hope Show
as Self
Episodes: 4
First Aired: Apr 09, 1950
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
Episodes: 4
First Aired: Dec 11, 1961
Cinépanorama
as Self
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Feb 04, 1956
The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Sep 10, 1950
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Oct 01, 1962
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
as Self
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Apr 02, 1973
V.I.P. Schaukel
as Self
Episodes: 2
First Aired: May 09, 1971
The Red Skelton Show
as Self
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Sep 30, 1951
Best of The Dean Martin Variety Show
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Feb 10, 1966
Gunsmoke
as Self - Host, Introduction to the Series
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 10, 1955
Alcoa Premiere
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 10, 1961
Dateline: Hollywood
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Apr 03, 1967
Talking Pictures
as Self (archive footage)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 05, 2013
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self (archive footage)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Dec 11, 1961
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jun 20, 1948
The Bob Hope Show
as Self - Cameo
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Apr 09, 1950
What's My Line?
as Self - Mystery Guest
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Feb 02, 1950
Battleground
as Self (archive footage)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 01, 2004
Spécial cinéma
as Self (archive footage)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 25, 1974
Maude
as Himself
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 12, 1972
Hollywood and the Stars
as Self (archive footage)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 30, 1963
Hollywood
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 08, 1980
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jul 29, 1957
The Red Skelton Show
as Self - Rooster Cogburn
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 30, 1951
The Red Skelton Show
as Self (uncredited)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 30, 1951
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 14, 1973
Parkinson
as Self (archive footage)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 09, 1998
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