John Wayne American film actor

John Wayne is a 72 years old American film actor from Winterset, Iowa. John Wayne was born on May 26, 1907 (died on June 11, 1979, he was 72 years old) in Winterset, Iowa as Marion Robert Morrison. His nickname was The Duke, Duke Morrison, Marion Mitchell Morrison, Morrison Marion Robert; Morrison Marion Mitchell, Marion Michael Morrison (often claimed by Wayne e.g. in Playboy magazine interview May 1971).

About

Is John Wayne still alive?

No, he died on 06/11/1979, 45 years ago. He was 72 years old when he died. Cause of death: stomach cancer. He died in Westwood and buried in California .

Family

Wives

John Wayne had three marriages.

Children

He had three children, Michael (68, American film producer) , Patrick (85, American actor) and Ethan (62, American actor) . When his first child, Michael Wayne, was born, John Wayne was 27 years old.

Works

John Wayne Movies (196)

There are 196 movies of John Wayne.

His first feature film was The Longest Day (1962, as Col. Benjamin Vandervoort). He was 55 when he starred in this movie. Since 1962, he has appeared in 196 feature films. The last one is Young Duke: Making Of A Movie Star (1993). In this movie, we watched him as himself .

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John Wayne movie characters

The names of the characters/jobs in the films he starred in are as follows:

Character/Job	Movie	Age
Col. Benjamin Vandervoort	The Longest Day (1962)	55
Cole Thornton	El Dorado (1966)	60
George Washington McLintock	McLintock! (1963)	56
Sheriff John T. Chance	Rio Bravo (1959)	51
Tom Doniphon	The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)	54
Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman	How the West Was Won (1962)	55
Centurion at crucifixion	The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)	57
Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn	True Grit (1969)	62
Jake Cutter	The Comancheros (1961)	54
Jacob McCandles	Big Jake (1971)	64
Ethan Edwards	The Searchers (1956)	48
Capt. Nathan Cutting Brittles	She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949)	42
Sean Mercer	Hatari! (1962)	55
Colonel Cord McNally	Rio Lobo (1970)	63
Captain Jack Stuart	Reap the Wild Wind (1942)	34
The Ringo Kid	Stagecoach (1939)	31
John Elder	The Sons of Katie Elder (1965)	58
Capt. Kirby York	Fort Apache (1948)	40
Hondo Lane	Hondo (1953)	46
Sean Thornton	The Quiet Man (1952)	45
Col. Davy Crockett	The Alamo (1960)	53
Wil Andersen	The Cowboys (1972)	64
Michael Patrick 'Guns' Donovan	Donovan's Reef (1963)	56
Robert Marmaduke Hightower	3 Godfathers (1948)	41
Taw Jackson	The War Wagon (1967)	60
Thomas Dunson	Red River (1948)	41
Colonel John Henry Thomas	The Undefeated (1969)	62
Sam McCord	North to Alaska (1960)	53
Quirt Evans	Angel and the Badman (1947)	39
J.D. Cahill	Cahill U.S. Marshal (1973)	66
Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn	Rooster Cogburn (1975)	68
	And the Oscar Goes To... (2014)	106
Sgt John M Stryker	Sands of Iwo Jima (1950)	42
Colonel Mike Kirby	The Green Berets (1968)	61
John Simpson Chisum	Chisum (1970)	63
Lane	The Train Robbers (1973)	65
Colonel Joseph Madden	Back to Bataan (1945)	38
Lt. 'Rusty' Ryan	They Were Expendable (1945)	38
Det. Lt. Lon McQ	McQ (1974)	66
Capt. Rockwell Torrey	In Harm's Way (1965)	57
George Abitbol	La Classe américaine (1993)	86
John Bernard Books	The Shootist (1976)	69
Col John Marlowe	The Horse Soldiers (1959)	52
Lt. Col. Kirby Yorke	Rio Grande (1950)	43
Chance Buckman	Hellfighters (1968)	61
Lt Cmdr. Duke E. Gifford	Operation Pacific (1951)	43
John Breen	The Fighting Kentuckian (1949)	42
Lt. Jim Brannigan	Brannigan (1975)	67
Matt Masters	Circus World (1964)	57
Dan Roman	The High and the Mighty (1954)	47
Jimmy McCoy Jr.	Baby Face (1933)	26
Townsend Harris	The Barbarian and the Geisha (1958)	51
Breck Coleman	The Big Trail (1930)	23
Gen. Mike Randolph	Cast a Giant Shadow (1966)	58
Flood Extra	Noah's Ark (1928)	22
Frank W. 'Spig' Wead	The Wings of Eagles (1957)	49
Captain Karl Ehrlich	The Sea Chase (1955)	48
Maj. Daniel Xavier Kirby	Flying Leathernecks (1951)	44
Bob Seton	Dark Command (1940)	32
John Carruthers	Blue Steel (1934)	26
Capt. Tom Wilder	Blood Alley (1955)	48
Duke Hudkins	A Lady Takes a Chance (1943)	36
Young Matt	The Shepherd of the Hills (1941)	34
Temujin, later Genghis Khan	The Conqueror (1956)	48
Rocklin	Tall in the Saddle (1944)	37
Roy Glennister	The Spoilers (1942)	34
Randy Bowers	Randy Rides Alone (1934)	27
John Higgins	Texas Terror (1935)	28
John Martin	Rainbow Valley (1935)	27
Joe January	Legend of the Lost (1957)	50
John Blair	Winds of the Wasteland (1936)	29
Ted Hayden aka Gat Ganns	West of the Divide (1934)	26
Col. Jim Shannon	Jet Pilot (1957)	50
Lieutenant Dan Brent	Seven Sinners (1940)	33
Smith	The Life of Jimmy Dolan (1933)	26
John Mason	The Dawn Rider (1935)	28
Stony Brooke	New Frontier (1939)	32
Officer	Four Sons (1928)	20
Ole Olsen	The Long Voyage Home (1940)	33
Singin' Sandy Saunders	Riders of Destiny (1933)	26
John Tobin	The Lawless Frontier (1934)	27
Chris Morrell	'Neath the Arizona Skies (1934)	27
Rod Drew	The Trail Beyond (1934)	27
Captain Dooley	Island in the Sky (1953)	46
Deputy Sheriff John Steele	The Big Stampede (1932)	25
Jackson Morgan	Lady for a Night (1942)	34
John Brant	Sagebrush Trail (1933)	26
Jim Gordon	Flying Tigers (1942)	35
Dare Rudd	Born to the West (1937)	30
Stephen Aloysius Williams	Trouble Along the Way (1953)	45
John Devlin	Dakota (1945)	38
Lt. Cmdr. Wedge Donovan	The Fighting Seabees (1944)	36
Stony Brooke	Santa Fe Stampede (1938)	31
Charles 'Pittsburgh' Markham	Pittsburgh (1942)	35
John Wyatt	Paradise Canyon (1935)	28
Pat Talbot	Reunion in France (1942)	35
Stony Brooke	Overland Stage Raiders (1938)	31
Stony Brooke	Red River Range (1938)	31
John Weston	The Man From Utah (1934)	26
Jerry Mason	The Lucky Texan (1934)	26
Extra	Mother Machree (1927)	20
John Scott / John Jones	The Desert Trail (1935)	27
Johnny Munroe	Tycoon (1947)	40
U.S. Marshal John Travers	The Star Packer (1934)	27
Capt. Ralls	Wake of the Red Witch (1948)	41
	The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender (1997)	90
Jim Smith	Allegheny Uprising (1939)	32
John Trent	The Telegraph Trail (1933)	25
John	The New Frontier (1935)	28
Tom Craig	In Old California (1942)	35
Himself	The American West of John Ford (1971)	64
Himself	Directed by John Ford (1971)	64
Clint Turner	The Range Feud (1931)	24
Craig McCoy	The Shadow of the Eagle (1932)	24
	I 10 del Texas (1961)	53
Daniel F Somers	In Old Oklahoma (1943)	36
Lt. Tom Wayne	The Three Musketeers (1933)	25
Football Player / Extra in Stands	The Drop Kick (1927)	20
Opposing Football Player	The Draw-Back (1927)	19
John Bishop	Somewhere in Sonora (1933)	26
John Drury	Ride Him, Cowboy (1932)	25
Stony Brooke	Wyoming Outlaw (1939)	32
Dick Wallace	His Private Secretary (1933)	26
Himself	Cancel My Reservation (1972)	65
Himself	Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire (1991)	84
Extra	The Great K&A Train Robbery (1926)	19
John Wyatt	Westward Ho (1935)	28
Rusty Thomas	Without Reservations (1946)	38
Stony Brooke	Pals of the Saddle (1938)	31
Duke Fergus	Flame of Barbary Coast (1945)	38
Stony Brooke	Three Texas Steers (1939)	31
John Middleton	Lawless Range (1935)	28
	1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year (2009)	102
	Hollywood Without Make-Up (1963)	56
Stony Brooke	The Night Riders (1939)	31
Captain John Ashley	The Lonely Trail (1936)	28
John Mason	Haunted Gold (1932)	25
John Tipton	The Lawless Nineties (1936)	28
Steve Pickett	Texas Cyclone (1932)	24
Lynn Hollister	A Man Betrayed (1941)	33
Yale Football Player	Brown of Harvard (1926)	18
Guard	Bardelys the Magnificent (1926)	19
Horse Race Spectator / Condemned Man in Flashback	Hangman's House (1928)	20
Biff Smith	California Straight Ahead (1937)	29
Johnny Hanson	Idol of the Crowds (1937)	30
Tom Wayne	Desert Command (1946)	39
Mike Cronin	Screen Directors Playhouse: Rookie of the Year (1955)	48
Leonard - Screen Husband	I Married a Woman (1958)	50
William Tecumseh Sherman	The Civil War (1962)	55
John Clayborn	King of the Pecos (1936)	28
Radioman on Surface	Men Without Women (1930)	22
Midshipman Bill	Salute (1929)	22
	Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1975)	68
Student Greeting Phil	College Coach (1933)	26
Pete Donahue	Words and Music (1929)	22
42nd Highlander	The Black Watch (1929)	21
	It's Showtime (1976)	68
himself	John Ford: The Man Who Invented America (2019)	111
Himself	John Ford & Monument Valley (2013)	105
Buzz Kinney	Lady and Gent (1932)	25
Captain John Holmes	The Man from Monterey (1933)	26
Lumberjack	Rough Romance (1930)	23
Extra	Annie Laurie (1927)	19
John Reynolds	Lady from Louisiana (1941)	33
Marine Sergeant	Flashing Spikes (1962)	55
Bob Adams	I Cover the War! (1937)	30
The Air Pilot	The Hurricane Express (1932)	25
Jim McLain	Big Jim McLain (1952)	45
Jerry Mason	Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch (1976)	68
Extra	Born Reckless (1930)	23
Co-Pilot in Wreck	Central Airport (1933)	25
Himself	Raquel! (1970)	62
Peter Brooks	Girls Demand Excitement (1931)	23
	The Screen Director (1951)	43
	John Wayne: American Hero Of The Movies (1990)	82
Himself	John Wayne - Ein Leben für den Film (2000)	92
Lt. Bob Denton	Arizona (1931)	24
John Phillips	Three Faces West (1940)	33
Himself	John Wayne - Eine amerikanische Legende (1991)	101
Duke	Two-Fisted Law (1932)	25
Capt John Delmont	The Oregon Trail (1936)	28
Duke Slade	Adventure's End (1937)	30
Man on Stool	A Home Made Man (1928)	21
Extra	Speakeasy (1929)	21
Roy	Cheer Up and Smile (1930)	23
Dusty Rhodes	Maker of Men (1931)	24
John Brant	An Innocent Man (1932)	24
Football Player	That's My Boy (1932)	25
Bob Randall	Sea Spoilers (1936)	29
Pat Glendon	Conflict (1936)	29
	Memo for Joe (1944)	37
Himself	The Odyssey of Rita Hayworth (1964)	56
Himself	No Substitute for Victory (1970)	62
Himself	Swing Out, Sweet Land (1970)	62
self	That's Action (1977)	69
Himself	Young Duke: Making Of A Movie Star (1993)	86

John Wayne TV Shows (18)

His first TV Show was The Ed Sullivan Show (1948).

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Awards (6)

Awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom , awarded Congressional Gold Medal , awarded Golden Plate Award in 1969 , nominated Academy Award for Best Actor in 1948 , awarded California Hall of Fame in 2006 ,

Education

He graduated from University Of Southern California

Career (1)

What was John's zodiac sign?

John Wayne zodiac sign was gemini.

Where does He lives?

He is living in Glendale.

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