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Marion Robert Morrison, known professionally as John Wayne and nicknamed The Duke or Duke Wayne, was an American actor who became a popular icon through his starring roles in films made during Hollywood's Golden Age, especially in Western and war movies.

Aliases
  • Marion Robert Morrison
  • Marion Michael Morrison
  • Duke Wayne
English
Filmography

'Neath the Arizona Skies

1934
as Chris Morrell

3 Godfathers

1948
as Robert Marmaduke Hightower

A Lady Takes a Chance

1943
as Duke Hudkins

A Man Betrayed

1941
as Lynn Hollister

Adventure's End

1937
as Duke Slade

Allegheny Uprising

1939
as Jim Smith

Amérique, notre histoire

2006
as John Wayne

Angel and the Badman

1947
as Quirt Evans

Arizona

1931
as Lt. Bob Denton

Baby Face

1933
as Jimmy McCoy Jr.

Back to Bataan

1945
as Colonel Joseph Madden

Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire

1991
as Himself (archive footage)

Bardelys the Magnificent

1926
as Guard

Big Jake

1971
as Jacob McCandles

Big Jim McLain

1952
as Jim McLain

Blood Alley

1955
as Capt. Tom Wilder

Blue Steel

1934
as John Carruthers

Born to the West

1937
as Dare Rudd

Brannigan

1975
as Lt. Jim Brannigan

CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years

1976
as John Wayne

Ca détourne

1992
as MC François

Cahill U.S. Marshal

1973
as J.D. Cahill

California Straight Ahead

1937
as Biff Smith

Cast a Giant Shadow

1966
as Gen. Mike Randolph

Chesty: A Tribute to a Legend

1976
as Himself/Narrator

Chisum

1970
as John Simpson Chisum

Circus World

1964
as Matt Masters

Dakota

1945
as John Devlin

Dark Command

1940
as Bob Seton

Desert Command

1946
as Tom Wayne

Donovan's Reef

1963
as Michael Patrick 'Guns' Donovan

El Dorado

1966
as Cole Thornton

Flame of Barbary Coast

1945
as Duke Fergus

Flashing Spikes

1962

Flying Leathernecks

1951
as Maj. Daniel Xavier Kirby

Flying Tigers

1942
as Jim Gordon

Fort Apache

1948
as Capt. Kirby York

Girls Demand Excitement

1931
as Peter Brooks

Go West, Young Man!

2003
as John Wayne

Hangman's House

1928
as Horse Race Spectator / Condemned Man in Flashback

Hatari!

1962
as Sean Mercer

Haunted Gold

1932
as John Mason

Hellfighters

1968
as Chance Buckman

His Private Secretary

1933
as Dick Wallace

Hollywood Without Make-Up

1963

Hondo

1953
as Hondo Lane

How the West Was Won

1962
as Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman

I Cover the War

1937
as Bob Adams

Idol of the Crowds

1937
as Johnny Hanson

In Harm's Way

1965
as Capt. Rockwell Torrey

In Old California

1942
as Tom Craig

In Old Oklahoma

1943
as Daniel F Somers

Island in the Sky

1953
as Captain Dooley

Jet Pilot

1957
as Col. Jim Shannon

John Ford & Monument Valley

2013
as Himself (archive footage)

John Ford, l'homme qui inventa l'Amérique

2019
as John Wayne

John Wayne on Film

2016
as Self (archive footage)

John Wayne, l'Amérique à tout prix

2019
as John Wayne

King of the Pecos

1936
as John Clayborn

La classe américaine

1993
as George Abitbol (Archive Footage)

Lady and Gent

1932
as Buzz Kinney

Lady for a Night

1942
as Jackson Morgan

Lady from Louisiana

1941
as John Reynolds

Lawless Range

1935
as John Middleton

Legend of the Lost

1957
as Joe January

Louise Brooks

1986
as Stony Brooke

Maker of Men

1931
as Dusty Rhodes

McLintock!

1963
as George Washington McLintock

McQ

1974
as Det. Lt. Lon McQ

New Frontier

1939
as Stony Brooke

No Substitute for Victory

1970
as Himself

North to Alaska

1960
as Sam McCord

Omnibus: John Ford, Part One

1992
as Self - Actor

Operation Pacific

1951
as Lt Cmdr. Duke E. Gifford

Pals of the Saddle

1938
as Stony Brooke

Paradise Canyon

1935
as John Wyatt

Pittsburgh

1942
as Charles 'Pittsburgh' Markham

Rainbow Valley

1935
as John Martin

Randy Rides Alone

1934
as Randy Bowers

Raquel!

1970
as John Wayne

Reap the Wild Wind

1942
as Capt. Jack Stuart

Red River

1948
as Thomas Dunson

Red River Range

1938
as Stony Brooke

Reunion in France

1942
as Pat Talbot

Ride Him, Cowboy

1932
as John Drury

Riders of Destiny

1933
as Singin' Sandy Saunders

Rio Bravo

1959
as Sheriff John T. Chance (Grant)

Rio Grande

1950
as Lt. Col. Kirby Yorke

Rio Lobo

1970
as Colonel Cord McNally

Rooster Cogburn

1975
as Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn

Running Hollywood

1932
as Emcee

Sagebrush Trail

1933
as John Brant

Sands of Iwo Jima

1949
as Sgt John M Stryker

Santa Fe Stampede

1938
as Stony Brooke

Screen Director's Playhouse

1955

Screen Directors Playhouse: Rookie of the Year

1955
as Mike Cronin

Sea Spoilers

1936
as Bob Randall

Seven Sinners

1940
as Lieutenant Dan Brent

She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

1949
as Capt. Nathan Cutting Brittles

Somewhere in Sonora

1933
as John Bishop

Stagecoach

1939
as The Ringo Kid

Swing Out, Sweet Land

1970
as John Wayne

Tall in the Saddle

1944
as Rocklin

Texas Cyclone

1932
as Steve Pickett

Texas Terror

1935
as John Higgins

The Alamo

1960
as Col. Davy Crockett

The American West of John Ford

1971
as John Wayne

The Barbarian and the Geisha

1958
as Townsend Harris

The Big Stampede

1932
as Deputy Sheriff John Steele

The Big Trail

1930
as Breck Coleman

The Comancheros

1961
as Jake Cutter

The Conqueror

1956
as Temujin, later Genghis Khan

The Cowboys

1972
as Wil Andersen

The Dawn Rider

1935
as John Mason

The Deceiver

1931
as Richard Thorpe as a corpse

The Desert Trail

1935
as John Scott / John Jones

The Fabulous Allan Carr

2017
as John Wayne

The Fighting Kentuckian

1949
as John Breen

The Fighting Seabees

1944
as Lt. Cmdr. Wedge Donovan

The Forward Pass

1929
as Football Player

The Greatest Story Ever Told

1965
as Centurion at crucifixion

The Green Berets

1968
as Colonel Mike Kirby

The High and the Mighty

1954
as Dan Roman

The Horse Soldiers

1959
as Col John Marlowe

The Hurricane Express

1932
as The Air Pilot

The Hurricane Express (1932)

as Larry Baker

The Lawless Frontier

1934
as John Tobin

The Lawless Nineties

1936
as John Tipton

The Life of Jimmy Dolan

1933
as Smith

The Lonely Trail

1936
as Captain John Ashley

The Long Voyage Home

1940
as Ole Olsen

The Longest Day

1962
as Col. Benjamin Vandervoort

The Lucky Texan

1934
as Jerry Mason

The Man From Utah

1934
as John Weston

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

1962
as Tom Doniphon

The Man from Monterey

1933
as Captain John Holmes

The New Frontier

1935
as John

The Night Riders

1939
as Stony Brooke

The Quiet Man

1952
as Sean Thornton

The Range Feud

1931
as Clint Turner

The Sea Chase

1955
as Captain Karl Ehrlich

The Searchers

1956
as Ethan Edwards

The Selling Of The Pentagon

1971
as John Wayne

The Shadow of the Eagle

1932
as Craig McCoy

The Shepherd of the Hills

1941
as Young Matt

The Shootist

1976
as John Bernard Books

The Shootist: The Legend Lives On

2001
as John Bernard Books

The Sons of Katie Elder

1965
as John Elder

The Spoilers

1942
as Roy Glennister

The Star Packer

1934
as U.S. Marshal John Travers

The Telegraph Trail

1933
as John Trent

The Three Musketeers

1933
as Lt. Tom Wayne

The Three Musketeers

1933
as Lt. Tom Wayne

The Trail Beyond

1934
as Rod Drew

The Train Robbers

1973
as Lane

The Undefeated

1969
as Colonel John Henry Thomas

The War Wagon

1967
as Taw Jackson

The Wings of Eagles

1957
as Frank W. 'Spig' Wead

They Were Expendable

1945
as Lt. (J.G.) 'Rusty' Ryan

Three Faces West

1940
as John Phillips

Three Girls Lost

1931
as Gordon Wales

Three Texas Steers

1939
as Stony Brooke

Trouble Along the Way

1953
as Stephen Aloysius Williams

True Grit

1969
as Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn

Two-Fisted Law

1932
as Duke

Tycoon

1947
as Johnny Munroe

Wake of the Red Witch

1948
as Capt. Ralls

West of the Divide

1934
as Ted Hayden aka Gat Ganns

Western von gestern

1978
as verschiedene

Westward Ho

1935
as John Wyatt

Winds of the Wasteland

1936
as John Blair

Without Reservations

1946
as Rusty Thomas

Wyoming Outlaw

1939
as Stony Brooke

Young Duke

1930

Director

Movie The Alamo 1960
Movie The Comancheros 1961
Movie The Green Berets 1968

Producer

Movie Angel and the Badman 1947
Movie Big Jake 1971
Movie Blood Alley 1955
Movie Bullfighter and the Lady 1951
Movie Good-bye, My Lady 1956
Movie Hondo 1953
Movie Island in the Sky 1953
Movie Santa and the Fairy Snow Queen 1951
Movie Seven Men from Now 1956
Movie The Alamo 1960
Movie The Fighting Kentuckian 1949
Movie The High and the Mighty 1954
Movie The Train Robbers 1973
Movie Track of the Cat 1954

Crew

Series John Wayne Gacy: Devil in Disguise 2021
Movie Mother Machree 1927

Guest Star

Episode I Love Lucy
CBS Salutes Lucy: the First 25 Years 		1976
Episode The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
Carson Country 		1970
Episode Discovering Film
Discovering John Wayne 		2014
Episode The Jack Benny Program
Everything You Wanted to Know About Jack Benny 		1971
Episode The Monkees
Glen Campbells Goodtime Hour 		1969
Episode The Red Skelton Show
Hominy and True Grits 		1969
Episode The Dean Martin Show
John Wayne / Bill Cosby / Joey Heatherton 		1966
Episode The Dean Martin Show
John Wayne / Peggy Lee / Jack Jones 		1965
Episode I Love Lucy
Lucy and John Wayne 		1955
Episode Gunsmoke
Matt Gets It 		1955
Episode Maude
Maude Meets the Duke 		1974
Episode C.P.O. Sharkey
Mr. Warmth 		1975
Episode The Merv Griffin Show
Nov 21 1970 John Wayne 		1970
Episode Screen Director's Playhouse
Rookie of the Year 		1955
Episode Wagon Train
The Colter Craven Story 		1960
Episode The Beverly Hillbillies
The Indians Are Coming 		1967
Episode The Red Skelton Show
The Red Skelton Scrapbook 		1966