John Wayne biography
John Wayne was an American actor, born on 26 May 1907 in Winterset, who died on 11 June 1979.
John Wayne's screen career began in 1926 with Brown of Harvard.
John Wayne had 284 screen credits between 1926 and 2016.
Honours include Presidential Medal of Freedom, Academy Award for Best Actor and Congressional Gold Medal.
- Also known as
- The Duke, Duke
- Born
- 26 May 1907
- Died
- 11 June 1979 (aged 72)
- Birthplace
- Winterset
- Work
- Film actor, Actor, Film director, Film producer, Screenwriter
- Film industries
- Hollywood and beyond
- Years active
- 1926 to 1979
- Awards
- Presidential Medal of Freedom
- Academy Award for Best Actor
- Congressional Gold Medal
- California Hall of Fame
- Golden Plate Award
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
John Wayne filmography
284 screen credits, newest first.
Screen credits
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | I Am Not Your Negro | English | ||
| 2011 | Reagan | English | ||
| 1998 | The Story of X | |||
| 1993 | La Classe américaine | French | ||
| 1982 | I Love Liberty | TV special (posthumous appearance) | ||
| 1979 | The Barbara Walters Summer Special | TV special | ||
| 1978 | Happy Birthday, Bob | TV special | ||
| 1978 | General Electric's All Star Anniversary | TV documentary | ||
| 1978 | Early American Christmas | TV special | ||
| 1978 | ABC's Silver Anniversary Celebration | TV special | ||
| 1977 | Super Night at the Super Bowl | TV special | ||
| 1977 | Star Wars | Garindan | Stock audio only; uncredited | |
| 1977 | Jimmy Carter's Inaugural Address Gala | TV special | ||
| 1977 | Home for the Seabees | Documentary | ||
| 1977 | An All-Star Tribute to Elizabeth Taylor | TV special | ||
| 1976 | The Shootist | J.B. Books | ||
| 1976 | Chesty: A Tribute to a Legend | Documentary | ||
| 1976 | The Mike Douglas Show | TV series (1 episode) | ||
| 1976 | CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years | Documentary | ||
| 1976 | Backlot USA | TV movie | ||
| 1976 | An All Star Tribute to John Wayne | TV movie | ||
| 1976 | America Salutes Richard Rodgers: The Sound of His Music | TV movie | ||
| 1975 | Rooster Cogburn | Rooster Cogburn | ||
| 1975 | Brannigan | Lt. James Brannigan | ||
| 1975 | Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? | English |
Show all 284 credits
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television | TV special | ||
| 1975 | Bob Hope on Campus | TV special | ||
| 1975 | Backstage in Hollywood | TV series (1 episode) | ||
| 1974 | McQ | Lieutenant Lon "McQ" McHugh | ||
| 1974 | The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Bob Hope | TV series (1 episode) | ||
| 1974 | Parkinson | TV series (1 episode) | ||
| 1974 | McQ: John Wayne in Action | |||
| 1974 | Maude | TV series (Episode: "Maude Meets the Duke") | ||
| 1974 | John Wayne and Glenn Campbell and the Musical West | TV special | ||
| 1973 | Cahill U.S. Marshal | J. D. Cahill | ||
| 1973 | The Train Robbers | Lane | Also executive producer (uncredited) | |
| 1973 | The Wayne Train | Short documentary | ||
| 1973 | RCA's Opening Night | TV movie | ||
| 1973 | Cavalcade of Champions | Short documentary | ||
| 1972 | The Cowboys | Wil Andersen | ||
| 1972 | The David Frost Show | Short documentary | ||
| 1972 | The Breaking of Boys and the Making of Men | Short documentary | ||
| 1972 | Cancel My Reservation | |||
| 1971 | Big Jake | Jacob McCandles | Also uncredited executive producer | |
| 1971 | V.I.P. Schaukel | TV series (2 episodes) | ||
| 1971 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | TV series (6 episodes) | ||
| 1971 | The Bob Hope Specials | TV series (1 episode) | ||
| 1971 | The American West of John Ford | Documentary | ||
| 1971 | Sehnsucht nach dem Wilden Westen | TV movie | ||
| 1971 | Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Jack Benny But Were Afraid to Ask | TV special | ||
| 1971 | Directed by John Ford | Documentary | ||
| 1970 | Rio Lobo | Col. Cord McNally | ||
| 1970 | Chisum | John Chisum | ||
| 1970 | The Movie Game | TV series (1 episode) | ||
| 1970 | Swing Out, Sweet Land | TV movie | ||
| 1970 | Raquel! | TV special | ||
| 1970 | Plimpton! Shoot out at Rio Lobo | TV documentary | ||
| 1970 | No Substitute for Victory | Narrator | ||
| 1970 | John Wayne and Chisum | Short documentary | ||
| 1970 | Harry Jackson: A Man and His Art | Narrator | Short documentary | |
| 1970 | Harry Jacks: A Man and His Art | Short documentary | ||
| 1969 | True Grit | Rooster Cogburn | ||
| 1969 | The Undefeated | Col. John Henry Thomas | ||
| 1969 | The Glenn Campbell Good Time Hour | TV series (2 episodes) | ||
| 1968 | Hellfighters | Chance Buckman | ||
| 1968 | The Green Berets | Col. Mike Kirby | ||
| 1968 | The Movie Makers | Short documentary | ||
| 1968 | The Joey Bishop Show | TV series (2 episodes) | ||
| 1968 | Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In | TV series (10 episodes) | ||
| 1967 | The War Wagon | Taw Jackson | ||
| 1967 | Hondo | Executive producer; TV series (17 episodes); uncredited | ||
| 1967 | The Dean Martin Show | TV series (5 episodes) | ||
| 1967 | The Beverly Hillbillies | TV series (Episode: "The Indians are Coming") | ||
| 1967 | The Artist and the American West | Short documentary | ||
| 1967 | Hondo and the Apaches | TV film; uncredited | ||
| 1967 | A Nation Builds Under Fire | Short documentary | ||
| 1966 | El Dorado | Cole Thornton | ||
| 1966 | Cast a Giant Shadow | Gen. Mike Randolph | Also co-executive producer (uncredited) | |
| 1966 | The Red Skelton Show | TV series (2 episodes) | ||
| 1966 | The Merv Griffin Show | TV series (Episode: "3-16-1966") | ||
| 1966 | The Lucy Show | TV series (Episode: "Lucy meets John Wayne") | ||
| 1965 | The Greatest Story Ever Told | Centurion at Crucifixion | ||
| 1965 | The Sons of Katie Elder | John Elder | ||
| 1965 | In Harm's Way | Rock | ||
| 1965 | The Making of In Harm's Way | Short documentary | ||
| 1964 | Circus World | Matt Masters | a.k.a. The Magnificent Showman (UK title) | |
| 1963 | McLintock! | George Washington "G.W." McLintock | ||
| 1963 | Hollywood Without Make-Up | English | ||
| 1963 | Donovan's Reef | Michael Patrick "Guns" Donovan | ||
| 1963 | The Dick Powell Show | TV series (Episode: "The Third Side of a Coin") | ||
| 1962 | The Longest Day | Lt. Col. Benjamin H. Vandervoort | ||
| 1962 | The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance | Tom Doniphon | ||
| 1962 | How the West Was Won | Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman | ||
| 1962 | Hatari! | Sean Mercer | ||
| 1962 | Flashing Spikes | English | ||
| 1962 | Here's Hollywood | TV series (1 episode) | ||
| 1962 | Alcoa Premiere | Marine Sergeant | ||
| 1961 | The Comancheros | Capt. Jake Cutter | ||
| 1961 | The Challenge of Ideas | Propaganda short | ||
| 1960 | The Alamo | Col. Davy Crockett | Also director and producer | |
| 1960 | North to Alaska | Sam McCord | ||
| 1960 | What's My Line? | TV series (Episode: "11-13-1960") | ||
| 1960 | Wagon Train | Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman | TV series (Episode: "The Colter Craven Story") | |
| 1960 | The Spirit of The Alamo | Documentary | ||
| 1960 | The Jack Paar Tonight Show | TV series (1 episode) | ||
| 1960 | The Jack Benny Program | TV series (Episode: "The John Wayne Show") | ||
| 1960 | The Ed Sullivan Show | TV series (1 episode) | ||
| 1960 | Cinépanorama | TV series (2 episodes) | ||
| 1959 | The Horse Soldiers | Col. John Marlowe | ||
| 1959 | Rio Bravo | Sheriff John T. Chance | ||
| 1959 | Escort West | Uncredited; also uncredited producer | ||
| 1958 | The Barbarian and the Geisha | Townsend Harris | ||
| 1958 | I Married a Woman | Uncredited cameo | ||
| 1958 | Wide Wide World | TV series documentary | ||
| 1958 | Screen Snapshots: Salute to Hollywood | Short documentary | ||
| 1958 | China Doll | Uncredited | ||
| 1957 | The Wings of Eagles | Frank W. "Spig" Wead | ||
| 1957 | Legend of the Lost | Joe January | ||
| 1957 | Jet Pilot | Col. Jim Shannon | ||
| 1956 | The Searchers | Ethan Edwards | ||
| 1956 | The Conqueror | Temüjin | ||
| 1956 | Track of the Cat | Uncredited | ||
| 1956 | Seven Men From Now | Uncredited | ||
| 1956 | Screen Directors Playhouse | TV series (Episode: "Markheim") | ||
| 1956 | Man in the Vault | Uncredited | ||
| 1956 | Gun the Man Down | Uncredited | ||
| 1956 | Goodbye, My Lady | Uncredited | ||
| 1956 | Climax! | TV series (Episode: "The Lovella Parsons Story") | ||
| 1955 | Blood Alley | Capt. Tom Wilder | Also producer | |
| 1955 | The Sea Chase | Capt. Karl Ehrlich | ||
| 1955 | Rookie of the Year | |||
| 1955 | The Milton Berle Show | TV series (1 episode) | ||
| 1955 | Sheilah Graham in Hollywood | TV series (Episode: "John Wayne") | ||
| 1955 | Screen Snapshots: The Great Al Jolson | Short documentary | ||
| 1955 | Screen Directors Playhouse | Mike Cronin | TV series (Episode: "Rookie of the Year") | |
| 1955 | Producers' Showcase | TV series (Episode: "Dateline II") | ||
| 1955 | I Love Lucy | TV series (Episode: "Lucy and John Wayne") | ||
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | TV series (Episode: "Matt Gets It") | ||
| 1955 | Casablanca | TV series (Episode: "Who Holds Tomorrow") | ||
| 1954 | The High and the Mighty | Officer Dan Roman | ||
| 1954 | This is Your Life | TV series (Episode: "William Wellman") | ||
| 1954 | Ring of Fear | Uncredited | ||
| 1953 | Hondo | Hondo Lane | Also producer | |
| 1953 | Trouble Along the Way | Steve Williams | ||
| 1953 | Island in the Sky | Capt. Dooley | Also producer | |
| 1953 | The Colgate Comedy Hour | TV series (1 episode) | ||
| 1953 | Plunder of the Sun | Uncredited | ||
| 1952 | The Quiet Man | Sean Thornton | Also second unit director (uncredited) | |
| 1952 | Big Jim McLain | Jim McLain | Also producer | |
| 1951 | Flying Leathernecks | Maj. Daniel Xavier Kirby | ||
| 1951 | Operation Pacific | Lt Cmdr. Duke E. Gifford | ||
| 1951 | The Screen Director | Promotional short | ||
| 1951 | The Bullfighter and the Lady | |||
| 1951 | Santa and the Fairy Snow Queen | Short; uncredited | ||
| 1950 | Rio Grande | Lt. Col. Kirby Yorke | ||
| 1950 | The Dangerous Stranger | Short; uncredited | ||
| 1950 | Screen Snapshots: Hollywood's Famous Feet | Short documentary; uncredited | ||
| 1949 | Sands of Iwo Jima | Sgt. John M. Stryker | ||
| 1949 | She Wore a Yellow Ribbon | Capt. Nathan Cutting Brittles | ||
| 1949 | The Fighting Kentuckian | John Breen | ||
| 1949 | Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Rodeo | Short documentary | ||
| 1948 | Wake of the Red Witch | Capt. Ralls | ||
| 1948 | Red River | Thomas Dunson | ||
| 1948 | Fort Apache | Capt. Kirby York | ||
| 1948 | 3 Godfathers | Robert Marmaduke Sangster Hightower | ||
| 1947 | Tycoon | Johnny | ||
| 1947 | Angel and the Badman | Quirt Evans | Also producer | |
| 1946 | Without Reservations | Captain "Rusty" Thomas | ||
| 1945 | They Were Expendable | Lt. (J.G.) "Rusty" Ryan | ||
| 1945 | George White's Scandals | English | ||
| 1945 | Dakota | John Devlin | ||
| 1945 | Back to Bataan | Col. Joseph Madden | ||
| 1944 | Flame of Barbary Coast | Duke Fergus | ||
| 1944 | The Fighting Seabees | Lt. Cmdr. Wedge Donovan | ||
| 1944 | Tall in the Saddle | Rocklin | ||
| 1944 | Memo for Joe | Short film | ||
| 1943 | In Old Oklahoma | Daniel F. Somers | a.k.a. War of the Wildcats (re-issue title) | |
| 1943 | A Lady Takes a Chance | Duke Hudkins | ||
| 1942 | The Spoilers | Roy Glennister | ||
| 1942 | Reunion in France | Pat Talbot | a.k.a. Mademoiselle France (UK title) | |
| 1942 | Reap the Wild Wind | Capt. Jack Stuart | ||
| 1942 | Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh Markham | ||
| 1942 | Lady for a Night | Jack Morgan | ||
| 1942 | In Old California | Tom Craig | ||
| 1942 | Flying Tigers | Capt. Jim Gordon | ||
| 1941 | The Shepherd of the Hills | Young Matt Matthews | ||
| 1941 | Lady from Louisiana | John Reynolds | ||
| 1941 | A Man Betrayed | Lynn Hollister | ||
| 1941 | Meet the Stars: Past and Present | Promotional short | ||
| 1940 | Three Faces West | John Phillips | ||
| 1940 | The Long Voyage Home | Olsen | ||
| 1940 | Seven Sinners | Dan | a.k.a. Cafe of the Seven Sinners (UK re-issue title) | |
| 1940 | Dark Command | Bob Seton | ||
| 1940 | Screen Snapshots | Short film | ||
| 1939 | Stagecoach | Ringo Kid | ||
| 1939 | Wyoming Outlaw | Stoney Brooke | ||
| 1939 | Three Texas Steers | Stoney Brooke | a.k.a. Danger Rides the Range (UK title) | |
| 1939 | The Night Riders | Stoney Brooke | ||
| 1939 | New Frontier | Stoney Brooke | a.k.a. Frontier Horizon | |
| 1939 | Allegheny Uprising | Jim Smith | a.k.a. The First Rebel (UK title) | |
| 1938 | Santa Fe Stampede | Stoney Brooke | ||
| 1938 | Red River Range | Stoney Brooke | ||
| 1938 | Pals of the Saddle | Stoney Brooke | The first of eight films in the "Three Mesquiteers" series | |
| 1938 | Overland Stage Raiders | Stoney Brooke | ||
| 1937 | Idol of the Crowds | Johnny Hanson | ||
| 1937 | I Cover the War | Bob Adams | ||
| 1937 | California Straight Ahead! | Biff Smith | ||
| 1937 | Born to the West | Dare Rudd | a.k.a. Hell Town (reissue title) | |
| 1937 | Adventure's End | Duke Slade | ||
| 1936 | Winds of the Wasteland | John Blair | a.k.a. Stagecoach Run | |
| 1936 | The Oregon Trail | Capt. John Delmont | A lost film; 40 stills were discovered in 2013 | |
| 1936 | The Lonely Trail | Captain John Ashley | ||
| 1936 | The Lawless Nineties | John Tipton | ||
| 1936 | Sea Spoilers | Bob Randall | ||
| 1936 | King of the Pecos | John Clayborn | ||
| 1936 | Conflict | Pat Glendon | ||
| 1935 | The New Frontier | John Dawson | ||
| 1935 | The Dawn Rider | John Mason | a.k.a. Cold Vengeance | |
| 1935 | The Desert Trail | John Scott posing as John Jones | ||
| 1935 | Rainbow Valley | John Martin | ||
| 1935 | Texas Terror | John Higgins | ||
| 1935 | Westward Ho | John Wyatt a.k.a. John Allen | ||
| 1935 | Paradise Canyon | John Wyatt posing as John Rogers | a.k.a. Guns Along The Trail | |
| 1935 | Lawless Range | John Middleton | ||
| 1934 | 'Neath the Arizona Skies | Chris Morrell | ||
| 1934 | The Lawless Frontier | John Tobin | ||
| 1934 | The Trail Beyond | Rod Drew | ||
| 1934 | The Star Packer | John Travers | ||
| 1934 | Randy Rides Alone | Randy Bowers | ||
| 1934 | The Man from Utah | John Weston | ||
| 1934 | West of the Divide | Ted Hayden posing as Gat Ganns | ||
| 1934 | The Lucky Texan | Jerry Mason | a.k.a. Gold Strike River | |
| 1934 | Blue Steel | John Carruthers | a.k.a. Stolen Goods (UK title). | |
| 1933 | Riders of Destiny | Singin' Sandy Saunders | ||
| 1933 | The Three Musketeers | Tom Wayne | ||
| 1933 | The Telegraph Trail | John Trent | ||
| 1933 | The Man from Monterey | Captain John Holmes | ||
| 1933 | The Life of Jimmy Dolan | Smith | a.k.a. The Kid's Last Fight (UK title) | |
| 1933 | Somewhere in Sonora | John Bishop | ||
| 1933 | Sagebrush Trail | John Brant a.k.a. Smith | a.k.a. An Innocent Man (UK title) | |
| 1933 | His Private Secretary | Dick Wallace | ||
| 1933 | College Coach | Student Greeting Phil | Uncredited; a.k.a. Football Coach (UK title) | |
| 1933 | Central Airport | Co-Pilot in Wreck | Uncredited | |
| 1933 | Baby Face | Jimmy McCoy Jr. | ||
| 1932 | Two-Fisted Law | Duke | ||
| 1932 | The Shadow of the Eagle | Craig McCoy | ||
| 1932 | The Hurricane Express | Larry Baker | ||
| 1932 | The Big Stampede | John Steele | ||
| 1932 | That's My Boy | Taylor - Harvard Player | Uncredited | |
| 1932 | Texas Cyclone | Steve Pickett | ||
| 1932 | Ride Him, Cowboy | John Drury | a.k.a. The Hawk (UK title) | |
| 1932 | Lady and Gent | Buzz Kinney | ||
| 1932 | Haunted Gold | John Mason | ||
| 1932 | The Voice of Hollywood: No. 13 | Short film | ||
| 1932 | The Hollywood Handicap | Two-reel short | ||
| 1932 | Running Hollywood | Two-reel short | ||
| 1931 | Three Girls Lost | Gordon Wales | ||
| 1931 | The Range Feud | Clint Turner | ||
| 1931 | The Deceiver | Richard Thorpe as a corpse | ||
| 1931 | Maker of Men | Dusty Rhodes | ||
| 1931 | Girls Demand Excitement | Peter Brooks | ||
| 1931 | Arizona | Lt. Bob Denton | a.k.a. Men Are Like That and The Virtuous Wife (UK title) | |
| 1930 | The Big Trail | Breck Coleman | Wayne's first starring role | |
| 1930 | Rough Romance | Lumberjack | Uncredited | |
| 1930 | Men Without Women | Radioman on Surface | Uncredited | |
| 1930 | Cheer Up and Smile | Roy | Uncredited | |
| 1930 | Born Reckless | Extra | Uncredited | |
| 1929 | Words and Music | Pete Donahue | Credited as Duke Morrison | |
| 1929 | The Forward Pass | Football Player | Uncredited | |
| 1929 | The Black Watch | 42nd Highlander | Uncredited | |
| 1929 | Speakeasy | Extra | Uncredited | |
| 1929 | Salute | Midshipman Bill | ||
| 1928 | Noah's Ark | Flood extra | Uncredited | |
| 1928 | Mother Machree | Extra | Uncredited | |
| 1928 | Hangman's House | Horse Race Spectator / Condemned Man in Flashback | Uncredited | |
| 1928 | Four Sons | Officer | Uncredited | |
| 1928 | A Home-Made Man | Man on Stool | Short film; uncredited | |
| 1927 | The Drop Kick | Football Player / Extra in Stands | Uncredited; a.k.a. Glitter (UK title) | |
| 1927 | Annie Laurie | Extra | Uncredited | |
| 1927 | The Draw-Back | Opposing Football Player | Short film; uncredited | |
| 1927 | Seeing Stars | Tall Boy | Short film; uncredited | |
| 1926 | The Great K & A Train Robbery | Extra | Uncredited | |
| 1926 | Bardelys the Magnificent | Guard | Uncredited | |
| 1926 | Brown of Harvard | Yale Football Player | Uncredited |