The Searchers1956
As Ethan Edwards
TMDb 7.7 / 10
John Wayne
Born
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. Born in Winterset, Iowa, Wayne grew up in Southern 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.
Filmography (269)
The Longest Day1962
As Lt. Col. Benjamin Vandervoort
TMDb 7.6 / 10
Rio Bravo1959
As Sheriff John T. Chance
TMDb 7.8 / 10
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance1962
As Tom Doniphon
TMDb 7.8 / 10
True Grit1969
As Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn
TMDb 7.3 / 10
3 Godfathers1948
As Robert Marmaduke Sangster Hightower
TMDb 6.8 / 10
The Alamo1960
As Col. Davy Crockett
TMDb 7.1 / 10
The Shootist1976
As J.B. Books
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Baby Face1933
As Jimmy McCoy Jr.
TMDb 7.2 / 10
El Dorado1966
As Cole Thornton
TMDb 7.4 / 10
How the West Was Won1962
As William Sherman
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Undefeated1969
As Colonel John Henry Thomas
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Chisum1970
As John Chisum
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Stagecoach1939
As The Ringo Kid
TMDb 7.6 / 10
The Quiet Man1952
As Sean Thornton
TMDb 7.3 / 10
The Greatest Story Ever Told1965
As Centurion at crucifixion
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Rio Lobo1970
As Col. Cord McNally
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Breakdown: 19752025
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 6.8 / 10
McLintock!1963
As George Washington McLintock
TMDb 6.6 / 10
The Comancheros1961
As Jake Cutter
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Fort Apache1948
As Capt. Kirby York
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Horse Soldiers1959
As Col John Marlowe
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Rio Grande1950
As Lt. Col. Kirby Yorke
TMDb 6.8 / 10
The War Wagon1967
As Taw Jackson
TMDb 6.8 / 10
The Cowboys1972
As Wil Andersen
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Cahill: United States Marshal1973
As J.D. Cahill
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Sagebrush Trail1933
As John Brant
TMDb 5.3 / 10
The Green Berets1968
As Colonel Mike Kirby
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Red River1948
As Thomas Dunson
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Rooster Cogburn1975
As Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn
TMDb 6.4 / 10
McQ1974
As McQ
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Hatari!1962
As Sean Mercer
TMDb 6.8 / 10
North to Alaska1960
As Sam McCord
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Cast a Giant Shadow1966
As Gen. Mike Randolph
TMDb 6.3 / 10
In Harm's Way1965
As Capt. Rockwell Torrey
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Big Jake1971
As Jacob McCandles
TMDb 6.8 / 10
The Sea Chase1955
As Captain Karl Ehrlich
TMDb 6.3 / 10
The Train Robbers1973
As Lane
TMDb 6.3 / 10
The Sons of Katie Elder1965
As John Elder
TMDb 7.0 / 10
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon1949
As Capt. Nathan Cutting Brittles
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Hondo1953
As Hondo Lane
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Hellfighters1968
As Chance Buckman
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Donovan's Reef1963
As Michael "Guns" Donovan
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Tall in the Saddle1944
As Rocklin
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Brannigan1975
As Lt. Jim Brannigan
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Blood Alley1955
As Capt. Tom Wilder
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Dark Command1940
As Bob Seton
TMDb 6.4 / 10
The High and the Mighty1954
As Dan Roman
TMDb 5.9 / 10
The Shepherd of the Hills1941
As Young Matt Matthews
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Flying Tigers1942
As Jim Gordon
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Reap the Wild Wind1942
As Captain Jack Stuart
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Sands of Iwo Jima1950
As Sgt. John M. Stryker
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Avenging Angel1935
As John Mason
TMDb 4.0 / 10
Hell Town1937
As Dare Rudd
Angel and the Badman1947
As Quirt Evans
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Jet Pilot1957
As Col. Jim Shannon
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Back to Bataan1945
As Colonel Joseph Madden
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Seven Sinners1940
As Dan
TMDb 6.0 / 10
They Were Expendable1945
As Lt. (J.G.) 'Rusty' Ryan
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Circus World1964
As Matt Masters
TMDb 6.2 / 10
The Fighting Kentuckian1949
As John Breen
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Big Trail1930
As Breck Coleman
TMDb 6.7 / 10
In Old Oklahoma1943
As Daniel F Somers
TMDb 6.2 / 10
The Conqueror1956
As Temujin
TMDb 3.6 / 10
The Barbarian and the Geisha1958
As Townsend Harris
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend2022
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 7.2 / 10
The Spoilers1942
As Glennister
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Legend of the Lost1957
As Joe January
TMDb 6.2 / 10
The Wings of Eagles1957
As Frank W. 'Spig' Wead
TMDb 6.3 / 10
The Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout2024
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 5.3 / 10
La Classe américaine1993
As George Abitbol (archive footage)
TMDb 7.6 / 10
Wake of the Red Witch1948
As Capt. Ralls
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Noah's Ark1928
As Flood Extra (uncredited)
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Operation Pacific1951
As Duke E. Gifford
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Desert Command
Desert Command1946
As Tom Wayne
Directed by John Ford1971
As Self (1969)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
John Ford: The Man Who Invented America2019
As Self - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage)
TMDb 5.9 / 10
The Fighting Seabees1944
As Lt. Cmdr. Wedge Donovan
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Island in the Sky1953
As Captain Dooley
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Tycoon1947
As Johnny Munroe
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Trouble Along the Way1953
As Stephen Aloysius Williams
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Central Airport1933
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Blue Steel1934
As John Carruthers
TMDb 4.8 / 10
The Long Voyage Home1940
As Ole Olsen
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Big Jim McLain1952
As Jim McLain
TMDb 5.0 / 10
The Fabulous Allan Carr2017
As Self (archive)
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Flame of Barbary Coast1945
As Duke Fergus
TMDb 5.5 / 10
West of the Divide1934
As Ted Hayden aka Gat Ganns
TMDb 5.2 / 10
Choice
Choice1964
As Host
TMDb 1.0 / 10
Born to the West1937
As Dare Rudd
TMDb 4.9 / 10
Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas2026
As Ethan Edwards (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Trail Beyond1934
As Rod Drew
TMDb 4.9 / 10
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
Bob Hope's World of Comedy1976
As Self (archive footage)
Three Texas Steers1939
As Stony Brooke
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Flying Leathernecks1951
As Maj. Daniel Xavier Kirby
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Edith Head: The Paramount Years2002
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 7.7 / 10
The Man from Utah1934
As John Weston
TMDb 4.8 / 10
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?1975
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Remembering Gene Wilder2024
As Self (archive photo)
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC1988
As Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Men Without Women1930
As Radioman on Surface (uncredited)
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Allegheny Uprising1939
As Jim Smith
TMDb 5.9 / 10
In Old California1942
As Tom Craig
TMDb 5.3 / 10
The Lawless Frontier1934
As John Tobin
TMDb 4.8 / 10
The Lucky Texan1934
As Jerry Mason
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Born Reckless1930
As Extra (uncredited)
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Three Faces West1940
As John Phillips
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still1974
As Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Fugitive1933
As John
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year2009
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 7.5 / 10
The Movie Orgy1968
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Westward Ho1935
As John Wyatt
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Television: The First Fifty Years
Television: The First Fifty Years1999
As Self (archive footage)
Reunion in France1942
As Pat Talbot
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television
Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television1975
As (archive footage)
Winds of the Wasteland1936
As John Blair
TMDb 5.2 / 10
Lady from Louisiana1941
As John Reynolds
TMDb 5.4 / 10
The Range Feud1931
As Clint Turner
TMDb 5.2 / 10
New Frontier1939
As Stony Brooke
TMDb 5.7 / 10
The Duke at Fox2001
As Self (archive footage)
A Man Betrayed1941
As Lynn Hollister
TMDb 5.5 / 10
It's Showtime1976
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Cancel My Reservation1972
As Himself (uncredited)
TMDb 5.6 / 10
The Star Packer1934
As U.S. Marshal John Travers
TMDb 4.5 / 10
Klondike Gold1934
As Rod Drew
Without Reservations1946
As Rusty Thomas
TMDb 6.3 / 10
The Dawn Rider1935
As John Mason
TMDb 4.7 / 10
Bardelys the Magnificent1926
As Guard (uncredited)
TMDb 7.4 / 10
Ride Him, Cowboy1932
As John Drury
TMDb 4.9 / 10
Randy Rides Alone1934
As Randy Bowers
TMDb 5.1 / 10
The Best of the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts1998
As Self - Roaster (archive footage)
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Rodeo Rocketeers1934
As John Weston
Three Girls Lost1931
As Gordon Wales
TMDb 8.0 / 10
A Lady Takes a Chance1943
As Duke Hudkins
TMDb 5.9 / 10
CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years1976
As Self
TMDb 7.3 / 10
The Man from Monterey1933
As John Holmes
TMDb 4.8 / 10
Showbiz Goes to War1982
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Overland Stage Raiders1938
As Stony Brooke
TMDb 5.2 / 10
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff2010
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Dakota1945
As John Devlin
TMDb 5.2 / 10
Red River Range1938
As Stony Brooke
TMDb 5.2 / 10
Riders of Destiny1933
As Singin' Sandy Saunders
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Raquel!1970
As Self
TMDb 10.0 / 10
His Private Secretary1933
As Dick Wallace
TMDb 5.1 / 10
Words and Music1929
As Pete Donahue (as Duke Morrison)
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Wyoming Outlaw1939
As Stony Brooke
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Claim Jumpers1934
As Jerry Mason
John Wayne: Cowboys & Demons2023
As Self (Archive Footage)
Haunted Gold1932
As John Mason
TMDb 5.1 / 10
Pittsburgh1942
As Charles 'Pittsburgh' Markham
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Arizona1931
As Lt. Bob Denton
TMDb 4.8 / 10
Salute1929
As Midshipman Bill
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Rainbow Valley1935
As John Martin
TMDb 4.9 / 10
Guns Along The Trail1935
As John Wyatt
TMDb 3.0 / 10
Going Hollywood: The '30s1984
As (archive footage)
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Mother Machree1927
TMDb 6.6 / 10
College Coach1933
As Football player (uncredited)
TMDb 4.6 / 10
Four Sons1928
TMDb 7.3 / 10
The Black Watch1929
As Black Watch Soldier (uncredited)
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Texas Cyclone1932
As Steve Pickett
TMDb 4.5 / 10
King of the Pecos1936
As John Clayborn
TMDb 5.6 / 10
I Married a Woman1958
As Actor in a Movie (uncredited)
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Hangman's House1928
As Horse Race Spectator / Condemned Man in Flashback
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Cheer Up and Smile1930
As Roy
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Lady for a Night1942
As Jackson Morgan
TMDb 5.5 / 10
The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks1973
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 6.8 / 10
'Neath the Arizona Skies1934
As Chris Morrell
TMDb 4.8 / 10
Texas Terror1935
As John Higgins
TMDb 4.8 / 10
The Screen Director1951
As Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Girls Demand Excitement1931
As Peter Brooks
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Swing Out, Sweet Land1970
As Self - Host
TMDb 5.7 / 10
The Lawless Nineties1936
As John Tipton
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Lawless Range1935
As John Middleton
TMDb 4.3 / 10
Elway2025
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 6.6 / 10
John Ford & Monument Valley2013
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 1.0 / 10
The Shadow of the Eagle1932
As Craig McCoy
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Paradise Canyon1935
As John Wyatt
TMDb 4.8 / 10
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire1991
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The Hurricane Express1932
As The Air Pilot
TMDb 5.4 / 10
The Life of Jimmy Dolan1933
As Smith
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch1976
As Jerry Mason
TMDb 8.5 / 10
The Night Riders1939
As Stony Brooke
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Marlene Dietrich: Home MoviesRelease date TBA
As Himself
Santa Fe Stampede1938
As Stony Brooke
TMDb 5.6 / 10
The Big Stampede1932
As Deputy Sheriff John Steele
TMDb 5.1 / 10
The Desert Trail1935
As John Scott / John Jones
TMDb 4.7 / 10
Desert Command1946
As Tom Wayne
TMDb 4.2 / 10
The Drifter1934
As Randy
The Making of 'Rio Grande'1993
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Naughty America: Guns & Stripes2025
As Self (archive footage)
The Making of A Movie
The Making of A Movie1965
As Himself
Annie Laurie1927
TMDb 6.8 / 10
On the Run1935
As John Jones
The Man Behind the Star
The Man Behind the Star1973
As Self
Atomic People2024
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 8.4 / 10
The Three Musketeers1933
As Lt. Tom Wayne
TMDb 5.7 / 10
The American West of John Ford1971
As Self - Narrator
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Pals of the Saddle1938
As Stony Brooke
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Running Hollywood
Running Hollywood1932
As Emcee
TMDb 9.0 / 10
John Wayne's 'The Alamo'
John Wayne's 'The Alamo'1992
As Davy Crockett
TMDb 8.3 / 10
The Shadow Gang1934
As U.S. Marshal John Travers
Lady and Gent1932
As Buzz Kinney
TMDb 5.8 / 10
John Ford and Throwing2022
Dictator: One Crazy Job2013
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Idol of the Crowds1937
As Johnny Hanson
TMDb 5.1 / 10
Rough Romance1930
As Lumberjack (uncredited)
TMDb 5.8 / 10
The Telegraph Trail1933
As John Trent
TMDb 4.7 / 10
Next Of Kin1934
As Ted Hayden aka Gat Ganns
The New Frontier1935
As John Dawson
TMDb 4.9 / 10
Conflict1936
As Pat Glendon
TMDb 5.5 / 10
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender1997
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Hooray for Hollywood1976
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Johnny, weil Du Geburtstag hast1977
As Self
John Wayne - America at All Costs2019
As Himself (archive footage)
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The 10 from Texas1961
As (archive footage)
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Adventure's End1937
As Duke Slade
TMDb 5.5 / 10
The Western: A Lost TV Special1958
As Self
Two-Fisted Law1932
As Duke
TMDb 4.8 / 10
Flashing Spikes1962
As Marine Sergeant
TMDb 6.8 / 10
I Cover the War!1937
As Bob Adams
TMDb 5.1 / 10
Three Lives
Three Lives1953
As Self
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Brown of Harvard1926
As Yale LIneback Player
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Gérard Blain : adultes, je vous hais2019
As Self (archive)
Somewhere in Sonora1933
As John Bishop
TMDb 5.1 / 10
The Great K&A Train Robbery1926
As Extra (uncredited)
TMDb 5.8 / 10
The Hollywood Handicap
The Hollywood Handicap1932
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Drop Kick1927
As Football Player / Extra in Stands
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Memo for Joe1944
As Self
TMDb 8.0 / 10
The Challenge of Ideas
The Challenge of Ideas1961
As Self
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Wayne Train1973
As Self
Plimpton! Shoot-Out at Rio Lobo1970
As Self
The Lonely Trail1936
As Captain John Ashley
TMDb 4.8 / 10
The Shootist: The Legend Lives On2001
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Selling of the Pentagon1971
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Speakeasy1929
As Extra
TMDb 6.0 / 10
California Straight Ahead1937
As Biff Smith
TMDb 5.8 / 10
The Oregon Trail1936
As Capt John Delmont
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The John Wayne Story - The Later Years1993
As Himself
The Victory Squad1966
As Self - Host
TMDb 4.0 / 10
John Wayne-A Life on Film2000
As Himself
Christmas Around the World with Perry Como2012
As Self
The Colter Craven Story1960
No Substitute for Victory1970
As Sekf
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Young Duke: Making Of A Movie Star
Young Duke: Making Of A Movie Star1993
As Himself
Bob Hope's Comedy Christmas Special1976
Chesty: A Tribute to a Legend1976
As Himself/Narrator
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Spiritual day in Minneapolis2026
Cowboy G-Man1935
As John Wyatt
Sea Spoilers1936
As Bob Randall
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Maker of Men1931
As Dusty Rhodes
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The John Wayne Story: The Early Years1993
TMDb 3.5 / 10
Vengence is Mine1934
As John Tobin
The Deceiver1931
As Reginald Thorpe as a corpse
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Perry Como's Early American Christmas1978
As Self
John Wayne - Eine amerikanische Legende1991
As (archive footage)
TMDb 6.0 / 10
John Wayne on Film2016
As Himself
TMDb 9.5 / 10
The Stagecoach Race1936
As John Blair
JOHN WAYNE - AMERICAN LEGEND
JOHN WAYNE - AMERICAN LEGEND1998
As Himself
TMDb 4.8 / 10
Bandits of the Badlands1934
As John Carruthers
Movie Tough Guys1991
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 10.0 / 10
John Wayne: American Hero Of The Movies1990
The Draw-Back1927
As Opposing Football Player
TMDb 7.3 / 10
A Home Made Man1928
As Man on Stool
TMDb 7.0 / 10
You're the Star
You're the Star1953
As Self
That's Action
That's Action1977
As self
TMDb 8.0 / 10
A Nation Builds Under Fire1967
As Narrator
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Nuke 'Em, Duke2010
As Self (archive footage)
Rodeo Racketeers
Rodeo RacketeersRelease date TBA
This Little Bullet1977
As Host
Filmography and biography: TMDb