John Wayne

John Wayne

actor, producer, art department

John Wayne was born on May 26, 1907 in USA. John Wayne's big-screen debut came with Brown of Harvard directed by Jack Conway in 1926, strarring Yale Football Player (uncredited). John Wayne is known for The Shootist directed by Don Siegel, John Wayne stars as J.B. Books and Lauren Bacall as Bond Rogers. John Wayne has got 27 awards and 18 nominations so far. The most recent award John Wayne achieved is Jules Verne Awards. The upcoming new movie John Wayne plays is The Shootist which will be released on Jul 21, 1976.

John Wayne was born Marion Robert Morrison in Iowa, to Mary Alberta (Brown) and Clyde Leonard Morrison, a pharmacist. He was of English, Ulster-Scots, and Irish ancestry.Clyde developed a lung condition that required him to move his family from Iowa to the warmer climate of southern California, where they tried ranching in the Mojave Desert. Until the ranch failed, Marion and his younger brother Robert E. Morrison swam in an irrigation ditch and rode a horse to school. When the ranch failed, the family moved to Glendale, California, where Marion delivered medicines for his father, sold newspapers and had an Airedale dog named "Duke" (the source of his own nickname). He did well at school both academically and in football. When he narrowly failed admission to Annapolis he went to USC on a football scholarship 1925-7. Tom Mix got him a summer job as a prop man in exchange for football tickets. On the set he became close friends with director John Ford for whom, among others, he began doing bit parts, some billed as John Wayne. His first featured film was Hommes sans femmes (1930). After more than 70 low-budget westerns and adventures, mostly routine, Wayne's career was stuck in a rut until Ford cast him in La Chevauchée fantastique (1939), the movie that made him a star. He appeared in nearly 250 movies, many of epic proportions. From 1942-43 he was in a radio series, "The Three Sheets to the Wind", and in 1944 he helped found the Motion Picture Alliance for the Preservation of American Ideals, a Conservative political organization, later becoming its President. His conservative political stance was also reflected in Alamo (1960), which he produced, directed and starred in. His patriotic stand was enshrined in Les bérets verts (1968) which he co-directed and starred in. Over the years Wayne was beset with health problems. In September 1964 he had a cancerous left lung removed; in March 1978 there was heart valve replacement surgery; and in January 1979 his stomach was removed. He received the Best Actor nomination for Iwo Jima (1949) and finally got the Oscar for his role as one-eyed Rooster Cogburn in 100 dollars pour un shérif (1969). A Congressional Gold Medal was struck in his honor in 1979. He is perhaps best remembered for his parts in Ford's cavalry trilogy - Le Massacre de Fort-Apache (1948), La charge héroïque (1949) and Rio Grande (1950).

  • Birthday

    May 26, 1907

  • Place of Birth

    Winterset, Iowa, USA

Known For

The Shootist
Movie
The Shootist

19767.6

The Cowboys
Movie
The Cowboys

19727.4

Big Jake
Movie
Big Jake

19717.1

Swing Out, Sweet Land
Movie
Swing Out, Sweet Land

19707.6

True Grit
Movie
True Grit

19697.4

El Dorado
Movie
El Dorado

19677.5

McLintock!
Movie
McLintock!

19637.1

7 Men from Now
Movie
7 Men from Now

19567.4

Good-bye, My Lady
Movie
Good-bye, My Lady

19567.2

Four Sons
Movie
Four Sons

19287.2

Awards

27 wins & 18 nominations

Jules Verne Awards
2011
Winner - Jules Verne Légendaire Award
Online Film & Television Association
2011
Acting
Winner - OFTA Film Hall of Fame
Show more

Movies & TV Shows

All
Movies
TV Shows