Cast & creator
John Wayne
Best known for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, The Mike Douglas Show, The Mike Douglas Show
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.
Also known as: Duke, The Duke, ジョン・ウェイン, Michael Morris, جان وین
293
film credits
43
television credits
313
1926–2026 · acting roles
6.4
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (336)
Showing 336 of 336 credits
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
Self (archive footage)
1961The Mike Douglas Show
Self
1961
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
1962
What's My Line?
Self - Mystery Guest
1950
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
1944
Sacrée soirée
Self (archive footage)
1987
Wagon Train
Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman
1957
The Red Skelton Show
John Wayne
1951The Red Skelton Show
Self (uncredited)
1951The Red Skelton Show
Rooster Cogburn
1951
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Self
1957
The Beverly Hillbillies
John Wayne (uncredited)
1962
Spécial cinéma
Self (archive footage)
1974
I Love Lucy
John Wayne
1951
The Lucy Show
John Wayne
1962
The Bob Hope Show
Self - Cameo
1950The Bob Hope Show
Self
1950
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
1948
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self
1950
Gunsmoke
Self - Host, Introduction to the Series
1955
The Jack Benny Program
John Wayne
1950
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self (uncredited)
1968Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self
1968
The Oscars
Self
1953
Cinépanorama
Self
1956
Maude
Himself
1972
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
Self
1969
Baby Face
Jimmy McCoy Jr.
1933
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
Self
1973
Screen Director's Playhouse
Mike Cronin
1955V.I.P. Schaukel
Self
1971
The Searchers
Ethan Edwards
1956
Alcoa Premiere
1961
Talking Pictures
Self (archive footage)
2013
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self
1973
Western von gestern
John Wyatt aka John Allen (archive footage)
1978Western von gestern
John Wyatt aka John Allen
1978Western von gestern
Stony Brooke (archive footage)
1978
Rio Bravo
Sheriff John T. Chance
1959
The Longest Day
Lt. Col. Benjamin Vandervoort
1962Producers' Showcase
Self
1954
True Grit
Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn
1969
The Shootist
J.B. Books
1976
How the West Was Won
William Sherman
1962
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Tom Doniphon
1962
Hollywood
Self
1980
Stagecoach
The Ringo Kid
1939
The Greatest Story Ever Told
Centurion at crucifixion
1965
The Alamo
Col. Davy Crockett
1960The Alamo
Director
1960The Alamo
Producer
1960
3 Godfathers
Robert Marmaduke Sangster Hightower
1948
Hollywood and the Stars
Self (archive footage)
1963
The Sons of Katie Elder
John Elder
1965
Chisum
John Chisum
1970
The Quiet Man
Sean Thornton
1952
The War Wagon
Taw Jackson
1967The War Wagon
Executive Producer
1967
McLintock!
George Washington McLintock
1963
In Harm's Way
Capt. Rockwell Torrey
1965
Rio Lobo
Col. Cord McNally
1970
The Horse Soldiers
Col John Marlowe
1959
The Cowboys
Wil Andersen
1972
El Dorado
Cole Thornton
1966
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
Capt. Nathan Cutting Brittles
1949
Fort Apache
Capt. Kirby York
1948
The Undefeated
Colonel John Henry Thomas
1969
The Comancheros
Jake Cutter
1961
Cast a Giant Shadow
Gen. Mike Randolph
1966
Rooster Cogburn
Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn
1975
Operation Pacific
Duke E. Gifford
1951
Red River
Thomas Dunson
1948
Rio Grande
Lt. Col. Kirby Yorke
1950
Blood Alley
Capt. Tom Wilder
1955Blood Alley
Producer
1955
Sands of Iwo Jima
Sgt. John M. Stryker
1950
Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend
Self (archive footage)
2022
7 Men from Now
Producer
1956
The Green Berets
Colonel Mike Kirby
1968The Green Berets
Director
1968
Angel and the Badman
Quirt Evans
1947Angel and the Badman
Producer
1947
Hatari!
Sean Mercer
1962
Reap the Wild Wind
Captain Jack Stuart
1942
North to Alaska
Sam McCord
1960
McQ
McQ
1974McQ
Executive Producer
1974
Hondo
Hondo Lane
1953Hondo
Producer
1953
The High and the Mighty
Dan Roman
1954The High and the Mighty
Producer
1954
In Old Oklahoma
Daniel F Somers
1943
Breakdown: 1975
Self (archive footage)
2025
Cahill: United States Marshal
J.D. Cahill
1973
Tall in the Saddle
Rocklin
1944
Big Jake
Jacob McCandles
1971Big Jake
Executive Producer
1971
Hellfighters
Chance Buckman
1968
The Sea Chase
Captain Karl Ehrlich
1955
Wake of the Red Witch
Capt. Ralls
1948
The Wings of Eagles
Frank W. 'Spig' Wead
1957
Back to Bataan
Colonel Joseph Madden
1945
The Shepherd of the Hills
Young Matt Matthews
1941
Jet Pilot
Col. Jim Shannon
1957
The Train Robbers
Lane
1973The Train Robbers
Executive Producer
1973
The Big Trail
Breck Coleman
1930
Legend of the Lost
Joe January
1957
Directed by John Ford
Self (1969)
1971
Flame of Barbary Coast
Duke Fergus
1945
They Were Expendable
Lt. (J.G.) 'Rusty' Ryan
1945
Donovan's Reef
Michael "Guns" Donovan
1963
Casablanca
1955
The Movie Orgy
Self (archive footage)
1968
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
Self (archive footage)
2010
The Fighting Kentuckian
John Breen
1949The Fighting Kentuckian
Producer
1949Television: The First Fifty Years
Self (archive footage)
1999
The Long Voyage Home
Ole Olsen
1940
Trouble Along the Way
Stephen Aloysius Williams
1953Bob Hope's World of Comedy
(archive footage)
1976
Good-bye, My Lady
Producer
1956
Brannigan
Lt. Jim Brannigan
1975
Remembering Gene Wilder
Self (archive photo)
2024
The Fabulous Allan Carr
Self (archive footage)
2017
Sagebrush Trail
John Brant
1933
Island in the Sky
Captain Dooley
1953Island in the Sky
Producer
1953
The Spoilers
Glennister
1942
Without Reservations
Rusty Thomas
1946
Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas
Ethan Edwards (archive footage) (uncredited)
2026
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
Self (archive footage)
1991
A Lady Takes a Chance
Duke Hudkins
1943
Seven Sinners
Dan
1940
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Self (archive footage)
1975
Track of the Cat
Producer
1954
John Ford: The Man Who Invented America
Self - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage)
2019
Edith Head: The Paramount Years
Self (archive footage)
2002
Dark Command
Bob Seton
1940
La Classe américaine
George Abitbol (archive footage)
1993
Winds of the Wasteland
John Blair
1936
Circus World
Matt Masters
1964
Hell Town
Dare Rudd
1937
Showbiz Goes to War
Self (archive footage)
1982
The Conqueror
Temujin
1956
Noah's Ark
Flood Extra (uncredited)
1928
West of the Divide
Ted Hayden aka Gat Ganns
1934
Flying Leathernecks
Maj. Daniel Xavier Kirby
1951
The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks
Self (archive footage)
1973Rookie of the Year
Mike Cronin
1955
The Barbarian and the Geisha
Townsend Harris
1958
Born to the West
Dare Rudd
1937
The Western: A Lost TV Special
Self
1958
The Man from Utah
John Weston
1934
Going Hollywood: The '30s
(archive footage)
1984
I Married a Woman
Actor in a Movie (uncredited)
1958Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television
(archive footage)
1975
Marlene Dietrich: Home Movies
Himself
The Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout
Self (archive footage)
2024
Central Airport
1933
Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1974
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1988
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
Self (archive footage)
2009
It's Showtime
Self (archive footage)
1976
Allegheny Uprising
Jim Smith
1939
The American West of John Ford
Self - Narrator
1971
The Best of the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
Self - Roaster (archive footage)
1998
Big Jim McLain
Jim McLain
1952
The Man from Monterey
John Holmes
1933
Flying Tigers
Jim Gordon
1942The Making of A Movie
Himself
1965
Bullfighter and the Lady
Producer
1951
The Duke at Fox
Self (archive footage)
2001
Lady for a Night
Jackson Morgan
1942
In Old California
Tom Craig
1942
Three Faces West
John Phillips
1940
Johnny, weil Du Geburtstag hast
Self
1977
'Neath the Arizona Skies
Chris Morrell
1934
Reunion in France
Pat Talbot
1942
The Trail Beyond
Rod Drew
1934
The Fighting Seabees
Lt. Cmdr. Wedge Donovan
1944Choice
Host
1964
The Night Riders
Stony Brooke
1939
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
Self (archive footage)
1997
Pals of the Saddle
Stony Brooke
1938
CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years
Self
1976
Swing Out, Sweet Land
Self - Host
1970
Randy Rides Alone
Randy Bowers
1934
Ride Him, Cowboy
John Drury
1932
King of the Pecos
John Clayborn
1936
His Private Secretary
Dick Wallace
1933
Raquel!
Self
1970
The Life of Jimmy Dolan
Smith
1933
Tycoon
Johnny Munroe
1947
Dictator: One Crazy Job
Self (archive footage)
2013
Men Without Women
Radioman on Surface (uncredited)
1930
Santa Fe Stampede
Stony Brooke
1938
Naughty America: Guns & Stripes
Self (archive footage)
2025
Dakota
John Devlin
1945
Avenging Angel
John Mason
1935
Overland Stage Raiders
Stony Brooke
1938
Plimpton! Shoot-Out at Rio Lobo
Self
1970
I Cover the War!
Bob Adams
1937
The Lawless Frontier
John Tobin
1934
The 10 from Texas
(archive footage)
1961
The Three Musketeers
Lt. Tom Wayne
1933
New Frontier
Stony Brooke
1939
Three Texas Steers
Stony Brooke
1939
John Wayne: Cowboys & Demons
Self (Archive Footage)
2023
The Colter Craven Story
1960
Wyoming Outlaw
Stony Brooke
1939
Blue Steel
John Carruthers
1934
Elway
Self (archive footage)
2025
The Shootist: The Legend Lives On
2001
The Shadow of the Eagle
Craig McCoy
1932
Three Girls Lost
Gordon Wales
1931
Salute
Midshipman Bill
1929
Rodeo Rocketeers
John Weston
1934John Wayne's 'The Alamo'
Davy Crockett
1992
Idol of the Crowds
Johnny Hanson
1937
Bob Hope's Comedy Christmas Special
1976
Westward Ho
John Wyatt
1935
Cancel My Reservation
Himself (uncredited)
1972Desert Command
Tom Wayne
1946
Hooray for Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
1976
Atomic People
Self (archive footage)
2024
John Ford & Monument Valley
Self (archive footage)
2013Battleground
Self (archive footage)
2004
The Oregon Trail
Capt John Delmont
1936
John Wayne-A Life on Film
Himself
2000
The Making of 'Rio Grande'
Self (archive footage)
1993
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
Jerry Mason
1976
John Wayne - Eine amerikanische Legende
(archive footage)
1991Three Lives
Self
1953
Pittsburgh
Charles 'Pittsburgh' Markham
1942
A Home Made Man
Man on Stool
1928The Man Behind the Star
Self
1973
The Dawn Rider
John Mason
1935
Guns Along The Trail
John Wyatt
1935
The Lucky Texan
Jerry Mason
1934
Cheer Up and Smile
Roy
1930
Riders of Destiny
Singin' Sandy Saunders
1933Fugitive
John
1933
Gérard Blain : adultes, je vous hais
Self (archive)
2019
Born Reckless
Extra (uncredited)
1930Young Duke: Making Of A Movie Star
Himself
1993
Haunted Gold
John Mason
1932
The Star Packer
U.S. Marshal John Travers
1934
Perry Como's Early American Christmas
Self
1978
The New Frontier
John Dawson
1935
Red River Range
Stony Brooke
1938
Words and Music
Pete Donahue (as Duke Morrison)
1929
A Man Betrayed
Lynn Hollister
1941
The Lawless Nineties
John Tipton
1936On the Run
John Jones
1935
Flashing Spikes
Marine Sergeant
1962
The Black Watch
Black Watch Soldier (uncredited)
1929
Memo for Joe
Self
1944
The Range Feud
Clint Turner
1931
Paradise Canyon
John Wyatt
1935
John Wayne - America at All Costs
Himself (archive footage)
2019
The Great K&A Train Robbery
Extra (uncredited)
1926
Four Sons
1928Four Sons
Property Master
1928The Challenge of Ideas
Self
1961
The Desert Trail
John Scott / John Jones
1935
Lady from Louisiana
John Reynolds
1941Next Of Kin
Ted Hayden aka Gat Ganns
1934
Christmas Around the World with Perry Como
Self
2012The Hollywood Handicap
1932
The Screen Director
Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited)
1951
Claim Jumpers
Jerry Mason
1934
College Coach
Football player (uncredited)
1933
Movie Tough Guys
Self (archive footage)
1991
The Selling of the Pentagon
Self (archive footage)
1971
Chesty: A Tribute to a Legend
Himself/Narrator
1976
No Substitute for Victory
Sekf
1970
The Hurricane Express
The Air Pilot
1932Running Hollywood
Emcee
1932
Two-Fisted Law
Duke
1932
Speakeasy
Extra
1929Bandits of the Badlands
John Carruthers
1934
The Drop Kick
Football Player / Extra in Stands
1927
Adventure's End
Duke Slade
1937
Girls Demand Excitement
Peter Brooks
1931
The Telegraph Trail
John Trent
1933
Ring of Fear
Producer
1954
The Big Stampede
Deputy Sheriff John Steele
1932
Mother Machree
1927Mother Machree
Property Master
1927
Rainbow Valley
John Martin
1935
Maker of Men
Dusty Rhodes
1931
Bardelys the Magnificent
Guard (uncredited)
1926
Texas Cyclone
Steve Pickett
1932Dateline: Hollywood
1967
Sea Spoilers
Bob Randall
1936
Lawless Range
John Middleton
1935
The Lonely Trail
Captain John Ashley
1936
Texas Terror
John Higgins
1935The Drifter
Randy
1934
Santa and the Fairy Snow Queen
Producer
1951The Shadow Gang
U.S. Marshal John Travers
1934
Desert Command
Tom Wayne
1946
Arizona
Lt. Bob Denton
1931
Somewhere in Sonora
John Bishop
1933The Stagecoach Race
John Blair
1936JOHN WAYNE - AMERICAN LEGEND
Himself
1998
A Nation Builds Under Fire
Narrator
1967
The John Wayne Story: The Early Years
1993
John Ford and Throwing
2022
Spiritual day in Minneapolis
2026
Hangman's House
Horse Race Spectator / Condemned Man in Flashback
1928
Lady and Gent
Buzz Kinney
1932
Annie Laurie
1927
John Wayne on Film
Himself
2016
Conflict
Pat Glendon
1936
Wayne Train
Self
1973
Rough Romance
Lumberjack (uncredited)
1930Rough Romance
Props
1930
The Victory Squad
Self - Host
1966
The Draw-Back
Opposing Football Player
1927
The John Wayne Story - The Later Years
Himself
1993
California Straight Ahead
Biff Smith
1937
The Deceiver
Reginald Thorpe as a corpse
1931Cowboy G-Man
John Wyatt
1935Klondike Gold
Rod Drew
1934
This Little Bullet
Host
1977
John Wayne: American Hero Of The Movies
1990You're the Star
Self
1953Vengence is Mine
John Tobin
1934
Brown of Harvard
Yale LIneback Player
1926
The Dangerous Stranger
Producer
1950Rodeo Racketeers
Nuke 'Em, Duke
Self (archive footage)
2010That's Action
self
1977