Biography: life and films
John Wayne was an American actor, film director and producer whose birth name was Marion Mitchell Morrison. He was born in Winterset, Iowa, USA on 26th May 1907 and died in Los Angeles, California, USA on 11th June 1979, aged 72.His best films as an actor include Raoul Walsh's The Big Trail (1930), John Ford's Stagecoach (1939), Howard Hawks's Red River (1948), Rio Grande (1950) and The Searchers (1956), and whose best work as a film director include Blood Alley (1955), The Alamo (1960) and The Green Berets (1968).
John Wayne appeared in 169 films and directed 5 films.
He has most frequently worked with the following directors: John Ford (18 films), Robert N. Bradbury (13), George Sherman (9), Henry Hathaway (6), Joseph Kane (5), Howard Hawks (5), Andrew V. McLaglen (5), Mack V. Wright (4), D. Ross Lederman (4), Arthur Lubin (4), William A. Wellman (3), Michael Curtiz (3), Edward Ludwig (3), William A. Seiter (2), Tenny Wright (2), Sidney Lanfield (2), Raoul Walsh (2), Lewis Seiler (2), John Farrow (2), Harry L. Fraser (2), George Waggner (2), Colbert Clark (2), Carl Pierson (2), Burt Kennedy (2) and Bernard Vorhaus (2).
His most frequent genres include: Western (87 films), drama (69), romance (31), War (19), comedy (11), comedy-romance (9), Documentary (7), history (6), Biography (6), comedy-drama (4) and Thriller (2).
Our average rating for John Wayne over all films is: 3.0
Filmography
Key: a = actor; d = director
Bardelys the Magnificent (1926) [a]
Brown of Harvard (1926) [a]
The Great K and A Train Robbery (1926) [a]
Annie Laurie (1927) [a]
The Drop Kick (1927) [a]
Hangman's House (1928) [a]
Mother Machree (1928) [a]
Noah's Ark (1928) [a]
Salute (1929) [a]
Speakeasy (1929) [a]
The Forward Pass (1929) [a]
Words and Music (1929) [a]
Cheer Up and Smile (1930) [a]
Men Without Women (1930) [a]
Rough Romance (1930) [a]
Arizona (1931) [a]
Girls Demand Excitement (1931) [a]
Maker of Men (1931) [a]
Range Feud (1931) [a]
The Deceiver (1931) [a]
The Range Feud (1931) [a]
Three Girls Lost (1931) [a]
Haunted Gold (1932) [a]
Lady and Gent (1932) [a]
Ride Him, Cowboy (1932) [a]
Texas Cyclone (1932) [a]
That's My Boy (1932) [a]
The Big Stampede (1932) [a]
The Hurricane Express (1932) [a]
The Shadow of the Eagle (1932) [a]
Two-Fisted Law (1932) [a]
Baby Face (1933) [a]
His Private Secretary (1933) [a]
Riders of Destiny (1933) [a]
Sagebrush Trail (1933) [a]
Somewhere in Sonora (1933) [a]
The Life of Jimmy Dolan (1933) [a]
The Man from Monterey (1933) [a]
The Telegraph Trail (1933) [a]
The Three Musketeers (1933) [a]
'Neath the Arizona Skies (1934) [a]
Blue Steel (1934) [a]
Randy Rides Alone (1934) [a]
The Lawless Frontier (1934) [a]
The Lucky Texan (1934) [a]
The Man from Utah (1934) [a]
The Star Packer (1934) [a]
The Trail Beyond (1934) [a]
West of the Divide (1934) [a]
Lawless Range (1935) [a]
Paradise Canyon (1935) [a]
Rainbow Valley (1935) [a]
Texas Terror (1935) [a]
The Dawn Rider (1935) [a]
The Desert Trail (1935) [a]
The New Frontier (1935) [a]
Westward Ho (1935) [a]
Conflict (1936) [a]
King of the Pecos (1936) [a]
Sea Spoilers (1936) [a]
The Lawless Nineties (1936) [a]
The Lonely Trail (1936) [a]
The Oregon Trail (1936) [a]
Winds of the Wasteland (1936) [a]
Adventure's End (1937) [a]
Born to the West (1937) [a]
California Straight Ahead! (1937) [a]
I Cover the War (1937) [a]
Idol of the Crowds (1937) [a]
Overland Stage Raiders (1938) [a]
Pals of the Saddle (1938) [a]
Red River Range (1938) [a]
Santa Fe Stampede (1938) [a]
The Painted Trail (1938) [a]
Allegheny Uprising (1939) [a]
New Frontier (1939) [a]
The Night Riders (1939) [a]
Three Texas Steers (1939) [a]
Wyoming Outlaw (1939) [a]
Dark Command (1940) [a]
Seven Sinners (1940) [a]
The Long Voyage Home (1940) [a]
Three Faces West (1940) [a]
A Man Betrayed (1941) [a]
Lady from Louisiana (1941) [a]
The Shepherd of the Hills (1941) [a]
Flying Tigers (1942) [a]
In Old California (1942) [a]
Lady for a Night (1942) [a]
Pittsburgh (1942) [a]
Reap the Wild Wind (1942) [a]
Reunion in France (1942) [a]
The Spoilers (1942) [a]
A Lady Takes a Chance (1943) [a]
In Old Oklahoma (1943) [a]
Tall in the Saddle (1944) [a]
The Fighting Seabees (1944) [a]
Back to Bataan (1945) [a]
Dakota (1945) [a]
Flame of Barbary Coast (1945) [a]
They Were Expendable (1945) [a]
Desert Command (1946) [a]
Without Reservations (1946) [a]
Angel and the Badman (1947) [a]
Tycoon (1947) [a]
3 Godfathers (1948) [a]
Fort Apache (1948) [a]
Red River (1948) [a]
Wake of the Red Witch (1948) [a]
Sands of Iwo Jima (1949) [a]
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949) [a]
The Fighting Kentuckian (1949) [a]
Flying Leathernecks (1951) [a]
Operation Pacific (1951) [a]
Big Jim McLain (1952) [a]
The Quiet Man (1952) [a]
Hondo (1953) [a]
Island in the Sky (1953) [a]
Trouble Along the Way (1953) [a]
The High and the Mighty (1954) [a]
Blood Alley (1955) [a,d]
The Sea Chase (1955) [a]
The Conqueror (1956) [a]
Jet Pilot (1957) [a]
Legend of the Lost (1957) [a]
The Wings of Eagles (1957) [a]
The Barbarian and the Geisha (1958) [a]
Rio Bravo (1959) [a]
The Horse Soldiers (1959) [a]
North to Alaska (1960) [a]
The Alamo (1960) [a,d]
The Comancheros (1961) [a,d]
Hatari! (1962) [a]
How the West Was Won (1962) [a]
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) [a]
Donovan's Reef (1963) [a]
McLintock! (1963) [a]
Circus World (1964) [a]
In Harm's Way (1965) [a]
The Sons of Katie Elder (1965) [a]
El Dorado (1966) [a]
The War Wagon (1967) [a]
Hellfighters (1968) [a]
The Green Berets (1968) [a,d]
The Undefeated (1969) [a]
True Grit (1969) [a]
Chisum (1970) [a]
No Substitute for Victory (1970) [a]
Rio Lobo (1970) [a]
Big Jake (1971) [a,d]
Directed by John Ford (1971) [a]
Cancel My Reservation (1972) [a]
The Cowboys (1972) [a]
Cahill U.S. Marshal (1973) [a]
The Train Robbers (1973) [a]
McQ (1974) [a]
Brannigan (1975) [a]
Rooster Cogburn (1975) [a]
Chesty: A Tribute to a Legend (1976) [a]
The Shootist (1976) [a]
That's Action (1977) [a]
Ken Murray Shooting Stars (1979) [a]
House II: The Second Story (1987) [a]
Rock Hudson's Home Movies (1992) [a]
Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick (1995) [a]
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