John Wayne
Country: United States
Gender: M
Birthday: 1907-05-26
Died: 1979-06-11
Biography
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.
Actor:
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1. Brown of Harvard (1926), film...Yale Football Player
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2. Noah's Ark (1928), film...Flood Extra (uncredited)
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3. The Big Trail (1930), film...Breck Coleman
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4. Range Feud (1931), film...Clint Turner
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5. The Hawk (1932), film...John Drury
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6. Texas Cyclone (1932), film...Steve Pickett
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7. Two-Fisted Law (1932), film...Duke
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8. The Shadow of the Eagle (1932), film...Craig McCoy
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9. Lady and Gent (1932), film...Buzz Kinney
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10. The Hurricane Express (1932), film...Larry Baker
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11. The Big Stampede (1932), film...John Steele
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12. Haunted Gold (1932), film...John Mason
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13. Baby Face (1933), film...Jimmy McCoy Jr.
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14. The Telegraph Trail (1933), film...John Trent
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15. The Three Musketeers (1933), film...Tom Wayne
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16. Somewhere in Sonora (1933), film...John Bishop
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17. The Kid's Last Fight (1933), film...Smith
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18. His Private Secretary (1933), film...Dick Wallace
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19. The Man from Monterey (1933), film...Captain John Holmes
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20. Riders of Destiny (1933), film...Singin' Sandy Saunders
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21. Sagebrush Trail (1933), film...John Brant - aka Smith
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22. The Trail Beyond (1934), film...Rod Drew
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23. West of the Divide (1934), film...Ted Hayden posing as Gat Ganns
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24. The Lucky Texan (1934), film...Jerry Mason
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25. The Man from Utah (1934), film...John Weston
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26. Randy Rides Alone (1934), film...Randy Bowers
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27. The Shadow Gang (1934), film...John Travers
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28. Stolen Goods (1934), film...John Carruthers
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29. The Lawless Frontier (1934), film...John Tobin
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30. 'Neath the Arizona Skies (1934), film...Chris Morrell
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31. Westward Ho (1935), film...John Wyatt
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32. The Desert Trail (1935), film...John Scott posing as John Jones
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33. Rainbow Valley (1935), film...John Martin
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34. Texas Terror (1935), film...John Higgins
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35. Guns Along the Trail (1935), film...John Wyatt - Posing as John Rogers
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36. Cold Vengeance (1935), film...John Mason
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37. The New Frontier (1935), film...John Dawson
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38. The Lawless Range (1935), film...John Middleton
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39. Winds of the Wasteland (1936), film...John Blair
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40. The Lonely Trail (1936), film...Captain John Ashley
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41. King of the Pecos (1936), film...John Clayborn
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42. The Oregon Trail (1936), film...Capt John Delmont
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43. The Lawless Nineties (1936), film...John Tipton
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44. Sea Spoilers (1936), film...Bob Randall
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45. Hell Town (1937), film...Dare Rudd
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46. California Straight Ahead! (1937), film...Biff Smith
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47. I Cover the War! (1937), film...Bob Adams
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48. Idol of the Crowds (1937), film...Johnny Hanson
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49. Adventure's End (1937), film...Duke Slade
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50. Pals of the Saddle (1938), film...Stony Brooke
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51. Overland Stage Raiders (1938), film...Stony Brooke
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52. Santa Fe Stampede (1938), film...Stony Brooke
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53. Red River Range (1938), film...Stony Brooke
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54. Stagecoach (1939), film...Ringo Kid
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55. The Night Riders (1939), film...Stony Brooke
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56. Wyoming Outlaw (1939), film...Stony Brooke
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57. The First Rebel (1939), film...Jim Smith
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58. Three Texas Steers (1939), film...Stony Brooke
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59. Frontier Horizon (1939), film...Stony Brooke
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60. The Long Voyage Home (1940), film...Olsen
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61. The Dark Command (1940), film...Bob Seton
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62. Three Faces West (1940), film...John Phillips
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63. Seven Sinners (1940), film...Dan
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64. The Shepherd of the Hills (1941), film...Young Matt Matthews
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65. A Man Betrayed (1941), film...Lynn Hollister
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66. Lady from Louisiana (1941), film...John Reynolds
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67. Reap the Wild Wind (1942), film...Captain Jack Stuart
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68. Reunion in France (1942), film...Pat Talbot
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69. Flying Tigers (1942), film...Capt. Jim Gordon
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70. The Spoilers (1942), film...Roy Glennister
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71. Pittsburgh (1942), film...Pittsburgh Markham
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72. In Old California (1942), film...Tom Craig
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73. Lady for a Night (1942), film...Jackson Morgan
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74. The Cowboy and the Girl (1943), film...Duke Hudkins
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75. In Old Oklahoma (1943), film...Daniel F. Somers
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76. Tall in the Saddle (1944), film...Rocklin
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77. The Fighting Seabees (1944), film...Lt. Cmdr. Wedge Donovan
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78. They Were Expendable (1945), film...Lt.
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79. Dakota (1945), film...John Devlin
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80. Back to Bataan (1945), film...Col. Joseph Madden
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81. Flame of Barbary Coast (1945), film...Duke Fergus
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82. Without Reservations (1946), film...Rusty
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83. Tycoon (1947), film...Johnny
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84. Angel and the Badman (1947), film...Quirt Evans
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85. Three Godfathers (1948), film...Robert Marmaduke Sangster Hightower
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86. Fort Apache (1948), film...Capt. Kirby York
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87. Red River (1948), film...Thomas Dunson
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88. Wake of the Red Witch (1948), film...Capt. Ralls
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89. She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949), film...Capt. Nathan Cutting Brittles
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90. Sands of Iwo Jima (1949), film...Sgt. John M. Stryker
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91. The Fighting Kentuckian (1949), film...John Breen
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92. Rio Grande (1950), film...Lt. Col. Kirby Yorke
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93. Flying Leathernecks (1951), film...Maj. Daniel Xavier Kirby
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94. Operation Pacific (1951), film...Lt Cmdr. Duke E. Gifford
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95. The Quiet Man (1952), film...Sean Thornton
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96. Big Jim McLain (1952), film...Jim McLain
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97. Hondo (1953), film...Hondo Lane
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...Capt. Dooley
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99. Trouble Along the Way (1953), film...Steve Aloysius Williams
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100. The High and the Mighty (1954), film...Dan Roman
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101. Blood Alley (1955), film...Capt. Tom Wilder
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102. The Sea Chase (1955), film...Capt. Karl Ehrlich
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103. The Searchers (1956), film...Ethan Edwards
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104. The Conqueror (1956), film...Temujin
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105. The Lee Phillip Show (1956), series...Self (archive footage)
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106. The Wings of Eagles (1957), film...Frank W. 'Spig' Wead
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107. Legend of the Lost (1957), film...Joe January
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108. Jet Pilot (1957), film...Col. Jim Shannon
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109. The Barbarian and the Geisha (1958), film...Townsend Harris
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110. Rio Bravo (1959), film...Sheriff John T. Chance
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111. The Horse Soldiers (1959), film...Col. John Marlowe
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112. The Alamo (1960), film...Col. Davy Crockett
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113. North to Alaska (1960), film...Sam McCord
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114. The Comancheros (1961), film...Capt. Jake Cutter
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115. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962), film...Tom Doniphon
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116. The Longest Day (1962), film...Lt. Col. Benjamin Vandervoort
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117. How the West Was Won (1962), film...Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman
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118. Hatari! (1962), film...Sean Mercer
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119. Donovan's Reef (1963), film...Michael Patrick 'Guns' Donovan
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120. McLintock! (1963), film...George Washington 'G.W.' McLintock
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121. Circus World (1964), film...Matt Masters
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122. The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965), film...Centurion at Crucifixion
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123. In Harm's Way (1965), film...Rock
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124. The Sons of Katie Elder (1965), film...John Elder
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125. El Dorado (1966), film...Cole Thornton
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126. Cast A Giant Shadow (1966), film...Gen. Mike Randolph
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127. The War Wagon (1967), film...Taw Jackson
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128. The Green Berets (1968), film...Col. Mike Kirby
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129. Hellfighters (1968), film...Chance Buckman
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130. The Undefeated (1969), film...Col. John Henry Thomas
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131. True Grit (1969), film...Rooster Cogburn
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132. Chisum (1970), film...John Chisum
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133. Rio Lobo (1970), film...Col. Cord McNally
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134. No Substitute for Victory (1970), film
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135. Big Jake (1971), film...Jacob McCandles
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136. The Cowboys (1972), film...Wil Andersen
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137. The Train Robbers (1973), film...Lane
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138. Cahill U.S. Marshal (1973), film...J. D. Cahill
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139. McQ (1974), film...McQ
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140. Rooster Cogburn (1975), film...Rooster Cogburn
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141. Brannigan (1975), film...Lt. Brannigan
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142. The Shootist (1976), film...J.B. Books
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...Self (archive sound)
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144. House II: The Second Story (1987), film...Cowboy (archive footage) (uncredited)
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145. Mr. Untouchable (2007), film...Self (archive footage)
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...Self (archive footage)
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147. Battle Of The Sexes (2013), film...Self (archive footage)
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...Self (archive footage)
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...Self (archive footage)
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150. John Wayne - America at All Costs (2019), film
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...Self (archive footage)
Director:
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1. Blood Alley (1955), film...(uncredited)
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2. The Alamo (1960), film
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3. The Comancheros (1961), film...(uncredited)
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4. The Green Berets (1968), film
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5. Big Jake (1971), film...(uncredited)
Producer:
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1. Angel and the Badman (1947), film...producer (uncredited)
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2. The Fighting Kentuckian (1949), film
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3. Hondo (1953), film...producer (uncredited)
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4. Track of the Cat (1954), film...producer (uncredited)
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5. Blood Alley (1955), film...producer (uncredited)
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6. 7 Men from Now (1956), film...producer (uncredited)
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7. Gun the Man Down (1956), film...producer (uncredited)
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8. The Boy and the Laughing Dog (1956), film...producer (uncredited)
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9. China Doll (1958), film...producer (uncredited)
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10. The Alamo (1960), film
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11. McLintock! (1963), film...executive producer (uncredited)
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12. Cast A Giant Shadow (1966), film...co-executive producer (uncredited)
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13. The War Wagon (1967), film...executive producer (uncredited)
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14. Hondo and the Apaches (1967), film...producer (uncredited)
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15. The Green Berets (1968), film...executive producer (uncredited)
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16. Chisum (1970), film...executive producer (uncredited)
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17. Big Jake (1971), film...executive producer (uncredited)
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18. The Train Robbers (1973), film...executive producer (uncredited)
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19. Cahill U.S. Marshal (1973), film...executive producer (uncredited)
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20. McQ (1974), film...executive producer (uncredited)