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John Wayne

Also known as:  Marion Michael Morrison:Duke Morrison:Marion Mitchell Morrison:Marion Robert Morrison
Born:  May 26, 1907 in Winterset, Iowa, United States
Died:  Los Angeles, California, United States
Nationality:  American
 
 
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Filmography Cameo(s)
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(1972) G
I Married a Woman
(1956) Unrated
The Dropkick
(1927) 
 
 
Filmography Cast Member
America at the Movies
(1976) 
The Shootist
(1976) PG
Rooster Cogburn
(1975) PG
Brannigan
(1975) PG
McQ
(1974) PG
Train Robbers
(1973) PG
Cahill: United States Marshal
(1973) PG
The Cowboys
(1972) PG
Big Jake
(1971) PG
Chisum
(1970) G
Rio Lobo
(1970) G
True Grit
(1969) G
The Undefeated
(1969) G
The Green Berets
(1968) G
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Hellfighters
(1968) G
The War Wagon
(1967) 
El Dorado
(1967) 
Cast a Giant Shadow
(1966) 
Sons of Katie Elder
(1965) 
The Greatest Story Ever Told
(1965) 
In Harm's Way
(1965) 
Circus World
(1964) 
How the West Was Won
(1963) G
Donovan's Reef
(1963) 
McLintock!
(1963) 
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
(1962) 
Hatari!
(1962) 
The Longest Day
(1962) 
The Comancheros
(1961) 
The Alamo
(1960) 
North to Alaska
(1960) 
Rio Bravo
(1959) 
The Horse Soldiers
(1959) 
Barbarian and the Geisha
(1958) 
Wings of Eagles
(1957) 
Jet Pilot
(1957) Unrated
Legend of the Lost
(1957) 
The Conqueror
(1956) 
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The Searchers
(1956) 
Sea Chase
(1955) 
Blood Alley
(1955) 
The High and the Mighty
(1954) 
Island in the Sky
(1953) 
Hondo
(1953) 
Trouble along the Way
(1953) Unrated
The Quiet Man
(1952) 
Big Jim McLain
(1952) Unrated
Flying Leathernecks
(1951) 
Rio Grande
(1950) 
Wake of the Red Witch
(1949) 
Sands of Iwo Jima
(1949) 
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
(1949) Unrated
The Fighting Kentuckian
(1949) 
Fort Apache
(1948) 
Red River
(1948) 
Three Godfathers
(1948) 
Angel and the Badman
(1947) 
Tycoon
(1947) 
Without Reservations
(1946) 
Flame of the Barbary Coast
(1945) Unrated
Back to Bataan
(1945) Unrated
Dakota
(1945) Unrated
They Were Expendable
(1945) 
Fighting Seabees
(1944) 
Tall in the Saddle
(1944) Unrated
Lady Takes a Chance
(1943) Unrated
War of the Wildcats
(1943) 
Pittsburgh
(1942) 
Reap the Wild Wind
(1942) 
Flying Tigers
(1942) 
Lady for a Night
(1942) Unrated
Reunion in France
(1942) 
The Spoilers
(1942) Unrated
Lady from Louisiana
(1942) Unrated
In Old California
(1942) Unrated
Wheel of Fortune
(1941) Unrated
The Shepherd of the Hills
(1941) Unrated
Dark Command
(1940) Unrated
Seven Sinners
(1940) Unrated
The Long Voyage Home
(1940) 
Three Faces West
(1940) Unrated
Wyoming Outlaw
(1939) 
Stagecoach
(1939) 
Three Texas Steers
(1939) 
Allegheny Uprising
(1939) Unrated
Frontier Horizon
(1939) 
Helltown
(1938) 
Overland Stage Raiders
(1938) 
Santa Fe Stampede
(1938) 
Pals of the Saddle
(1938) 
California Straight Ahead!
(1937) Unrated
King of the Pecos
(1936) 
Winds of the Wasteland
(1936) 
The Lawless Nineties
(1936) 
Dawn Rider
(1935) 
Texas Terror
(1935) 
Westward Ho
(1935) 
Lawless Frontier
(1935) 
The New Frontier
(1935) 
Desert Trail
(1935) 
Paradise Canyon
(1935) 
Lawless Range
(1935) 
Trail Beyond
(1934) 
Lucky Texan
(1934) 
Man from Utah
(1934) 
The Star Packer
(1934) 
'Neath the Arizona Skies
(1934) 
Randy Rides Alone
(1934) 
Blue Steel
(1934) 
Sagebrush Trail
(1933) 
Riders of Destiny
(1933) 
Man from Monterey
(1933) 
Telegraph Trail
(1933) 
West of the Divide
(1933) 
Baby Face
(1933) Unrated
Somewhere in Sonora
(1933) 
His Private Secretary
(1933) 
The Three Musketeers
(1933) 
Hurricane Express
(1932) 
Two-Fisted Law
(1932) Unrated
Ride Him, Cowboy
(1932) 
Haunted Gold
(1932) 
Texas Cyclone
(1932) 
Shadow of the Eagle
(1932) 
The Big Stampede
(1932) 
Maker of Men
(1931) Unrated
Range Feud
(1931) Unrated
Big Trail
(1930) 
 
 
Filmography Director
The Green Berets
(1968) G
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The Alamo
(1960) 
 
 
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It's like 'Dirty Harry' except nothing happens.
Reviewed by MatthewThompsonDalldorf for McQ at 2012-02-24 05:04:38
John 'The Duke' Wayne is a police lieutenant determined to track down the gang of drug-dealers responsible for the murder of two other officers. An obvious attempt to cash in on the success of another cowboy hero, turned vigilante-cop, this stale effort suffers from a bland script and disappointingly little action. Wayne does his best with what he's giving, but evidently he just wasn't that lucky.
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Help me Marshal!!
Reviewed by Targann47 for True Grit at 2011-03-03 13:46:23
Kudos to The Duke for doing this film with only one lung and the other partially removed. His mercy Oscar was not deserved, as all the acting in this film sucks!!!!!!
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A Western Classic!
Reviewed by JustGus for Red River at 2010-12-02 16:55:36
Howard Hawks directs John Wayne, Montgomery Clift, Walter Brennan, John Ireland, Noah Beery, Jr. and Joanne Dru in this classic western about the first cattle drive from Texas to Kansas. A western mutiny on the bounty and one not to be missed. The cinematography is beautiful and Ford commented on Wayne's perfomance that he always knew the big lug could act, he was just never able to get the kind of perfomance out of him that Hawks did!
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Pretty good, but can be slow
Reviewed by The_MOW for Angel and the Badman at 2010-05-14 23:39:13
A wounded "Quirt Evans" (John Wayne) is injured even more as his horse collapses near the house of a Quaker family, who take him in and treat him. He catches the eye of the daughter in the family (Gail Russell), and he is obviously attracted to her. But, he just can't shake his past as outlaws and the law alike try to get them for whatever reason. Now he has to look at himself and try to figure out what to do with his life. I have been watching a lot of movies starring John Wayne lately on Hulu, and this is easily the longest one so far. It is also one of the best ones on the site. For the first time in his career, Wayne is pulling double duty in this film. First, he is the leading man, as well as a first-time producer. Since I have no clue as to a producer's job, all I can do is judge him on his performance in front of the camera. And I have to say he does a pretty good job. What makes this Western unique is that it focuses on the personal conflict of "Evans," while throwing everything familiar to Westerns in. The focus is on "Evan's" personal struggle more than the typical plot of a Western. Violence in this movie is fairly tame in this movie, even by the standards of the time of its release. You get some shooting, and one fist fight (which mostly remains off-screen), and one attack from behind with an object from their surroundings. The violence is tame most likely because of the morality of the plot. I was not impressed with the romance subplot. Actually, not the way it was handled. I found it to be pretty weak, and not given the screen time it should have had. I think that the two involved were rushed in the storyline, and not given time to develop the on-screen relationship. I was also not impressed with the chemistry between Wayne and Russell. They had some chemistry together, but nothing impressive. In fact, I wasn't impressed with much of the chemistry between many cast members. I did not like many of the supporting cast, many of which didn't have time to develop. The child actor in this movie was pretty annoying, and seemed to be there just to throw out some complaints as some poor comic relief that, for me, didn't even produce a chuckle. Unlike other recent movies I've watched starring Wayne, I didn't hear any problems with audio. I did have a problem with the picture going fuzzy at times. It appears that Hulu got a bad print to upload. Also, unlike the other movies I've seen in the last couple of weeks, it appeared there was more music in the film. I didn't find any of the music helping in enhansing scenes, and can't remember any particular piece of music except a song being performed on stage in a bar scene.
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One of the better Wayne movies I've seen recently
Reviewed by The_MOW for Paradise Canyon at 2010-05-14 12:28:23
A government agent (John Wayne) goes undercover as part of a traveling medicne show to stop a counterfeiting operation. For awhile, he believes the head of the show, "Doc Carter" (Earl Hodgins), is the head of the operation. His belief is backed up with the fact that "Carter" spent the last decade in jail. Now, he has to go after the real criminals into Mexico and bring them to justice. I have seen some John Wayne movies via Hulu in the last couple of weeks, and this is easily one of the better ones the site currently has. The acting in this movie is very decent, and pretty believable all around. Not one performance was weak in fact. You had good chemistry between the main players, and none of them looked as if they were just there to get paid. Wayne stands out as the leading man in this film. His presence is one of the strongest in the film. This was his last movie for Monogram Pictures, and it's a very good send-off for "The Duke." As for other performers, they all did pretty good performances for the amount of screen time they had. Some of the supporting cast were poorly written in this movie. There are two members of the traveling medicine show who basically were there to perform a couple of songs, and deliver a few lines. They were there mostly for show, and not much else. There is quite a few action scenes in this movie, but nothing too spectacular. You get one horse chase, and some gunfighting, but nothing memorable. One thing that limits this movie is the length of it. This makes some subplots rushed. There is a taste of a romance between Wayne and Marion Burns, who plays "Carter's" daughter and performer in the medicine show. It didn't have time to blossom because the main plot had to be advanced. When the story moves over the border into Mexico, I felt the characters introduced at that point were not used well. They added little, if anything, to the plot. One big problem was the audio. Due to the movie being 75 years old, the audio just didn't hold up. The audio makes it hard to understand what is being said at times. At some points, the people were pretty muffled for a few seconds. You could understand what was being said, but you had to strain to hear what they were saying. I would say that this could be something to watch if you can catch it online on sites like Hulu, or on television. Only rent the movie if you are a diehard John Wayne fan.
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Not one of "The Duke's" best
Reviewed by The_MOW for Lawless Frontier at 2010-05-12 12:07:24
"John Tobin" (John Wayne) is on the hunt of the killer of his father (Earl Dwire), who kidnaps a young woman (Sheila Terry). Now, John has to save the young woman, while trying to prove he is not a member of the outlaw's gang to the bumbling sheriff, who also accuses him for killing the girl's father. This is one of the worst 1930's movies I've seen. I spent more time looking away from my computer screen than watching the actual movie. The first problem is the length of the film. It completely rushed the story, which was hard to follow at times. It also gave no chance of the characters to develop. Everybody in the cast seemed to have been forced together, and did not get the chance to develop any chemistry. A good chunk of this movie deals with "Tobin" chasing the villain. In fact, a good chunk of the entire 50 minutes was a horse chase. The villain was horrible, and I did not feel any hate toward him. I didn't even believe his accent. Surprisingly, Wayne was not good in this movie. I believe this was early in his career, and it showed. He was not leading man material in this one. He didn't even have chemistry with any of the other performers. Due to the age of this film, the audio was not great. It made the dialog nearly impossible to hear at times. There were times that you couldn't understand anything that was said. You also had the source of the sound go to almost a whisper as it moved away from the microphone. If you are a John Wayne fan, check this out if you see it on the Westerns channel, but only if there is nothing else on.
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John Wayne fans may like this more than others
Reviewed by The_MOW for West of the Divide at 2010-05-10 07:59:57
"Ted Hayden" (John Wayne) joins an outlaw gang under the guise of a man he found dying to find the one or ones responsible for his father's death. Only to discover the gang leader's is the one responsible, but love and previously unknown family. This is not a bad movie, but may not be for all. First of all, there are a lot of audio problems throughout the film, which is fairly short by today's standards. There are times that you have to strain to hear some performers with weaker voices. I noticed, in a scene at the end of the film, a sound from the microphone when they switched to close-ups of the actors in scene possibly due to changes in the audio. John Wayne is possibly the best performer in this film. He is easily the easiest for the audience to connect with. His sidekick (George "Gabby" Hayes) is, in my opinion, completely forgettable only due to not being on screen much. I also found Virginia Brown Faire, who played Wayne's love interest, to be pretty poor in her performance. I just could not believe her as she said many of her lines. A big problem with this movie is that, due to the short length of the movie (under an hour), there was just not enough time to develop the characters or any subplot. If you ask me, the romantic subplot was really rushed. There was just no time to expand any of the main plot as well. The chemistry between performers was pretty good. I would have liked to have seen more between Wayne and Hayes, as well as Wayne and the young boy who Wayne's character befriends. Due to Faire's lackluster performance, it was hard to believe the relationship between her and Wayne at times. Like the audio, the sound effects were pretty bad. There were more fist fights than gun fights in this movie. While you could hear gun shots in this film, it was nearly impossible to hear punches "connect." You have to really strain to hear the smack of the punches apparently connecting during fights, especially when they were fairly distant from the microphone on set. As for wardrobes, they were all pretty nice. However, none of the clothing appeared to have been worn for some time by the people, it looked pretty much new. All the clothing looked really nice though, and fit the classic Old West stereotype created by Hollywood. There was absolutely no music in this film. Music could have helped enhance the mood of some scenes, but because the movie was from the early days of Hollywood, it wasn't needed. There is an extremely little amount of violence in this movie. Due to the time it was made, there is absolutely no blood. The most violent thing in the entire film is a fist fight. Parents, young children could watch this without you worrying about an excessive amount of blood. This movie wasn't bad, but it's far from
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A masterpiece.
Reviewed by NWRdr4 for Rio Bravo at 2010-02-06 21:05:58
Rio Bravo is a western that's rich in characterization and great dialogue; it also doesn't lack its share of awesome shootouts. John Wayne and Dean Martin give Oscar-worthy performances. Angie Dickinson, Ricky Nelson, and Walter Brennan aren't too bad themselves. A fine film worth watching over and over again.
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Nothing more than a typical western that clumsily tries to be more.
Reviewed by NWRdr4 for The Searchers at 2010-02-06 21:04:26
I'm not sure I understand the hype for this film. A complex character study? No way. The main flaw: John Wayne's racist, obsessed character, Ethan, is (at one point in the film) ready to shoot his niece for becoming "a buck" (think Dances with Wolves). Yet, near the end of the movie, as he's chasing her down, he suddenly decides to save her, and carry her off into the sunset. This is not characterization--it's a cop-out, the writer's way of saying "I'm too lazy to do anything else, so I'll throw this at the audience." It's frustrating as hell, considering the many great moments the movie had. The scene should've been fleshed-out, so that we can see some epiphany that Ethan comes to. Anyway, if you wanna see a good John Wayne western there's plenty other better ones you can watch.
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So-so, but not much more
Reviewed by arhoolie for Rooster Cogburn at 2008-11-08 09:21:55
This is basically 'The African Queen' recast as a western. It's worth seeing for the Wayne/Hepburn chemistry and for Richard Jordan's (Gen. Armistead in 'Gettysburg') villainous role of Hawk, but don't go out of your way.
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Good
Reviewed by rbalagr for West of the Divide at 2008-03-28 06:41:53
Good Screen Play
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Classic Wayne
Reviewed by LongLivetheD for Rio Bravo at 2008-03-26 10:48:38
This is one of those movies i have to watch when I come across it on cable. Wayne and Martin have great chemistry, and Brennan adds just the right amount of humor. Wayne is basically playing Wayne by this time, but he's so #!@%*# good at it, you just have to go along.
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Genre Classic
Reviewed by Double_A for The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance at 2008-03-19 12:08:18
Featuring Jimmy Stewart and John Wayne at the peak of their careers, this John Ford western is perhaps the great director's finest. Superb performance by Lee Marvin as the title villain. The storyline offers a great commentary on legends and the West.
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Academy Awards(1969) Winner
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
True Grit
(1969) G

Golden Globes Awards(1970) Winner
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
True Grit
(1969) G

Academy Awards(1949) Nominated
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Sands of Iwo Jima
(1949)

 
 


 
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