Deceased

How Did John Wayne Die?

Life & Death

Died aged 72

Also known asDuke, The Duke, ジョン・ウェイン, Michael Morris, جان وین, Marion Mitchell Morrison, Marion Robert Morrison, Маріон Роберт Моррісон, Маріон Мітчелл Моррісон , ДюкGenderMaleNationalityUnited StatesBorn26/05/1907Born inWinterset, Iowa, USA Died11/06/1979 (aged 72)Died inWestwoodCausestomach cancerWikidataQ40531 ↗Buried atPacific View Memorial ParkTMDb#4165 ↗

Marion Robert Morrison, known professionally as John Wayne, was an American actor. Nicknamed "Duke", he became a popular icon through his starring roles in films which were produced during Hollywood's Golden Age, especially in Western and war movies. His career flourished from the silent film era of the 1920s through the American New Wave, as he appeared in a total of 179 film and television productions.

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Filmography221 titles

Year	Title	Character	Age at release
2026	Dead Man's WireMovie	Self (archive footage)(uncredited)	119
2024	The Conqueror: Hollywood FalloutMovie	Self (archive footage)	117
2024	Remembering Gene WilderMovie	Self (archive photo)	117
2024	Atomic PeopleMovie	Self (archive footage)	117
2023	John Wayne: Cowboys & DemonsMovie	Self (Archive Footage)	116
2022	Clint Eastwood: The Last LegendMovie	Self (archive footage)	115
2019	John Ford: The Man Who Invented AmericaMovie	Self - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage)	112
2017	The Fabulous Allan CarrMovie	Self (archive)	110
2013	Talking PicturesSeries	Self (archive footage)	106
2013	Dictator: One Crazy JobMovie	Self (archive footage)	106
2012	Christmas Around the World with Perry ComoMovie	Self	105
2010	Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack CardiffMovie	Self (archive footage)	103
2009	1939: Hollywood's Greatest YearMovie	Self (archive footage)	102
2002	Edith Head: The Paramount YearsMovie	Self (archive footage)	95
1999	Television: The First Fifty YearsMovie	Self (archive footage)	92
1997	The Silver Screen: Color Me LavenderMovie	Self (archive footage)	90
1993	La Classe américaineMovie	George Abitbol (archive footage)	86
1993	The Making of 'Rio Grande'Movie	Self (archive footage)	86
1991	Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and DesireMovie	Self (archive footage)	84
1991	John Wayne - Eine amerikanische LegendeMovie	(archive footage)	84
1988	Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBCMovie	Self (archive footage) (uncredited)	81
1987	Sacrée soiréeSeries	Self (archive footage)	80
1984	Going Hollywood: The '30sMovie	(archive footage)	77
1982	Showbiz Goes to WarMovie	Self (archive footage)	75
1980	HollywoodSeries	Self	73
1978	Western von gesternSeries	John Wyatt aka John Allen (archive footage)	71
1978	Perry Como's Early American ChristmasMovie	Self	71
1977	Johnny, weil Du Geburtstag hastMovie	Self	70
1976	It's ShowtimeMovie	Self (archive footage)	69
1976	The ShootistMovie	J.B. Books	69
1976	CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 YearsMovie	Self	69
1976	Bob Hope's World of ComedyMovie	Self (archive footage)	69
1976	Meanwhile, Back at the RanchMovie	Jerry Mason	69
1976	Chesty: A Tribute to a LegendMovie	Himself/Narrator	69
1975	Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?Movie	Self (archive footage)	68
1975	Rooster CogburnMovie	Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn	68
1975	BranniganMovie	Lt. Jim Brannigan	68
1974	Spécial cinémaSeries	Self (archive footage)	67
1974	Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a StillMovie	Self (archive footage) (uncredited)	67
1974	McQMovie	McQ	67
1973	The Dean Martin Celebrity RoastsSeries	Self	66
1973	The American Film Institute Salute to ...Series	Self	66
1973	Cahill: United States MarshalMovie	J.D. Cahill	66
1973	The Train RobbersMovie	Lane	66
1973	The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard HawksMovie	Self (archive footage)	66
1973	Wayne TrainMovie	Self	66
1973	The Man Behind the StarMovie	Self	66
1972	The CowboysMovie	Wil Andersen	65
1972	MaudeSeries	Himself	65
1972	Cancel My ReservationMovie	Himself (uncredited)	65
1971	Big JakeMovie	Jacob McCandles	64
1971	V.I.P. SchaukelSeries	Self	64
1971	Directed by John FordMovie	Self (1969)	64
1971	The American West of John FordMovie	Self - Narrator	64
1970	Rio LoboMovie	Col. Cord McNally	63
1970	ChisumMovie	John Chisum	63
1970	Swing Out, Sweet LandMovie	Self - Host	63
1970	Plimpton! Shoot-Out at Rio LoboMovie	Self	63
1969	True GritMovie	Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn	62
1969	The UndefeatedMovie	Colonel John Henry Thomas	62
1969	The Glen Campbell Goodtime HourSeries	Self	62
1968	The Green BeretsMovie	Colonel Mike Kirby	61
1968	The Movie OrgyMovie	Self (archive footage)	61
1968	HellfightersMovie	Chance Buckman	61
1968	Rowan & Martin's Laugh-InSeries	Self (uncredited)	61
1967	The War WagonMovie	Taw Jackson	60
1967	A Nation Builds Under FireMovie	Narrator	60
1966	Cast a Giant ShadowMovie	Gen. Mike Randolph	59
1966	El DoradoMovie	Cole Thornton	59
1965	The Greatest Story Ever ToldMovie	Centurion at crucifixion	58
1965	The Sons of Katie ElderMovie	John Elder	58
1965	In Harm's WayMovie	Capt. Rockwell Torrey	58
1964	Circus WorldMovie	Matt Masters	57
1963	McLintock!Movie	George Washington McLintock	56
1963	Donovan's ReefMovie	Michael "Guns" Donovan	56
1963	Hollywood and the StarsSeries	Self (archive footage)	56
1962	The Merv Griffin ShowSeries	Self	55
1962	How the West Was WonMovie	William Sherman	55
1962	The Longest DayMovie	Lt. Col. Benjamin Vandervoort	55
1962	The Beverly HillbilliesSeries	John Wayne (uncredited)	55
1962	The Man Who Shot Liberty ValanceMovie	Tom Doniphon	55
1962	The Lucy ShowSeries	John Wayne	55
1962	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSeries	Self	55
1962	Hatari!Movie	Sean Mercer	55
1961	The Mike Douglas ShowSeries	Self	54
1961	The ComancherosMovie	Jake Cutter	54
1961	Alcoa PremiereSeries	—	54
1961	The Challenge of IdeasMovie	Self	54
1960	The AlamoMovie	Col. Davy Crockett	53
1960	North to AlaskaMovie	Sam McCord	53
1959	Rio BravoMovie	Sheriff John T. Chance	52
1959	The Horse SoldiersMovie	Col John Marlowe	52
1958	I Married a WomanMovie	Actor in a Movie (uncredited)	51
1958	The Barbarian and the GeishaMovie	Townsend Harris	51
1958	The Western: A Lost TV SpecialMovie	Self	51
1957	Wagon TrainSeries	Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman	50
1957	Legend of the LostMovie	Joe January	50
1957	Tonight Starring Jack PaarSeries	Self	50
1957	The Wings of EaglesMovie	Frank W. 'Spig' Wead	50
1957	Jet PilotMovie	Col. Jim Shannon	50
1956	The SearchersMovie	Ethan Edwards	49
1956	The ConquerorMovie	Temujin	49
1956	CinépanoramaSeries	Self	49
1955	GunsmokeSeries	Self - Host, Introduction to the Series	48
1955	Blood AlleyMovie	Capt. Tom Wilder	48
1955	The Sea ChaseMovie	Captain Karl Ehrlich	48
1955	CasablancaSeries	—	48
1954	Producers' ShowcaseSeries	Self	47
1954	The High and the MightyMovie	Dan Roman	47
1953	The OscarsSeries	Self	46
1953	Trouble Along the WayMovie	Stephen Aloysius Williams	46
1953	Island in the SkyMovie	Captain Dooley	46
1953	HondoMovie	Hondo Lane	46
1953	You're the StarMovie	Self	46
1953	Three LivesMovie	Self	46
1952	The Quiet ManMovie	Sean Thornton	45
1952	Big Jim McLainMovie	Jim McLain	45
1951	The Red Skelton ShowSeries	Self	44
1951	I Love LucySeries	John Wayne	44
1951	Flying LeathernecksMovie	Maj. Daniel Xavier Kirby	44
1951	Operation PacificMovie	Duke E. Gifford	44
1951	The Screen DirectorMovie	Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited)	44
1950	The Jack Benny ProgramSeries	John Wayne	43
1950	Rio GrandeMovie	Lt. Col. Kirby Yorke	43
1950	Sands of Iwo JimaMovie	Sgt. John M. Stryker	43
1950	What's My Line?Series	Self - Mystery Guest	43
1950	The Colgate Comedy HourSeries	Self	43
1950	The Bob Hope ShowSeries	Self	43
1949	She Wore a Yellow RibbonMovie	Capt. Nathan Cutting Brittles	42
1949	The Fighting KentuckianMovie	John Breen	42
1948	The Ed Sullivan ShowSeries	Self	41
1948	Red RiverMovie	Thomas Dunson	41
1948	3 GodfathersMovie	Robert Marmaduke Sangster Hightower	41
1948	Fort ApacheMovie	Capt. Kirby York	41
1948	Wake of the Red WitchMovie	Capt. Ralls	41
1947	Angel and the BadmanMovie	Quirt Evans	40
1947	TycoonMovie	Johnny Munroe	40
1946	Without ReservationsMovie	Rusty Thomas	39
1946	Desert CommandMovie	Tom Wayne	39
1945	Flame of Barbary CoastMovie	Duke Fergus	38
1945	Back to BataanMovie	Colonel Joseph Madden	38
1945	They Were ExpendableMovie	Lt. (J.G.) 'Rusty' Ryan	38
1945	DakotaMovie	John Devlin	38
1944	Tall in the SaddleMovie	Rocklin	37
1944	The Fighting SeabeesMovie	Lt. Cmdr. Wedge Donovan	37
1943	In Old OklahomaMovie	Daniel F Somers	36
1942	Reunion in FranceMovie	Pat Talbot	35
1942	Reap the Wild WindMovie	Captain Jack Stuart	35
1942	PittsburghMovie	Charles 'Pittsburgh' Markham	35
1942	The SpoilersMovie	Glennister	35
1942	Flying TigersMovie	Jim Gordon	35
1942	In Old CaliforniaMovie	Tom Craig	35
1941	The Shepherd of the HillsMovie	Young Matt Matthews	34
1941	Lady from LouisianaMovie	John Reynolds	34
1941	A Man BetrayedMovie	Lynn Hollister	34
1940	The Long Voyage HomeMovie	Ole Olsen	33
1940	Dark CommandMovie	Bob Seton	33
1940	Seven SinnersMovie	Dan	33
1939	StagecoachMovie	The Ringo Kid	32
1939	Allegheny UprisingMovie	Jim Smith	32
1939	Three Texas SteersMovie	Stony Brooke	32
1938	Pals of the SaddleMovie	Stony Brooke	31
1938	Overland Stage RaidersMovie	Stony Brooke	31
1937	I Cover the War!Movie	Bob Adams	30
1937	Born to the WestMovie	Dare Rudd	30
1936	Winds of the WastelandMovie	John Blair	29
1936	The Lawless NinetiesMovie	John Tipton	29
1936	The Lonely TrailMovie	Captain John Ashley	29
1936	The Stagecoach RaceMovie	John Blair	29
1935	Texas TerrorMovie	John Higgins	28
1935	The Desert TrailMovie	John Scott / John Jones	28
1935	The Dawn RiderMovie	John Mason	28
1935	Westward HoMovie	John Wyatt	28
1935	Lawless RangeMovie	John Middleton	28
1935	The New FrontierMovie	John Dawson	28
1935	Rainbow ValleyMovie	John Martin	28
1935	Paradise CanyonMovie	John Wyatt	28
1935	Guns Along The TrailMovie	John Wyatt	28
1935	Avenging AngelMovie	John Mason	28
1935	Cowboy G-ManMovie	John Wyatt	28
1935	On the RunMovie	John Jones	28
1934	Blue SteelMovie	John Carruthers	27
1934	The Star PackerMovie	U.S. Marshal John Travers	27
1934	Randy Rides AloneMovie	Randy Bowers	27
1934	The Lawless FrontierMovie	John Tobin	27
1934	'Neath the Arizona SkiesMovie	Chris Morrell	27
1934	The Lucky TexanMovie	Jerry Mason	27
1934	The Trail BeyondMovie	Rod Drew	27
1934	The Man from UtahMovie	John Weston	27
1934	West of the DivideMovie	Ted Hayden aka Gat Ganns	27
1934	Bandits of the BadlandsMovie	John Carruthers	27
1934	The Shadow GangMovie	U.S. Marshal John Travers	27
1934	Klondike GoldMovie	Rod Drew	27
1934	Next Of KinMovie	Ted Hayden aka Gat Ganns	27
1934	Claim JumpersMovie	Jerry Mason	27
1933	Baby FaceMovie	Jimmy McCoy Jr.	26
1933	Sagebrush TrailMovie	John Brant	26
1933	Riders of DestinyMovie	Singin' Sandy Saunders	26
1933	The Man from MontereyMovie	John Holmes	26
1933	The Three MusketeersMovie	Lt. Tom Wayne	26
1933	The Telegraph TrailMovie	John Trent	26
1933	The Life of Jimmy DolanMovie	Smith	26
1932	Lady and GentMovie	Buzz Kinney	25
1932	Running HollywoodMovie	Emcee	25
1932	Ride Him, CowboyMovie	John Drury	25
1932	The Hurricane ExpressMovie	The Air Pilot	25
1932	The Big StampedeMovie	Deputy Sheriff John Steele	25
1931	The Range FeudMovie	Clint Turner	24
1931	Girls Demand ExcitementMovie	Peter Brooks	24
1931	ArizonaMovie	Lt. Bob Denton	24
1930	The Big TrailMovie	Breck Coleman	23
1930	The Big TrailMovie	Breck Coleman	23
1929	The Black WatchMovie	Black Watch Soldier (uncredited)	22
1929	SpeakeasyMovie	Extra	22
1928	Four SonsMovie	—	21
1928	Noah's ArkMovie	Flood Extra (uncredited)	21
1928	Hangman's HouseMovie	Horse Race Spectator / Condemned Man in Flashback	21
1928	A Home Made ManMovie	Man on Stool	21
1927	Annie LaurieMovie	—	20
1926	Brown of HarvardMovie	Yale LIneback Player	19
0	Marlene Dietrich: Home MoviesMovie	Himself	—