John Wayne

Marion Robert Morrison (May 26, 1907 – June 11, 1979), known professionally as John Wayne, was an American actor.

John Wayne
Wayne, c. 1965
Born	Marion Robert Morrison (1907-05-26)May 26, 1907 Winterset, Iowa, U.S.
Died	June 11, 1979(1979-06-11) (aged 72) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Cause of death	Stomach cancer
Other names	Marion Michael Morrison 'Duke' Wayne
Occupations	Actor producer director
Political party	Republican
Awards	Academy Awards Best Actor: 1969 True Grit Golden Globe Awards Cecil B. DeMille Award (1966) Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama 1970 True Grit
Website	Official website

Early life

Born with the name Marion Robert Morrison in Winterset, Iowa. Wayne was Scotch Irish on his father and Irish on his mother's side. During Wayne's childhood, he moved to Palmdale, California then to Glendale, California. While attending Wayne started working in small local movie companies. And also started playing football in high school and participated in the Glendale school team before being recruited by the University of Southern California (USC).

Career

Wayne began his movie career in the 1920s. In 1928, he played an extra in John Ford's Four Sons. In 1930, he had his first leading role in The Big Trail.

Wayne was nominated for an Academy Award for Sands of Iwo Jima. One of his most important roles was that of Ethan Edwards a desperate man looking for his niece kidnapped by Comanche in the 1956 western movie The Searchers, directed by John Ford.

The Alamo was nominated for several Academy Awards. It won the award for Best Sound. Wayne received an Academy Award and Golden Globe Award for his role in True Grit. His last role was in The Shootist.

In 1999, the American Film Institute named Wayne thirteenth among the Greatest Male Stars of All Time. A Harris Poll released in 2007 placed Wayne third among America's favourite movie stars, the only star on the list who has died and the only one who has appeared on the poll every year.

Cancer and Death

Wayne had lung cancer in the 1960s. He had a lung removed and recovered. He died of stomach cancer.

Filmography

Key to studio abbreviations

20th	20th Century-Fox	AFI	American Film Institute	AK	Alaska Pictures
Arg	Argosy Pictures	Arm	Armada Productions	Batjac	Batjac
Col	Columbia	CVW	C.V. Whitney	DDL	Dino De Laurentiis
Fen	Fenady Associates	FN	First National	Fox	Fox Films
L-G	Levy-Gardner	Mas	Mascot	MGM	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Mono	Monogram ("Lone Star")	Mop	Monterey Productions	NG	National General
Par	Paramount	Rep	Republic	RKO	RKO Radio
Rom	Romina Productions	SB	Samuel Bronston	Sho	Showman's Pictures
Sig	Sigma	Tif	Tiffany Pictures	UA	United Artists
Uni	Universal	WB	Warner Bros.	W-F	Wayne-Fellows Productions

Year	Title	Role	Director	Studio	Notes	Refs.
1926	Brown of Harvard	Yale Football Player	Jack Conway	MGM	Wayne was an unbilled football player in game sequences of this sports drama, with William Haines, Mary Brian, and Jack Pickford.	[1]
1926	Bardelys the Magnificent	Guard	King Vidor	MGM	Wayne unbilled in this swashbuckler with John Gilbert and Eleanor Boardman.	[2]
1926	The Great K & A Train Robbery	Extra	Lewis Seiler	Fox	A Tom Mix Western. Wayne unbilled.	[3]
1927	Annie Laurie	Extra	John S. Robertson	MGM	With Lillian Gish and Norman Kerry. Wayne unbilled.	[4]
1927	The Drop Kick (US title) Glitter (UK title)	Extra	Millard Webb	FN	A football drama with Richard Barthelmess. Wayne once again unbilled as a football player in game footage.	[5]
1928	Mother Machree	Extra	John Ford	Fox	An Irish drama with Victor McLaglen. Wayne unbilled in his first film with Ford. Sources disagree whether Wayne actually appeared on film, as he was a prop man.	[6]
1928	Four Sons	Extra	John Ford	Fox	An Irish drama with Victor McLaglen. Wayne unbilled. Sources disagree whether Wayne actually appeared on film in this picture, as well.	[7]
1928	Hangman's House	Horse Race Spectator / Condemned Man	John Ford	Fox	An Irish drama with Victor McLaglen. Wayne unbilled but noticeable as a spectator in a horse racing scene.	[8]
1928	Noah's Ark	Flood extra	Michael Curtiz	WB	A Biblical drama with Dolores Costello, George O'Brien, Noah Beery, and Myrna Loy. Wayne and Andy Devine unbilled as extras in the flood sequence.	[9]
1929	Speakeasy	Extra	Benjamin Stoloff	Fox	A sports drama with Lola Lane and Paul Page. Wayne unbilled.	[10]
1929	The Black Watch	Extra	John Ford	Fox	Drama of the British army in India during the First World War, with Victor McLaglen and Myrna Loy. Wayne and Randolph Scott unbilled.	[11]
1929	Words and Music	Pete Donahue	James Tinling	Fox	Wayne billed under his real name, Duke Morrison. An early talkie musical. Now apparently a lost film.	[12]
1929	Salute	Bill, Midshipman	John Ford	Fox	A football drama with George O'Brien and Helen Chandler. Wayne and Ward Bond unbilled.	[13]
1929	The Forward Pass	Extra	Eddie Cline	Fox	A football drama with Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. and Loretta Young. Wayne unbilled. A lost film.	[14]
1930	Men Without Women	Radioman on surface	John Ford	Fox	A submarine drama. Wayne unbilled.	[15]
1930	Born Reckless	Soldier	John Ford Andrew Bennison	Fox	A crime melodrama with Edmund Lowe, Lee Tracy, and Marguerite Churchill. Wayne, Randolph Scott, and Ward Bond unbilled.	[16]
1930	Rough Romance	Lumberjack	A.F. Erickson	Fox	A logging adventure with George O'Brien and Antonio Moreno. Wayne unbilled.	[17]
1930	Cheer Up and Smile	Bit role	Sidney Lansfield	Fox	A musical with Arthur Lake, Dixie Lee, Olga Baclanova, and "Whispering" Jack Smith. Wayne and J. Carrol Naish unbilled.	[18]
1930	The Big Trail	Breck Coleman	Raoul Walsh	Fox	With Tyrone Power, Sr., Ian Keith, Ward Bond. An epic Western shot simultaneously in standard 35 mm and 70 mm "Grandeur" wide-screen. Wayne's first starring role.	[19][20]
1931	Girls Demand Excitement	Peter Brooks	Seymour Felix	Fox	A college romantic comedy.	[21]
1931	Three Girls Lost	Gordon Wales	Sidney Lansfield	Fox		[22]
1931	Arizona (US title) The Virtuous Wife (UK title)	Lt. Bob Denton	George B. Seitz	Col	Based on the play by Augustus Thomas. Previously filmed in 1919 with Douglas Fairbanks in the Wayne role.	[23][a]
1931	The Deceiver	Reginald Thorpe's corpse	Louis King	Col	Wayne's most ignominious part. He played the corpse of the character played (alive) by Ian Keith.	[24]
1931	Range Feud	Clint Turner	D. Ross Letterman	Col	A B-Western starring Buck Jones. Wayne in a supporting role.	[25][26]
1931	Maker of Men	Dusty Rhodes	Edward Sedgwick	Col	A football drama with Jack Holt and Richard Cromwell. Wayne in a supporting role.	[27]
1932	The Voice of Hollywood: No. 13	Himself	Mark D'Agostino	Tif	A short subject.	[28]
1932	Running Hollywood	Himself	Charles Lamont	Uni	A two-reel short.
1932	The Shadow of the Eagle	Craig McCoy	Ford Beebe	Mas	A 12-chapter serial.	[29]
1932	Texas Cyclone	Steve Pickett	D. Ross Lederman	Col	A B-Western starring Tim McCoy. Wayne in a supporting part.	[30]
1932	Two-Fisted Law	Duke	D. Ross Lederman	Col	Another B-Western starring Tim McCoy. Wayne in a supporting part.	[31][32]
1932	Lady and Gent	Buzz Kinney	Stephen Roberts	Par	A boxing drama with George Bancroft and Wynne Gibson. Wayne in a supporting role. Remade as Unmarried (1939) with Buster Crabbe in Wayne's role.	[33]
1932	The Hurricane Express	Larry Baker	Armand Schaefer J.P. McGowan	Mas	A 12-chapter serial.	[34]
1932	The Hollywood Handicap	Himself	Charles Lamont	Uni	A two-reel short.	[35]
1932	Ride Him, Cowboy (US title) The Hawk (UK title)	John Drury	Fred Allen[b]	WB	Wayne's first starring role in a B-Western, the first of six that he would make for Warner Bros. Remake of The Unknown Cavalier (1926) with Ken Maynard.	[36][37]
1932	That's My Boy	Football Player	Roy William Neill	Col	With Richard Cromwell and Dorothy Jordan. Another football drama with Wayne in a supporting role.	[38]
1932	The Big Stampede	John Steele	Tenny Wright	WB	Remake of Land Beyond the Law (1927) with Ken Maynard. Remade under original title in 1936 with Dick Foran.	[39][40]
1932	Haunted Gold	John Mason	Mack V. Wright	WB	Remake of The Phantom City (1928) with Ken Maynard.	[41][42]
1933	The Telegraph Trail	John Trent	Tenny Wright	WB	Wayne's first film with Yakima Canutt. A clip of this film was used in Footlight Parade (1933). Semi-remake of The Red Raiders (1927) with Ken Maynard.	[43][44]
1933	The Three Musketeers	Tom Wayne	Armand Schaefer Colbert Clark	Mas	With Creighton Chaney. A 12-chapter serial set in the Arabian desert. Very loosely adapted from the Dumas novel. Later re-edited into a 1946 feature entitled Desert Command.	[45]
1933	Central Airport	Co-pilot in wreck	William Wellman	WB	An aviation drama with Richard Barthelmess, Sally Eilers, and Tom Brown. Wayne in an unbilled bit, and his first on-screen death.	[46]
1933	Somewhere in Sonora	John Bishop	Mack V. Wright	WB	Remake of the 1927 film of the same title with Ken Maynard.	[47][48]
1933	His Private Secretary	Dick Wallace	Philip H. Whitman	WB	Romantic comedy made by the independent company Showman's Pictures.	[49]
1933	The Life of Jimmy Dolan (US title) The Kid's Last Fight (UK title)	Smith	Archie Mayo	WB	Boxing melodrama with Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. and Loretta Young. Wayne in small supporting role as a frightened boxer. Remade as They Made Me a Criminal (1939) with John Garfield, and Louis Jean Heydt in Wayne's role.	[50]
1933	Baby Face	Jimmy McCoy	Alfred E. Green	WB	Wayne in a supporting part. This was the only time he appeared in a film with Stanwyck.	[51]
1933	The Man from Monterey	Capt. John Holmes	Mack V. Wright	WB	Wayne's last B-Western for Warner Bros.	[52][53]
1933	Riders of Destiny	Sandy Saunders ("Singing Sandy")	R.N. Bradbury	Mono	Wayne's first B-Western for Monogram, released as a "Lone Star Western", and the only one to present him as a singing cowboy (with a dubbed singing voice). Also his first teaming with George "Gabby" Hayes.	[54][55]
1933	The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi	Bit part	Edwin L. Marin	WB	A college romantic comedy with Mary Carlisle, Buster Crabbe, Charles Starrett, and Betty Grable. Wayne wore a moustache in his bit part, which was cut from the final print.	[56]
1933	College Coach (US title) Football Coach (UK title)	Student	William Wellman	WB	Wayne's last bit part. Aside from cameos, he would play the lead – or one of the leads – in all of his subsequent pictures.	[57]
1933	Sagebrush Trail (US title) An Innocent Ian (UK title)	John Brant	Armand Schaefer	Mono	With Yakima Canutt.	[58][59]
1934	The Lucky Texan	Jerry Mason	R.N. Bradbury	Mono	With George Hayes, Yakima Canutt, Earl Dwire.	[60][61]
1934	West of the Divide	Ted Hayden	R.N. Bradbury	Mono	With George Hayes, Yakima Canutt, Lafe McKee, Earl Dwire.	[62][63]
1934	Blue Steel	John Carruthers	R.N. Bradbury	Mono	With George Hayes, Yakima Canutt, Lafe McKee, Earl Dwire. Filmed on location in Lone Pine, California.	[64][65]
1934	The Man from Utah	John Westen	R.N. Bradbury	Mono	With George Hayes, Yakima Canutt, Lafe McKee.	[66][67]
1934	Randy Rides Alone	Randy Bowers	Harry L. Fraser	Mono	With George Hayes, Yakima Canutt, Earl Dwire. Rare villain role for Hayes.	[68][69]
1934	The Star Packer	John Travers	R.N. Bradbury	Mono	With George Hayes, Yakima Canutt, Earl Dwire.	[70][71]
1934	The Trail Beyond	Rod Drew	R.N. Bradbury	Mono	With Noah Beery, Sr., Noah Beery, Jr., Earl Dwire. Based on the novel The Wolf Hunters by James Oliver Curwood. Also filmed under the novel's title in 1926 and 1949.	[72][73]
1934	The Lawless Frontier	John Tobin	R.N. Bradbury	Mono	With George Hayes, Yakima Canutt, Earl Dwire.	[74][75]
1934	'Neath the Arizona Skies	Chris Morrell	Harry Fraser	Mono	With Shirley Jean Rickert, George Hayes, Yakima Canutt, Earl Dwire.	[76][77]
1935	Texas Terror	John Higgins	R.N. Bradbury	Mono	With George Hayes.	[78][79]
1935	Rainbow Valley	John Martin	R.N. Bradbury	Mono	With George Hayes.	[80][81]
1935	The Desert Trail	John Scott	Cullen Lewis	Mono	With Paul Fix.	[82][83]
1935	The Dawn Rider	John Mason	R.N. Bradbury	Mono	With Yakima Canutt.	[84][85]
1935	Paradise Canyon	John Wyatt	Carl Pierson	Mono	With Earle Hodgins and Yakima Canutt. Wayne's last "Lone Star" Western for Monogram.	[86][87]
1935	Westward Ho	John Wyatt	R.N. Bradbury	Rep	With Yakima Canutt. Shot on location in Lone Pine. Wayne's first film for Republic Pictures.	[88][89]
1935	The New Frontier	John Dawson	Carl Pierson	Rep	Not to be confused with the 1939 film Wayne made entitled New Frontier (no "the").	[90]
1935	Lawless Range	John Middleton	R.N. Bradbury	Rep	With Yakima Canutt.	[91][92]
1936	The Oregon Trail	Capt. John Delmont	Scott Pembroke	Rep	With Yakima Canutt. Shot on location in Lone Pine. A lost film. 40 stills were discovered in 2013.	[93][94][95]
1936	The Lawless Nineties	John Tipton	Joseph Kane	Rep		[96][75]
1936	King of the Pecos	John Clayborn	Joseph Kane	Rep	With Yakima Canutt. Shot on location in Lone Pine.	[97][98]
1936	The Lonely Trail	Captain John Ashley	Joseph Kane	Rep	With Yakima Canutt. A post-American Civil War yarn about carpetbaggers.	[99][100]
1936	Winds of the Wasteland	John Blair	Mack V. Wright	Rep	Hulu sometimes presents a colorized version entitled Stagecoach Run.	[101][102]
1936	Sea Spoilers	Bob Randall	Frank Strayer	Uni	The first of six non-Westerns that Wayne did for Universal.	[103]
1936	Conflict	Pat Glendon	David Howard	Uni	Based on the novel The Abysmal Brute by Jack London.	[104]
1937	California Straight Ahead!	Biff Smith	Arthur Lubin	Uni	Wayne as a school bus driver who becomes a trucking industry leader.	[105]
1937	I Cover the War	Bob Adams	Arthur Lubin	Uni	Shot on location in Lone Pine.	[106]
1937	Idol of the Crowds	Johnny Hanson	Arthur Lubin	Uni	Sports drama with Wayne as a professional ice hockey player.	[107]
1937	Adventure's End	Duke Slade	Arthur Lubin	Uni	The last of Wayne's non-Western "B" pictures for Universal.	[108]
1937	Born to the West (original title) Hell Town (reissue title)	Dare Rudd	Charles Barton	Par	With Johnny Mack Brown. Based on the novel of the same name by Zane Grey. Previously filmed in 1926 with Jack Holt in the Wayne role.	[109][110]
1938	Pals of the Saddle	Stoney Brooke	George Sherman	Rep	With Ray Corrigan (Tucson Smith) and Max Terhune (Lullaby Joslin). The first of eight films Wayne did in Republic's "Three Mesquiteers" series.	[111][112]
1938	Overland Stage Raiders	Stoney Brooke	George Sherman	Rep	With Ray Corrigan (Tucson Smith) and Max Terhune (Lullaby Joslin). Louise Brooks' final film appearance.	[113]
1938	Santa Fe Stampede	Stoney Brooke	George Sherman	Rep	With Ray Corrigan (Tucson Smith) and Max Terhune (Lullaby Joslin).	[114]
1938	Red River Range	Stoney Brooke	George Sherman	Rep	With Ray Corrigan (Tucson Smith) and Max Terhune (Lullaby Joslin).	[115]
1939	Stagecoach	Henry ("The Ringo Kid")	John Ford	UA[c]	With John Carradine, Andy Devine, George Bancroft, Louise Platt, Tim Holt, Tom Tyler. Filmed on location in Monument Valley. This is the film that boosted Wayne into major stardom.	[116][117]
1939	The Night Riders	Stoney Brooke	George Sherman	Rep	With Ray Corrigan (Tucson Smith) and Max Terhune (Lullaby Joslin), Tom Tyler.[d] The story of this film was loosely based on the incidents in the life of James Reavis.[e]	[118]
1939	Three Texas Steers (US title) Danger Rides the Range (UK title)	Stoney Brooke	George Sherman	Rep	With Ray Corrigan (Tucson Smith) and Max Terhune (Lullaby Joslin).	[119][120]
1939	Wyoming Outlaw	Stoney Brooke	George Sherman	Rep	With Ray Corrigan (Tucson Smith) and Raymond Hatton (Rusty Joslin).	[121]
1939	New Frontier (original title) Frontier Horizon (TV title)[f]	Stoney Brooke	George Sherman	Rep	With Ray Corrigan (Tucson Smith) and Raymond Hatton (Rusty Joslin). Film debut of Phyllis Isley, later known as Jennifer Jones.[g] Wayne's last film in the "Three Mesquiteers" series and his last B-Western.	[122]
1939	Allegheny Uprising (US title) The First Rebel (UK title)	Jim Smith	William A. Seiter	RKO	Wayne has second billing under Trevor.	[123][124]
1940	Dark Command	Bob Seton	Raoul Walsh	Rep	With Claire Trevor, Walter Pidgeon, Roy Rogers, and George Hayes. A fictionalized account of the infamous William Quantrill.	[125][126]
1940	Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 8: Cowboy Jubilee	Himself	Ralph Staub	Rep	A one-reel short also featuring Gene Autry and Roy Rogers.
1940	Three Faces West	John Phillips	Bernard Vorhaus	Rep	With Charles Coburn.	[127]
1940	The Long Voyage Home	Ole Olson	John Ford	UA	With Thomas Mitchell, Barry Fitzgerald, Ward Bond. Based on four one-act plays by Eugene O'Neill.[h]	[128]
1940	Seven Sinners (original title) Cafe of the Seven Sinners (UK re-issue title)	Lt. Dan Brent	Tay Garnett	Uni	Wayne's first of three teamings with Dietrich.	[129]
1941	A Man Betrayed (US title) Citadel of Crime (UK title) Wheel of Fortune (TV title)	Lynn Hollister	John H. Auer	Rep	With Ward Bond	[130]
1941	Lady from Louisiana	John Reynolds	Bernard Vorhaus	Rep	With Ray Middleton, Henry Stephenson.	[131]
1941	The Shepherd of the Hills	Matt Matthews	Henry Hathaway	Par	With Harry Carey. Wayne's first film in color (Technicolor).	[132][133]
1941	Meet the Stars: Past and Present	Himself	Harriet Parsons	Rep	A promotional short.
1942	Lady for a Night	Jack Morgan	Leigh Jason	Rep	Wayne is billed second.	[134]
1942	Reap the Wild Wind	Capt. Jack Stuart	Cecil B. DeMille	Par	With Ray Milland, Raymond Massey, Robert Preston, Susan Hayward. Filmed in Technicolor. Wayne is billed second in this seafaring epic.[i] His only film with DeMille.	[135]
1942	The Spoilers	Roy Glennister	Ray Enright	Uni	With Randolph Scott, Harry Carey, Richard Barthelmess. Sprawling version of the Rex Beach novel, climaxing with an epic saloon fight between Wayne and Scott (in a rare villainous role). Wayne is billed third.	[136][137][j]
1942	In Old California	Tom Craig	William McGann	Rep	Wayne plays a pharmacist in this film, which was the occupation of his real-life father.	[138][139]
1942	Flying Tigers	Jim Gordon	David Miller	Rep	Wayne's first war movie.	[140]
1942	Reunion in France (US title) Mademoiselle France (UK title)	Pat Talbot	Jules Dassin	MGM	With Philip Dorn.	[141]
1942	Pittsburgh	Charles "Pittsburgh" Markham	Lewis Seiler	Uni	With Randolph Scott, Shemp Howard. An unrelated follow-up to The Spoilers with the same three leads. Wayne is billed third.	[142]
1943	A Lady Takes a Chance	Duke Hudkins	William A. Seiter	RKO	Wayne billed second. Produced by Frank Ross, Jean Arthur's husband).	[143][144]
1943	In Old Oklahoma War of the Wildcats (re-issue title)	Dan Somers	Al Rogell	Rep	With Albert Dekker, George Hayes, Dale Evans.	[145][146]
1944	The Fighting Seabees	Wedge Donovan	Edward Ludwig	Rep	Another war movie, this one dealing with the U.S. Navy's famed construction battalion.	[147]
1944	Tall in the Saddle	Rocklin	Edwin L. Marin	RKO	With Ward Bond, George Hayes	[148][149]
1944	Flame of Barbary Coast	Duke Fergus	Joseph Kane	Rep	With Joseph Schildkraut, William Frawley.	[150][151]
1945	Back to Bataan	Col. Joseph Madden	Edward Dmytryk	RKO	With Anthony Quinn, Beulah Bondi.	[152]
1945	They Were Expendable	Lt. Rusty Ryan	John Ford	MGM	With Robert Montgomery, Jack Holt, Ward Bond. Wayne gets second billing to Montgomery in this film about naval PT boats.	[153]
1945	Dakota	John Devlin	Joseph Kane	Rep	With Walter Brennan, Ward Bond.	[154][155]
1946	Without Reservations	Rusty Thomas	Mervyn LeRoy	RKO	With Don DeFore. Wayne has second billing under Colbert. From this point on Wayne would always have top billing (except for appearances in "all-star" films or guest appearances).	[156]
1947	Angel and the Badman	Quirt Evans	James Edward Grant	Rep	With Bruce Cabot, Harry Carey. Wayne's first film as producer as well as star.	[157][158]
1947	Tycoon	Johnny Munroe	Richard Wallace	RKO	With Sir Cedric Hardwicke, Anthony Quinn, Judith Anderson, James Gleason. Location shooting at Lone Pine. Filmed in Technicolor.	[159]
1948	Red River	Thomas Dunson	Howard Hawks	Mop UA	With Montgomery Clift,[k] Walter Brennan, John Ireland, Harry Carey, Harry Carey, Jr., Noah Beery, Jr., Hank Worden. Generally regarded as one of Wayne's finest films and finest performances. His first film with director Hawks.	[160][161]
1948	Fort Apache	Capt. Kirby York	John Ford	Arg RKO	With Henry Fonda, John Agar, Victor McLaglen, Ward Bond, George O'Brien. The first of Ford's "cavalry trilogy." Filmed on location in Monument Valley.	[162][163]
1948	3 Godfathers	Robert Marmaduke Hightower	John Ford	Arg MGM	Filmed in Technicolor on location in Death Valley, California.	[164][165][l]
1948	Wake of the Red Witch	Capt. Ralls	Edward Ludwig	Rep	With Gig Young, Adele Mara, Luther Adler.	[166]
1949	The Fighting Kentuckian	John Breen	George Waggner	Rep	With Philip Dorn, Oliver Hardy,[m] Marie Windsor. Wayne produced this film.	[167][168]
1949	She Wore a Yellow Ribbon	Capt. Nathan Brittles	John Ford	Arg RKO	With John Agar, Victor McLaglen, Harry Carey, Jr., Mildred Natwick, George O'Brien. The second film in Ford's "cavalry trilogy." Filmed in Technicolor on location in Monument Valley.	[169][170]
1949	Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Rodeo	Himself	Ralph Staub	Col	A documentary short.
1949	Sands of Iwo Jima	Sgt. John M. Stryker	Allan Dwan	Rep	With John Agar, Forrest Tucker. Wayne received his first Academy Award nomination for this film.	[171]
1950	Rio Grande[n]	Lt. Col. Kirby Yorke[o]	John Ford	Arg Rep	With Ben Johnson, Claude Jarman, Jr., Harry Carey, Jr., and Victor McLaglen. The last of Ford's "cavalry trilogy" and Wayne's first of five teamings with O'Hara. Filmed on location in Monument Valley.	[172][173]
1951	Screen Snapshots: Reno's Silver Spur Awards	Himself	Ralph Staub	Col	A documentary short.
1951	Operation Pacific	"Duke" Gifford	George Waggner	WB	With Ward Bond.	[174]
1951	The Screen Director	Himself		WB	A promotional short featuring a scene on the set of Operation Pacific with John Ford directing Wayne. (Actually, George Waggner was the director of that film, so this scene was obviously staged.)
1951	Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Awards	Himself	Ralph Staub	Col	A documentary short.
1951	Flying Leathernecks	Major Dan Kirby	Nicholas Ray	RKO	With Robert Ryan. Produced by Howard Hughes.	[175]
1952	Miracle in Motion	Narrator		Rep	Wayne narrates this fund-raiser for the benefit of the United Cerebral Palsy Foundation.
1952	The Quiet Man	Sean Thornton	John Ford	Arg Rep	Filmed in Technicolor on location in Ireland. One of Wayne's most beloved films. His children Michael, Patrick, Melinda, and Antonia have small roles in the film.	[176]
1952	Big Jim McLain	Big Jim McLain	Edward Ludwig	W-F WB	With James Arness, Alan Napier. An anti-communist action film. Produced by Wayne.	[177]
1953	Trouble Along the Way	Steve Aloysius Williams	Michael Curtiz	WB	With Charles Coburn, Sherry Jackson.	[178]
1953	Island in the Sky	Capt. Dooley	William A. Wellman	W-F WB	With Lloyd Nolan, Walter Abel, James Arness. Wayne also produced.	[179]
1953	Hondo	Hondo Lane	John Farrow	W-F WB	With Ward Bond, Michael Pate, James Arness. Based on a story by Louis L'Amour. Filmed in 3D and WarnerColor. Wayne also produced.	[180][181]
1954	The High and the Mighty	Dan Roman	William A. Wellman	WB W-F Batjac Par	With Robert Stack, Phil Harris, Robert Newton, Paul Kelly. Wayne also produced this aviation drama. A big hit in its day, filmed in CinemaScope and WarnerColor. This was Wayne's first wide-screen film since The Big Trail (1930).	[182]
1955	The Sea Chase	Capt. Karl Ehrlich	John Farrow	WB	With David Farrar, Tab Hunter, James Arness. Filmed in CinemaScope and WarnerColor on location in Hawaii. Wayne took an unusual role as a World War II German naval officer.	[183]
1955	Screen Snapshots: The Great Al Jolson	Himself	Ralph Staub	Col	A documentary short salute Jolson. Wayne is one of the celebrities shown in the film.
1955	Blood Alley	Captain Tom Wilder	William A. Wellman	WB	Filmed in CinemaScope and WarnerColor. Wayne produced this film and replaced Robert Mitchum after firing him.	[184]
1956	The Conqueror	Temüjin (Genghis Khan)	Dick Powell	RKO	With Pedro Armendáriz, Agnes Moorehead. Filmed in CinemaScope and Technicolor. Produced by Howard Hughes. Generally regarded as one of the worst movies ever made.	[185]
1956	The Searchers	Ethan Edwards	John Ford	CVW WB	With Jeffrey Hunter, Ward Bond, Henry Brandon, Olive Carey, John Qualen, Hank Worden, Patrick Wayne, Harry Carey, Jr.. Filmed in VistaVision and Technicolor. Generally regarded as one of the greatest movies ever made.	[186][187]
1957	The Wings of Eagles	Frank "Spig" Wead	John Ford	MGM	With Dan Dailey, Ward Bond,[p] Ken Curtis, Edmund Lowe. Filmed in Metrocolor.	[188]
1957	Jet Pilot	Colonel Jim Shannon	Josef von Sternberg	RKO Uni	Filmed in Technicolor and released in RKO-Scope. Shot in 1949–50 but not released until 1957. Produced by Howard Hughes. Generally regarded as one of Wayne's worst films.	[189]
1957	Legend of the Lost	Joe January	Henry Hathaway	Batjac UA	With Rossano Brazzi. Filmed in Technirama and Technicolor on location in the Libyan desert.	[190]
1958	I Married a Woman	Himself	Hal Kanter	RKO Uni	Wayne has an unbilled cameo in this minor comedy starring George Gobel and Diana Dors. Filmed in RKO-Scope and black and white except for one of Wayne's two scenes, which was shot in Technicolor.	[191]
1958	The Barbarian and the Geisha	Townsend Harris	John Huston	20th	With Sam Jaffe. Inspired by a true story. Filmed in CinemaScope and Eastmancolor.	[192]
1959	Rio Bravo	John T. Chance	Howard Hawks	Arm WB	With Dean Martin, Ricky Nelson, Walter Brennan, Ward Bond, John Russell, Claude Akins. Generally regarded as one of Wayne's best, provided the template and format for many of his later films.	[193][194]
1959	The Horse Soldiers	Col. John Marlowe	John Ford	UA	With William Holden, Hoot Gibson. Filmed in Deluxe color.	[195][196]
1960	The Alamo	Col. David Crockett	John Wayne	Batjac UA	With Richard Widmark, Laurence Harvey, Richard Boone, Chill Wills, Frankie Avalon, Patrick Wayne. Wayne fulfilled a long-time dream by producing, directing, and starring in this epic telling of the battle for Texas independence. Filmed in Todd-AO and Technicolor.	[197][198]
1960	North to Alaska	Sam McCord	Henry Hathaway	20th	With Stewart Granger, Ernie Kovacs, Fabian. Filmed in CinemaScope and Deluxe color.	[199][200]
1961	The Challenge of Ideas	Himself			An anti-communist propaganda short. With Jack Webb, Helen Hayes, Chet Huntley.	[q]
1961	The Comancheros	Jake Cutter	Michael Curtiz	20th	With Stuart Whitman, Lee Marvin, Bruce Cabot, Patrick Wayne. Filmed in CinemaScope and Deluxe color. The last film directed by Curtiz.[r]	[201][202]
1962	The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance	Tom Doniphon	John Ford	Par	With James Stewart,[s] Lee Marvin, Woody Strode, Andy Devine.	[203][204]
1962	Hatari!	Sean Mercer	Howard Hawks	Par	With Red Buttons, Hardy Kruger, Bruce Cabot. Filmed in Technicolor on location in Tanganyika.	[205]
1962	The Longest Day	Lt.Col. Benjamin Vandervoort	Ken Annakin Andrew Marton Bernard Wicki Darryl F. Zanuck Gerd Oswald	20th	Wayne was part of an all-star cast in this epic retelling of the D-Day invasion of June 6, 1944. Filmed in black and white and CinemaScope.	[206]
1962	How the West Was Won	Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman	John Ford Henry Hathaway George Marshall	MGM	An all-star epic. Wayne appeared in the American Civil War sequence directed by Ford.[t] Also appearing in this sequence were George Peppard, Russ Tamblyn, and Harry Morgan (as Ulysses S. Grant). Filmed in Technicolor and Cinerama.	[207][208][u]
1963	Donovan's Reef	Michael Patrick Donovan	John Ford	Par	With Lee Marvin, Jack Warden, Cesar Romero. Filmed in Technicolor on location in Kauai, Hawaii. Wayne's last film with director John Ford.[v]	[209]
1963	McLintock!	George Washington McLintock	Andrew V. McLaglen	Batjac UA	With Patrick Wayne, Stefanie Powers, Bruce Cabot, Yvonne de Carlo. A big favorite with Wayne fans. His first film with director McLaglen. Filmed in Panavision and Technicolor.	[210][211]
1964	Circus World (US title) The Magnificent Showman (UK title)	Matt Masters	Henry Hathaway	SB UA	With Lloyd Nolan, Richard Conte, John Smith. Filmed in 70 mm Super Technirama and Technicolor. Originally presented in Cinerama.	[212]
1965	The Greatest Story Ever Told	The Centurion (Longinus)	George Stevens	UA	Director Stevens' large-scale telling of the life of Jesus Christ (played by Max von Sydow) with an all-star supporting cast. Wayne has a cameo as the Roman centurion who leads Christ to his crucifixion.	[213]
1965	In Harm's Way	Capt. Rockwell Torrey	Otto Preminger	Sig Par	With Kirk Douglas, Tom Tryon, Paula Prentiss, Burgess Meredith, Brandon deWilde, Henry Fonda. Filmed in Panavision. Wayne's last film in black and white.	[214]
1965	The Sons of Katie Elder	John Elder	Henry Hathaway	Par	With Dean Martin, Earl Holliman. Filmed in Panavision and Technicolor on location near Durango, Mexico.	[215][216]
1966	Cast a Giant Shadow	Gen. Mike Randolph	Melville Shavelson	Batjac UA	With Kirk Douglas, Senta Berger. Wayne, Yul Brynner, and Frank Sinatra did guest star appearances in the biopic of Col. David "Mickey" Marcus (Douglas). Filmed in Technicolor.	[217]
1966	El Dorado	Cole Thornton	Howard Hawks	Par	With Robert Mitchum, James Caan, Arthur Hunnicutt, Edward Asner. Filmed in Technicolor on location in Arizona. Filmed before, but released after, The War Wagon.	[218][219]
1967	A Nation Builds Under Fire	Himself	Harry Middleton		A documentary short dealing with Vietnam.	[w]
1967	The War Wagon	Taw Jackson	Burt Kennedy	Batjac Uni	With Kirk Douglas, Howard Keel, Robert Walker, Jr.,[x] Bruce Cabot. Filmed in Panavision and Technicolor on location in Durango.	[220][221]
1968	The Green Berets	Col. Mike Kirby	John Wayne Ray Kellogg	Batjac WB	With David Janssen, Jim Hutton, Aldo Ray, Bruce Cabot, George Takei. Wayne's controversial take on the Vietnam War. Filmed in Panavision and Technicolor on location at Fort Benning, Georgia. Co-directed by an uncredited Mervyn LeRoy, but credit given instead to Ray Kellogg.	[222][y]
1968	Hellfighters	Chance Buckman	Andrew V. McLaglen	Uni	With Jim Hutton, Bruce Cabot, Jay C. Flippen. Wayne's character was based on real-life "hellfighter" Red Adair. Filmed in Panavision and Technicolor.	[223]
1969	True Grit	U.S. Marshal Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn	Henry Hathaway	Par	With Glen Campbell, Jeremy Slate, Robert Duvall, Strother Martin, Jeff Corey. Wayne's Academy Award winning performance and his last film with Hathaway. Filmed in Technicolor.	[224][225]
1969	The Undefeated	Col. John Henry Thomas	Andrew V. McLaglen	20th	With Rock Hudson, Roman Gabriel, Lee Meriwether. Filmed in Panavision and Deluxe color.	[226][227]
1970	No Substitute for Victory	Narrator	Robert F. Slatzer	AK	A short in support of America's involvement in the Vietnam War. With General Mark Clark, Martha Raye, Sam Yorty, General William Westmoreland, and Lowell Thomas.
1970	Chisum	John Chisum	Andrew V. McLaglen	Batjac WB	With Forrest Tucker, Christopher George, Bruce Cabot, Patric Knowles, Geoffrey Deuel (as Billy the Kid), Glenn Corbett (as Pat Garrett). Filmed in Panavision and Technicolor.	[228][229]
1970	Rio Lobo	Cord McNally	Howard Hawks	Par	With Jorge Rivero, Jack Elam, Chris Mitchum, Sherry Lansing, George Plimpton.[z] Wayne's last film with Hawks. Filmed in Technicolor.	[230][231]
1971	Big Jake	Jacob McCandles	George Sherman	Batjac Par	With Richard Boone, Patrick Wayne, Chris Mitchum, Bruce Cabot. Filmed in Panavision and Technicolor.	[232][233]
1971	Directed by John Ford	Himself	Peter Bogdanovich	AFI	A documentary, narrated by Orson Welles.
1972	The Cowboys	Wil Andersen	Mark Rydell	WB	With Roscoe Lee Browne, Bruce Dern, Colleen Dewhurst. Filmed in Panavision 70 and Technicolor. Later a TV series.	[234][235]
1972	Cancel My Reservation	Himself	Paul Bogart	WB	Wayne, Bing Crosby, Johnny Carson, and Flip Wilson made brief, unbilled cameo appearances in this Bob Hope comedy. Filmed in Technicolor.
1973	The Train Robbers	Lane	Burt Kennedy	Batjac WB	With Rod Taylor, Ben Johnson, Christopher George, Ricardo Montalbán. Filmed in Panavision and Technicolor.	[236][237]
1973	Cahill, United States Marshal (US title) Cahill (UK title)	J.D. Cahill	Andrew V. McLaglen	Batjac WB	With George Kennedy, Gary Grimes, Neville Brand, Clay O'Brien. Filmed in Panavision and Technicolor.	[238][239]
1974	McQ	Det. Lt. Lon McQ	John Sturges	Batjac L-G WB	With Eddie Albert, Clu Gulager. Filmed in Panavision and Technicolor. The first of Wayne's two cop films made in the wake of Clint Eastwood's success with Dirty Harry (1971).	[240]
1975	Brannigan	Brannigan	Douglas Hickox	UA	With Richard Attenborough, Mel Ferrer. Filmed in Panavision and Deluxe colour on location in London.	[241]
1975	Rooster Cogburn	Marshal Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn	Stuart Millar	Uni	With Anthony Zerbe, Richard Jordan, John McIntire, Strother Martin. Filmed in Panavision and Technicolor on location in Oregon.	[242][243][aa]
1976	Chesty: Tribute to a Legend	Himself	John Ford		A tribute documentary on the most decorated U.S. Marine, Gen. Lewis B. "Chesty" Puller. Completed in 1970, but not released until 1976, three years after Ford's death.
1976	The Shootist	John Bernard Books	Don Siegel	DDL PA	With Ron Howard, James Stewart, John Carradine, Hugh O'Brian, Harry Morgan, Richard Boone. Filmed in Technicolor.	[244][245]