John Wayne the son of a pharmacist Clyde Morrison, John started out with the name Marion Robert Morrison. After moving to a warmer climate, Southern California and giving ranching a try and failing in the Mojave desert they moved to Glendale California. Marion delivered medicines for his father, sold newspapers.It is believed that the Airdale dog he had named Duke was the source of his nickname. Marion did well in school academically and at football. He went to U.S.C. On a football scholarship after narrowly failing admission to Annapolis. Tom Mix Helped to get Marion a summer job in a movie studio as a propman and in exchange Marion would get Mix football tickets. It is believed this is the time he became close friends with John Ford. Around this time Marion started doing bit parts, some billed as John Wayne. It is said that Man Without Women in 1930 what John Wayne's first featured film. After about 70 or so low budget films John's career was not going anywhere until he was cast in the film Stagecoach by John Ford in 1939. From their he went on to appear in nearly 250 movies. Note: John Wayne is by far my favorite actor, he made many great movies but his westerns were my favorite with his war movies a close second. In his westerns the
Fast Draw and gunhandling scenes were made to look easy. He did many of those scenes himself without a stand in.
Here Are Some Of John Waynes Movies
1. The Shootist (1976) John Bernard Books
2. Rooster Cogburn (1975) Rooster Cogburn
3. Brannigan (1975) Lt. Brannigan
4. McQ (1974) Det. Lt. Lon McQ
5. Cahill U.S. Marshal (1973) U.S. Marshal J.D. Cahill
The Train Robbers (1973) Lane
6. The Cowboys (1972) Wil Andersen
7. Big Jake (1971) Jacob McCandles
8. Rio Lobo (1970) Col. Cord McNally
9. Chisum (1970) John Simpson Chisum
10. The Undefeated (1969) Col. John Henry Thomas
11. True Grit (1969) Marshall Reuben J. 'Rooster' Cogburn
12. Hellfighters (1968) Chance Buckman
13. The Green Berets (1968) Col. Mike Kirby
14. The War Wagon (1967) Taw Jackson
15. El Dorado (1966) Cole Thornton
16. Cast a Giant Shadow (1966) Gen. Mike Randolph
17. The Sons of Katie Elder (1965) John Elder
18. In Harm's Way (1965) Capt. Rockwell Torrey
19. Circus World (1964) Matt Masters
20. McLintock! (1963) George Washington McLintock
21. Donovan's Reef (1963) Michael Patrick 'Guns' Donovan
22. How the West Was Won (1962) Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman
23. The Longest Day (1962) Lt. Col. Benjamin Vandervoort
24. Hatari! (1962) Sean Mercer
25. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) Tom Doniphon
26. The Comancheros (1961) Ranger Capt. Jake Cutter
North to Alaska (1960) Sam McCord
27. The Alamo (1960) Col. Davy Crockett
28. The Horse Soldiers (1959) Col. John Marlowe
29. Rio Bravo (1959) Sheriff John T. Chance
30. The Barbarian and the Geisha (1958) Townsend Harris
31. Jet Pilot (1957) Col. Jim Shannon
32. The Wings of Eagles (1957) Frank W. 'Spig' Wead
33. The Searchers (1956) Ethan Edwards
34. The Conqueror (1956) Genghis Khan
35. Blood Alley (1955) Capt. Tom Wilder
36. The Sea Chase (1955) Capt. Karl Ehrlich
37. The High and the Mighty (1954) Dan Roman
38. Hondo (1953) Hondo Lane
39. Island in the Sky (1953) Capt. Dooley
40. Trouble Along the Way (1953) Stephen Aloysius Williams
41. Big Jim McLain (1952) Jim McLain
42. The Quiet Man (1952) Sean Thornton
43. Flying Leathernecks (1951) Maj. Daniel Xavier Kirby
44. Operation Pacific (1951) Lt Cmdr. Duke E. Gifford
45. Rio Grande (1950) Lt. Col. Kirby York
46. Sands of Iwo Jima (1949) Sgt. John M. Stryker
47. She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949) Capt. Nathan Cutting Brittles
48. The Fighting Kentuckian (1949) John Breen
49. Wake of the Red Witch (1948) Capt. Ralls
50. 3 Godfathers (1948) Robert Marmaduke Hightower
51. Red River (1948) Thomas Dunson
52. Fort Apache (1948) Capt. Kirby York
53. Angel and the Badman (1947) Quirt Evans
54. Without Reservations (1946) Rusty Thomas
55. Dakota (1945) John Devlin
56. They Were Expendable (1945) Lt. JG 'Rusty' Ryan
57. Back to Bataan (1945) Col. Joseph Madden
58. Flame of Barbary Coast (1945) Duke Fergus
59. Tall in the Saddle (1944) Rocklin
60. The Fighting Seabees (1944) Lt. Cmdr. Wedge Donovan
61. In Old Oklahoma (1943) Daniel F. Somers
62. A Lady Takes a Chance (1943) Duke Hudkins
63. Reunion in France (1942) Pat Talbot
64. Pittsburgh (1942) Charles 'Pittsburgh' Markham/Charles Ellis
65. Flying Tigers (1942) Capt. Jim Gordon
66. In Old California (1942) Tom Craig
67. The Spoilers (1942) Roy Glennister
68. Reap the Wild Wind (1942) Captain Jack Stuart