John WayneJohn Wayne (May 26, 1907 - June 11, 1979), nicknamed "Duke," was an American film actor whose career spanned the evolutionary phase of American cinema, appearing in silent movies and "talkies" alike. He remains, by many accounts, the most popular star in the history of American film. He was born Marion Robert Morrison in Winterset, Iowa, but the name became Marion Michael Morrison when his parents decided to name their next son Robert. His family moved to Glendale, California in 1911; it was neighbors in Glendale who started calling him "Big Duke," because he never went anywhere without his Airedale dog, who was Little Duke. He preferred "Duke" to "Marion," and the name stuck for the rest of his life. After nearly gaining admission to the U.S. Naval Academy, he attended the University of Southern California, where he also played on the football team under legendary coach Howard Jones. An injury while swimming at the beach curtailed his athletic career, however; Wayne would later note that he was too terrified of Jones' reaction to reveal the actual cause of his injury. While at the university, Wayne began working around the local film studios. Western star Tom Mix got him a summer job in the prop department in exchange for football tickets, and Wayne soon moved on to bit parts, establishing a long friendship with director John Ford. His first starring role was in the movie The Big Trail; it was the director of that movie, Raoul Walsh, who gave him the stage name "John Wayne," after Revolutionary War general "Mad Anthony" Wayne. His friendship with Ford led them to work together on films which featured some of Wayne's most iconic roles. Beginning with three minor parts in 1928, Wayne would appear in over twenty of Ford's films in the next 35 years, including Stagecoach (1939), She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949), The Quiet Man (1952), The Searchers (1956), The Wings of Eagles (1957), and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962). Wayne appeared in many strong masculine ("macho") roles in western films and war films, but he also had a down-to-earth sense of humour which allowed him to appear in a pink bunny suit for an episode of Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In, as well as in comedy movies. According to the Internet Movie Database Wayne played the male lead in 142 of his film appearances, an as yet unsurpassed record. One of Wayne's best roles was ironically in one of the few films he made that wasn't a Western or war picture. The film was The High And The Mighty released in 1954. The movie was directed by William Wellman and based on a novel by Ernest K. Gann. Wayne played the co-pilot of a plane that develops serious engine problems in flight. His portrayal of the heroic airman won widespread acclaim. Sadly, this film has not been seen for many years due to lawsuits and copyright issues with Wayne's estate. The film co-starred Robert Stack and Jan Sterling. Although appearing in many war films and frequently being eulogized as an "American hero," Wayne never served in the Armed Forces. Between 1940, when the military draft was reinstated and the end of World War II in 1945, he remained in Hollywood and made 21 movies. (Among them was Cecil B. DeMille's Reap the Wild Wind (1942), in which he portrayed one of the few less-than-honorable characters in his career.) He was of draft age (34) at the time of Pearl Harbor in 1941, but asked for and received a deferral for family dependency, a classification of 3-A. This was later changed to a deferment in the national interest, 2-A. Despite his prolific output John Wayne won only a single Best Actor Oscar, for the 1969 movie True Grit. He received a nomination for Best Actor in Sands of Iwo Jima, and another as the producer of Best Picture nominee The Alamo, which he also directed. His production company was called Batjac, taken from the name of the fictional shipping company in The Wake of the Red Witch. In 1973, he released a best-selling spoken word album, that was nominated for a Grammy, and re-released with similar success in 2001. John Wayne died of stomach cancer on June 11, 1979 in Newport Beach, California, and was interred in the Pacific View Memorial Park cemetery in Corona del Mar, Orange County, California. Some trace his cancer back to his work in The Conqueror, filmed about 100 miles downwind of Nevada nuclear-weapons test sites. Wayne was married three times; to Josephine Alicia Saenz, Esperanza Baur, and Pilar Palette. He had four children with Josephine, three with Pilar, most notably Patrick Wayne. All but one of his children went on to have minor Hollywood careers. He is the most celebrated utterer, and apocryphal coiner, of the tmesis "ri-goddamn-diculous." There is an airport named after him, John Wayne Airport, in Orange County, California. John Wayne was entered into the Hall of Great Western Performers of the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in 1974, and is mentioned in the Paula Cole song Where Have All the Cowboys Gone. Character deathsA frequently asked trivia question is: In how many films did John Wayne's character die? The answer is as follows: His death is seen in the following films:
His character death is not shown in the following:
Partial filmography
Quotes"Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean. It's perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we've learned something from yesterday." External links
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It hopes we've learned something from yesterday.". In 1993, President Bill Clinton appointed her as the head of the National Endowment for the Arts. It's perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. In 1983 she received another Oscar nomination for the post-nuclear war film Testament. Comes into us at midnight very clean. Other television movies include Playing for Time, Calamity Jane, Malice in Wonderland, Blood & Orchids, In Love and War and Daughter of the Streets. "Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. She also starred in the television productions of Eleanor and Franklin and Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years. His character death is not shown in the following:. Kramer. His death is seen in the following films:. She received other nominations for All the President's Men and Kramer vs. A frequently asked trivia question is: In how many films did John Wayne's character die? The answer is as follows:. In 1969 she debuted on Broadway in
The Great White Hope, and took it to Hollywood, where she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress. John Wayne was entered into the Hall of Great Western Performers of the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in 1974, and is mentioned in the Paula Cole song Where Have All the Cowboys Gone.. Jane Alexander (born October 28, 1939) is an American actress. There is an airport named after him, John Wayne Airport, in Orange County, California. He is the most celebrated utterer, and apocryphal coiner, of the tmesis "ri-goddamn-diculous.". All but one of his children went on to have minor Hollywood careers. He had four children with Josephine, three with Pilar, most notably Patrick Wayne. Wayne was married three times; to Josephine Alicia Saenz, Esperanza Baur, and Pilar Palette. Some trace his cancer back to his work in The Conqueror, filmed about 100 miles downwind of Nevada nuclear-weapons test sites. John Wayne died of stomach cancer on June 11, 1979 in Newport Beach, California, and was interred in the Pacific View Memorial Park cemetery in Corona del Mar, Orange County, California. His production company was called Batjac, taken from the name of the fictional shipping company in The Wake of the Red Witch. In 1973, he released a best-selling spoken word album, that was nominated for a Grammy, and re-released with similar success in 2001. He received a nomination for Best Actor in Sands of Iwo Jima, and another as the producer of Best Picture nominee The Alamo, which he also directed. Despite his prolific output John Wayne won only a single Best Actor Oscar, for the 1969 movie True Grit. This was later changed to a deferment in the national interest, 2-A. DeMille's Reap the Wild Wind (1942), in which he portrayed one of the few less-than-honorable characters in his career.) He was of draft age (34) at the time of Pearl Harbor in 1941, but asked for and received a deferral for family dependency, a classification of 3-A. Between 1940, when the military draft was reinstated and the end of World War II in 1945, he remained in Hollywood and made 21 movies. (Among them was Cecil B. Although appearing in many war films and frequently being eulogized as an "American hero," Wayne never served in the Armed Forces. The film co-starred Robert Stack and Jan Sterling. Sadly, this film has not been seen for many years due to lawsuits and copyright issues with Wayne's estate. His portrayal of the heroic airman won widespread acclaim. Wayne played the co-pilot of a plane that develops serious engine problems in flight. Gann. The movie was directed by William Wellman and based on a novel by Ernest K. The film was The High And The Mighty released in 1954. One of Wayne's best roles was ironically in one of the few films he made that wasn't a Western or war picture. According to the Internet Movie Database Wayne played the male lead in 142 of his film appearances, an as yet unsurpassed record. Wayne appeared in many strong masculine ("macho") roles in western films and war films, but he also had a down-to-earth sense of humour which allowed him to appear in a pink bunny suit for an episode of Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In, as well as in comedy movies. Beginning with three minor parts in 1928, Wayne would appear in over twenty of Ford's films in the next 35 years, including Stagecoach (1939), She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949), The Quiet Man (1952), The Searchers (1956), The Wings of Eagles (1957), and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962). His friendship with Ford led them to work together on films which featured some of Wayne's most iconic roles. His first starring role was in the movie The Big Trail; it was the director of that movie, Raoul Walsh, who gave him the stage name "John Wayne," after Revolutionary War general "Mad Anthony" Wayne. Western star Tom Mix got him a summer job in the prop department in exchange for football tickets, and Wayne soon moved on to bit parts, establishing a long friendship with director John Ford. While at the university, Wayne began working around the local film studios. An injury while swimming at the beach curtailed his athletic career, however; Wayne would later note that he was too terrified of Jones' reaction to reveal the actual cause of his injury. After nearly gaining admission to the U.S. Naval Academy, he attended the University of Southern California, where he also played on the football team under legendary coach Howard Jones. He preferred "Duke" to "Marion," and the name stuck for the rest of his life. His family moved to Glendale, California in 1911; it was neighbors in Glendale who started calling him "Big Duke," because he never went anywhere without his Airedale dog, who was Little Duke. He was born Marion Robert Morrison in Winterset, Iowa, but the name became Marion Michael Morrison when his parents decided to name their next son Robert. He remains, by many accounts, the most popular star in the history of American film. John Wayne (May 26, 1907 - June 11, 1979), nicknamed "Duke," was an American film actor whose career spanned the evolutionary phase of American cinema, appearing in silent movies and "talkies" alike. Did John Wayne die of cancer caused by a radioactive movie set? (http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2_016.html) (from The Straight Dope). Wayne Enterprises (http://www.wayneenterprises.com/), the sole and exclusive licensor of the John Wayne name, image, and likeness. John Wayne Cancer Institute (http://www.jwci.org/). John Wayne (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000078/) at the Internet Movie Database. The Big Trail (1930). The Lucky Texan (1934). The Lawless Frontier (1934). 'Neath the Arizona Skies (1934). The Dawn Rider (1935). Stagecoach (1939). Wyoming Outlaw (1939). New Frontier (1939). Dark Command (1940). Three Faces West (1940). The Long Voyage Home (1940). Seven Sinners (1940). Lady from Louisiana (1941). The Sheperd of the Hills (1941). Lady for a Night (1942). Reap the Wild Wind (1942). Flying Tigers (1942). Pittsburgh (1942). A Lady Takes A Chance (1943). In Old Oklahoma (1943). The Fighting Seabees (1944). Tall in the Saddle (1944). Flame of Barbary Coast (1945). Back to Bataan (1945). They Were Expendable (1945). Dakota (1945). Without Reservations (1946). Desert Command (1946). Angel and the Badman (1947). Tycoon (1947). Fort Apache (1948). Red River (1948). 3 Godfathers (1948). Wake of the Red Witch (1948). The Fighting Kentuckian (1949). She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949). Sands of Iwo Jima (1949). Rio Grande (1950). Operation Pacific (1951). Flying Leathernecks (1951). The Quiet Man (1952). Big Jim McLain (1953). Trouble Along the Way (1953). Island in the Sky (1953). Hondo (1953). The High and the Mighty (1954). The Sea Chase (1955). Blood Alley (1955). The Conqueror (1956). The Searchers (1956). The Wings of Eagles (1957). Jet Pilot (1957). Legend of the Lost (1957). The Barbarian and the Geisha (1958). Rio Bravo (1959). The Horse Soldiers (1959). The Alamo (1960). North to Alaska (1960). The Comancheros (1961). The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962). Hatari! (1962). The Longest Day (1962). How The West Was Won (1962). McLintock (1963). Donovan's Reef (1963). Circus World (1964). The Greastest Story Ever Told (1965). In Harm's Way (1965). The Sons of Katie Elder (1965). Cast a Giant Shadow (1966). El Dorado (1966). The War Wagon (1967). The Green Berets (1968). Hellfighters (1968). True Grit (1969). The Undefeated (1969). Chisum (1970). Rio Lobo (1970). Big Jake (1971). The Cowboys (1972). The Train Robbers (1973). Cahill U.S. Marshal (1973). McQ (1974). Brannigan (1975). Rooster Cogburn (1975). The Shootist (1976). Central Airport - John Wayne has a very minor role as the co-pilot of an aircraft that crashes into the ocean. The Deceiver - Ian Keith's character died, but the corpse was played by John Wayne. The Sea Chase - Lana Turner and Wayne are on a ship when it sinks, but the possibility that the characters survived is left open. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance - His character is dead at the beginning of the film and the story is told in flashback by James Stewart who is attending his funeral. Reap the Wild Wind - He is trapped inside the wreck of a sunken ship after a fight with a giant squid and drowns. The Fighting Seabees - He is shot by a sniper. Wake of the Red Witch - He dies as the ship sinks. Sands of Iwo Jima - He is killed by a sniper's bullet at the end of the film. The Alamo - Playing Davy Crockett, he is killed by a Mexican soldier's lance. The Cowboys - He is killed by Bruce Dern's character. The Shootist - He is killed in a gunfight in at the end of the film. |