John Wayne American Actor (1907–1979)

John Wayne was an American actor from Winterset. He died on 11 June 1979 at the age of 72. His best-known titles on this site are Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1975) and Hollywood Without Make-Up (1963).

The earliest of his listed screen credits is Bardelys the Magnificent, from 1926. In total, 176 films and one TV series are listed from 1926 to 2016. Listed parts include Rock in In Harm's Way (1965), General Mike Randolph in Cast a Giant Shadow (1966) and Rooster Cogburn in Rooster Cogburn (1975). He is last credited, in his lifetime, on The Shootist (1976). Beyond acting, the credits show him as director on 7 titles, including The Undefeated, and writer on Flame of Barbary Coast and Three Girls Lost.

On the music side, the records list America, Why I Love Her (1973). Sports records list him with USC Trojans football. Genres on record for him include western film and war film. RCA Records is listed as his label.

He collected 9 awards, with 3 nominations also listed. The first recorded win came with Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award in 1966. More recently, he won California Hall of Fame in 2007.