John Wayne American Actor (1907–1979)

John Wayne was born on 26 May 1907 in Winterset. He was an American actor. The date of his death is 11 June 1979; He was 72. The recorded cause of death is stomach cancer. His best-known titles on this site are The Longest Day (1962) and Fort Apache (1948).

Early life

His education includes University of Southern California (pre-law) and Glendale High School (California).

Career

His screen career on record begins in 1926 with Bardelys the Magnificent. The 1930s brought The Big Trail (1930) and Stagecoach (1939). His 1940s credits include Red River (1948) and She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949). During the 1950s, he worked on The Quiet Man (1952) and The Searchers (1956). Work from the 1960s includes The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) and How the West Was Won (1962).

John Wayne’s credits add up to 176 films and one TV series from 1926 to 2016. Drama is the most frequent genre among his listed titles (6), followed by war (5) and western (2). The last film or series of his lifetime on record is The Shootist (1976). The Longest Day (1962) is recorded with a worldwide box office of $50 million. Behind the camera, he is listed as director on 7 titles, including The Alamo, and writer on Flame of Barbary Coast and Three Girls Lost.

Henry Fonda appears in four of his listed titles, including In Harm's Way (1965). Other co-stars who recur in his credits are James Stewart (four titles) and Kirk Douglas (three titles). Henry Hathaway directed two of his titles on record, among them Circus World (1964). John Ford is credited as director on two of them.

He also had one album on record, America, Why I Love Her (1973). He also played for USC Trojans football. Listed genres include western film and war film. The label on record is RCA Records.

Recognition

John Wayne’s wins include the Academy Award for Best Actor, awarded in 1970 for True Grit. The list of wins also includes a Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award (1966) and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama (1969) for True Grit. A nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1950 for Sands of Iwo Jima is also listed. In total, he won 9 awards and earned 3 nominations.

Personal life

Marriages on record are to Josephine Wayne (1933 to 1945), Esperanza Baur (1946 to 1954) and Pilar Pallete (1954 to 1979). He was the father of Patrick Wayne, Michael Wayne and Ethan Wayne, and has 4 children in total.