Birth Name
Marion Robert Morrison
Nickname
Duke
JW (family nickname)
Biography
John Wayne (born Marion Morrison) was the son of pharmacist Clyde Morrison and his wife Mary. Clyde developed a lung condition that required him to move his family from Iowa to the warmer climate of s...
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Spouse
'Josephine Alicia Saenz' (24 June 1933 - 25 December 1945) (divorced); 4 children
Esperanza Baur (17 January 1946 - 1 November 1954) (divorced)
Pilar Wayne (1 November 1954 - 11 June 1979) (his death); 3 children
Trade Mark
Westerns.
Slow talk and deep voice.
War movies.
Other Work
(1970s) Regional TV commercial: Great Western Savings Bank.
(1970s) Spoken word album: "America, Why I Love Her".
(1999) TV commercial (in computerized, virtual image): Coors Beer.
(c. 1964) Intermission (PSA): Will Rogers Foundation.
(1966) TV commercial (political ad): Ronald Reagan (I) for California governor.
(1977) TV commercial: Datril headache relief medication
Biography print
Aissa Wayne with Steve Delsohn. _John Wayne My Father._ New York:Random House, 1991.ISBN 0394587081
Garry Wills. _John Wayne's America._ New York: Simon & Schuster, 1997.
Pilar Wayne. _John Wayne: My Life with the Duke._ New York: McGraw-Hill, 1987.
Dan Clark, with Christopher Andersen (I). _John Wayne's "The Alamo"._Midwest Publishers, 1994.
Mark Ricci (I). _The Complete Films of John Wayne._ New York: CitadelPress, 1995.
Lee Pfeiffer. _The John Wayne Scrapbook._ New York: CitadelPress, 1994.
Salary
The Hurricane Express (1932): $675.00
_Shadow of the Eagle (1932)_: $675.00
Fort Apache (1948): $110,000.00
The Longest Day (1962): $250,000.00
The Green Berets (1968): $1,000,000.00
Stagecoach (1939): $3,700.00
Hellfighters (1968): $1,000,000.00
The Barbarian and the Geisha (1958): $700,000.00
Reap the Wild Wind (1942): $25,000.00
Without Reservations (1946): $68,000.00
Flying Leathernecks (1951): $300,000.00
Rio Bravo (1959): $750,000.00
Idol of the Crowds (1937): $6,000.00
Adventure's End (1937): $6,000.00
_Voice of Hollywood No. 13, The (1932)_: $200.00
_California Straight Ahead (1937)_: $6,000.00
I Cover the War (1937): $6,000.00
Sea Spoilers (1936): $6,000.00
Baby Face (1933): $1,500.00
The Life of Jimmy Dolan (1933): $1,500.00
_Man From Monterey, The (1933)_: $1,500.00
Westward Ho (1935): $6,000.00
The Telegraph Trail (1933): $1,500.00
The Big Stampede (1932): $1,500.00
Somewhere in Sonora (1933): $1,500.00
Haunted Gold (1932): $1,500.00
Ride Him, Cowboy (1932): $1,500.00
Rio Lobo (1970): $1,000,000.00
The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965): $250,000.00
The Shootist (1976): $750,000.00
Brannigan (1975): $500,000.00
Interview
"Playboy" (USA), January 1989, Vol. 36, Iss. 1, pg. 205+278, by: Richard Warren Lewis, "The Playboy Interview: John Wayne (re-print)"
"Time magazine" (USA), 3 March 1952, pg. 64-69, "The Wages of Virtue"
Cover Photo
"Photoplay" (USA), July 1979, Vol. 93, Iss. 5
"Esquire" (USA), June 1973
"Life" (USA), 28 January 1972
"Photoplay Film Monthly" (UK), July 1970
"GAY" (USA), 1970, Vol. 1, Iss. 6
"Life" (USA), 11 July 1969
Biographical movie
John Wayne on Film (1998) (V)
The John Wayne Anthology (1991) (TV)
John Wayne the Duke Lives On: A Tribute (1980) (V)
John Wayne: Bigger Than Life (1990)
John Ford and John Wayne (2002) (TV)
"American Masters" (1983) {John Ford/John Wayne: The Filmmaker and the Legend}
Filmography
Pure in Heart: The Life and Legacy of Lon Chaney Jr. (2010) (V) Documentary
Stagecoach (1939) Western
The Big Trail (1930) Western
"Live from Studio Five" (2009) {(#1.129)}
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year (2009) (TV) Documentary
Bardelys the Magnificent (1926) Romance
Comic Relief 2009 (2009) (TV) Comedy
Seven Sinners (1940) Romance
Texas Terror (1935) Western
The Night Riders (1939) History