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John Wayne
Marion Robert Morrison, known professionally as John Wayne, was an American actor. Nicknamed "Duke", he became a popular icon through his starring roles in films which were produced during Hollywood's Golden Age, especially in Western and war movies. His career flourished from the silent film era of the 1920s to the American New Wave in the 1970s, as he appeared in a total of 179 film and televisi…
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Born 26 May 1907 · Died 11 June 1979 · Q40531
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2026· 7 entries
“But if a cell is malfunctioning it produces dissonance. The instrument may need to be retuned or the cell retrained.”
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“Mom was just not a happy woman. No matter what I did, or what Dad did, it was never enough.”
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“just a Scotch-Irish little boy.”
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“s military unit. Wayne did not attempt to prevent his reclassification as 1-A (draft eligible), but Republic Studios was emphatically resistant to losing him, since he was their only A-list actor under contract. Herbert J. Yates, president of Republic, threatened Wayne with a lawsuit if he walked away from his contract, and Republic Pictures intervened in the Selective Service process, requesting Wayne”
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AOL: John Wayne Didn't Always Drink Whiskey – His Favorite Tequila Outshined Patrón And Don Julio
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Snopes.com rated the claim “In 1961, actor John Wayne penned an inspiring letter to — and later visited — a rural Montana school, sending the classroom a projector, a handful of his films and a $500 check.” False.
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2024· 1 entry
Snopes.com rated the claim “John Wayne accepted Jesus Christ as his savior after a child in critical condition wrote him a letter.” Mixture.
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2023· 1 entry
Snopes rated the claim “A 1940s-vintage photograph authentically shows John Wayne wearing short shorts, a cowboy hat, and espadrilles.” True.
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2022· 1 entry
Found that this is unlikely to have happened, that Littlefeather had no way of witnessing this take place, that the supposed situation was never attested in contemporary reporting of the Oscars, and that the story grew a
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2020· 2 entries
The Guardian: Democrats push to drop John Wayne’s name from airport over racist comments
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Snopes rated the claim “Democratic leaders in Orange County, California, are trying to change the name of John Wayne Airport.” True.
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2019· 4 entries
The Guardian: Is it time to rename John Wayne airport?
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The Guardian: True Grit at 50: the throwback western that gave John Wayne his only Oscar
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PolitiFact rated the claim “John Wayne said, "If you don’t want an American flag flying in your town square or at your school, then why the hell are you living in the US?"” False.
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The Guardian: Should we be surprised by John Wayne's racist and homophobic views? | Caspar Salmon
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2017· 2 entries
The Guardian: The day I met John Wayne on a rusty old industrial estate in Middlesex
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Snopes rated the claim “John Wayne said that he believed in white supremacy during an interview with "Playboy" magazine.” True.
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2016· 2 entries
The Guardian: California lawmakers reject John Wayne Day over racist statements
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Republican assemblyman Matthew Harper proposed marking May 26 as "John Wayne Day" in California
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2015· 2 entries
Snopes rated the claim “John Wayne (or one of the characters he portrayed) said, "Life is hard; it's even harder when you're stupid."” False.
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Snopes.com rated the claim “John Wayne once said that the taking of land from Native Americans was justifiable because they were 'selfishly trying to keep it for themselves.'” Correct Attribution.
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2014· 1 entry
Orange County, California federal judge David Carter dismissed the company's suit, deciding the plaintiffs had chosen the wrong jurisdiction
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2010· 1 entry
Released album “West In Music & Poster Art”.
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2007· 2 entries
Awarded California Hall of Fame (2007).
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The centennial of Wayne's birth
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2006· 1 entry
Friends of Wayne and his former Arizona business partner, Louis Johnson, inaugurated the "Louie and the Duke Classics" events benefiting the John Wayne Cancer Foundation and the American Cancer Society
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2003· 1 entry
Released album “Ropin' Dreams”.
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2001· 1 entry
Snopes.com rated the claim “A letter from a child prompted John Wayne to accept Jesus as his personal saviour in the final weeks of his life.” Mixture.
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1999· 2 entries
The American Film Institute named Wayne 13th among the Greatest Male Screen Legends of classic Hollywood cinema
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The American Film Institute selected Wayne as one of the greatest male stars of classic American cinema
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1998· 1 entry
Was awarded the Naval Heritage Award by the US Navy Memorial Foundation for his support of the Navy and military during his film career
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1995· 1 entry
The club was sold to Ken Stuart, former general manager, and became the Palisades Tennis Club
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1985· 1 entry
In honor of John Wayne, after his family granted the use of his name (and limited funding) for the continued fight against cancer
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1983· 1 entry
Titled Duke: A Love Story
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1980· 2 entries
Won Presidential Medal of Freedom presented by Jimmy Carter (1980).
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Was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor of the United States
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1979· 5 entries
At age 72, at the UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles
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Died 1979-06-11.
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Wayne was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal
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And died of stomach cancer two months later
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Wayne's most enduring image is that of the displaced loner uncomfortable with the very civilization he is helping to establish and preserve
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1977· 1 entry
"as a member of the loyal opposition", as he described it
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1976· 1 entry
Wayne starred in Don Siegel's The Shootist, also starring Lauren Bacall, Ron Howard and James Stewart
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1975· 1 entry
Asked to meet John Wayne, the symbolic representation of his country's former enemy
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1974· 3 entries
Wayne took on the role of the eponymous detective in John Sturges's crime drama McQ
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Film critic Charles Champlin wrote of Wayne: "Wayne is a motion picture actor, first, last and always, who defined as powerfully as anyone else what that means
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His personal conservative views were notably brought to light to a television audience on the Maude episode "Maude Meets the Duke," on which Wayne also guest starred
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1973· 5 entries
Burt Kennedy's The Train Robbers opened; Wayne appeared alongside Ann-Margret, Rod Taylor and Ben Johnson
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In 1973, Wayne was encouraged by Pilar, an avid tennis player, to build the John Wayne Tennis Club in Newport Beach, California.
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Wayne was encouraged by Pilar, an avid tennis player, to build the John Wayne Tennis Club in Newport Beach, California
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Wayne became romantically involved and lived with his former secretary Pat Stacy (1941–1995) until his death in 1979
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Actor Marlon Brando refused an Oscar he had won, due to "the treatment of American Indians today by the film industry"; Brando did not attend the award ceremony but asked Native American civil rights activist Sacheen Lit
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1972· 1 entry
Wayne starred in Mark Rydell's The Cowboys
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1971· 3 entries
“the most un-American thing I”
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“s planned trip to China. Wayne enclosed some hate literature on”
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Wayne wrote to President Nixon, who was a friend, to oppose Nixon's planned trip to China
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1970· 3 entries
Won Golden Plate Award (1970).
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Awarded Academy Award for Best Actor for True Grit (1970).
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Awarded Owen Wister Award (1970).
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1969· 2 entries
Won Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama for True Grit (1969).
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“Of course, they give me that John Wayne stuff so much, claim I always play the same role. Seems like nobody remembers how different the fellows were in The Quiet Man or Iwo Jima, or Yellow Ribbon, where I was 35 playing a man of 65. To stay a star, you have to bring along some of your own personality. Thousands of good actors can carry a scene, but a star has to carry the scene and still, without intruding, allow some of his character into it.”
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1968· 2 entries
Like his friend and fellow actor Senator George Murphy
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Wayne co-directed with Ray Kellogg The Green Berets, the only major film made during the Vietnam War in support of the war
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1967· 1 entry
Wayne played the lead in Burt Kennedy's The War Wagon with Douglas as the second lead
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1966· 3 entries
Won Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award (1966).
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Wayne accepted the role of Major Reisman in The Dirty Dozen (1967), and asked Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer for some script changes, but eventually withdrew from the project to make The Green Berets
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Wayne appeared in a cameo role for Melville Shavelson's Cast a Giant Shadow starring Douglas
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1965· 1 entry
Wayne played the brief cameo role of a centurion in George Stevens's The Greatest Story Ever Told
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1964· 3 entries
Wayne was a staunch supporter of Barry Goldwater, and actively campaigned for him
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Wayne played the leading role in Hathaway's Circus World with Claudia Cardinale and Rita Hayworth
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Wayne had been a chain smoker of cigarettes since young adulthood and was diagnosed with lung cancer in 1964.
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1963· 1 entry
Wayne acted in a segment of How the West Was Won, directed by Ford
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1962· 1 entry
Wayne starred in John Ford's The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance with James Stewart
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1961· 1 entry
Wayne shared the lead with Stuart Whitman in Michael Curtiz's The Comancheros
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1960· 2 entries
Joined the anti-communist John Birch Society, but quit after the organization denounced fluoridation of water supplies as a communist plot
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Wayne directed and produced The Alamo, his directorial debut, portraying Davy Crockett, with Richard Widmark as Jim Bowie
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1959· 1 entry
Made two requests: to visit Disneyland and meet Wayne
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1958· 1 entry
Hal Kanter's I Married a Woman starring George Gobel and Diana Dors had its Los Angeles opening
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1957· 1 entry
Wayne confronted actor Kirk Douglas about the latter's decision to play the role of Vincent van Gogh in the film Lust for Life, saying: "Christ, Kirk, how can you play a part like that
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1956· 1 entry
He had three more children with Pilar: Aissa Wayne (born 1956), John Ethan Wayne (born 1962), and Marisa Wayne (born 1966).
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1955· 1 entry
Wayne turned down the role of Matt Dillon in the long-running television series Gunsmoke and recommended James Arness, instead
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1954· 1 entry
“1954, in an interview with Hedda Hopper regarding his marriage to Esperanza "Chata" Baur.”
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1952· 2 entries
Was named after the fictional shipping company Batjak in Wake of the Red Witch (1948), a film based on the novel by Garland Roark
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In The Quiet Man (1952), Wayne tells Michaeleen "Óg", (Irish: Young), Flynn (portrayed by Barry Fitzgerald) that he is six feet "four and a half" (194 cm), an assertion corroborated by Pilar's book John Wayne: My Life With the Duke.
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1947· 1 entry
The night the film Angel and the Badman (1947) wrapped, the usual party was held for cast and crew, and Wayne came home very late.
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1943· 1 entry
And 1944, with the United Service Organizations (USO)
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1942· 1 entry
Wayne starred in his own radio adventure series, Three Sheets to the Wind, produced by film director Tay Garnett
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1934· 1 entry
He had four children with Josephine: Michael Wayne (1934–2003), Mary Antonia "Toni" Wayne LaCava (1936–2000), Patrick Wayne (born 1939), and Melinda Wayne Munoz (1940–2022).
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1916· 1 entry
To Glendale at 404 Isabel Street, where his father worked as a pharmacist
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1907· 2 entries
At 224 South Second Street in Winterset, Iowa
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Born 1907-05-26.
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