John Wayne - the Cowboy
Super Star & Best Actor Winner

John Wayne was an extremely popular star, with an astonishingly long and successful screen career. Know mostly as a Western star, John Wayne had an image as a hard punching, straight shooting cowboy, who sat high in the saddle. It is possible he eventually confused his screen image with his real self, though the difference between the two may always have been negligible.

John Wayne's defining role was as a one-eyed sheriff in TRUE GRIT for which he received the Best Actor Oscar.

Notable pictures include THE QUIET MAN, THE SONS OF KATIE ELDER, THE LONGEST DAY, and RIO BRAVO. John Wayne's last film, THE SHOOTIST, was, surprisingly, one of his best. More

John Wayne 1969 Best Actor TRUE GRIT (Western - G) John Wayne received his Oscar for playing the hard-drinking, crusty, one-eyed marshall (Rooster Cogburn) who joins forces with a girl and a Texas ranger in 1880.

ABOUT JOHN WAYNE (1907 - 79) American leading man who became one of the most successful Hollywood stars. John Wayne's real name was Marion Michael Morrison. In 1960 John Wayne produced and directed THE ALAMO. In 1975 John Wayne appeared in TRUE GRIT's sequel: ROOSTER COGBURN. Wayne's other nomination was for: SANDS OF IWO JIMA (1949). John Wayne's other credits include: THE BIG TRAIL THREE GIRLS LOST TWO FISTED LAW LADY AND GENT HIS PRIVATE SECRETARY SOMEWHERE IN SONORA COLLEGE COACH BLUE STEEL LUCKY TEXAN NEW FRONTIER THE OREGON TRAIL COVER THE WAR RED RIVER RANGE STAGECOACH WYOMING OUTLAW ALLEGHENY UPRISING DARK COMMAND THE LONG VOYAGE HOME SEVEN SINNERS REAP THE WILD WIN THE SPOILERS IN OLD OKLAHOMA BACK TO BATAAN DAKOTA TYCOON FORT APACHE RED RIVER SHE WORE A YELLOW RIBBON RIO GRANDE OPERATION PACIFIC FLYING LEATHERNECKS THE QUIET MAN HONDO THE HIGH AND THE MIGHTY THE SEA CHASE BLOOD ALLEY THE SEARCHERS RIO BRAVO NORTH TO ALASKA THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE HATARI THE LONGEST DAY HOW THE WEST WAS WON THE GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD IN HARM'S WAY EL DORADO THE WAR WAGON RIO LOBO CHISUM THE COWBOYS CAHILL BRANNIGAN MCQ THE SHOOTIST

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