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From bit-player to star, from star to legend.
Join us as we trace the evolution of an icon.

 

John Wayne ... fill your screen, you SOBJohn Wayne became the archetypical cowboy, soldier and American patriot. The self-described ugly man was much more than what he presented. The Duke was an under-rated actor whose personality usually outshone his characters,and his co-stars.
 

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1941 A MAN BETRAYED

1937 ADVENTURE'S END

1939 ALLEGHENY UPRISING

1947 ANGEL AND THE BADMAN

AVENGING ANGEL

1933 BABY FACE

1945 BACK TO BATAAN Philippines-WWII)

1971 BIG JAKE 1952 BIG JIM McLAIN

1955 BLOOD ALLEY 1934 BLUE STEEL

1938 BORN TO THE WEST

1975 BRANNIGAN

1973 CAHILL, U.S. MARSHAL

1937 CALIFORNIA STRAIGHT AHEAD

1973 CANCEL MY RESERVATIONS

1966 CAST A GIANT SHADOW

1933 CENTRAL AIRPORT

1930 CHEER UP AND SMILE

1970 CHISUM

1964 CIRCUS WORLD

1936 CONFLICT

1945 DAKOTA

1940 DARK COMMAND (civil war)

1935 DESERT TRAIL

1963 DONOVAN'S REEF (post WWII)

1967 EL DORADO

1945 FLAME OF THE BARBARY COAST

1951 FLYING LEATHERNECKS (WWII)

1948 FORT APACHE (U.S. Indian wars)

1931 GIRLS DEMAND EXCITEMENT

1928 HANGMAN'S HOUSE

1962 HATARI (Africa)

1932 HAUNTED GOLD

1968 HELLFIGHTERS (based on the true story of Red Adair)

HELLTOWN

1933 HIS PRIVATE SECRETARY

1953 HONDO

1962 HOW THE WEST WAS WON

1937 I COVER THE WAR (WWII)

1958 I MARRIED A WOMAN

1937 IDOL OF THE CROWDS

1965 IN HARM'S WAY (WWII)

1942 IN OLD CALIFORNIA

1943 IN OLD OKLAHOMA (War of the Wildcats)

1953 ISLAND IN THE SKY

1957 JET PILOT (cold war)

1936 KING OF THE PECOS

KLONDIKE GOLD

1932 LADY AND THE GENT

1941 LADY FOR A NIGHT

1935 LAWLESS FRONTIER

1935 LAWLESS RANGE

1957 LEGEND OF THE LOST

1931 MAKER OF MEN

1963 McLINTOCK

1974 McQ

1931 MEN ARE LIKE THAT

1930 MEN WITHOUT WOMEN

1928 MOTHER MACHREE (1st movie)

1934 NEATH ARIZONA SKIES

1935 NEW FRONTIER

1939 NEW FRONTIER

NEXT OF KIN

1960 NORTH TO ALASKA

1951 OPERATION PACIFIC (WWII)

1938 OVERLAND STAGE RAIDERS

1938 PALS OF THE SADDLE

1935 PARADISE CANYON

1942 PITTSBURG

1935 RAINBOW VALLEY

1934 RANDY RIDES ALONE

1931 RANGE FEUD

1942 REAP THE WILD WIND

1948 RED RIVER

1938 RED RIVER RANGE

1942 REUNION IN FRANCE

1932 RIDE HIM, COWBOY

1933 RIDERS OF DESTINY

1959 RIO BRAVO

1950 RIO GRANDE (U.S. Indian wars)

1971 RIO LOBO

1975 ROOSTER COGBURN (sequel to True Grit)

1930 ROUGH ROMANCE

1933 SAGEBRUSH TRAIL

1929 SALUTE

1949 SANDS OF IWO JIMA (true-WWII)

1938 SANTA FE STAMPEDE

1940 SEVEN SINNERS

1932 SHADOW OF THE EAGLE

1949 SHE WORE A YELLOW RIBBON (U.S. Indian wars)

1941 SHEPHERD OF THE HILLS

1933 SOMEWHERE IN SONORA

1952 SON OF PALEFACE

1939 STAGECOACH (2 remakes made)

1944 TALL IN THE SADDLE

1933 TELEGRAPH TRAIL

1932 TEXAS CYCLONE

1935 TEXAS TERROR

1960 THE ALAMO (Texas independence from Mexico)

1958 THE BARBARIAN AND THE GEISHA

1932 THE BIG STAMPEDE 1930 THE BIG TRAIL (1st major role)

1961 THE COMANCHEROS

1956 THE CONQUEROR (as a Mongol)

1972 THE COWBOYS

1935 THE DAWN RIDER THE DRIFTER

1949 THE FIGHTING KENTUCKIAN (war of 1812)

1944 THE FIGHTING SEABEES (true-WWII)

1942 THE FLYING TIGERS (before U.S. got into WWII)

1965 THE GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD

1968 THE GREEN BERETS (Vietnam war)

1968 THE HELLFIGHTERS (Red Adair story)

1954 THE HIGH AND THE MIGHTY

1959 THE HORSE SOLDIERS (civil war)

1932 THE HURRICANE EXPRESS

1941 THE LADY FROM LOUISIANA

1943 THE LADY TAKES A CHANCE

1936 THE LAWLESS NINETIES

1933 THE LIFE OF JIMMY DOLAN

1936 THE LONELY TRAIL

1940 THE LONG VOYAGE HOME

1962 THE LONGEST DAY (WWII)

1934 THE LUCKY TEXAN

1933 THE MAN FROM MONTEREY

1934 THE MAN FROM UTAH

1962 THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE

1939 THE NIGHT RIDERS

1936 THE OREGON TRAIL

1952 THE QUIET MAN (Ireland)

1936 THE SEA SPOILERS

1955 THE SEACHASE (WWII-as a German)

1956 THE SEARCHERS (post civil war)

THE SHADOW GANG

1976 THE SHOOTIST (last role)

1965 THE SONS OF KATIE ELDER

1942 THE SPOILERS

1934 THE STAR PACKER

1933 THE THREE MUSKETEERS

1934 THE TRAIL BEYOND

1973 THE TRAIN ROBBERS

1969 THE UNDEFEATED (end of civil war)

1967 THE WAR WAGON

1957 THE WINGS OF EAGLES (WWII)

1945 THEY WERE EXPENDABLE (Philippines-WWII)

1940 THREE FACES WEST

1931 THREE GIRLS LOST

1948 THREE GODFATHERS

1939 THREE TEXAS STEERS

1953 TROUBLE ALONG THE WAY

1969 TRUE GRIT (Only academy award-for best actor)

1932 TWO FISTED LAW

1947 TYCOON

1948 WAKE OF THE RED WITCH

1934 WEST OF THE DIVIDE

1935 WESTWARD HO

WHEEL OF FORTUNE

1936 WINDS OF THE WASTELAND

1946 WITHOUT RESERVATIONS

1929 WORDS AND MUSIC

1939 WYOMING OUTLAW

 

 



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