John Wayne Wikipedia. John Wayne. Wayne in 1. Born. Marion Robert Morrison1. May 2. 6, 1. 90. 7Winterset, Iowa, U. S. Died. June 1. 1, 1. Los Angeles, California, U. S. Cause of death. Stomach cancer. Resting place. ZieILHWZq0/hqdefault.jpg' alt='The Green Berets Full Movie Part 1' title='The Green Berets Full Movie Part 1' />Pacific View Memorial Park. N1. 175. 11. 2W 3. N 1. 17. 8. 53. 36W 3. Other names. Marion Mitchell Morrison. Marion Michael Morrison. Duke. Occupation. Actor, director, producer. I must admit my eyes got a little misty while reading this story. I have always admired the green berets and, had I to do my 20 years of service over again I may be. Marion Mitchell Morrison born Marion Robert Morrison May 26, 1907 June 11, 1979, known professionally as John Wayne and nicknamed Duke, was an American actor. 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He found work at local film studios when he lost his football scholarship to the University of Southern California as a result of a bodysurfing accident. Initially working for the Fox Film Corporation, he appeared mostly in small bit parts. His first leading role came in Raoul Walshs The Big Trail 1. B movies throughout the 1. Western genre. Waynes career took off in 1. John Fords Stagecoach making him an instant star. He went on to star in 1. Biographer Ronald Davis said, John Wayne personified for millions the nations frontier heritage. Eighty three of his movies were Westerns, and in them he played cowboys, cavalrymen, and unconquerable loners extracted from the Republics central creation myth. Waynes other well known Western roles include a cattleman driving his herd north on the Chisholm Trail in Red River 1. Civil War veteran whose young niece is abducted by a tribe of Comanches in The Searchers 1. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance 1. He is also remembered for his roles in The Quiet Man 1. Rio Bravo 1. 95. The Longest Day 1. In his final screen performance, he starred as an aging gunfighter battling cancer in The Shootist 1. He appeared with many important Hollywood stars of his era, and his last public appearance was at the Academy Awards ceremony on April 9, 1. Early lifeeditWayne was born Marion Robert Morrison on May 2. South Second Street in Winterset, Iowa. The local paper, Winterset Madisonian, reported on page 4 of the edition of May 3. Wayne weighed 1. 3 pounds at birth. His middle name was soon changed from Robert to Mitchell when his parents decided to name their next son Robert. Waynes father, Clyde Leonard Morrison 1. American Civil War veteran Marion Mitchell Morrison 1. Waynes mother, the former Mary Molly Alberta Brown 1. Lancaster County, Nebraska. Waynes ancestry included Scottish, Irish, Scots Irish, and English. He was raised Presbyterian. Waynes family moved to Palmdale, California, and then in 1. Glendale, California, where his father worked as a pharmacist. A local fireman at the station on his route to school in Glendale started calling him Little Duke because he never went anywhere without his huge Airedale Terrier, Duke. He preferred Duke to Marion, and the nickname stuck. Wayne attended Wilson Middle School in Glendale. As a teen, he worked in an ice cream shop for a man who shod horses for Hollywood studios. He was also active as a member of the Order of De. Molay, a youth organization of the Freemasons. He played football for the 1. Glendale High School team. Wayne applied to the U. S. Naval Academy, but he was not accepted. He instead attended the University of Southern California USC, majoring in pre law. He was a member of the Trojan Knights and Sigma Chi fraternities. Wayne also played on the USC football team under coach Howard Jones. A broken collarbone injury curtailed his athletic career Wayne later noted that he was too terrified of Jones reaction to reveal the actual cause of his injury, a bodysurfing accident. He lost his athletic scholarship, and without funds, had to leave the university. As a favor to USC football coach Howard Jones, who had given silent western film star Tom Mix tickets to USC games, director John Ford and Mix hired Wayne as a prop boy and extra. Wayne later credited his walk, talk, and persona to his acquaintance with Wyatt Earp, who was good friends with Tom Mix. Wayne soon moved to bit parts, establishing a longtime friendship with the director who provided most of those roles, John Ford. Early in this period, he had a minor, uncredited role as a guard in the 1. Bardelys the Magnificent. Wayne also appeared with his USC teammates playing football in Brown of Harvard 1. The Dropkick 1. 92. Salute 1. 92. 9 and Columbias. Maker of Men filmed in 1. Film careereditEarly career and breakthroughedit. The manner and voice of Wayne right showcased in a short clip from the film Angel and the Badman 1. While working for Fox Film Corporation in bit roles, Wayne was given on screen credit as Duke Morrison only once, in Words and Music 1. Director Raoul Walsh saw him moving studio furniture while working as a prop boy and cast him in his first starring role in The Big Trail 1. For his screen name, Walsh suggested Anthony Wayne, after Revolutionary War general Mad Anthony Wayne. Fox Studios chief Winfield Sheehan rejected it as sounding too Italian. Walsh then suggested John Wayne. Sheehan agreed, and the name was set. Wayne was not even present for the discussion. His pay was raised to 1. The Big Trail was to be the first big budget outdoor spectacle of the sound era, made at a then staggering cost of over 2 million, using hundreds of extras and wide vistas of the American southwest, still largely unpopulated at the time. To take advantage of the breathtaking scenery, it was filmed in two versions, a standard 3. Grandeur film process, using an innovative camera and lenses. Many in the audience who saw it in Grandeur stood and cheered. However, only a handful of theaters were equipped to show the film in its widescreen process, and the effort was largely wasted. Despite being highly regarded by modern critics, the film was considered a huge box office flop at the time. After the commercial failure of The Big Trail, Wayne was relegated to small roles in A pictures, including Columbia Picturess The Deceiver 1. He appeared in the serial. The Three Musketeers 1. Alexandre Dumas novel in which the protagonists were soldiers in the French Foreign Legion in then contemporary North Africa. He played the lead, with his name over the title, in many low budget Poverty Row Westerns, mostly at Monogram Pictures and serials for Mascot Pictures Corporation. By Waynes own estimation, he appeared in about 8. In Riders of Destiny 1. Wayne also appeared in some of the Three Mesquiteers Westerns, whose title was a play on the Dumas classic. He was mentored by stuntmen in riding and other Western skills. Stuntman Yakima Canutt and Wayne developed and perfected stunts and onscreen fisticuffs techniques which are still in use. Waynes breakthrough role came with John Fords Stagecoach 1. Because of Waynes B movie status and track record in low budget Westerns throughout the 1. Ford had difficulty getting financing for what was to be an A budget film. After rejection by all the main studios, Ford struck a deal with independent producer Walter Wanger in which Claire Trevora much bigger star at the timereceived top billing. Watch Bunny And The Bull Hindi Full Movie. Stagecoach was a huge critical and financial success, and Wayne became a mainstream star. Cast member Louise Platt credited Ford as saying at the time that Wayne would become the biggest star ever because of his appeal as the archetypal everyman. Americas entry into World War II resulted in a deluge of support for the war effort from all sectors of society, and Hollywood was no exception. Wayne was exempted from service due to his age, although actor Henry Fonda born two years earlier volunteered and served three years, 3. Watch A Dash Through The Clouds Online (2017)'>Watch A Dash Through The Clouds Online (2017).