|
Wallpapers
Page 1
: 2
:
Rooster
Cogburn (1975) Wallpaper
- The
Cowboys (1972) Wallpaper
-
John
Wayne Baby Face
(1933) Wallpaper
John
Wayne Sagebrush
Trail (1933) Wallpaper
Riders
of Destiny (1933)
Photo
His
Private Secretary
(1934) Poster
John
Wayne Photos
John
Wayne Pictures Photos
Photo Gallery
1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 6 . 7 . 8 . 9 . 10
. 11
doctormacro
John Wayne Photos
John
Wayne Photos and
Movie Photo Gallery
Next
Photos >>
Next
Photos >>
Biography
Date of Birth
26 May 1907, Winterset, Iowa, USA
Date of Death
11 June 1979, Los Angeles, California, USA (lung & stomach cancer)
Birth Name
Marion Robert Morrison
Nickname
Duke
JW (family nickname)
Height
6' 4" (1.93 m)
Mini 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 southern California,
where they tried ranching in the Mojave Desert. Until the ranch failed,
Marion and his younger brother Robert E. Morrison swam in an irrigation
ditch and rode a horse to school. When the ranch failed, the family
moved to Glendale, California, where Marion delivered medicines for his
father, sold newspapers and had an Airedale dog named "Duke" (the source
of his own nickname). He did well at school both academically and in
football. When he narrowly failed admission to Annapolis he went to USC
on a football scholarship 1925-7. Tom Mix got him a summer job as a prop
man in exchange for football tickets. On the set he became close
friends with director John Ford for whom, among others, he began doing
bit parts, some billed as John Wayne. His first featured film was Men
Without Women (1930). After more than 70 low-budget westerns and
adventures, mostly routine, Wayne's career was stuck in a rut until Ford
cast him in Stagecoach (1939), the movie that made him a star. He
appeared in nearly 250 movies, many of epic proportions. From 1942-43 he
was in a radio series, "The Three Sheets to the Wind", and in 1944 he
helped found the Motion Picture Alliance for the Preservation of
American Ideals, a right-wing political organization, later becoming its
President. His conservative political stance was also reflected in The
Alamo (1960), which he produced, directed and starred in. His patriotic
stand was enshrined in The Green Berets (1968) which he co-directed and
starred in. Over the years Wayne was beset with health problems. In
September 1964 he had a cancerous left lung removed; in March 1978 there
was heart valve replacement surgery; and in January 1979 his stomach
was removed. He received the Best Actor nomination for Sands of Iwo Jima
(1949) and finally got the Oscar for his role as one-eyed Rooster
Cogburn in True Grit (1969). A Congressional Gold Medal was struck in
his honor in 1979. He is perhaps best remembered for his parts in Ford's
cavalry trilogy - Fort Apache (1948), She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949)
and Rio Grande (1950).
More
John
Wayne Wallpaper
 [ Classic Celebrity Web ]
Charlie Chaplin .
Grace Kelly . Elvis
Presley . Frank Sinatra
. Elizabeth Taylor . John
Wayne . Abbott and Costello
. Louise Brooks . Gary Cooper
. Laurel & Hardy . The Marx Brothers .
Marlene Dietric
. Humphrey Bogart
. Veronica Lake . Rita Hayworth
. Lucille Ball . Marlon
Brando . Bruce Lee
. Audrey Hepburn
. Judy Garland . Norma Shearer
. James Cagney . Paul Newman
.
John
Wayne Youtube Vidoes
|
