(“Duke”) Adopted name of Marion Morrison (1907-1979)
US actor. He played the archetypal Western hero: plain-speaking, brave, and solitary. His films include Stagecoach 1939, Red River 1948, She Wore a Yellow Ribbon 1949, The Searchers 1956, Rio Bravo 1959, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance 1962, and True Grit 1969 (Academy Award). He was active in conservative politics.
Wayne also appeared in many war films, such as The Sands of Iwo Jima 1945, In Harm’s Way 1965, and The Green Berets 1968. His other films include The Quiet Man 1952, The High and the Mighty 1954, and The Shootist 1976, his last. + prikaži više