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John Wayne 1907-79, American movie actor, b. Winterset, Iowa, as Marion Michael Morrison. An enduringly popular movie star from his debut in 1930, Wayne combined the toughness necessary to play westerners and soldiers with an appealing amiability. He collaborated with John Ford , who discovered him, in such films as Stagecoach (1939), Fort Apache (1948), Rio Grande (1950), The Quiet Man (1952), The Searchers (1956), and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962). Wayne's other films include Red River (1949), The Alamo (1960), True Grit (1969), for which he won an Academy Award, and The Shootist (1975).

Bibliography: See biography by R. Roberts and J. S. Olson (1995); studies by M. Tomkies (1971), G. Carpozi (1972), and G. Wills (1997).

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Wayne, John (1907–79) US film actor, b. Marion Michael Morrison. His first major success was in Stagecoach (1939). He made many more films, including She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949), The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962), True Grit (1969) – for which he received an Academy Award for best actor – and The Shootist (1976).

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