Birthday: May 26, 1907
Arguably the most popular -- and certainly the busiest -- movie leading man in Hollywood history, John Wayne entered the film business while working as a laborer on the Fox lot during summer vacations from U.S.C., which he attended on a football scholarship. He met and was befriended by John Ford, a young director who was beginning to make a name for himself in action films, ...more- 1969
- Hollywood Foreign Press Association
- Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
- True Grit
- win
- 1969
- Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie
- Best Actor
- True Grit
- win
- 1960
- Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie
- Best Picture
- The Alamo
- nom
- 1976
- No Substitute for Victory
- Narrator
- 1976
- The Shootist
- John Bernard Books
- 1975
- Brannigan
- Jim Brannigan
- 1975
- Rooster Cogburn
- Rooster Cogburn
- 1974
- McQ
- McQ
- 1968
- The Green Berets
- Director
- 1968
- The Green Berets
- Producer
- 1967
- Hondo and the Apaches
- Producer
- 1960
- The Alamo
- Director
- 1960
- The Alamo
- Producer










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