john wayne complete list of movies

 Filmography

Wayne in The Big Trail (190)

Wayne in Riders of Destiny (1933)

Wayne in The Star Packer (1934)

Publicity photo of Wayne, Louise Platt and George Bancroft in Stagecoach (1939)

Betty Field and Wayne in The Shepherd of the Hills (1941)

Gail Russell and Wayne in Wake of the Red Witch (1948)

Publicity photo of Wayne and Nancy Olson for Big Jim McLain (1952)

Publicity photo of Wayne and Maureen O'Hara for The Quiet Man (1952)

Wayne in The Comancheros (1961)

Wayne with James Stewart in The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)

Wayne as Lt. Colonel Benjamin H. Vandervoort in The Longest Day (1962)

Wayne with photographer Lothar Winkler on the set of In Harm's Way (1964)

As actor

Year	Title	Role	Director	Notes	Refs.
1926		Yale Football Player	Jack Conway	Uncredited	[3]
		Guard	King Vidor		[4]
		Extra	Lewis Seiler		[5]
1927			John S. Robertson		[6]
	The Draw-Back	Opposing Football Player	Norman Taurog	Short film; uncredited
	The Drop Kick	Football Player / Extra in Stands	Millard Webb	Uncredited; aka Glitter (UK title)	[7]
	Seeing Stars	Tall Boy	Stephen Roberts	Short film; uncredited
1928		Extra	John Ford	Uncredited[b]	[8]
	Four Sons	Officer	John Ford		[9]
		Horse Race Spectator / Condemned Man in Flashback		Uncredited[c]	[10]
	A Home-Made Man	Man on Stool	Norman Taurog	Short film; uncredited	[5]
	Noah's Ark	Flood extra	Michael Curtiz	Uncredited	[11]
1929	Speakeasy	Extra	Benjamin Stoloff		[12]
	The Black Watch	42nd Highlander	John Ford	Uncredited[d]	[13]
	Words and Music	Pete Donahue	James Tinling	Credited as Duke Morrison[e]	[14]
		Midshipman Bill	John Ford	[f]	[15]
	The Forward Pass	Football Player	Eddie Cline	Uncredited	[16]
1930	Men Without Women	Radioman on Surface	John Ford		[17]
		Extra	John Ford Andrew Bennison		[18]
	Rough Romance	Lumberjack	A.F. Erickson	Uncredited[d]	[19]
	Cheer Up and Smile	Roy	Sidney Lanfield	Uncredited[e]	[20]
	The Big Trail	Breck Coleman	Raoul Walsh	Wayne's first starring role	[21][22]
1931	Girls Demand Excitement	Peter Brooks	Seymour Felix		[23]
	Three Girls Lost	Gordon Wales	Sidney Lanfield		[24]
	Arizona	Lt. Bob Denton	George B. Seitz	aka Men Are Like That and The Virtuous Wife (UK title)	[25][26]
	The Deceiver	Richard Thorpe as a corpse	Louis King		[27]
	The Range Feud	Clint Turner	D. Ross Lederman		[28][29]
	Maker of Men	Dusty Rhodes	Edward Sedgwick		[30]
1932	The Shadow of the Eagle	Craig McCoy	Ford Beebe		[31]
	Texas Cyclone	Steve Pickett	D. Ross Lederman		[32]
	Two-Fisted Law	Duke			[33][34]
	Lady and Gent	Buzz Kinney	Stephen Roberts		[35]
	The Hurricane Express	Larry Baker	Armand Schaefer J.P. McGowan		[36]
	Ride Him, Cowboy	John Drury	Fred Allen	aka The Hawk (UK title)	[37][38]
	That's My Boy	Taylor - Harvard Player	Roy William Neill	Uncredited	[39]
	The Big Stampede	John Steele	Tenny Wright		[40][41]
	Haunted Gold	John Mason	Mack V. Wright		[42][43]
1933	The Telegraph Trail	John Trent	Tenny Wright		[44][45]
	The Three Musketeers	Tom Wayne	Armand Schaefer, Colbert Clark		[46]
	Central Airport	Co-Pilot in Wreck	William Wellman	Uncredited	[47]
	Somewhere in Sonora	John Bishop	Mack V. Wright		[48][49]
	His Private Secretary	Dick Wallace	Philip H. Whitman		[50]
	The Life of Jimmy Dolan	Smith	Archie Mayo	aka The Kid's Last Fight (UK title)	[51]
	Baby Face	Jimmy McCoy Jr.	Alfred E. Green		[52]
	The Man from Monterey	Captain John Holmes	Mack V. Wright		[53][54]
	Riders of Destiny	Singin' Sandy Saunders	R. N. Bradbury		[55][56]
	College Coach	Student Greeting Phil	William Wellman	Uncredited; aka Football Coach (UK title)	[57]
	Sagebrush Trail	John Brant aka Smith	Armand Schaefer	aka An Innocent Man (UK title)	[58][59][60]
1934	The Lucky Texan	Jerry Mason	R. N. Bradbury	aka Gold Strike River	[61][62][63]
	West of the Divide	Ted Hayden posing as Gat Ganns			[64][65]
	Blue Steel	John Carruthers		aka Stolen Goods (UK title).[63]	[66][67]
		John Weston			[68][69]
	Randy Rides Alone	Randy Bowers	Harry L. Fraser		[70][71]
	The Star Packer	John Travers	R. N. Bradbury		[72][73]
	The Trail Beyond	Rod Drew			[74][75]
	The Lawless Frontier	John Tobin			[76][77]
	'Neath the Arizona Skies	Chris Morrell	Harry Fraser		[78][79]
1935	Texas Terror	John Higgins	R. N. Bradbury		[80][81]
	Rainbow Valley	John Martin			[82][83]
	The Desert Trail	John Scott posing as John Jones	Lewis Collins		[84][85]
	The Dawn Rider	John Mason	R. N. Bradbury	aka Cold Vengeance	[86][87][88]
		John Wyatt posing as John Rogers	Carl Pierson	aka Guns Along The Trail	[89][90][88]
	Westward Ho	John Wyatt aka John Allen	R. N. Bradbury		[91][92]
	The New Frontier	John Dawson	Carl Pierson		[93]
	Lawless Range	John Middleton	R. N. Bradbury		[94][95]
1936	The Oregon Trail	Capt. John Delmont	Scott Pembroke	A lost film; 40 stills were discovered in 2013	[96][97][98]
	The Lawless Nineties	John Tipton	Joseph Kane		[77][99]
	King of the Pecos	John Clayborn	Joseph Kane		[100][101]
	The Lonely Trail	Captain John Ashley			[102][103]
		John Blair	Mack V. Wright	aka Stagecoach Run	[104][105][88]
	Sea Spoilers	Bob Randall	Frank R. Strayer		[106]
	Conflict	Pat Glendon	David Howard		[107]
1937		Biff Smith	Arthur Lubin		[108]
	I Cover the War	Bob Adams	Arthur Lubin		[109]
	Idol of the Crowds	Johnny Hanson			[110]
	Adventure's End	Duke Slade			[111]
	Born to the West	Dare Rudd	Charles Barton	aka Hell Town (reissue title)	[112][113]
1938	Pals of the Saddle	Stoney Brooke	George Sherman	The first of eight films in the "Three Mesquiteers" series	[114][115]
	Overland Stage Raiders				[116]
	Santa Fe Stampede				[117]
	Red River Range				[118]
1939	Stagecoach	Ringo Kid	John Ford		[119][120]
	The Night Riders	Stoney Brooke	George Sherman		[121]
	Three Texas Steers			aka Danger Rides the Range (UK title)	[122][123]
	Wyoming Outlaw				[124]
	New Frontier			aka Frontier Horizon	[125]
	Allegheny Uprising	Jim Smith	William A. Seiter	aka The First Rebel (UK title)	[126][127]
1940	Dark Command	Bob Seton	Raoul Walsh		[128][129]
	Three Faces West	John Phillips	Bernard Vorhaus		[130]
	The Long Voyage Home	Olsen	John Ford		[131]
	Seven Sinners	Dan	Tay Garnett	aka Cafe of the Seven Sinners (UK re-issue title)	[132]
1941	A Man Betrayed	Lynn Hollister	John H. Auer	aka Citadel of Crime (UK title) and Wheel of Fortune (TV title)	[133]
	Lady from Louisiana	John Reynolds	Bernard Vorhaus		[134]
	The Shepherd of the Hills	Young Matt Matthews	Henry Hathaway		[135][136]
1942	Lady for a Night	Jack Morgan	Leigh Jason		[137]
		Capt. Jack Stuart	Cecil B. DeMille		[138]
	The Spoilers	Roy Glennister	Ray Enright		[139][140]
	In Old California	Tom Craig	William C. McGann		[141][142]
	Flying Tigers	Capt. Jim Gordon	David Miller		[143]
	Reunion in France	Pat Talbot	Jules Dassin	aka Mademoiselle France (UK title)	[144]
	Pittsburgh	Pittsburgh Markham	Lewis Seiler		[145]
1943	A Lady Takes a Chance	Duke Hudkins	William A. Seiter		[146][147]
	In Old Oklahoma	Daniel F. Somers	Al Rogell	aka War of the Wildcats (re-issue title)	[148][149]
1944	The Fighting Seabees	Lt. Cmdr. Wedge Donovan	Edward Ludwig		[150]
	Tall in the Saddle	Rocklin	Edwin L. Marin		[151][152]
	Flame of Barbary Coast	Duke Fergus	Joseph Kane		[153][154]
1945	Back to Bataan	Col. Joseph Madden	Edward Dmytryk		[155]
	They Were Expendable	Lt. (J.G.) 'Rusty' Ryan	John Ford		[156]
	Dakota	John Devlin	Joseph Kane		[157][158]
1946	Without Reservations	Captain 'Rusty' Thomas	Mervyn LeRoy		[159]
1947	Angel and the Badman	Quirt Evans	James Edward Grant	Also producer	[160][161]
	Tycoon	Johnny	Richard Wallace		[162]
1948	Red River	Thomas Dunson	Howard Hawks		[163][164]
	Fort Apache	Capt. Kirby York	John Ford		[165][166]
	3 Godfathers	Robert Marmaduke Sangster Hightower			[167][168]
	Wake of the Red Witch	Capt. Ralls	Edward Ludwig		[169]
1949	The Fighting Kentuckian	John Breen	George Waggner		[170][171]
	She Wore a Yellow Ribbon	Capt. Nathan Cutting Brittles	John Ford		[172][173]
	Sands of Iwo Jima	Sgt. John M. Stryker	Allan Dwan		[174]
1950	Rio Grande	Lt. Col. Kirby Yorke	John Ford		[175][176]
1951	Operation Pacific	Lt Cmdr. Duke E. Gifford	George Waggner		[177]
	Flying Leathernecks	Maj. Daniel Xavier Kirby	Nicholas Ray		[178]
1952
			William A. Wellman	Also producer	[182]
Hondo	Hondo Lane	John Farrow	[183][184]
1954	The High and the Mighty	Officer Dan Roman	William A. Wellman		[185]
1955	The Sea Chase	Capt. Karl Ehrlich	John Farrow		[186]
	Screen Directors Playhouse	Mike Cronin	John Ford	TV series (Episode: "Rookie of the Year")
	Blood Alley	Capt. Tom Wilder	William A. Wellman	Also producer	[187]
1956	The Conqueror	Temüjin	Dick Powell		[188]
	The Searchers	Ethan Edwards	John Ford		[189][190]
1957	The Wings of Eagles	Frank W. 'Spig' Wead			[191]
	Jet Pilot	Col. Jim Shannon	Josef von Sternberg		[192]
	Legend of the Lost	Joe January	Henry Hathaway		[193]
1958	The Barbarian and the Geisha	Townsend Harris	John Huston		[194]
1959	Rio Bravo	Sheriff John T. Chance	Howard Hawks		[195][196]
	The Horse Soldiers	Col. John Marlowe	John Ford		[197][198]
1960	The Alamo	Col. Davy Crockett	Himself	Also director and producer	[199][200]
	North to Alaska	Sam McCord	Henry Hathaway		[201][202]
	Wagon Train	Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman	John Ford	TV series (Episode: "The Colter Craven Story")
1961	The Comancheros	Capt. Jake Cutter	Michael Curtiz		[203][204]
1962	Alcoa Premiere	Marine Sergeant	John Ford	TV series (Episode: "Flashing Spikes"); credited as Marion Morrison
	The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance	Tom Doniphon			[205][206]
	Hatari!	Sean Mercer	Howard Hawks		[207]
	The Longest Day	Lt. Col. Benjamin H. Vandervoort	Ken Annakin, Andrew Marton, Bernhard Wicki		[208]
	How the West Was Won	Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman	John Ford, Henry Hathaway, George Marshall		[209][210]
1963	Donovan's Reef	Michael Patrick 'Guns' Donovan	John Ford		[211]
	McLintock!	George Washington 'G.W.' McLintock	Andrew V. McLaglen		[212][213]
1964	Circus World	Matt Masters	Henry Hathaway	aka The Magnificent Showman (UK title)	[214]
1965	The Greatest Story Ever Told	Centurion at Crucifixion	George Stevens		[215]
	In Harm's Way	Rock	Otto Preminger		[216]
	The Sons of Katie Elder	John Elder	Henry Hathaway		[217][218]
1966	Cast a Giant Shadow	Gen. Mike Randolph	Melville Shavelson	Also co-executive producer (uncredited)	[219]
	El Dorado	Cole Thornton	Howard Hawks		[220][221]
1967	The War Wagon	Taw Jackson	Burt Kennedy		[222][223]
1968	The Green Berets	Col. Mike Kirby	Himself Ray Kellogg		[224]
	Hellfighters	Chance Buckman	Andrew V. McLaglen		[225]
1969	True Grit	Rooster Cogburn	Henry Hathaway		[226][227]
	The Undefeated	Col. John Henry Thomas	Andrew V. McLaglen		[228][229]
1970	No Substitute for Victory	Narrator	Robert F. Slatzer
	Chisum	John Chisum	Andrew V. McLaglen		[230][231]
	Rio Lobo	Col. Cord McNally	Howard Hawks		[232][233]
	Swing Out, Sweet Land	Himself	Stan Harris
	Harry Jackson: A Man and His Art	Narrator	N/A	Short documentary
1971	Big Jake	Jacob McCandles	George Sherman	Also uncredited executive producer	[234][235]
1972	The Cowboys	Wil Andersen	Mark Rydell		[236][237]
	Cancel My Reservation	Himself	Paul Bogart
1973	The Train Robbers	Lane	Burt Kennedy	Also executive producer (uncredited)	[238][239]
	Cahill U.S. Marshal	J. D. Cahill	Andrew V. McLaglen	aka Cahill (UK title); also executive producer (uncredited)	[240][241]
1974	McQ	Lieutenant Lon "McQ" McHugh	John Sturges		[242]
1975	Brannigan	Lt. James Brannigan	Douglas Hickox		[243]
	Rooster Cogburn	Rooster Cogburn	Stuart Millar		[244][245]
1976	The Shootist	J.B. Books	Don Siegel		[246][247]
1977	Star Wars	Garindan	George Lucas	Stock audio only; uncredited	[248][249]

As himself

Wayne with Lucille Ball in I Love Lucy, 1955

Wayne with Ball in The Lucy Show, 1966

Year	Title	Notes	Refs.
1932	The Voice of Hollywood: No. 13	Short film	[250]
	Running Hollywood	Two-reel short
	The Hollywood Handicap		[251]
1940	Screen Snapshots	Short film
1941	Meet the Stars: Past and Present	Promotional short
1944	Memo for Joe	Short film
1949	Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Rodeo	Short documentary
1950	Screen Snapshots: Hollywood's Famous Feet	Short documentary; uncredited
1951	Screen Snapshots: Reno's Silver Spur Awards	Short documentary
	The Screen Director	Promotional short
	Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Awards	Short documentary
1953	The Colgate Comedy Hour	TV series (1 episode)
1954	This is Your Life	TV series (Episode: "William Wellman")
1955	Screen Snapshots: The Great Al Jolson	Short documentary
	Gunsmoke	TV series (Episode: "Matt Gets It")
	Sheilah Graham in Hollywood	TV series (Episode: "John Wayne")
	The Milton Berle Show	TV series (1 episode)
	I Love Lucy	TV series (Episode: "Lucy and John Wayne")
	Producers' Showcase	TV series (Episode: "Dateline II")
	Casablanca	TV series (Episode: "Who Holds Tomorrow")
1956	Climax!	TV series (Episode: "The Lovella Parsons Story")
	Screen Directors Playhouse	TV series (Episode: "Markheim")
1958	I Married a Woman	Uncredited cameo	[252]
	The 30th Annual Academy Awards	Presenter
	Screen Snapshots: Salute to Hollywood	Short documentary
	Wide Wide World	TV series documentary
1959	World's Heavyweight Championship Fight: Floyd Patterson Heavyweight Champion of the World Vs. Ingemar Johansson Heavyweight Champion of Europe	Short documentary; uncredited
	The 31st Annual Academy Awards	Presenter
1960	The Spirit of The Alamo	Documentary
	The 32nd Annual Academy Awards	Presenter
	The Jack Paar Tonight Show	TV series (1 episode)
	The Jack Benny Program	TV series (Episode: "The John Wayne Show")
	What's My Line?	TV series (Episode: "11-13-1960")
1960, 1964	Cinépanorama	TV series (2 episodes)
1960	The Ed Sullivan Show	TV series (1 episode)
1961	The Challenge of Ideas	Propaganda short
1962	Here's Hollywood	TV series (1 episode)
1963	The Dick Powell Show	TV series (Episode: "The Third Side of a Coin")
1965	The Making of In Harm's Way	Short documentary
1966	The Merv Griffin Show	TV series (Episode: "3-16-1966")
	The Lucy Show	TV series (Episode: "Lucy and John Wayne")
1966–1969	The Red Skelton Show	TV series (2 episodes)
1967	The Artist and the American West	Short documentary
	A Nation Builds Under Fire
	The Beverly Hillbillies	TV series (Episode: "The Indians are Coming")
	The Dean Martin Show	TV series (5 episodes)
1968	The Movie Makers	Short documentary
1968–1973	Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In	TV series (10 episodes)	[253]
1968, 1969	The Joey Bishop Show	TV series (2 episodes)
1969–1971	The Glenn Campbell Good Time Hour	TV series (2 episodes)
1970	No Substitute for Victory	Short
	John Wayne and Chisum	Short documentary
	Plimpton! Shoot out at Rio Lobo	TV documentary
	The Movie Game	TV series (1 episode)
	Swing Out, Sweet Land	TV movie
	Raquel!	TV special
	The 27th Annual Golden Globe Awards
	The 42nd Annual Academy Awards	Presenter
	Harry Jacks: A Man and His Art	Short documentary
1971	Sehnsucht nach dem Wilden Westen	TV movie
	The Bob Hope Specials	TV series (1 episode)
	Directed by John Ford	Documentary
	Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Jack Benny But Were Afraid to Ask	TV special
1971–1976	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson	TV series (6 episodes)
1971	The American West of John Ford	Documentary
1971, 1975	V.I.P. Schaukel	TV series (2 episodes)
1972	The Breaking of Boys and the Making of Men	Short documentary
	Cancel My Reservation
	The 44th Annual Academy Awards	Presenter
	The David Frost Show	Short documentary
1973	The Wayne Train
	RCA's Opening Night	TV movie
	Cavalcade of Champions	Short documentary
1974	McQ: John Wayne in Action
	John Wayne and Glenn Campbell and the Musical West	TV special
	The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Bob Hope	TV series (1 episode)
	Maude	TV series (Episode: "Maude Meets the Duke")
	Parkinson	TV series (1 episode)
	AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to James Cagney
1975	Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television	TV special
	Bob Hope on Campus
	The 17th Annual TV Week Logie Awards	Short documentary
	Backstage in Hollywood	TV series (1 episode)
	The 47th Annual Academy Awards	Presenter
1976	Backlot USA	TV movie
	The Mike Douglas Show	TV series (1 episode)
	The 2nd Annual People's Choice Awards	TV special
	An All Star Tribute to John Wayne	TV movie
	CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years	Documentary
	Chesty: A Tribute to a Legend
	America Salutes Richard Rodgers: The Sound of His Music	TV movie
1977	The 3rd Annual People's Choice Awards	TV special
	Home for the Seabees	Documentary
	An All-Star Tribute to Elizabeth Taylor	TV special
	Super Night at the Super Bowl
	Jimmy Carter's Inaugural Address Gala
1978	AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Henry Fonda
	ABC's Silver Anniversary Celebration
	Happy Birthday, Bob
	General Electric's All Star Anniversary	TV documentary
	Early American Christmas	TV special
1979	The 51st Annual Academy Awards	Presenter
	The Barbara Walters Summer Special	TV special
1982	I Love Liberty	TV special (posthumous appearance)	[254]

As producer only

See also: Batjac Productions

Year	Title	Notes	Refs.
1950	The Dangerous Stranger	Short; uncredited
1951	The Bullfighter and the Lady
	Santa and the Fairy Snow Queen	Short; uncredited
1953	Plunder of the Sun	Uncredited
1954	Ring of Fear
1956	Track of the Cat		[255]
	Goodbye, My Lady
	Seven Men From Now		[256]
	Gun the Man Down		[257]
	Man in the Vault
1958	China Doll
1959	Escort West	Uncredited; also uncredited producer	[258]
1960	The Alamo	Produced & Directed
1967	Hondo and the Apaches	TV film; uncredited
	Hondo	Executive producer; TV series (17 episodes); uncredited

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