John Wayne
Born May 26, 1907 (Age: 118)
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Winterset, Iowa, USA
Biography
Marion Mitchell Morrison (born Marion Robert Morrison) (May 26, 1907 – June 11, 1979), known professionally as John Wayne and nicknamed Duke, was an American actor and filmmaker. An Academy Award-winner for True Grit (1969), Wayne was among the top box office draws for three decades. Born in Winterset, Iowa, Wayne grew up in Southern California. He was president of Glendale High class of 1925. He found work at local film studios when he lost his football scholarship to the University of Southern California as a result of a bodysurfing accident. Initially working for the Fox Film Corporation, he appeared mostly in small bit parts. His first leading role came in Raoul Walsh's The Big Trail (1930), which led to leading roles in numerous B movies throughout the 1930s, many of them in the Western genre. Wayne's career took off in 1939, with John Ford's Stagecoach making him an instant star. He went on to star in 142 pictures. Biographer Ronald Davis said, "John Wayne personified for millions the nation's frontier heritage. Eighty-three of his movies were Westerns, and in them, he played cowboys, cavalrymen, and unconquerable loners extracted from the Republic's central creation myth." Wayne's other well-known Western roles include a cattleman driving his herd north on the Chisholm Trail in Red River (1948), a Civil War veteran whose young niece is abducted by a tribe of Comanches in The Searchers (1956), and a troubled rancher competing with a lawyer for a woman's hand in marriage in The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962). He is also remembered for his roles in The Quiet Man (1952), Rio Bravo (1959), and The Longest Day (1962). In his final screen performance, he starred as an aging gunfighter battling cancer in The Shootist (1976). He appeared with many important Hollywood stars of his era, and his last public appearance was at the Academy Awards ceremony on April 9, 1979.
Marion Mitchell Morrison (born Marion Robert Morrison) (May 26, 1907 – June 11, 1979), known professionally as John Wayne and nicknamed Duke, was an American actor and filmmaker. An Academy Award-winner for True Grit (1969), Wayne was among the top box office draws for three decades.
Born in Winterset, Iowa, Wayne grew up in Southern California. He was president of Glendale High class of 1925. He found work at local film studios when he lost his football scholarship to the University of Southern California as a result of a bodysurfing accident. Initially working for the Fox Film Corporation, he appeared mostly in small bit parts. His first leading role came in Raoul Walsh's The Big Trail (1930), which led to leading roles in numerous B movies throughout the 1930s, many of them in the Western genre.
Wayne's career took off in 1939, with John Ford's Stagecoach making him an instant star. He went on to star in 142 pictures. Biographer Ronald Davis said, "John Wayne personified for millions the nation's frontier heritage. Eighty-three of his movies were Westerns, and in them, he played cowboys, cavalrymen, and unconquerable loners extracted from the Republic's central creation myth."
Wayne's other well-known Western roles include a cattleman driving his herd north on the Chisholm Trail in Red River (1948), a Civil War veteran whose young niece is abducted by a tribe of Comanches in The Searchers (1956), and a troubled rancher competing with a lawyer for a woman's hand in marriage in The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962). He is also remembered for his roles in The Quiet Man (1952), Rio Bravo (1959), and The Longest Day (1962). In his final screen performance, he starred as an aging gunfighter battling cancer in The Shootist (1976). He appeared with many important Hollywood stars of his era, and his last public appearance was at the Academy Awards ceremony on April 9, 1979.
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Filmography
Spiritual day in Minneapolis
2026
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as
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Age: 118
Dead Man's Wire
2026
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as Self (archive footage)(uncredited)
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Age: 118
John Ford and Throwing
2022
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as
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Age: 114
Gérard Blain : adultes, je vous hais
2019
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as Self (archive)
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Age: 112
John Wayne-A Life on Film
2000
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as Himself
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Age: 92
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
1997
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 90
La Classe américaine
1993
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as George Abitbol (archive footage)
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Age: 86
No Image
Young Duke: Making Of A Movie Star
1993
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as Himself
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Age: 86
The John Wayne Story - The Later Years
1993
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as Himself
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Age: 85
The John Wayne Story: The Early Years
1993
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as
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Age: 85
The Making of 'Rio Grande'
1993
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 85
No Image
John Wayne's 'The Alamo'
1992
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as Davy Crockett
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Age: 85
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
1991
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 84
John Wayne - Eine amerikanische Legende
1991
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as (archive footage)
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Age: 83
No Image
John Wayne: American Hero Of The Movies
1990
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as
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Age: 82
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
1988
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 80
Perry Como's Early American Christmas
1978
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as Self
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Age: 71
This Little Bullet
1977
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as Host
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Age: 69
Bob Hope's Comedy Christmas Special
1976
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as
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Age: 69
The Shootist
1976
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as J.B. Books
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Age: 69
Hooray for Hollywood
1976
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 68
Rooster Cogburn
1975
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as Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn
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Age: 68
Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television
1975
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as (archive footage)
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Age: 68
Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still
1974
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as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Age: 66
McQ
1974
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as McQ
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Age: 66
Cahill: United States Marshal
1973
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as J.D. Cahill
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Age: 66
No Image
The Man Behind the Star
1973
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as Self
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Age: 65
Wayne Train
1973
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as Self
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Age: 65
The Train Robbers
1973
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as Lane
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Age: 65
The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks
1973
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 65
Cancel My Reservation
1972
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as Himself (uncredited)
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Age: 65
The Cowboys
1972
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as Wil Andersen
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Age: 64
Big Jake
1971
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as Jacob McCandles
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Age: 64
Plimpton! Shoot-Out at Rio Lobo
1970
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as Self
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Age: 63
Chisum
1970
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as John Chisum
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Age: 63
The Undefeated
1969
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as Colonel John Henry Thomas
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Age: 62
True Grit
1969
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as Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn
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Age: 62
The Green Berets
1968
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as Colonel Mike Kirby
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Age: 61
El Dorado
1966
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as Cole Thornton
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Age: 59
The Sons of Katie Elder
1965
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as John Elder
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Age: 58
The Greatest Story Ever Told
1965
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as Centurion at crucifixion
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Age: 57
In Harm's Way
1965
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as Capt. Rockwell Torrey
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Age: 57
No Image
The Making of A Movie
1965
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as Himself
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Age: 57
Circus World
1964
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as Matt Masters
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Age: 57
No Image
Choice
1964
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as Host
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Age: 56
McLintock!
1963
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as George Washington McLintock
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Age: 56
Donovan's Reef
1963
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as Michael "Guns" Donovan
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Age: 56
How the West Was Won
1962
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as William Sherman
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Age: 55
Flashing Spikes
1962
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as Marine Sergeant
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Age: 55
The Longest Day
1962
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as Lt. Col. Benjamin Vandervoort
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Age: 55
Hatari!
1962
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as Sean Mercer
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Age: 55
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
1962
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as Tom Doniphon
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Age: 54
The Comancheros
1961
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as Jake Cutter
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Age: 54
The 10 from Texas
1961
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as (archive footage)
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Age: 53
No Image
The Challenge of Ideas
1961
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as Self
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Age: 53
The Colter Craven Story
1960
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as
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Age: 53
North to Alaska
1960
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as Sam McCord
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Age: 53
The Alamo
1960
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as Col. Davy Crockett
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Age: 53
The Horse Soldiers
1959
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as Col John Marlowe
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Age: 52
Rio Bravo
1959
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as Sheriff John T. Chance
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Age: 51
The Barbarian and the Geisha
1958
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as Townsend Harris
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Age: 51
The Western: A Lost TV Special
1958
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as Self
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Age: 51
I Married a Woman
1958
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as Actor in a Movie (uncredited)
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Age: 50
The Searchers
1956
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as Ethan Edwards
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Age: 48
The Conqueror
1956
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as Temujin
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Age: 48
Blood Alley
1955
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as Capt. Tom Wilder
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Age: 48
The Sea Chase
1955
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as Captain Karl Ehrlich
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Age: 48
The High and the Mighty
1954
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as Dan Roman
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Age: 47
Hondo
1953
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as Hondo Lane
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Age: 46
No Image
Three Lives
1953
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as Self
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Age: 46
Island in the Sky
1953
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as Captain Dooley
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Age: 46
Trouble Along the Way
1953
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as Stephen Aloysius Williams
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Age: 45
No Image
You're the Star
1953
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as Self
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Age: 45
Rio Grande
1950
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as Lt. Col. Kirby Yorke
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Age: 43
Sands of Iwo Jima
1950
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as Sgt. John M. Stryker
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Age: 42
Dakota
1945
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as John Devlin
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Age: 38
They Were Expendable
1945
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as Lt. (J.G.) 'Rusty' Ryan
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Age: 38
Back to Bataan
1945
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as Colonel Joseph Madden
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Age: 38
Flame of Barbary Coast
1945
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as Duke Fergus
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Age: 38
Reunion in France
1942
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as Pat Talbot
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Age: 35
Pittsburgh
1942
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as Charles 'Pittsburgh' Markham
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Age: 35
Flying Tigers
1942
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as Jim Gordon
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Age: 35
The Spoilers
1942
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as Glennister
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Age: 35
In Old California
1942
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as Tom Craig
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Age: 35
Reap the Wild Wind
1942
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as Captain Jack Stuart
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Age: 34
Lady for a Night
1942
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as Jackson Morgan
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Age: 34
The Shepherd of the Hills
1941
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as Young Matt Matthews
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Age: 34
Lady from Louisiana
1941
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as John Reynolds
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Age: 33
A Man Betrayed
1941
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as Lynn Hollister
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Age: 33
Haunted Gold
1932
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as John Mason
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Age: 25
The Big Stampede
1932
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as Deputy Sheriff John Steele
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Age: 25
Ride Him, Cowboy
1932
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as John Drury
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Age: 25
No Image
The Hollywood Handicap
1932
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as
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Age: 25
The Hurricane Express
1932
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as The Air Pilot
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Age: 25
Lady and Gent
1932
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as Buzz Kinney
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Age: 25
Two-Fisted Law
1932
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as Duke
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Age: 25
Texas Cyclone
1932
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as Steve Pickett
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Age: 24
The Shadow of the Eagle
1932
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as Craig McCoy
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Age: 24
No Image
Running Hollywood
1932
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as Emcee
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Age: 24
No Image
The Deceiver
1931
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as Reginald Thorpe as a corpse
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Age: 24
The Range Feud
1931
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as Clint Turner
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Age: 24
Maker of Men
1931
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as Dusty Rhodes
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Age: 24
Arizona
1931
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as Lt. Bob Denton
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Age: 24
Three Girls Lost
1931
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as Gordon Wales
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Age: 23
Girls Demand Excitement
1931
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as Peter Brooks
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Age: 23
The Big Trail
1930
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as Breck Coleman
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Age: 23
Cheer Up and Smile
1930
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as
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Age: 23
Rough Romance
1930
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as Lumberjack (uncredited)
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Age: 23
Born Reckless
1930
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as Extra (uncredited)
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Age: 22
Men without Women
1930
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as Radioman on Surface (uncredited)
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Age: 22