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John Wayne

Director, Actor

Filmography (All Films)

 
HatariHatari (1962)
Dir. Howard Hawks
Feat. John Wayne
Tremendous, good–natured adventure with John Wayne on safari in the great African wilderness. Memorable score by Henri Mancini.
Longest Day, TheLongest Day, The (1962)
Dir. Ken Annakin, Andrew Marton, Bernhard Wicki
Feat. John Wayne, Henry Fonda, Robert Mitchum
One the great WW2 films, with over 40 international stars. The large scale battle scenes have taken some outdoing.
How the West Was WonHow the West Was Won (1962)
Dir. Henry Hathaway, John Ford, George Marshall
Feat. James Stewart, Debbie Reynolds, Henry Fonda
The history of the West through three generations, with three directors each contributing an instalment. Headed by a cast to match its ambitions and…
Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, TheMan Who Shot Liberty Valance, The (1962) Recommended
Dir. John Ford
Feat. James Stewart, John Wayne, Vera Miles
A dream cast and director deliver the classic that one would expect. Jimmy Stewart and John Wayne compete for Vera Miles but unite against Lee Marvin…
Donovan's ReefDonovan's Reef (1963)
Dir. John Ford
Feat. John Wayne, Lee Marvin, Jack Warden
One of dir. Ford’s more comically inclined efforts with ex–Navy buddies John Wayne, Lee Marvin and Jack Warden raising hell on the remote…
McLintock!McLintock! (1963)
Dir. Andrew McLagen
Feat. John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Yvonne De Carlo
TAMING OF THE SHREW goes West in this rambunctious battle of wits between cattle rancher (Wayne) and his firebrand wife (O’Hara), in search of a…
Magnificent Showman, TheMagnificent Showman, The (Circus World) (1964)
Dir. Henry Hathaway
Feat. John Wayne, Claudia Cardinale, Rita Hayworth
Grandiose "Cinerama" spectacle (that flopped at the box office) starring John Wayne as a circus proprietor who decides to take his show on a…
In Harm's WayIn Harm's Way (1965)
Dir. Otto Preminger
Feat. John Wayne, Kirk Douglas, Patricia Neal
Epic and stately treatment of the aftermath of Japan's WW2 attack on Pearl Harbour, with Wayne playing a sidelined Admiral who tries to claw back…
Cast a Giant ShadowCast a Giant Shadow (1965)
Dir. Melville Shavelson
Feat. Kirk Douglas, Senta Berger, Angie Dickinson
Spectacular epic concerning the Israeli War of Independence in 1947–8, that like EXODUS somewhat romanticises events. Weaves a romance around…
Sons of Katie Elder, The Sons of Katie Elder, The (1965) Recommended
Dir. Henry Hathaway
Feat. John Wayne, Dean Martin, Martha Hyer
Big screen return for John Wayne after his cancer scare that tells the tale of the four unruly sons of frontier woman Katie Elder who set out to…
El DoradoEl Dorado (1966)
Dir. Howard Hawks
Feat. John Wayne, Edward Asner, James Caan
A poignant portrait of cowboys past their prime has boozy sherriff Robert Mitchum and aging gunman John Wayne team up to rid their town of cattle…
War Wagon, TheWar Wagon, The (1967)
Dir. Burt Kennedy
Feat. John Wayne, Kirk Douglas, Howard Keel
A light–hearted western with John Wayne playing a rancher who returns to his home town after being wrongfully imprisoned, to take revenge on…
Green Berets, TheGreen Berets, The (1968)
Dir. Ray Kellogg, John Wayne
Feat. John Wayne, David Janssen, Jim Hutton
Notoriously jingoistic blockbuster designed to drum up support for America's invasion of Vietnam. The Duke leads two ace fighting teams into battle…
HellfightersHellfighters (1968)
Dir. Andrew McLagen
Feat. John Wayne, Katharine Ross, Bruce Cabot
A John Wayne–led action melodrama about a group of Houston–based oil well firefighters who are sent down to Venezuela to deal with a…
True GritTrue Grit (1969)
Dir. Henry Hathaway
Feat. John Wayne, Kim Darby, Jeremy Slate
John Wayne subtly sends–up his hardcase persona, playing an over–the–hill marshall who drags himself out of semi–retirement…
Undefeated, TheUndefeated, The (1969)
Dir. Andrew V. McLaglen
Feat. John Wayne, Rock Hudson, Lee Meriwether
Amiable post–Civil War Western starring John Wayne and Rock Hudson as ex–Union and ex–Confederate Colonels who lead two disparate…
Rio LoboRio Lobo (1970) Recommended
Dir. Howard Hawks
Feat. John Wayne, Jack Elam, Victor French
The third and final Western collaboration between John Wayne, dir. Hawks and screenwriter Leigh Brackett (after RIO BRAVO and EL DORADO), this…
ChisumChisum (1970)
Dir. Andrew V. McLaglen
Feat. John Wayne, Forrest Tucker, Christopher George
A western starring John Wayne, very loosely based around events from the Lincoln County War in 1878, when a conflict arose over the control of goods…
Cowboys, TheCowboys, The (1972)
Dir. Mark Rydell
Feat. John Wayne, Bruce Dern
John Wayne loses his cattle ranchers to the gold–rush, so is forced to recruit 11 children, much to the delight of cowboy nasty, Bruce Dern.…
Train Robbers, TheTrain Robbers, The (1973)
Dir. Burt Kennedy
Feat. John Wayne, Ann-Margret, Rod Taylor
Light, traditional–style John Wayne Western following a gun hand who is hired by a widow to find the gold that was stolen by her late husband…
McQMcQ (1974)
Dir. John Sturges
Feat. John Wayne, Eddie Albert, Diana Muldaur
John Wayne plays it tough in this neo–noir as a grizzled Seattle cop investigating the murder of his best friend and the corruption within the…
BranniganBrannigan (1975)
Dir. Douglas Hickox
Feat. John Wayne, Richard Attenborough, Judy Geeson
Effective late–career casting for Wayne, playing a Chicago cop who pursues a criminal across the Atlantic to London. Although featuring a…
Rooster CogburnRooster Cogburn (1975)
Dir. Stuart Millar
Feat. John Wayne, Katharine Hepburn
John Wayne saddles up for another round of boozing and revenging in this follow–up to TRUE GRIT. Reigning in the one–eyed Marshall this…
Shootist, TheShootist, The (1976)
Dir. Don Siegel
Feat. John Wayne, Ron Howard, Lauren Bacall
Celebrated finale to John Wayne's career playing an aging gunfighter seeking obscurity but assailed by cancer and various 'young guns', out to prove…

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