• Name: John Wayne
  
• Birth Name: Marion Michael Morrison
  
• Height: 6' 4"
  
• Sex: M
  
• Nationality: American
  
• Birth Date: May 26, 1907
  
• Birth Place: Winterset, Iowa, USA
  
• Profession: actor, producer, director
  
• Education: Glendale High School in California
  
•   : University of Southern California
  
• Place of Death: June 11, 1979
  
• Death Date: Los Angeles, California (buried at the Pacific View Memorial Park, Newport Beach, California)
  
• Death Cause: lung and stomach cancer
  
• Relationship: Pilar Palette (actress; 1954- his death), Esperanza Bauer (actress; 1946-1954; divorced), Josephine Saenz (1933-1945; divorced)
  
• Father: Clyde Morrison (pharmacist)
  
• Mother: Mary Brown
  
• Brother: Robert Morrison
  
• Son: Ethan Wayne (born in 1962; mother: Pilar Palette), Patrick Wayne (actor; born on July 15, 1939), Michael Wayne (producer; born on November 23, 1934; died on April 2, 2003)
  
• Daughter: Marisa Wayne (mother: Pilar Palette), Aissa Wayne (actress; born on March 31, 1956), Melinda Wayne (actress; born in 1940), Toni Wayne (actress; born on February 25, 1936; died on December 6, 2000)
  

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• "I never trust a man that doesn't drink."
• "Oscar and I have something in common. Oscar first came to Hollywood scene in 1928. So did I. We're both a little weatherbeaten, but we're still here an plan to be around for a whole lot longer." - on presenting the Best Picture Oscar in 1979
• (When asked if he believed in God) "There must be some higher power or how else does all this stuff work?"
• "Talk low, talk slow, and don't say too much."

• Golden Boot Awards: In Memoriam Award (1996)
• People's Choice Awards: Favorite Motion Picture Actor (1978)
• People's Choice Awards: Favorite Motion Picture Actor (1977)
• Golden Apple Awards: Male Star of the Year (1976)
• People's Choice Awards: Favorite Motion Picture Actor (1976)
• People's Choice Awards: Favorite Motion Picture Actor (1975)
• Laurel Awards: Golden Laurel - Best Action Performance, CHISUM (1971)
• Academy Awards: Best Actor in a Leading Role, TRUE GRIT (1970)
• Golden Globe Awards: Best Motion Picture Actor - Drama, TRUE GRIT (1970)
• Laurel Awards: Golden Laurel - Action Performance, TRUE GRIT (1970)
• Western Heritage Awards: Bronze Wrangler - Theatrical Motion Picture, TRUE GRIT (1970)
• Golden Globe Awards: Cecil B. DeMille Award (1966)
• Golden Apple Awards: Most Cooperative Actor (1965)
• Laurel Awards: Golden Laurel - Top Action Performance, MCLINTOCK! (1964)
• Laurel Awards: Golden Laurel - Top Action Performance, THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE (1963)
• Western Heritage Awards: Bronze Wrangler - Theatrical Motion Picture, THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE (1963)
• Laurel Awards: Golden Laurel - Top Action Performance, THE COMANCHEROS (1962)
• Western Heritage Awards: Bronze Wrangler - Theatrical Motion Picture, THE COMANCHEROS (1962)
• Laurel Awards: Golden Laurel - Top Action Performance, THE ALAMO (1961)
• Western Heritage Awards: Bronze Wrangler - Theatrical Motion Picture, THE ALAMO (1961)
• Golden Globe Awards: World Film Favorite - Male (1953)
• Photoplay Awards: Most Popular Male Star, SANDS OF IWO JIMA (1950)

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