Patrick Wayne
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| Patrick Wayne | |
|---|---|
| Born | Patrick John Morrison July 15, 1939 Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Spouse(s) | Peggy Hunt (1965–present) |
Patrick John Wayne (born July 15, 1939, in Los Angeles, California), is an American actor and second son of movie icon John Wayne and his first wife, Josephine Alicia Saenz. He made over 40 films in his career -- nine of them with his dad. His big break may have come with the role of Superman in the film Superman but he declined because of his father's illness.
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[edit] Early life and career
One of four children born to John Wayne's first wife, Patrick took his father's stage surname Wayne. Patrick made his film debut at age 11 in his father's Rio Grande (1950). He followed that with films directed by family friend and iconic director John Ford: The Quiet Man (1952), The Sun Shines Bright (1953), The Long Gray Line (1955), Mister Roberts (1955), and The Searchers (1956). Following high school, Patrick attended Loyola University and graduated in 1961. During this time, he went out on his own to star in his own film The Young Land (1959). Realizing he was not quite ready to play lead character he supported his father in The Alamo (1960), Donovan's Reef (1963), McLintock! (also 1963), and The Green Berets (1968). A few exceptions included a role in Ford's sprawling epic Cheyenne Autumn (1964), a role as James Stewart's son in Shenandoah (1965) and in An Eye for an Eye (1966). He also co-starred in the short-lived comedy western series The Rounders (1966).[1]
[edit] Later works
Following work on his father's Big Jake, Patrick earned recognition in the sci-fi genre. His career peaked in the late 1970s in the popular matinée fantasy Sinbad, the Eye of the Tiger (1977), then The People That Time Forgot (1977). He co-starred as a romantic love interest to Shirley Jones in another brief TV series, Shirley (1979), and occasionally worked on game shows and syndicated variety series. He had many appearances on popular TV shows of the 1970s and '80s, including Fantasy Island (1978), Murder, She Wrote (1984), Charlie's Angels (1976), and The Love Boat.[1] Wayne made a cameo appearance in the movie Young Guns as Pat Garrett. Wayne also served as the host of the 1990 revival of the game show Tic Tac Dough.
In 2003, Patrick became chairman of the John Wayne Cancer Institute.[1]
