John Wayne filmography

A complete filmography of John Wayne from 1926 to 1976, which also includes those films that Wayne only produced, and results pertaining to his long-running box office popularity between 1949 and 1973, during the height of his career after a decade of starring in a succession of low-budget B-movies.

Overview

John Wayne began working in films in 1926 as an extra, prop man, and stuntman, mainly for the Fox Film Corporation. He frequently worked in minor roles with director John Ford and when Raoul Walsh suggested him for the lead in The Big Trail (1930), an epic Western shot in an early widescreen process called Fox Grandeur, Ford vouched for him.^{[lower-alpha 1]} Wayne's early period as a star would be brief, as Fox dropped him after only three leads.

He moved over to Columbia Pictures, where he ran afoul of studio boss Harry Cohn. As a result, Wayne was dropped from leading man to supporting player to bit player and finally down to being an extra again.

After the Columbia debacle, Wayne solidified his stardom – albeit as a minor star – in a string of low-budget action films (mostly Westerns) at Warner Bros. and Universal and the "Poverty Row" studios Mascot, Monogram, and Republic.

Fortunately, Wayne kept on friendly terms with John Ford who, as a result, gave Wayne a career boost with Stagecoach (1939). By 1940 John Wayne was firmly established as a major motion picture star.

John Wayne had achieved stardom in motion pictures by 1941 and, by the end of the decade, was one of the cinema's top ten box office attractions. During the latter half of the 1940s Wayne starred in what many film fans and critics regard as being among his finest work, notably the "cavalry trilogy" (Fort Apache, She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, and Rio Grande) for director John Ford, 3 Godfathers, also for Ford, and Red River for Howard Hawks. Wayne also began producing some of his own films during this period. The most discussed of Wayne's films during the following decade remains Ford's dark Western meditation on racism, The Searchers.

Other popular Wayne films include the seafaring adventures Reap the Wild Wind and Wake of the Red Witch and influential war movies such as Flying Tigers, The Fighting Seabees, and Sands of Iwo Jima, for which he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor.

The 1950s would see Wayne continue as a major star although the artistic quality of his work varied greatly. Wayne also continued his producing activities during this period as well, notably with the formation of his own production company, Batjac.

In 1960, Wayne appeared in his most personal production, portraying Davy Crockett in The Alamo, which he also produced and directed.

During the 1960s and 1970s, John Wayne ranked as an American icon and one of the top box office attractions in the cinema. Wayne's output of films consisted largely of Westerns but he also ventured into other genres as well, including several films dealing with the Second World War (notably The Longest Day and In Harm's Way).

Wayne made some of his most prominent films during this period, including John Ford's The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) with James Stewart.

Wayne's political views came under harsh attack from film critics with the release of The Green Berets (1968), which Wayne produced, directed and starred in. The following year, however, he would be praised by critics for his performance in True Grit, which would earn him an Academy Award for Best Actor.

John Wayne made his last picture, The Shootist, in 1976, bringing an end to a remarkable career spanning more than 50 years, 169 feature length films,^[1] and various other television appearances or voice-overs.^[2]

Filmography

Key to studio abbreviations

20th	20th Century-Fox	AFI	American Film Institute	AK	Alaska Pictures
Arg	Argosy Pictures	Arm	Armada Productions	Batjac	Batjac
Col	Columbia	CVW	C.V. Whitney	DDL	Dino De Laurentiis
Fen	Fenady Associates	FN	First National	Fox	Fox Films
L-G	Levy-Gardner	Mas	Mascot	MGM	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Mono	Monogram ("Lone Star")	Mop	Monterey Productions	NG	National General
Par	Paramount	Rep	Republic	RKO	RKO Radio
Rom	Romina Productions	SB	Samuel Bronston	Sho	Showman's Pictures
Sig	Sigma	Tif	Tiffany Pictures	UA	United Artists
Uni	Universal	WB	Warner Bros.	W-F	Wayne-Fellows Productions

1926

No.	Title	Studio	Role	Director	Notes	Refs.
1	Brown of Harvard	MGM	Yale Football Player	Jack Conway	Wayne was an unbilled football player in game sequences of this sports drama, with William Haines, Mary Brian, and Jack Pickford.	[3]
2	Bardelys the Magnificent	MGM	Guard	King Vidor	Wayne unbilled in this swashbuckler with John Gilbert and Eleanor Boardman.	[4]
3	The Great K & A Train Robbery	Fox	extra	Lewis Seiler	A Tom Mix Western. Wayne unbilled.	[5]

1927

No.	Title	Studio	Role	Director	Notes	Refs.
4	Annie Laurie	MGM	extra	John S. Robertson	With Lillian Gish and Norman Kerry. Wayne unbilled.	[6]
5	The Drop Kick (US title) Glitter (UK title)	FN	extra	Millard Webb	A football drama with Richard Barthelmess. Wayne once again unbilled as a football player in game footage.	[7]

1928

No.	Title	Studio	Role	Director	Notes	Refs.
6	Mother Machree	Fox	extra	John Ford	An Irish drama with Victor McLaglen. Wayne unbilled in his first film with Ford. Sources disagree whether Wayne actually appeared on film, as he was a prop man.	[8]
7	Four Sons	Fox	extra	John Ford	An Irish drama with Victor McLaglen. Wayne unbilled. Sources disagree whether Wayne actually appeared on film in this picture, as well.	[9]
8	Hangman's House	Fox	Horse Race Spectator / Condemned Man	John Ford	An Irish drama with Victor McLaglen. Wayne unbilled but noticeable as a spectator in a horse racing scene.	[10]
9	Noah's Ark	WB	Flood extra	Michael Curtiz	A Biblical drama with Dolores Costello, George O'Brien, Noah Beery, and Myrna Loy. Wayne and Andy Devine unbilled as extras in the flood sequence.	[11]

1929

No.	Title	Studio	Role	Director	Notes	Refs.
10	Speakeasy	Fox	extra	Benjamin Stoloff	A sports drama with Lola Lane and Paul Page. Wayne unbilled.	[12]
11	The Black Watch	Fox	extra	John Ford	Drama of the British army in India during the First World War, with Victor McLaglen and Myrna Loy. Wayne and Randolph Scott unbilled.	[13]
12	Words and Music	Fox	Pete Donahue	James Tinling	Wayne billed under his real name, Duke Morrison. An early talkie musical. Now apparently a lost film.	[14]
13	Salute	Fox	Bill, Midshipman	John Ford	A football drama with George O'Brien and Helen Chandler. Wayne and Ward Bond unbilled.	[15]
14	The Forward Pass	Fox	extra	Eddie Cline	A football drama with Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. and Loretta Young. Wayne unbilled. A lost film.	[16]

1930

No.	Title	Studio	Role	Director	Notes	Refs.
15	Men Without Women	Fox	Radioman on surface	John Ford	A submarine drama. Wayne unbilled.	[17]
16	Born Reckless	Fox	Soldier	John Ford Andrew Bennison	A crime melodrama with Edmund Lowe, Lee Tracy, and Marguerite Churchill. Wayne, Randolph Scott, and Ward Bond unbilled.	[18]
17	Rough Romance	Fox	Lumberjack	A.F. Erickson	A logging adventure with George O'Brien and Antonio Moreno. Wayne unbilled.	[19]
18	Cheer Up and Smile	Fox	bit part	Sidney Lansfield	A musical with Arthur Lake, Dixie Lee, Olga Baclanova, and "Whispering" Jack Smith. Wayne and J. Carrol Naish unbilled.	[20]
19	The Big Trail	Fox	Breck Coleman	Raoul Walsh	With Tyrone Power, Sr., Ian Keith, Ward Bond. An epic Western shot simultaneously in standard 35 mm and 70 mm "Grandeur" wide-screen. Wayne's first starring role.	[21][22]

1931

No.	Title	Studio	Role	Leading lady	Director	Notes	Refs.
20	Girls Demand Excitement	Fox	Peter Brooks	Virginia Cherrill Marguerite Churchill	Seymour Felix	A college romantic comedy.	[23]
21	Three Girls Lost	Fox	Gordon Wales	Loretta Young	Sidney Lansfield		[24]
22	Arizona (US title) The Virtuous Wife (UK title)	Col	Lt. Bob Denton	Laura La Plante June Clyde	George B. Seitz	Based on the play by Augustus Thomas. Previously filmed in 1919 with Douglas Fairbanks in the Wayne role.	[25][lower-alpha 2]
23	The Deceiver	Col	Reginald Thorpe's corpse		Louis King	Wayne's most ignominious part. He played the corpse of the character played (alive) by Ian Keith.	[26]
24	Range Feud	Col	Clint Turner	Susan Fleming	D. Ross Letterman	A B-Western starring Buck Jones. Wayne in a supporting role.	[27][28]
25	Maker of Men	Col	Dusty Rhodes		Edward Sedgwick	A football drama with Jack Holt and Richard Cromwell. Wayne in a supporting role.	[29]

1932

No.	Title	Studio	Role	Leading lady	Director	Notes	Refs.
26	The Voice of Hollywood: No. 13	Tif	Himself	Thelma Todd	Mark D'Agostino	A short subject.	[30]
27	Running Hollywood	Uni	Himself		Charles Lamont	A two-reel short.
28	The Shadow of the Eagle	Mas	Craig McCoy	Dorothy Gulliver	Ford Beebe	A 12-chapter serial.	[31]
29	Texas Cyclone	Col	Steve Pickett	Shirley Grey	D. Ross Lederman	A B-Western starring Tim McCoy. Wayne in a supporting part.	[32]
30	Two-Fisted Law	Col	Duke	Alice Day	D. Ross Lederman	Another B-Western starring Tim McCoy. Wayne in a supporting part.	[33][34]
31	Lady and Gent	Par	Buzz Kinney		Stephen Roberts	A boxing drama with George Bancroft and Wynne Gibson. Wayne in a supporting role. Remade as Unmarried (1939) with Buster Crabbe in Wayne's role.	[35]
32	The Hurricane Express	Mas	Larry Baker	Shirley Gray	Armand Schaefer J.P. McGowan	A 12-chapter serial.	[36]
33	The Hollywood Handicap	Uni	Himself		Charles Lamont	A two-reel short.	[37]
34	Ride Him, Cowboy (US title) The Hawk (UK title)	WB	John Drury	Ruth Hall	Fred Allen[lower-alpha 3]	Wayne's first starring role in a B-Western, the first of six that he would make for Warner Bros. Remake of The Unknown Cavalier (1926) with Ken Maynard.	[38][39]
35	That's My Boy	Col	Football Player		Roy William Neill	With Richard Cromwell and Dorothy Jordan. Another football drama with Wayne in a supporting role.	[40]
36	The Big Stampede	WB	John Steele	Mae Madison	Tenny Wright	Remake of Land Beyond the Law (1927) with Ken Maynard. Remade under original title in 1936 with Dick Foran.	[41][42]
37	Haunted Gold	WB	John Mason	Sheila Terry	Mack V. Wright	Remake of The Phantom City (1928) with Ken Maynard.	[43][44]

1933

No.	Title	Studio	Role	Leading lady	Director	Notes	Refs.
38	The Telegraph Trail	WB	John Trent	Marceline Day	Tenny Wright	Wayne's first film with Yakima Canutt. A clip of this film was used in Footlight Parade (1933). Semi-remake of The Red Raiders (1927) with Ken Maynard.	[45][46]
39	The Three Musketeers	Mas	Tom Wayne	Ruth Hall	Armand Schaefer Colbert Clark	With Creighton Chaney. A 12-chapter serial set in the Arabian desert. Very loosely adapted from the Dumas novel. Later re-edited into a 1946 feature entitled Desert Command.	[47]
40	Central Airport	WB	Co-pilot in wreck		William Wellman	An aviation drama with Richard Barthelmess, Sally Eilers, and Tom Brown. Wayne in an unbilled bit, and his first on-screen death.	[48]
41	Somewhere in Sonora	WB	John Bishop	Shirley Palmer	Mack V. Wright	Remake of the 1927 film of the same title with Ken Maynard.	[49][50]
42	His Private Secretary	WB	Dick Wallace	Evelyn Knapp	Philip H. Whitman	Romantic comedy made by the independent company Showman's Pictures.	[51]
43	The Life of Jimmy Dolan (US title) The Kid's Last Fight (UK title)	WB	Smith		Archie Mayo	Boxing melodrama with Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. and Loretta Young. Wayne in small supporting role as a frightened boxer. Remade as They Made Me a Criminal (1939) with John Garfield, and Louis Jean Heydt in Wayne's role.	[52]
44	Baby Face	WB	Jimmy McCoy	Barbara Stanwyck	Alfred E. Green	Wayne in a supporting part. This was the only time he appeared in a film with Stanwyck.	[53]
45	The Man from Monterey	WB	Capt. John Holmes	Ruth Hall	Mack V. Wright	Wayne's last B-Western for Warner Bros.	[54][55]
46	Riders of Destiny	Mono	Sandy Saunders ("Singing Sandy")	Cecilia Parker	R.N. Bradbury	Wayne's first B-Western for Monogram, released as a "Lone Star Western", and the first to present him as a singing cowboy (with a dubbed singing voice). Also his first teaming with George "Gabby" Hayes.	[56][57]
47	The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi	WB	Bit part		Edwin L. Marin	A college romantic comedy with Mary Carlisle, Buster Crabbe, Charles Starrett, and Betty Grable. Wayne wore a moustache in his bit part, which was cut from the final print.	[58]
48	College Coach (US title) Football Coach (UK title)	WB	Student		William Wellman	Wayne's last bit part. Aside from cameos, he would play the lead – or one of the leads – in all of his subsequent pictures.	[59]
49	Sagebrush Trail (US title) An Innocent Ian (UK title)	Mono	John Brant	Nancy Shubert	Armand Schaefer	With Yakima Canutt.	[60][61]

1934

No.	Title	Studio	Role	Leading lady	Director	Notes	Refs.
50	The Lucky Texan	Mono	Jerry Mason	Barbara Sheldon	R.N. Bradbury	With George Hayes, Yakima Canutt, Earl Dwire.	[62][63]
51	West of the Divide	Mono	Ted Hayden	Virginia Browne Faire	R.N. Bradbury	With George Hayes, Yakima Canutt, Lafe McKee, Earl Dwire.	[64][65]
52	Blue Steel	Mono	John Carruthers	Eleanor Hunt	R.N. Bradbury	With George Hayes, Yakima Canutt, Lafe McKee, Earl Dwire. Filmed on location in Lone Pine, California.	[66][67]
53	The Man from Utah	Mono	John Westen	Polly Ann Young[lower-alpha 4]	R.N. Bradbury	With George Hayes, Yakima Canutt, Lafe McKee.	[68][69]
54	Randy Rides Alone	Mono	Randy Bowers	Alberta Vaughn	Harry L. Fraser	With George Hayes, Yakima Canutt, Earl Dwire. Another "singing cowboy" role for Wayne.	[70][71]
55	The Star Packer	Mono	John Travers	Verna Hillie	R.N. Bradbury	With George Hayes, Yakima Canutt, Earl Dwire.	[72][73]
56	The Trail Beyond	Mono	Rod Drew	Verna Hillie	R.N. Bradbury	With Noah Beery, Sr., Noah Beery, Jr., Earl Dwire. Based on the novel The Wolf Hunters by James Oliver Curwood. Also filmed under the novel's title in 1926 and 1949.	[74][75]
57	The Lawless Frontier	Mono	John Tobin	Sheila Terry	R.N. Bradbury	With George Hayes, Yakima Canutt, Earl Dwire.	[76][77]
58	'Neath the Arizona Skies	Mono	Chris Morrell	Sheila Terry	Harry Fraser	With Shirley Jean Rickert, George Hayes, Yakima Canutt, Earl Dwire.	[78][79]

1935

No.	Title	Studio	Role	Leading lady	Director	Notes	Refs.
59	Texas Terror	Mono	John Higgins	Lucile Browne	R.N. Bradbury	With George Hayes.	[80][81]
60	Rainbow Valley	Mono	John Martin	Lucile Browne	R.N. Bradbury	With George Hayes.	[82][83]
61	The Desert Trail	Mono	John Scott	Mary Kornman	Cullen Lewis	With Paul Fix.	[84][85]
62	The Dawn Rider	Mono	John Mason	Marion Burns	R.N. Bradbury	With Yakima Canutt.	[86][87]
63	Paradise Canyon	Mono	John Wyatt	Marion Burns	Carl Pierson	With Earle Hodgins and Yakima Canutt. Wayne's last "Lone Star" Western for Monogram.	[88][89]
64	Westward Ho	Rep	John Wyatt	Sheila Mannors[lower-alpha 5]	R.N. Bradbury	With Yakima Canutt. Shot on location in Lone Pine. Wayne's first film for Republic Pictures.	[90][91]
65	The New Frontier	Rep	John Dawson	Muriel Evans	Carl Pierson	Not to be confused with the 1939 film Wayne made entitled New Frontier (no "the").	[92]
66	Lawless Range	Rep	John Middleton	Sheila Mannors	R.N. Bradbury	With Yakima Canutt.	[93][94]

1936

No.	Title	Studio	Role	Leading lady	Director	Notes	Refs.
67	The Oregon Trail	Rep	Capt. John Delmont	Ann Rutherford	Scott Pembroke	With Yakima Canutt. Shot on location in Lone Pine. A lost film. 40 stills were discovered in 2013.	[95][96][97]
68	The Lawless Nineties	Rep	John Tipton	Ann Rutherford	Joseph Kane		[98][77]
69	King of the Pecos	Rep	John Clayborn	Muriel Evans	Joseph Kane	With Yakima Canutt. Shot on location in Lone Pine.	[99][100]
70	The Lonely Trail	Rep	Captain John Ashley	Ann Rutherford	Joseph Kane	With Yakima Canutt. A post-American Civil War yarn about carpetbaggers.	[101][102]
71	Winds of the Wasteland	Rep	John Blair	Phyllis Fraser	Mack V. Wright	Hulu sometimes presents a colorized version entitled Stagecoach Run.	[103][104]
72	Sea Spoilers	Uni	Bob Randall	Nan Grey	Frank Strayer	The first of six non-Westerns that Wayne did for Universal.	[105]
73	Conflict	Uni	Pat Glendon	Jean Rogers	David Howard	Based on the novel The Abysmal Brute by Jack London.	[106]

1937

No.	Title	Studio	Role	Leading lady	Director	Notes	Refs.
74	California Straight Ahead!	Uni	Biff Smith	Louise Latimer	Arthur Lubin	Wayne as a school bus driver who becomes a trucking industry leader.	[107]
75	I Cover the War	Uni	Bob Adams	Gwen Gaze	Arthur Lubin	Shot on location in Lone Pine.	[108]
76	Idol of the Crowds	Uni	Johnny Hanson	Sheila Bromley	Arthur Lubin	Sports drama with Wayne as a professional ice hockey player.	[109]
77	Adventure's End	Uni	Duke Slade	Diana Gibson	Arthur Lubin	The last of Wayne's non-Western "B" pictures for Universal.	[110]
78	Born to the West (original title) Hell Town (reissue title)	Par	Dare Rudd	Marsha Hunt	Charles Barton	With Johnny Mack Brown. Based on the novel of the same name by Zane Grey. Previously filmed in 1926 with Jack Holt in the Wayne role.	[111][112]

1938

No.	Title	Studio	Role	Leading lady	Director	Notes	Refs.
79	Pals of the Saddle	Rep	Stoney Brooke	Doreen McKay	George Sherman	With Ray Corrigan (Tucson Smith) and Max Terhune (Lullaby Joslin). The first of eight films Wayne did in Republic's "Three Mesquiteers" series.	[113][114]
80	Overland Stage Raiders	Rep	Stoney Brooke	Louise Brooks	George Sherman	With Ray Corrigan (Tucson Smith) and Max Terhune (Lullaby Joslin). Brooks' final film appearance.	[115]
81	Santa Fe Stampede	Rep	Stoney Brooke	June Martel	George Sherman	With Ray Corrigan (Tucson Smith) and Max Terhune (Lullaby Joslin).	[116]
82	Red River Range	Rep	Stoney Brooke	Lorna Gray[lower-alpha 6]	George Sherman	With Ray Corrigan (Tucson Smith) and Max Terhune (Lullaby Joslin).	[117]

1939

No.	Title	Studio	Role	Leading lady	Director	Notes	Refs.
83	Stagecoach	UA[lower-alpha 7]	Henry ("The Ringo Kid")	Claire Trevor	John Ford	With John Carradine, Andy Devine, George Bancroft, Louise Platt, Tim Holt, Tom Tyler. Filmed on location in Monument Valley. This is the film that boosted Wayne into major stardom.	[118][119]
84	The Night Riders	Rep	Stoney Brooke	Doreen McKay	George Sherman	With Ray Corrigan (Tucson Smith) and Max Terhune (Lullaby Joslin), Tom Tyler.[lower-alpha 8] The story of this film was loosely based on the incidents in the life of James Reavis.[lower-alpha 9]	[120]
85	Three Texas Steers (US title) Danger Rides the Range (UK title)	Rep	Stoney Brooke	Carole Landis	George Sherman	With Ray Corrigan (Tucson Smith) and Max Terhune (Lullaby Joslin).	[121][122]
86	Wyoming Outlaw	Rep	Stoney Brooke	Adele Pearce	George Sherman	With Ray Corrigan (Tucson Smith) and Raymond Hatton (Rusty Joslin).	[123]
87	New Frontier (original title) Frontier Horizon (TV title)[lower-alpha 10]	Rep	Stoney Brooke	Phyllis Isley	George Sherman	With Ray Corrigan (Tucson Smith) and Raymond Hatton (Rusty Joslin). Film debut of Phyllis Isley, later known as Jennifer Jones.[lower-alpha 11] Wayne's last film in the "Three Mesquiteers" series and his last B-Western.	[124]
88	Allegheny Uprising (US title) The First Rebel (UK title)	RKO	Jim Smith	Claire Trevor	William A. Seiter	Wayne has second billing under Trevor.	[125][126]

1940

No.	Title	Studio	Role	Leading lady	Director	Notes	Refs.
89	Dark Command	Rep	Bob Seton	Claire Trevor	Raoul Walsh	With Claire Trevor, Walter Pidgeon, Roy Rogers, and George Hayes. A fictionalized account of the infamous William Quantrill.	[127][128]
90	Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 8: Cowboy Jubilee	Rep	Himself		Ralph Staub	A one-reel short also featuring Gene Autry and Roy Rogers.
91	Three Faces West	Rep	John Phillips	Sigrid Gurie	Bernard Vorhaus	With Charles Coburn.	[129]
92	The Long Voyage Home	UA	Ole Olson	Mildred Natwick	John Ford	With Thomas Mitchell, Barry Fitzgerald, Ward Bond. Based on four one-act plays by Eugene O'Neill.[lower-alpha 12]	[130]
93	Seven Sinners (original title) Cafe of the Seven Sinners (UK re-issue title)	Uni	Lt. Dan Brent	Marlene Dietrich[lower-alpha 13]	Tay Garnett	Wayne's first of three teamings with Dietrich.	[131]

Filmographies sometimes list him as doubling for Gene Autry for the trolley car crash stunt in Melody Ranch (1940).^[132] This seems highly unlikely considering that Wayne had become a major star at this point in his career.

1941

No.	Title	Studio	Role	Leading lady	Director	Notes	Refs.
94	A Man Betrayed (US title) Citadel of Crime (UK title) Wheel of Fortune (TV title)	Rep	Lynn Hollister	Frances Dee	John H. Auer	With Ward Bond	[133]
95	Lady from Louisiana	Rep	John Reynolds	Ona Munson	Bernard Vorhaus	With Ray Middleton, Henry Stephenson.	[134]
96	The Shepherd of the Hills	Par	Matt Matthews	Betty Field	Henry Hathaway	With Harry Carey. Wayne's first film in color (Technicolor).	[135][136]
97	Meet the Stars: Past and Present	Rep	Himself		Harriet Parsons	A promotional short.

1942

No.	Title	Studio	Role	Leading lady	Director	Notes	Refs.
98	Lady for a Night	Rep	Jack Morgan	Joan Blondell	Leigh Jason	Wayne is billed second.	[137]
99	Reap the Wild Wind	Par	Capt. Jack Stuart	Paulette Goddard	Cecil B. DeMille	With Ray Milland, Raymond Massey, Robert Preston, Susan Hayward. Filmed in Technicolor. Wayne is billed second in this seafaring epic.[lower-alpha 14] His only film with DeMille.	[138]
100	The Spoilers	Uni	Roy Glennister	Marlene Dietrich Margaret Lindsay	Ray Enright	With Randolph Scott, Harry Carey, Richard Barthelmess. Sprawling version of the Rex Beach novel, climaxing with an epic saloon fight between Wayne and Scott (in a rare villainous role). Wayne is billed third.	[139][140][lower-alpha 15]
101	In Old California	Rep	Tom Craig	Binnie Barnes	William McGann	Wayne plays a pharmacist in this film, which was the occupation of his real-life father.	[141][142]
102	Flying Tigers	Rep	Jim Gordon	Anna Lee	David Miller	Wayne's first war movie.	[143]
103	Reunion in France (US title) Mademoiselle France (UK title)	MGM	Pat Talbot	Joan Crawford	Jules Dassin	With Philip Dorn.	[144]
104	Pittsburgh	Uni	Charles "Pittsburgh" Markham	Marlene Dietrich Louise Albritton	Lewis Seiler	With Randolph Scott, Shemp Howard. An unrelated follow-up to the The Spoilers with the same three leads. Wayne is billed third.	[145]

1943

No.	Title	Studio	Role	Leading lady	Director	Notes	Refs.
105	A Lady Takes a Chance	RKO	Duke Hudkins	Jean Arthur	William A. Seiter	Wayne billed second. Produced by Frank Ross, Jean Arthur's husband).	[146][147]
106	In Old Oklahoma War of the Wildcats (re-issue title)	Rep	Dan Somers	Martha Scott	Al Rogell	With Albert Dekker, George Hayes, Dale Evans.	[148][149]

1944

No.	Title	Studio	Role	Leading lady	Director	Notes	Refs.
107	The Fighting Seabees	Rep	Wedge Donovan	Susan Hayward	Edward Ludwig	Another war movie, this one dealing with the U.S. Navy's famed construction battalion.	[150]
108	Tall in the Saddle	RKO	Rocklin	Ella Raines	Edwin L. Marin	With Ward Bond, George Hayes	[151][152]
109	Flame of Barbary Coast	Rep	Duke Fergus	Ann Dvorak	Joseph Kane	With Joseph Schildkraut, William Frawley.	[153][154]

1945

No.	Title	Studio	Role	Leading lady	Director	Notes	Refs.
110	Back to Bataan	RKO	Col. Joseph Madden		Edward Dmytryk	With Anthony Quinn, Beulah Bondi.	[155]
111	They Were Expendable	MGM	Lt. Rusty Ryan	Donna Reed	John Ford	With Robert Montgomery, Jack Holt, Ward Bond. Wayne gets second billing to Montgomery in this film about naval PT boats.	[156]
112	Dakota	Rep	John Devlin	Vera Hruba Ralston	Joseph Kane	With Walter Brennan, Ward Bond.	[157][158]

1946

No.	Title	Studio	Role	Leading lady	Director	Notes	Refs.
113	Without Reservations	RKO	Rusty Thomas	Claudette Colbert	Mervyn LeRoy	With Don DeFore. Wayne has second billing under Colbert. From this point on Wayne would always have top billing (except for appearances in "all-star" films or guest appearances).	[159]

1947

No.	Title	Studio	Role	Leading lady	Director	Notes	Refs.
114	Angel and the Badman	Rep	Quirt Evans	Gail Russell	James Edward Grant	With Bruce Cabot, Harry Carey. Wayne's first film as producer as well as star.	[160][161]
115	Tycoon	RKO	Johnny Munroe	Laraine Day	Richard Wallace	With Sir Cedric Hardwicke, Anthony Quinn, Judith Anderson, James Gleason. Location shooting at Lone Pine. Filmed in Technicolor.	[162]

1948

No.	Title	Studio	Role	Leading lady	Director	Notes	Refs.
116	Red River	Mop UA	Thomas Dunson	Joanne Dru Coleen Gray	Howard Hawks	With Montgomery Clift,[lower-alpha 16] Walter Brennan, John Ireland, Harry Carey, Harry Carey, Jr., Noah Beery, Jr., Hank Worden. Generally regarded as one of Wayne's finest films and finest performances. His first film with director Hawks.	[163][164]
117	Fort Apache	Arg RKO	Capt. Kirby York	Shirley Temple	John Ford	With Henry Fonda, John Agar, Victor McLaglen, Ward Bond, George O'Brien. The first of Ford's "cavalry trilogy." Filmed on location in Monument Valley.	[165][166]
118	3 Godfathers	Arg MGM	Robert Marmaduke Hightower	Mildred Natwick	John Ford	Filmed in Technicolor on location in Death Valley, California.	[167][168][lower-alpha 17]
119	Wake of the Red Witch	Rep	Capt. Ralls	Gail Russell	Edward Ludwig	With Gig Young, Adele Mara, Luther Adler.	[169]

1949

No.	Title	Studio	Role	Leading lady	Director	Notes	Refs.
120	The Fighting Kentuckian	Rep	John Breen	Vera Hruba Ralston	George Waggner	With Philip Dorn, Oliver Hardy,[lower-alpha 18] Marie Windsor. Wayne produced this film.	[170][171]
121	She Wore a Yellow Ribbon	Arg RKO	Capt. Nathan Brittles	Joanne Dru	John Ford	With John Agar, Victor McLaglen, Harry Carey, Jr., Mildred Natwick, George O'Brien. The second film in Ford's "cavalry trilogy." Filmed in Technicolor on location in Monument Valley.	[172][173]
122	Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Rodeo	Col	Himself		Ralph Staub	A documentary short.
123	Sands of Iwo Jima	Rep	Sgt. John M. Stryker	Adele Mara Julie Bishop	Allan Dwan	With John Agar, Forrest Tucker. Wayne received his first Academy Award nomination for this film.	[174]

After filming Sands of Iwo Jima Wayne made Jet Pilot. However, it was not released theatrically until 1957. Therefore, it appears under that year of release.

1950

No.	Title	Studio	Role	Leading lady	Director	Notes	Refs.
124	Rio Grande[lower-alpha 19]	Arg Rep	Lt. Col. Kirby Yorke[lower-alpha 20]	Maureen O'Hara	John Ford	With Ben Johnson, Claude Jarman, Jr., Harry Carey, Jr., and Victor McLaglen. The last of Ford's "cavalry trilogy" and Wayne's first of five teamings with O'Hara. Filmed on location in Monument Valley.	[175][176]

1951

No.	Title	Studio	Role	Leading lady	Director	Notes	Refs.
125	Screen Snapshots: Reno's Silver Spur Awards	Col	Himself		Ralph Staub	A documentary short.
126	Operation Pacific	WB	"Duke" Gifford	Patricia Neal	George Waggner	With Ward Bond.	[177]
127	The Screen Director	WB	Himself			A promotional short featuring a scene on the set of Operation Pacific with John Ford directing Wayne. (Actually, George Waggner was the director of that film, so this scene was obviously staged.)
128	Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Awards	Col	Himself		Ralph Staub	A documentary short.
129	Flying Leathernecks	RKO	Major Dan Kirby		Nicholas Ray	With Robert Ryan. Produced by Howard Hughes.	[178]

1952

No.	Title	Studio	Role	Leading lady	Director	Notes	Refs.
130	Miracle in Motion	Rep	Narrator			Wayne narrates this fund-raiser for the benefit of the United Cerebral Palsy Foundation.
131	The Quiet Man	Arg Rep	Sean Thornton	Maureen O'Hara	John Ford	Filmed in Technicolor on location in Ireland. One of Wayne's most beloved films. His children Michael, Patrick, Melinda, and Antonia have small roles in the film.	[179]
132	Big Jim McLain	W-F WB	Big Jim McLain	Nancy Olsen	Edward Ludwig	With James Arness, Alan Napier. An anti-communist action film. Produced by Wayne.	[180]

1953

No.	Title	Studio	Role	Leading lady	Director	Notes	Refs.
133	Trouble Along the Way	WB	Steve Aloysius Williams	Donna Reed	Michael Curtiz	With Charles Coburn, Sherry Jackson.	[181]
134	Island in the Sky	W-F WB	Capt. Dooley		William A. Wellman	With Lloyd Nolan, Walter Abel, James Arness. Wayne also produced.	[182]
135	Hondo	W-F WB	Hondo Lane	Geraldine Page	John Farrow	With Ward Bond, Michael Pate, James Arness. Based on a story by Louis L'Amour. Filmed in 3D and WarnerColor. Wayne also produced.	[183][184]

1954

No.	Title	Studio	Role	Leading lady	Director	Notes	Refs.
136	The High and the Mighty	WB W-F Batjac Par	Dan Roman	Claire Trevor Laraine Day Jan Sterling	William A. Wellman	With Robert Stack, Phil Harris, Robert Newton, Paul Kelly. Wayne also produced this aviation drama. A big hit in its day, filmed in CinemaScope and WarnerColor. This was Wayne's first wide-screen film since The Big Trail (1930).	[185]

1955

No.	Title	Studio	Role	Leading lady	Director	Notes	Refs.
137	The Sea Chase	WB	Capt. Karl Ehrlich	Lana Turner	John Farrow	With David Farrar, Tab Hunter, James Arness. Filmed in CinemaScope and WarnerColor on location in Hawaii. Wayne took an unusual role as a World War II German naval officer.	[186]
138	Screen Snapshots: The Great Al Jolson	Col	Himself		Ralph Staub	A documentary short salute Jolson. Wayne is one of the celebrities shown in the film.
139	Blood Alley	WB	Captain Tom Wilder	Lauren Bacall	William A. Wellman	Filmed in CinemaScope and WarnerColor. Wayne produced this film and replaced Robert Mitchum after firing him.	[187]

1956

No.	Title	Studio	Role	Leading lady	Director	Notes	Refs.
140	The Conqueror	RKO	Temüjin (Genghis Khan)	Susan Hayward	Dick Powell	With Pedro Armendáriz, Agnes Moorehead. Filmed in CinemaScope and Technicolor. Produced by Howard Hughes. Generally regarded as one of the worst movies ever made.	[188]
141	The Searchers	CVW WB	Ethan Edwards	Vera Miles Natalie Wood Dorothy Jordan	John Ford	With Jeffrey Hunter, Ward Bond, Henry Brandon, Olive Carey, John Qualen, Hank Worden, Patrick Wayne, Harry Carey, Jr. . Filmed in VistaVision and Technicolor. Generally regarded as one of the greatest movies ever made.	[189][190]

1957

No.	Title	Studio	Role	Leading lady	Director	Notes	Refs.
142	The Wings of Eagles	MGM	Frank "Spig" Wead	Maureen O'Hara	John Ford	With Dan Dailey, Ward Bond,[lower-alpha 21] Ken Curtis, Edmund Lowe. Filmed in Metrocolor.	[191]
143	Jet Pilot	RKO Uni	Colonel Jim Shannon	Janet Leigh	Josef von Sternberg	Filmed in Technicolor and released in RKO-Scope. Shot in 1949–50 but not released until 1957. Produced by Howard Hughes. Generally regarded as one of Wayne's worst films.	[192]
144	Legend of the Lost	Batjac UA	Joe January	Sophia Loren	Henry Hathaway	With Rossano Brazzi. Filmed in Technirama and Technicolor on location in the Libyan desert.	[193]

1958

No.	Title	Studio	Role	Leading lady	Director	Notes	Refs.
145	I Married a Woman	RKO Uni	Himself	Angie Dickinson	Hal Kanter	Wayne has an unbilled cameo in this minor comedy starring George Gobel and Diana Dors. Filmed in RKO-Scope and black and white except for one of Wayne's two scenes, which was shot in Technicolor.	[194]
146	The Barbarian and the Geisha	20th	Townsend Harris	Eiko Ando	John Huston	With Sam Jaffe. Inspired by a true story. Filmed in CinemaScope and Eastmancolor.	[195]

1959

No.	Title	Studio	Role	Leading lady	Director	Notes	Refs.
147	Rio Bravo	Arm WB	John T. Chance	Angie Dickinson	Howard Hawks	With Dean Martin, Ricky Nelson, Walter Brennan, Ward Bond, John Russell, Claude Akins. Generally regarded as one of Wayne's best, provided the template and format for many of his later films.	[196][197]
148	The Horse Soldiers	UA	Col. John Marlowe	Constance Towers	John Ford	With William Holden, Hoot Gibson. Filmed in Deluxe color.	[198][199]

1960

No.	Title	Studio	Role	Leading lady	Director	Notes	Refs.
149	The Alamo	Batjac UA	Col. David Crockett	Linda Cristal	John Wayne	With Richard Widmark, Laurence Harvey, Richard Boone, Chill Wills, Frankie Avalon, Patrick Wayne. Wayne fulfilled a longtime dream by producing, directing, and starring in this epic telling of the battle for Texas independence. Filmed in Todd-AO and Technicolor.	[200][201]
150	North to Alaska	20th	Sam McCord	Capucine	Henry Hathaway	With Stewart Granger, Ernie Kovacs, Fabian. Filmed in CinemaScope and Deluxe color.	[202][203]

1961

No.	Title	Studio	Role	Leading lady	Director	Notes	Refs.
151	The Challenge of Ideas		Himself			An anti-communist propaganda short. With Jack Webb, Helen Hayes, Chet Huntley.	[lower-alpha 22]
152	The Comancheros	20th	Jake Cutter	Ina Balin	Michael Curtiz	With Stuart Whitman, Lee Marvin, Bruce Cabot, Patrick Wayne. Filmed in CinemaScope and Deluxe color. The last film directed by Curtiz.[lower-alpha 23]	[204][205]

1962

No.	Title	Studio	Role	Leading lady	Director	Notes	Refs.
153	The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance	Par	Tom Doniphon	Vera Miles	John Ford	With James Stewart,[lower-alpha 24] Lee Marvin, Woody Strode, Andy Devine.	[206][207]
154	Hatari!	Par	Sean Mercer	Elsa Martinelli	Howard Hawks	With Red Buttons, Hardy Kruger, Bruce Cabot. Filmed in Technicolor on location in Tanganyika.	[208]
155	The Longest Day	20th	Lt.Col. Benjamin Vandervoort		Ken Annakin Andrew Marton Bernard Wicki Darryl F. Zanuck Gerd Oswald	Wayne was part of an all-star cast in this epic retelling of the D-Day invasion of June 6, 1944. Filmed in black and white and CinemaScope.	[209]
156	How the West Was Won	MGM	Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman		John Ford Henry Hathaway George Marshall	An all-star epic. Wayne appeared in the American Civil War sequence directed by Ford.[lower-alpha 25] Also appearing in this sequence were George Peppard, Russ Tamblyn, and Harry Morgan (as Ulysses S. Grant). Filmed in Technicolor and Cinerama.	[210][211][lower-alpha 26]

1963

No.	Title	Studio	Role	Leading lady	Director	Notes	Refs.
157	Donovan's Reef	Par	Michael Patrick Donovan	Elizabeth Allen	John Ford	With Lee Marvin, Jack Warden, Cesar Romero. Filmed in Technicolor on location in Kauai, Hawaii. Wayne's last film with director John Ford.[lower-alpha 27]	[212]
158	McLintock!	Batjac UA	George Washington McLintock	Maureen O'Hara	Andrew V. McLaglen	With Patrick Wayne, Stefanie Powers, Bruce Cabot, Yvonne de Carlo. A big favorite with Wayne fans. His first film with director McLaglen. Filmed in Panavision and Technicolor.	[213][214]

1964

No.	Title	Studio	Role	Leading lady	Director	Notes	Refs.
159	Circus World (US title) The Magnificent Showman (UK title)	SB UA	Matt Masters	Claudia Cardinale Rita Hayworth	Henry Hathaway	With Lloyd Nolan, Richard Conte, John Smith. Filmed in 70 mm Super Technirama and Technicolor. Originally presented in Cinerama.	[215]

1965

No.	Title	Studio	Role	Leading lady	Director	Notes	Refs.
160	The Greatest Story Ever Told	UA	The Centurion (Longinus)		George Stevens	Director Stevens' large-scale telling of the life of Jesus Christ (played by Max von Sydow) with an all-star supporting cast. Wayne has a cameo as the Roman centurion who leads Christ to his crucifixion.	[216]
161	In Harm's Way	Sig Par	Capt. Rockwell Torrey	Patricia Neal	Otto Preminger	With Kirk Douglas, Tom Tryon, Paula Prentiss, Burgess Meredith, Brandon deWilde, Henry Fonda. Filmed in Panavision. Wayne's last film in black and white.	[217]
162	The Sons of Katie Elder	Par	John Elder	Martha Hyer	Henry Hathaway	With Dean Martin, Earl Holliman. Filmed in Panavision and Technicolor on location near Durango, Mexico.	[218][219]

1966

No.	Title	Studio	Role	Leading lady	Director	Notes	Refs.
163	Cast a Giant Shadow	Batjac UA	Gen. Mike Randolph		Melville Shavelson	With Kirk Douglas, Senta Berger. Wayne, Yul Brynner, and Frank Sinatra did guest star appearances in the biopic of Col. David "Mickey" Marcus (Douglas). Filmed in Technicolor.	[220]
164	El Dorado	Par	Cole Thornton	Charlene Holt Michele Carey	Howard Hawks	With Robert Mitchum, James Caan, Arthur Hunnicutt, Edward Asner. Filmed in Technicolor on location in Arizona. Filmed before, but released after, The War Wagon.	[221][222]

1967

No.	Title	Studio	Role	Leading lady	Director	Notes	Refs.
165	A Nation Builds Under Fire		Himself		Harry Middleton	A documentary short dealing with Vietnam.	[lower-alpha 28]
166	The War Wagon	Batjac Uni	Taw Jackson		Burt Kennedy	With Kirk Douglas, Howard Keel, Robert Walker, Jr.,[lower-alpha 29] Bruce Cabot. Filmed in Panavision and Technicolor on location in Durango.	[223][224]

1968

No.	Title	Studio	Role	Leading lady	Director	Notes	Refs.
167	The Green Berets	Batjac WB	Col. Mike Kirby		John Wayne Ray Kellogg	With David Janssen, Jim Hutton, Aldo Ray, Bruce Cabot, George Takei. Wayne's controversial take on the Vietnam War. Filmed in Panavision and Technicolor on location at Fort Benning, Georgia. Co-directed by an uncredited Mervyn LeRoy, but credit given instead to Ray Kellogg.	[225][lower-alpha 30]
168	Hellfighters	Uni	Chance Buckman	Katharine Ross Vera Miles	Andrew V. McLaglen	With Jim Hutton, Bruce Cabot, Jay C. Flippen. Wayne's character was based on real-life "hellfighter" Red Adair. Filmed in Panavision and Technicolor.	[226]

1969

No.	Title	Studio	Role	Leading lady	Director	Notes	Refs.
169	True Grit	Par	U.S. Marshal Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn	Kim Darby	Henry Hathaway	With Glen Campbell, Jeremy Slate, Robert Duvall, Strother Martin, Jeff Corey. Wayne's Academy Award winning performance and his last film with Hathaway. Filmed in Technicolor.	[227][228]
170	The Undefeated	20th	Col. John Henry Thomas		Andrew V. McLaglen	With Rock Hudson, Roman Gabriel, Lee Meriwether. Filmed in Panavision and Deluxe color.	[229][230]

1970

No.	Title	Studio	Role	Leading lady	Director	Notes	Refs.
171	No Substitute for Victory	AK	Narrator		Robert F. Slatzer	A short in support of America's involvement in the Vietnam War. With General Mark Clark, Martha Raye, Sam Yorty, General William Westmoreland, and Lowell Thomas.
172	Chisum	Batjac WB	John Chisum	Pamela McMyler	Andrew V. McLaglen	With Forrest Tucker, Christopher George, Bruce Cabot, Patric Knowles, Geoffrey Deuel (as Billy the Kid), Glenn Corbett (as Pat Garrett). Filmed in Panavision and Technicolor.	[231][232]
173	Rio Lobo	Par	Cord McNally	Jennifer O'Neill	Howard Hawks	With Jorge Rivero, Jack Elam, Chris Mitchum, Sherry Lansing, George Plimpton.[lower-alpha 31] Wayne's last film with Hawks. Filmed in Technicolor.	[233][234]

1971

No.	Title	Studio	Role	Leading lady	Director	Notes	Refs.
174	Big Jake	Batjac Par	Jacob McCandles	Maureen O'Hara	George Sherman	With Richard Boone, Patrick Wayne, Chris Mitchum, Bruce Cabot. Filmed in Panavision and Technicolor.	[235][236]
175	Directed by John Ford	AFI	Himself		Peter Bogdanovich	A documentary, narrated by Orson Welles.

1972

No.	Title	Studio	Role	Leading lady	Director	Notes	Refs.
176	The Cowboys	WB	Wil Andersen	Sarah Cunningham	Mark Rydell	With Roscoe Lee Browne, Bruce Dern, Colleen Dewhurst. Filmed in Panavision 70 and Technicolor. Later a TV series.	[237][238]
177	Cancel My Reservation	WB	Himself		Paul Bogart	Wayne, Bing Crosby, Johnny Carson, and Flip Wilson made brief, unbilled cameo appearances in this Bob Hope comedy. Filmed in Technicolor.

1973

No.	Title	Studio	Role	Leading lady	Director	Notes	Refs.
178	The Train Robbers	Batjac WB	Lane	Ann-Margret	Burt Kennedy	With Rod Taylor, Ben Johnson, Christopher George, Ricardo Montalbán. Filmed in Panavision and Technicolor.	[239][240]
179	Cahill, United States Marshal (US title) Cahill (UK title)	Batjac WB	J.D. Cahill	Marie Windsor	Andrew V. McLaglen	With George Kennedy, Gary Grimes, Neville Brand, Clay O'Brien. Filmed in Panavision and Technicolor.	[241][242]

1974

No.	Title	Studio	Role	Leading lady	Director	Notes	Refs.
180	McQ	Batjac L-G WB	Det. Lt. Lon McQ	Diana Muldaur Colleen Dewhurst Julie Adams	John Sturges	With Eddie Albert, Clu Gulager. Filmed in Panavision and Technicolor. The first of Wayne's two cop films made in the wake of Clint Eastwood's success with Dirty Harry (1971).	[243]

1975

No.	Title	Studio	Role	Leading lady	Director	Notes	Refs.
181	Brannigan	UA	Brannigan	Judy Geeson	Douglas Hickox	With Richard Attenborough, Mel Ferrer. Filmed in Panavision and Deluxe colour on location in London.	[244]
182	Rooster Cogburn	Uni	Marshal Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn	Katharine Hepburn	Stuart Millar	With Anthony Zerbe, Richard Jordan, John McIntire, Strother Martin. Filmed in Panavision and Technicolor on location in Oregon.	[245][246][lower-alpha 32]

1976

No.	Title	Studio	Role	Leading lady	Director	Notes	Refs.
183	Chesty: Tribute to a Legend		Himself		John Ford	A tribute documentary on the most decorated U.S. Marine, Gen. Lewis B. "Chesty" Puller. Completed in 1970, but not released until 1976, three years after Ford's death.
184	The Shootist	DDL PA	John Bernard Books	Lauren Bacall Sheree North	Don Siegel	With Ron Howard, James Stewart, John Carradine, Hugh O'Brian, Harry Morgan, Richard Boone. Filmed in Technicolor.	[247][248]

Posthumous

In 1993, Wayne appeared posthumously as George Abitbol, the central character in the French TV film La Classe américaine. The film, the story of which revolves around an investigation of Abitbol's death, consists entirely in cut-and-pasted extracts from other films, dubbed with new lines in French and transformed into a new story. Raymond Loyer, who had dubbed Wayne into French in his previous films, returned to do so one last time.

No.	Title	Studio	Role	Director	Notes	Refs.
185	La Classe américaine	Canal+ Group	George Abitbol, "the classiest man in the world"	Michel Hazanavicius and Dominique Mézerette	The film is an irreverent comedy, which pokes gentle fun at the genre of Wayne's previous films, and at Warner Bros. films in general.

As producer only

John Wayne produced, but did not star in, several feature films.

Title	Studio	Year	Director	Notes	Refs.
The Bullfighter and the Lady	Rep	1951	Budd Boetticher	Robert Stack, Joy Page, Gilbert Roland
Plunder of the Sun	WB	1953	John Farrow	Glenn Ford, Patricia Medina
Ring of Fear	WB	1954	James Edward Grant	Clyde Beatty, Pat O'Brien, Mickey Spillane
Track of the Cat	Batjac WB	1956	William A. Wellman	Robert Mitchum, Teresa Wright, Tab Hunter	[249]
Goodbye, My Lady	Batjac WB	1956	William A. Wellman	Walter Brennan, Phil Harris, Brandon deWilde, Sidney Poitier
Seven Men From Now	Batjac WB	1956	Budd Boetticher	Randolph Scott, Gail Russell, Lee Marvin	[250]
Gun the Man Down	Batjac UA	1956	Andrew V. McLaglen	James Arness, Angie Dickinson, Harry Carey, Jr.	[251]
Man in the Vault	Batjac Uni	1956	Andrew V. McLaglen	William Campbell, Karen Sharpe
China Doll	Rom Batjac UA	1958	Frank Borzage	Victor Mature, Li Li Hua, Ward Bond
Escort West	Rom Batjac UA	1959	Francis D. Lyon	Victor Mature, Elaine Stewart, Faith Domergue	[252]
Hondo and the Apaches	Batjac Fen MGM	1967	Leo H. Katzin	Ralph Taeger, Kathie Browne, Michael Rennie. A remake of Wayne's 1953 Hondo and a pilot for a TV series.

Box office popularity

Results from Quigley's Motion Picture Herald annual poll of film exhibitors would determine the year's "Top Ten Stars". With one exception (1958), John Wayne appeared on the list every time between 1949 and 1973, indicating that he was one of cinema's most durable stars.^[253]

Place	1949	1950	1951	1952	1953
1	Bob Hope	John Wayne	John Wayne	Martin & Lewis	Gary Cooper
2	Bing Crosby	Bob Hope	Martin & Lewis	Gary Cooper	Martin & Lewis
3	Abbott & Costello	Bing Crosby	Betty Grable	John Wayne	John Wayne
4	John Wayne	Betty Grable	Abbott & Costello	Bing Crosby	Alan Ladd
5	Gary Cooper	James Stewart	Bing Crosby	Bob Hope	Gary Cooper
6	Cary Grant	Abbott & Costello	Bob Hope	James Stewart	Marlon Brando
7	Betty Grable	Clifton Webb	Randolph Scott	Doris Day	Martin & Lewis
8	Esther Williams	Esther Williams	Gary Cooper	Gregory Peck	Humphrey Bogart
9	Humphrey Bogart	Spencer Tracy	Doris Day	Susan Hayward	June Allyson
10	Clark Gable	Randolph Scott	Spencer Tracy	Randolph Scott	Clark Gable

Place	1954	1955	1956	1957	1958
1	John Wayne	James Stewart	William Holden	Rock Hudson	Glenn Ford
2	Martin & Lewis	Grace Kelly	John Wayne	John Wayne	Elizabeth Taylor
3	Gary Cooper	John Wayne	James Stewart	Pat Boone	Jerry Lewis
4	James Stewart	William Holden	Burt Lancaster	Elvis Presley	Marlon Brando
5	Glenn Ford	Bing Crosby	Marilyn Monroe	Frank Sinatra	Rock Hudson
6	Martin & Lewis	Marilyn Monroe	Alan Ladd	Gary Cooper	William Holden
7	Gary Cooper	James Stewart	William Holden	William Holden	Brigitte Bardot
8	Marilyn Monroe	Bob Hope	Bing Crosby	James Stewart	Yul Brynner
9	Kim Novak	Susan Hayward	Jane Wyman	Jerry Lewis	James Stewart
10	Frank Sinatra	Randolph Scott	Marlon Brando	Yul Brynner	Frank Sinatra

Place	1959	1960	1961	1962	1963
1	Rock Hudson	Doris Day	Elizabeth Taylor	Doris Day	Doris Day
2	Cary Grant	Rock Hudson	Rock Hudson	Rock Hudson	John Wayne
3	James Stewart	Cary Grant	Doris Day	Cary Grant	Rock Hudson
4	Doris Day	Elizabeth Taylor	John Wayne	John Wayne	Jack Lemmon
5	Debbie Reynolds	Debbie Reynolds	Cary Grant	Elvis Presley	Cary Grant
6	Glenn Ford	Tony Curtis	Sandra Dee	Elizabeth Taylor	Elizabeth Taylor
7	Frank Sinatra	Sandra Dee	Jerry Lewis	Jerry Lewis	Elvis Presley
8	John Wayne	Frank Sinatra	William Holden	Frank Sinatra	Sandra Dee
9	Jerry Lewis	Jack Lemmon	Tony Curtis	Sandra Dee	Paul Newman
10	Susan Hayward	John Wayne	Elvis Presley	Burt Lancaster	Jerry Lewis

Place	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968
1	Doris Day	Sean Connery	Julie Andrews	Julie Andrews	Sidney Poitier
2	Jack Lemmon	John Wayne	Sean Connery	Lee Marvin	Paul Newman
3	Rock Hudson	Doris Day	Elizabeth Taylor	Paul Newman	Julie Andrews
4	John Wayne	Julie Andrews	Jack Lemmon	Dean Martin	John Wayne
5	Cary Grant	Jack Lemmon	Richard Burton	Sean Connery	Clint Eastwood
6	Elvis Presley	Elvis Presley	Cary Grant	Elizabeth Taylor	Dean Martin
7	Shirley MacLaine	Cary Grant	John Wayne	Sidney Poitier	Dustin Hoffman
8	Ann-Margret	James Stewart	Doris Day	John Wayne	Jack Lemmon
9	Paul Newman	Elizabeth Taylor	Paul Newman	Richard Burton	Lee Marvin
10	Richard Burton	Richard Burton	Elvis Presley	Steve McQueen	Elizabeth Taylor

Place	1969	1970	1971	1972	1973
1	Paul Newman	Paul Newman	John Wayne	Clint Eastwood	Clint Eastwood
2	John Wayne	Clint Eastwood	Clint Eastwood	George C. Scott	Ryan O'Neal
3	Steve McQueen	Steve McQueen	Paul Newman	Gene Hackman	Steve McQueen
4	Dustin Hoffman	John Wayne	Steve McQueen	John Wayne	Burt Reynolds
5	Clint Eastwood	Elliott Gould	George C. Scott	Barbra Streisand	Robert Redford
6	Sidney Poitier	Dustin Hoffman	Dustin Hoffman	Marlon Brando	Barbra Streisand
7	Lee Marvin	Lee Marvin	Walter Matthau	Paul Newman	Paul Newman
8	Jack Lemmon	Jack Lemmon	Ali MacGraw	Steve McQueen	Charles Bronson
9	Katharine Hepburn	Barbra Streisand	Sean Connery	Dustin Hoffman	John Wayne
10	Barbra Streisand	Walter Matthau	Lee Marvin	Goldie Hawn	Marlon Brando

See also

• List of film director and actor collaborations

Footnotes

Notes

References

• John Wayne at the Internet Movie Database
• Boswell, John; David, Jay (1979). The John Wayne Album. New York: Ballantine Books. ISBN 978-0345280886.
• Eyles, Allan (1979). John Wayne. New York: A.S. Barnes and Co. ISBN 978-0498025907.
• Fagen, Herb (2003). The Encyclopedia of Westerns. New York: Facts On File. ISBN 978-0816044566.
• Landesman, Fred (2004). The John Wayne Filmography. Jefferson, NC: McFarland. ISBN 978-0786432523.

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