| − | '''John Wayne''' (stage name of '''Marion Michael Morrison'''; byname: "Duke"), 1907–1979,<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000078/ John Wayne], Internet Movie Database</ref> [[United States]] [[film]] [[actor]], was an icon of [[American]] heroism and the personification of idealized American values through his image of the strong, ruggedly-individualistic cowboy. His [[New York Times]] obituary called him "the greatest figure of one of America's greatest native art forms, the western.".<ref name=obit>Shephard, Richard F. (1979), "'Duke,' an American Hero," ''The New York Times,'' June 12, 1979, p. A10</ref> Vincent Canby called him "as emblematic of the United States of America as the Indian head penny, and perhaps even more enduring."<ref>Canby, Vincent (1979), "Myth as a Man Realized Our Dreams," ''The New York Times,'' June 13, 1979, p. B10</ref> | + | '''John Wayne''' (stage name of '''Marion Michael Morrison'''; byname: "Duke"), 1907–1979,<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000078/ John Wayne], Internet Movie Database</ref> [[United States]] [[film]] [[actor]], was an icon of [[American]] heroism and the personification of idealized American values through his image of the strong, ruggedly-individualistic cowboy. His [[New York Times]] obituary called him "the greatest figure of one of America's greatest native art forms, the western.".<ref name=obit>Shephard, Richard F. (1979), "'Duke,' an American Hero," ''The New York Times,'' June 12, 1979, p. A10</ref> Vincent Canby called him "as emblematic of the United States of America as the Indian head penny, and perhaps even more enduring."<ref>Canby, Vincent (1979), "Myth as a Man Realized Our Dreams," ''The New York Times,'' June 13, 1979, p. B10</ref> Wayne "established the still-standing record of Box Office success with 25 appearances in the Top 10 between 1949 and 1974."<ref name="Wayne">https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000011/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm</ref> |
| | Wayne appeared in over two hundred films, including classic westerns such as ''Stagecoach,'' ''Red River,'' and ''The Searchers;'' patriotic war movies such as ''They Were Expendable,'' ''Sands of Iwo Jima,'' and ''The Green Berets;'' and films which departed from his stereotypical image, including ''The Long Voyage Home,'' ''The Quiet Man,'' and ''True Grit.'' | | Wayne appeared in over two hundred films, including classic westerns such as ''Stagecoach,'' ''Red River,'' and ''The Searchers;'' patriotic war movies such as ''They Were Expendable,'' ''Sands of Iwo Jima,'' and ''The Green Berets;'' and films which departed from his stereotypical image, including ''The Long Voyage Home,'' ''The Quiet Man,'' and ''True Grit.'' |
| | Wayne was born May 26, 1907, in the small town of Winterset, [[Iowa]]. His father Clyde Morrison, a local pharmacist, named him Marion Robert, but had it changed when his brother Robert Emmett was born in 1911. Soon after Robert's birth the family moved to southern California where Clyde operated a ranch; when the ranch failed, they moved to Glendale. Marion delivered medicines for his father accompanied at times by his airedale dog "Duke", from which he got his famous nickname. | | Wayne was born May 26, 1907, in the small town of Winterset, [[Iowa]]. His father Clyde Morrison, a local pharmacist, named him Marion Robert, but had it changed when his brother Robert Emmett was born in 1911. Soon after Robert's birth the family moved to southern California where Clyde operated a ranch; when the ranch failed, they moved to Glendale. Marion delivered medicines for his father accompanied at times by his airedale dog "Duke", from which he got his famous nickname. |