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Definition: John Wayne |
John WayneNoun1. United States film actor who played tough heroes (1907-1979). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: John WayneSynonyms: Duke Wayne (n), Wayne (n). (additional references) |
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John Wayne (May 26, 1907 - June 11, 1979), called "Duke", was an American actor whose career spanned the evolutionary phase of American cinema, appearing in silent movies and "talkies" alike.
He was born Marion Robert Morrison, which became Marion Michael Morrison when his parents decided to name their next son Robert. He was born in Winterset, Iowa, and his family moved to Glendale, California in 1911. It was neighbours in Glendale who started calling him "Big Duke", because he never went anywhere without his Airedale dog, who was Little Duke. He preferred "Duke" to "Marion", and the name stuck for the rest of his life.
His first starring role was in the movie The Big Trail; it was the director of that movie, Raoul Walsh, who gave him the stage name "John Wayne", after Revolutionary War general "Mad Anthony" Wayne.
He appeared in many strong masculine ("macho") roles in western films and war films, but he also had a down-to-earth sense of humour which allowed him to appear in a pink bunny suit for an episode of Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In, as well as in comedy movies. According to the Internet Movie Database Wayne played the male lead in 142 of his film appearances, an as yet unsurpassed record. He had a long collaboration with director John Ford.
Despite his prolific output John Wayne won only a single Best Leading Actor Oscar, for the 1969 movie True Grit. He received a nomination for the Best Leading Actor in Sands of Iwo Jima, and as producer for Best Picture for The Alamo.
John Wayne died of gastric cancer on June 11, 1979 and was interred in the Pacific View Memorial Park cemetery in Corona del Mar, California, USA. Some trace his cancer back to his work in The Conqueror. filmed about 100 mi downwind of Nevada nuclear-weapons test sites.
There is an airport named after him, John Wayne Airport, in Orange County, California.
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Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "John Wayne."
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Screenplays | Yeah, Joker can be John Wayne. I'll be a horse! (Full Metal Jacket; writing credit: Gustav Hasford; Michael Herr) This time John Wayne does not walk off into the sunset with Grace Kelly. (Die Hard; writing credit: Jeb Stuart) You seen every John Wayne movie? (The Dead Zone; writing credit: Aleksandar Djordjevic) You know John Wayne died with over 63 pounds of impacted feces in his stomach? (Jackass; writing credit: Donald Spoto; Eric Overmyer) Let's go, charge! Not quite, John Wayne. (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer) | |
Lyrics | Where is my John Wayne (WHERE HAVE ALL THE COWBOYS GONE?; performing artist: Paula Cole) Mother---- him and John Wayne ("Fight the Power"; performing artist: Public Enemy) | |
Movie/TV Titles | John Wayne Made Me Cry: Our Western Heros (2002) Je t'aime John Wayne (2000) A&E Biography: John Wayne Gacy: A Monster in Disguise (1999) John Wayne on Film (1998) The John Wayne Anthology (1991) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Actor John Wayne (top left, dressed as a Rear Admiral) on the ship's bridge circa August 1964, during the filming of the motion picture "In Harm's Way". A Paramount Studios camera crew is in the foreground. Credit: NAVY. |
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Maureen O'Hara | Believe me, I think John Wayne was a fine actor. He could not have been respected by the entire world for not just his Americanism, but for his portrayals on the screen if he wasn't a good actor. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-h-j-n-n-o-w-y" | |
-3 letters: anyhow, anyone, johnny. | |
-4 letters: annoy, enjoy, henna, honan, honey, hyena, jenny, noway, waney, wenny. | |
-5 letters: aeon, ahoy, anew, anon, awny, enow, haen, hewn, hone, howe, hoya, hwan, jane, jean, jeon, joey, john, neon, nona, none, wane, wany, wean, when, whey, whoa, wynn, yawn, yeah, yean, yowe. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4A 6F 68 6E 57 61 79 6E 65 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001010 01101111 01101000 01101110 00100000 01010111 01100001 01111001 01101110 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)J o h n   W a y n e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004A 006F 0068 006E 0057 0061 0079 006E 0065 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4481748025767918071 |
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