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The '''Valea Fratelui River''' is a [[tributary]] of the [[Olt River]] in [[Romania]].
'''John Wayne''' ([[May 26]], [[1907]] &ndash; [[June 11]], [[1979]]) was an [[Academy Award]]-winning [[United States|American]] film [[actor]]. He epitomized ruggedly individualistic masculinity, and has become an enduring American icon. He is famous for his distinctive voice, walk and height. He was also known for his conservative political views and his support in the 1950s for anti-communist positions.


==References==
In 1999, the [[American Film Institute]] named Wayne thirteenth among the [[AFI's 100 Years... 100 Stars|Greatest Male Stars of All Time]]. A Harris Poll released in 2007 placed Wayne third among America's favorite film stars<ref>[http://www.harrisinteractive.com/harris_poll/index.asp?PID=720 Harris Interactive | The Harris Poll - Denzel Washington: America’s Favorite Movie Star<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>, the only deceased star on the list and the only one who has appeared on the poll every year.


* Administraţia Naţională Apelor Române - Cadastrul Apelor - Bucureşti
His career began in silent movies in the 1920s and he was a major star from the 1940s to the 1970s. He is closely associated with [[Western (genre)|Westerns]] and war movies, but he also made a wide range of films from various genres - biographies, romantic comedies, police dramas, and more.
* Institutul de Meteorologie şi Hidrologie - Rîurile României - Bucureşti 1971
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==Early life==
Wayne was born '''Marion Robert Morrison'''<ref> Madison Co., Iowa birth certificate</ref> in [[Winterset, Iowa]], but his name was changed to '''Marion Michael Morrison''' when his parents decided to name their next son Robert. His family was [[Presbyterian]]. His father, Clyde Leonard Morrison (1884–1937), was of [[Irish People|Irish]] and [[Scots-Irish]]<ref name=grave>[http://www.hollywoodusa.co.uk/MemorialParks/pacificviewmemorialpark.htm John Wayne's grave] (www.hollywoodusa.co.uk)</ref> and [[English people|English]] descent,<ref>[http://wc.rootsweb.com WorldConnect Project - Connecting the World One GEDCOM at Time<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> and the son of [[American Civil War]] veteran Marion Mitchell Morrison ([[20 January]] [[1845]]–[[05 December]] [[1915]]). Marion Mitchell was born in Cherry Fork, Adams, Ohio as the son of Robert Morrison and Mary Mitchell. Wayne's mother, Mary Alberta Brown, was also of [[Irish people|Irish]] descent.<ref name=grave/>


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Wayne's family moved to [[Palmdale, California]], and then to [[Glendale, California]] in 1911, where his father worked as a [[pharmacist]] in a drug store. A local fireman at the firehouse on his route to school in Glendale started calling him "Little Duke", because he never went anywhere without his huge [[Airedale Terrier]] dog, Duke.<ref>Roberts, Randy, and James S. Olson. John Wayne: American. New York: Free Press, 1995 ISBN 978-0029238370, p. 37</ref><ref>Munn, Michael. John Wayne: The Man Behind the Myth. London: Robson Books, 2003 ISBN 0-451-21244-4, p. 7</ref> He preferred "Duke" to "Marion", and the name stuck for the rest of his life.
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As a teen, Wayne worked in an ice cream shop for a person who shoed horses for local Hollywood studios. He was also active as a member of the [[Order of DeMolay]], a youth organization associated with the [[Freemasons]], that he joined when he came of age. He attended Wilson Middle School in Glendale. He played football for the 1924 champion Glendale High School team.
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[[Image:Etc 287.jpg|thumb|right|John Wayne's birthplace in Winterset]]
Wayne applied to the [[United States Naval Academy|U.S. Naval Academy]], but was not accepted. He instead attended the [[University of Southern California]] (USC), majoring in pre-law. He was a member of the [[Trojan Knights]] and joined the [[Sigma Chi]] fraternity. Wayne also played on the USC [[American football|football]] team under legendary coach [[Howard Jones (football coach)|Howard Jones]]. An injury curtailed his athletic career; Wayne later noted he was too terrified of Jones' reaction to reveal the actual cause of his injury, which was [[bodysurfing]] at the [[The Wedge (surfing)|“Wedge”]] at the tip of the [[Balboa Peninsula, Newport Beach, California|Balboa Peninsula]] in [[Newport Beach, California|Newport Beach]]. He lost his athletic scholarship and without funds had to leave school.<ref>[http://www.jwayne.com/biography.shtml jwayne.com]</ref>
While at the university, Wayne began working at the local film studios. [[Western movie|Western]] star [[Tom Mix]] got him a summer job in the prop department in exchange for football tickets, and Wayne soon moved on to bit parts, establishing a long friendship with director [[John Ford]], who provided most of those bit parts. Early in this period, Wayne appeared with his USC teammates playing on-screen football in ''[[The Dropkick]]'', ''[[Brown of Harvard (1926 film)|Brown of Harvard]]'', and ''[[Salute (film)|Salute]]'', and was one of the featured football players in [[Columbia Pictures]]' ''[[Maker of Men]]'' (filmed in 1930 and released in 1931).<ref>[http://library.thinkquest.org/21065/past/wayne/index.htm library.thinkquest.org article]</ref>

==Film career==
:See: ''[[John Wayne filmography (1926-1940)]]'', ''[[John Wayne filmography (1941-1960)|(1941-1960) ]]'' and ''[[John Wayne filmography (1961-1976)|(1961-1976)]]''

After two years working as a prop man at the [[Fox Film Corporation]] for $75 a week, his first starring role was in the 1930 movie ''[[The Big Trail]].'' The first western epic sound motion picture established his screen credentials, although it was a commercial failure. Before this film, Wayne had only been given on-screen credit once (in ''[[Words and Music (1929 film)|Words and Music]]''), as "Duke Morrison". The director [[Raoul Walsh]], who "discovered" Wayne, suggested giving him the stage name "Anthony Wayne", after [[American Revolutionary War|Revolutionary War]] general [[Anthony Wayne|"Mad Anthony" Wayne]]. Fox Studios chief [[Winfield Sheehan]] rejected "Anthony Wayne" as sounding "too Italian." Walsh then suggested "John Wayne." Sheehan agreed and the name was set. Wayne himself was not even present for the discussion.<ref>Roberts & Olson, p. 84</ref> His pay was raised to $105 a week.

Wayne continued making westerns, most notably at [[Monogram Pictures]], and serials for [[Mascot Pictures Corporation]], including ''[[The Three Musketeers (1933 serial)|The Three Musketeers]]'' (1933), a [[French Foreign Legion]] tale with no resemblance to the novel which inspired its title. Coincidentally, he also appeared in some of the ''[[Three Mesquiteers]]'' westerns whose title was a play on the [[Alexandre Dumas, père]] classic. He was tutored by [[Stunt performer|stuntmen]] in riding and other western skills.<ref> [http://library.thinkquest.org/21065/past/wayne/index.htm thinkquest.org article]</ref> He and famed stuntman [[Yakima Canutt]] developed and perfected stunts still used today.

Beginning in 1928 and extending over the next 35 years, Wayne appeared in more than twenty of [[John Ford]]'s films, including ''[[Stagecoach (film)|Stagecoach]]'' (1939), ''[[She Wore a Yellow Ribbon]]'' (1949), ''[[The Quiet Man]]'' (1952), ''[[The Searchers (film)|The Searchers]]'' (1956), ''[[The Wings of Eagles]]'' (1957), and ''[[The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance]]'' (1962). His performance in ''Stagecoach'' made him a star.

His first color film was ''[[The Shepherd of the Hills (film)|Shepherd of the Hills]]'' (1941), in which he co-starred with his longtime friend [[Harry Carey]]. The following year he appeared in his only film directed by [[Cecil B. DeMille]], the [[Technicolor]] epic ''[[Reap the Wild Wind]]'', in which he co-starred with [[Ray Milland]] and [[Paulette Goddard]]; it was one of the rare times he played a character with questionable values.

In 1949, director [[Robert Rossen]] offered the starring role of ''[[All the King's Men (1949 film)|All the King's Men]]'' to Wayne. Wayne refused, believing the script to be un-American in many ways. [[Broderick Crawford]], who eventually got the role, won the 1949 Oscar for best male actor, ironically beating out Wayne, who had been nominated for ''[[Sands of Iwo Jima]]''.

He lost the leading role in ''[[The Gunfighter]]'' to [[Gregory Peck]] because of his refusal to work for [[Columbia Pictures]] after Columbia chief [[Harry Cohn]] had mistreated him years before as a young contract player. Cohn had bought the project for Wayne, but Wayne's grudge was too deep, and Cohn sold the script to [[Twentieth Century Fox]], which cast Peck in the role Wayne badly wanted but refused to bend for.

One of Wayne's most popular roles was in ''[[The High and the Mighty (film)|The High and the Mighty]]'' (1954), directed by [[William Wellman]] and based on a novel by [[Ernest K. Gann]]. His portrayal of a heroic airman won widespread acclaim.

[[Image:The searchers Ford Trailer screenshot (8-crop).jpg|thumb|John Wayne in ''The Searchers'' (1956)]]
''[[The Searchers (film)|The Searchers]]'' continues to be widely regarded as perhaps Wayne's finest and most complex performance. In 2006 ''Premiere Magazine'' ran an industry poll in which his portrayal of Ethan Edwards was rated the 87th greatest performance in film history. He named his youngest son Ethan after the character.

John Wayne won a [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]] [[Academy Awards|Oscar]] for ''[[True Grit]]'' (1969). Wayne was also nominated as the producer of [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]] for ''[[The Alamo (1960 film)|The Alamo]]'', one of two films he directed. The other was ''[[The Green Berets (film)|The Green Berets]]'' (1968), the only major film made during the [[Vietnam War]] to support the war.<ref>[http://www.jwayne.com/biography.shtml jwayne.com]</ref> During the filming of ''Green Berets'', the [[Degar]] or Montagnard people of Vietnam's Central Highlands, fierce fighters against communism, bestowed on Wayne a brass bracelet that he wore in the film and all subsequent films.

According to the [[Internet Movie Database]], Wayne played the lead in 142 of his film appearances.
[[Image:RoosterCogburnwayne'75.jpg|thumb|left|John Wayne as [[Rooster Cogburn]] in 1975]]
[[Batjac Productions|Batjac]], the production company co-founded by Wayne, was named after the fictional shipping company Batjak in ''[[Wake of the Red Witch]]''. (A spelling error by Wayne's secretary was allowed to stand, accounting for the variation.) Batjac (and its predecessor, Wayne-Fellows Productions) was the arm through which Wayne produced many films for himself and other stars. Its best-known non-Wayne production was the highly acclaimed ''[[Seven Men From Now]]'', which started the classic collaboration between director [[Budd Boetticher]] and star [[Randolph Scott]].

In later years, Wayne was recognized as a sort of American natural resource, and his various critics, political and film, looked on him with more respect. [[Abbie Hoffman]], the radical of the 1960's, paid tribute to Wayne's singularity. Reviewing ''[[The Cowboys]]'', made in 1972, [[Vincent Canby]], film critic of the [[New York Times]], who did not particularly care for the film, wrote, "Wayne is, of course, marvelously indestructible, and he has become an almost perfect father figure." But years before he became anything close to a father figure, Wayne had become a symbolic male figure, a man of impregnable virility and the embodiment of simplistic, laconic virtues, packaged in a well-built 6-foot-4-inch, 225- pound frame (1.91 m, 102 kg). (His height has been disputed.)

He had a handsome and hearty face, with crinkles around eyes that gave the impression of a man of action, an outdoor man who chafed at a settled life. He was laconic on screen. And when he shambled into view, audiences sensed the arrival of coiled vigor awaiting only provocation to be sprung. His demeanor and his roles were those of a man who did not look for trouble but was relentless in tackling it when it affronted him. This screen presence emerged particularly under the ministrations of directors [[John Ford]] and [[Howard Hawks]].

== 1964 illness==
In 1964, Wayne was diagnosed with [[lung cancer]], and underwent successful surgery to remove his entire left [[lung]] and four [[ribs]]. Despite efforts by his business associates to prevent him from going public with his illness (for fear it would cost him work), Wayne announced he had cancer and called on the public to get preventive examinations. Five years later, Wayne was declared cancer-free. Despite the fact that Wayne's diminished lung capacity left him incapable of prolonged exertion and frequently in need of supplemental oxygen, within a few years of his operation he chewed tobacco and began smoking cigars.

==Politics==
[[Image:John wayne challenge of ideas screenshot 2.jpg|thumb|from ''The Challenge of Ideas'' (1961)]]
Wayne was politically a conservative [[United States Republican|Republican]]. He took part in creating the [[Motion Picture Alliance for the Preservation of American Ideals]] in 1943 and was elected president of that organization in 1947. He was an ardent [[anti-communist]], and vocal supporter of the [[House Un-American Activities Committee]]. In 1951, he made ''[[Big Jim McLain]]'' to show his support for the anti-communist cause. He also claimed to have been instrumental in having [[Carl Foreman]] [[Blacklist#Political context|blacklisted]] from Hollywood after the release of the anti-[[McCarthyism]] western ''[[High Noon]]'', and later teamed up with [[Howard Hawks]] to make ''[[Rio Bravo (1959 film)|Rio Bravo]]'' as a right-wing response. Wayne used his iconic status to support [[conservative]] causes, including rallying support for the Vietnam War by producing, co-directing, and starring in the critically panned ''[[The Green Berets (film)|The Green Berets]]'' (1968). In 1978 however, he enraged conservatives by supporting liberal causes such as the [[Panama Canal Treaty]]<ref>[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,945800,00.html?promoid=googlep Time Magazine, October 31, 1977]</ref> and the innocence of [[Patty Hearst]].<ref>[http://www.slate.com/?id=2061166 Slate Magazine, January 28, 2002]</ref>

Due to his enormous popularity, and his status as the most famous Republican star in Hollywood, wealthy Texas Republican Party backers asked Wayne to run for national office in 1968, as had his friend and fellow actor, Senator [[George Murphy]]. He declined, joking that he did not believe the public would seriously consider an actor in the [[White House]]. However, he did support his friend [[Ronald Reagan]]'s runs for Governor of California in 1966 and 1970. He was also asked to be the running mate for Democratic [[Alabama]] Governor [[George Wallace]] in 1968. Wayne vehemently rejected the offer.<ref>[[Jim Beaver]], "John Wayne". Films in Review, Volume 28, Number 5, May 1977, pp. 265-284</ref> Wayne actively campaigned for [[Richard Nixon]]<ref>[http://www.carnegieendowment.org/publications/index.cfm?fa=view&id=18360&prog=zgp&proj=zusr Judis, John, "Kevin Phillips, Ex-Populist: Elite Model," The New Republic, May 22, 2006]</ref>, and addressed the [[Republican National Convention]] on its opening day in August 1968. Wayne also was a member of the conservative and anti-communist [[John Birch Society]].<ref>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/books/reviews/wayne.htm John Wayne, Man and Myth], ''[[The Washington Post]]'', September 25, 1995</ref>

Wayne's strong anti-communist politics led to a particularly unnerving situation. Information from Soviet archives, reported in 2003, indicates that [[Joseph Stalin]] ordered Wayne's assassination, but died before the killing could be accomplished. His successor, [[Nikita Khrushchev]], reportedly told Wayne during a 1958 visit to the United States that he had personally rescinded the order.<ref>Montefiore, Sebag, ''Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar,'' London: George Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 2003</ref><ref>" Why Stalin loved Tarzan and wanted John Wayne shot." ''[[Daily Telegraph]]''. [[6 April]] [[2004]]. [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2004/06/04/bfstalin04.xml&page=5]</ref>

In an interview with [[Playboy]] magazine in May 1971, Wayne made infamous remarks. One disclaimed a personal sense of guilt for the historical treatment of [[Native Americans in the United States|Native Americans]], the second claimed that [[African American|African-Americans]] had been denied educational opportunities and resented that fact, "possibly rightfully so." He went on to say that did not justify turning over the country "to the leadership of the blacks. I believe in white supremacy until the blacks are educated to a point of responsibility. I don't believe in giving authority and positions of leadership and judgment to irresponsible people."<ref>''Playboy'', May, 1972</ref>

==Military service controversy==
[[Image:John Wayne Brisbane 1943.jpg|left|thumb|Visiting [[Brisbane, Australia|Brisbane]], [[Australia]] in December, 1943]]
America's entry into [[World War II]] resulted in a deluge of support for the war effort from all sectors of society, and Hollywood was no exception. Established stars such as [[Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.]] (USN, Silver Star), [[Henry Fonda]] (USN, Bronze Star), and [[Clark Gable]] (USAAC) as well as emerging actors such as [[Eddie Albert]] (USN, Bronze Star) and [[Tyrone Power]] (USMC) rushed to sign up for military service. Most notably, [[James Stewart (actor)|James Stewart]] (USAAC, Distinguished Service Medal, Distinguished Flying Cross, Croix de Guerre) had already enlisted in the US Army Air Corps, surmounting great obstacles in order to do so.

As the majority of male leads left Hollywood to serve overseas, John Wayne saw his just-beginning stardom at risk. Despite enormous pressure from his inner circle of friends, he put off enlisting. Wayne was exempted from service due to his age (34 at the time of Pearl Harbor) and family status, classified as 3-A (family deferment). Wayne's secretary recalled making inquiries of military officials on behalf of his interest in enlisting, "but he never really followed up on them."<ref>Roberts & Olson, ''John Wayne: American'', p. 211</ref> He repeatedly wrote to John Ford, asking to be placed in Ford's military unit, but continually postponed it until "after he finished one more film."<ref>Roberts & Olson, ''John Wayne: American'', p. 212</ref> Republic Studios was emphatically resistant to losing Wayne, especially after the loss of [[Gene Autry]] to the army.<ref>[[Gene Autry]], who was also Wayne's age, gave an interview in 1942 that seemed to later biographers to chastise Wayne for his refusal to enlist and provide an example for younger actors in Hollywood: "I think the He-men in the movies belong in the Army, Marine, Navy or Air Corps. All of these He-men in the movies realize that right now is the time to get into the service. Every movie cowboy ought to devote time to the Army winning, or to helping win, until the war is over - the same as any other American citizen. The Army needs all the young men it can get, and if I can set a good example for the young men I'll be mighty proud." Source: Wills, Gary, ''John Wayne's America'', pp. 221-223</ref> Correspondence between Wayne and [[Herbert J. Yates]] (the head of Republic) indicates that Yates threatened Wayne with a lawsuit if he walked away from his contract, though the likelihood of a studio suing its biggest star for going to war was minute.<ref>Roberts & Olson, p. 220</ref> The threat was real, but whether Wayne took it seriously or not, he did not test it. Selective Service Records indicate he did not attempt to prevent his reclassification as 1-A (draft eligible), but apparently Republic Pictures intervened directly, requesting his further deferment.<ref>Roberts & Olson, p. 213</ref> In May, 1944, Wayne was reclassified as 1-A (draft eligible), but the studio obtained another 2-A deferment (for "support of national health, safety, or interest").<ref>Roberts & Olson, p. 213</ref> He remained 2-A until the war's end. John Wayne did not "dodge" the draft, but he never took direct positive action toward enlistment. Wayne was in the South Pacific theatre of the war for three months in 1943–44, touring U.S. bases and hospitals as well as doing some "undercover" work for [[Office of Strategic Services|OSS]] commander [[William Joseph Donovan|William J. "Wild Bill" Donovan]], who thought Wayne's celebrity might be good cover for an assessment of the causes for poor relations between General [[Douglas MacArthur]] and Donovan's OSS Pacific network. Wayne filed a report and Donovan gave him a plaque and commendation for serving with the OSS, but Wayne dismissed it as meaningless.<ref>Roberts & Olson, p. 253</ref>

The foregoing facts influenced the direction of Wayne's later life. By all accounts, Wayne's failure to serve in the military during World War II was the most painful experience of his life.<ref>Roberts & Olson, p. 212</ref> There were some other stars who, for various reasons, did not enlist. But Wayne, by virtue of becoming a celluloid war hero in several patriotic war films, as well as an outspoken supporter of right-wing political causes and the [[Vietnam War]], became the focus of particular disdain from both himself and certain portions of the public, particularly in later years. While some hold Wayne in contempt for the paradox between his early actions and his later attitudes, his widow suggests that Wayne's rampant patriotism in later decades sprang not from hypocrisy but from guilt. Pilar Wayne wrote, "He would become a 'superpatriot' for the rest of his life trying to atone for staying home."<ref>Wayne, Pilar, ''John Wayne'', pp. 43-47</ref>

==Personal life==
[[Image:johnwayneisland.jpg|thumb|right|Roadside sign on the way to John Wayne Island]]
Wayne was married three times and divorced twice. His wives, all of them Hispanic women, were [[Josephine Alicia Saenz]], [[Esperanza Baur]], and [[Pilar Pallete]]. He had four children with Josephine and three with Pilar, including the producer [[Michael Wayne]] and actor [[Patrick Wayne]]. Wayne is also the great-uncle of boxing heavyweight [[Tommy Morrison]].<ref>[http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/sport/2007/02/23/the_great_white_hope_climbs_ba.html The Great White Hope climbs back between the ropes]</ref> Wayne's son [[Ethan Wayne|Ethan]] was billed as John [[Ethan Wayne]] in a few films and played one of the leads in the 90's update of the ''[[Adam-12]]'' television series.

John Wayne's hair began thinning in the 1940s and he began wearing a hairpiece by the end of that decade (though his receding hairline is quite evident in ''Rio Grande''). He was occasionally seen in public without the hairpiece (notably, according to [[Life Magazine]] photos, at [[Gary Cooper]]'s funeral). The only time he unintentionally appeared on film without it was for a split second in ''North to Alaska''. On the first punch of the climactic fistfight, Wayne's hat flies off, revealing a brief flash of his unadorned scalp. Wayne also has several scenes in ''[[The Wings of Eagles]]'' where he is without his hairpiece.

Wayne had several high-profile affairs, including one with [[Marlene Dietrich]] that lasted for three years.<ref>Olson & Roberts, ''John Wayne: American'', pp. 195-197</ref> In the years prior to his death, Wayne was romantically involved with his former secretary Pat Stacy (1941–1995).<ref>[http://www.jwayne.com/biography.shtml jwayne.com] </ref> She wrote a biography of her life with him, ''DUKE: A Love Story'' (1983).

During the early 1960s John Wayne traveled extensively to [[Panama]]. During this time, the actor reportedly purchased the island of [[Taborcillo]] off the main coast of Panama. It was sold by his estate at his death and changed hands many times before being opened as a tourist attraction.

==Death==
John Wayne died of [[stomach cancer]] on [[June 11]], [[1979]], at the [[UCLA Medical Center]], and was interred in the Pacific View Memorial Park cemetery in [[Corona del Mar]]. According to his son Patrick, he converted to [[Roman Catholicism]] shortly before his death.<ref>[http://www.adherents.com/people/pw/John_Wayne.html The religion of John Wayne, actor<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> He requested his tombstone read "Feo, Fuerte y Formal", a Spanish epitaph meaning "ugly, strong and serious".<ref>Candelaria, Nash. ''John Wayne, Person and Personal The love affairs of an American legend'' in Hopscotch: A Cultural Review - Volume 2, Number 4, 2001, pp. 2-13, Duke University Press </ref> However, the grave, unmarked for twenty years, is now marked with a quotation from his controversial 1971 ''[[Playboy]]'' interview: "Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean. It's perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we've learned something from yesterday."

A relatively large number of the cast and crew of Wayne's 1956 film ''[[The Conqueror]]'' developed various forms of cancer. The film was shot in Southwestern [[Utah]], east and generally downwind of where the U.S. Government had tested [[nuclear weapons]] in Southeastern [[Nevada]], and many contend that radioactive fallout from these tests contaminated the film location and the film crew working there. Despite the suggestion that Wayne’s 1964 lung cancer and his 1979 stomach cancer resulted from this nuclear contamination, he himself believed his lung cancer to have been a result of his five-pack-a-day cigarette habit.<ref>[http://www.jwayne.com/articles/USmag-6.27.78.shtml Article Archive<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> The effect of nuclear fallout on ''The Conqueror'''s cast and crew, and particularly on Wayne, is the subject of [[James Morrow]]'s science-fiction short story ''Martyrs of the Upshot Knothole''.<ref>Morrow, James. In ''The Cat's Pajamas and Other Stories'', Tachyon Publications, 2004. ISBN 1892391155</ref>

==Congressional Gold Medal and Presidential Medal of Freedom==
John Wayne's enduring status as an iconic American was formally recognized by the [[United States Congress]] on [[May 26]], [[1979]] when he was awarded the [[Congressional Gold Medal]].<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Congressional_Gold_Medal_recipients</ref><ref>[http://www.jwplace.com/medal.html John Wayne's Congressional Gold Medal<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Hollywood figures and American leaders from across the political spectrum, including [[Elizabeth Taylor]], [[Frank Sinatra]], [[Mike Frankovich]], [[Katharine Hepburn]], General and Mrs. [[Omar Bradley]], [[Gregory Peck]], [[Robert Stack]], [[James Arness]], and [[Kirk Douglas]], testified to Congress of the merit and deservedness of this award, most notably [[Robert Aldrich]], then president of the [[Directors Guild of America]], who stated, "It is important for you to know that I am a registered Democrat and, to my knowledge, share none of the political views espoused by Duke. However, whether he is ill disposed or healthy, John Wayne is far beyond the normal political sharp shooting in this community. Because of his courage, his dignity, his integrity, and because of his talents as an actor, his strength as a leader, his warmth as a human being throughout his illustrious career, he is entitled to a unique spot in our hearts and minds. In this industry, we often judge people, sometimes unfairly, by asking whether they have paid their dues. John Wayne has paid his dues over and over, and I'm proud to consider him a friend, and am very much in favor of my Government recognizing in some important fashion the contribution that Mr. Wayne has made." [[Maureen O'Hara]], Wayne's close friend, initiated the petition for the medal and requested the words that would be placed onto the medal: "It is my great honor to be here. I beg you to strike a medal for Duke, to order the President to strike it. And I feel that the medal should say just one thing, 'John Wayne, American.'"<ref>Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs of the Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs, House of Representatives, 96th Congress, First Session, on H.R. 3767, A Bill to Authorize the President of the United States to Present on Behalf of the Congress a Specially Struck Gold Medal to John Wayne, [[May 21]], [[1979]], Serial 96-10</ref> The medal crafted by the [[United States Mint]] has on one side John Wayne riding on horseback, and the other side has a portrait of Wayne with the words, "John Wayne, American." This Congressional Gold Medal was presented to the family of John Wayne in a ceremony held on [[March 6]], [[1980]] at the [[United States Capitol]]. This medal is now at the John Wayne Museum in Winterset, Iowa. Copies were made and sold in large numbers to the public.

On [[June 9]], [[1980]], Wayne was posthumously awarded the [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]] by [[Jimmy Carter]] (at whose inaugural ball Wayne had appeared "as a member of the loyal opposition", as Wayne described it in his speech to the gathering). Thus Wayne received the two highest civilian decorations awarded by the United States government.

==American icon==
[[Image:Johnwaynestatue.jpg|thumb|Statue of John Wayne at [[John Wayne Airport]], [[California]]]]

John Wayne rose beyond the typical recognition for a famous actor to that of an enduring icon who symbolized and communicated American values and ideals. By the middle of his career, Wayne had developed a larger-than-life image, and as his career progressed, he selected roles that would not compromise his off-screen image. By the time of his last film ''[[The Shootist]]'' (1976), Wayne refused to allow his character to shoot a man in the back as was originally scripted.<ref>[http://imdb.com/title/tt0075213/trivia The Shootist (1976) - Trivia<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

Wayne's rise to being the quintessential movie war hero began to take shape four years after World War II when ''[[Sands of Iwo Jima]]'' (1949) was released. His footprints at Grauman's Chinese theater in Hollywood were laid in cement that contained sand from [[Iwo Jima]].<ref>Endres, Stacey and Robert Cushman. Hollywood At Your Feet. Beverly Hills: Pomegranate Press, 1993 ISBN 0-938817-08-6</ref> His status grew so large and legendary that when Japanese [[Emperor Hirohito]] visited the United States in 1975, he asked to meet John Wayne, the symbolic representation of his country's former enemy.

Wayne was a popular visitor to the war zones in World War II, Korea, and Vietnam. By the 1950s, perhaps in large part due to the military aspect of films such as the ''[[Sands of Iwo Jima]]'', ''[[Flying Tigers (film)|Flying Tigers]]'', ''[[They Were Expendable]]'', and the Ford cavalry trilogy, Wayne had become an icon to all the branches of the [[U.S. Military]], even in light of his actual lack of military service. Many veterans have said their reason for serving was in some part related to watching Wayne's movies. His name is attached to various pieces of gear, such as the [[P-38 can opener|P-38]] "John Wayne" can-opener, so named because "it can do anything", paper towels known as "John Wayne Toilet Paper" because "it's rough and it's tough and don't take shit off no one", and [[C-Ration]] crackers are called "John Wayne crackers" because presumably only someone as tough as Wayne could eat them.

Various public locations have been named in memory of John Wayne. They include [[John Wayne Airport]] in [[Orange County, California]], where his life-size statue graces the entrance; the [[John Wayne Marina]] near [[Sequim, Washington]]; [[John Wayne Elementary School]] ([[P.S. 380]]) in [[Brooklyn, NY]], which boasts a 38 foot [[mosaic]] [[mural]] commission by New York artist [[Knox Martin]]<ref>[http://www.knoxmartin.com Knox Martin - Home<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> entitled "John Wayne and the American Frontier"; and a 100-plus mile trail named the "John Wayne Pioneer Trail" in Washington state's [[Iron Horse State Park]]. A larger than life-size bronze statue of Wayne atop a horse was erected at the corner of La Cienega Blvd. and Wilshire Blvd. in [[Beverly Hills, California]] at the former offices of the Great Western Savings & Loan Corporation, for whom Wayne had done a number of commercials. (The building now houses [[Larry Flynt]] Enterprises.)

On December 5, 2007, California Governor [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]] and First Lady [[Maria Shriver]] inducted Wayne into the [[California Hall of Fame]], located at [[The California Museum for History, Women and the Arts]].<ref>[http://www.californiamuseum.org/Exhibits/Hall-of-Fame/inductees.html Wayne inducted into California Hall of Fame], California Museum, Accessed 2007</ref>

==Celebrations and landmarks==
Several celebrations took place on [[May 26]], [[2007]], the centenary of John Wayne's birth.

In his birthplace of Winterset, Iowa, the John Wayne Birthday Centennial Celebration was held on May 25-27, 2007. The celebration included chuck-wagon suppers, concerts by [[Michael Martin Murphey]] and [[Riders in the Sky]], a Wild West Revue in the style of Buffalo Bill's Wild West show, symposia with John Wayne co-stars, cavalry and trick horse demonstrations as well as many of John Wayne's films. This event also included the ground-breaking for the John Wayne Museum and Learning Center at his birthplace house.

In 2006, friends of Wayne's and his Arizona business partner, Louis Johnson inaugurated the first annual [["Louie and the Duke Classics"]][http://maricopagrande.com/files/JimOlsonStoryOct.pdf] events benefiting the [[John Wayne Cancer Foundation]][http://www.jwcf.org/news/2006.html] and the [[American Cancer Society]]. The weekend long event each fall in [[Casa Grande, Arizona]] includes a golf tournament, an auction of John Wayne memorabilia and a [[team roping]] competition."

==Missed roles==

*John Wayne desperately wanted the role of "Jimmy Ringo" in the 1950 film ''The Gunfighter'' directed by Henry King<ref>[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042531/ The Gunfighter (1950)<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> but the role instead went to Gregory Peck. John Wayne's final film, ''The Shootist'' (1976)<ref>[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075213/ The Shootist (1976)<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> directed by Don Siegel was very similar to ''The Gunfighter''.

*An urban legend has it that John Wayne was offered the leading role of Matt Dillon in the longtime favorite television show ''[[Gunsmoke]]'', but he turned it down, recommending instead [[James Arness]] for the role. The only part of this story that is true is that Wayne did indeed recommend Arness for the part. Wayne introduced Arness in a prologue to the first episode of ''Gunsmoke''.<ref>http://www.snopes.com/radiotv/tv/gunsmok2.htm</ref>

*Wayne was approached by [[Mel Brooks]] to play the part of The Waco Kid in the film ''[[Blazing Saddles]]''. After reading the script he said, "I can't be in this picture, it's too dirty...but I'll be the first in line to see it."<ref>Interview with Mel Brooks on DVD release of ''Blazing Saddles''</ref>

*Wayne reportedly refused the role that [[Lee Marvin]] played in ''[[The Dirty Dozen]]'' and chose instead the part in the ''[[The Green Berets (film)|The Green Berets]]''.<ref>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/discussion/2006/05/10/DI2006051001080.html washingtonpost.com]</ref>

*He also claimed to have turned down the title role in ''[[Dirty Harry]]'', although the film's director [[Don Siegel]] said Wayne would have been too old to play the part anyway. Wayne later made two cop movies of his own, ''[[McQ]]'' and ''[[Brannigan (film)|Brannigan]]'', which were not particularly successful.

*Another role that Wayne missed was the title role in the film ''[[Patton (film)|Patton]]'' (1970). [[George C. Scott]] took the role instead.

* According to his autobiography ''Kiss Me Like A Stranger'', [[Gene Wilder]] states that he wanted to work with Wayne for the upcoming film ''[[The Frisco Kid]]''. Wayne loved the script, especially Wilder's "little rabbi character", but when the producers tried to get him to accept $750,000 instead of his $1,000,000 fee, he backed out. [[Harrison Ford]] played the role intended for him instead.

== Famous movie quotes ==
*"I won't be wronged, I won't be insulted, and I won't be laid a hand on. I don't do these things to other people, and I require the same from them." (''[[The Shootist]]'')
* Speaking to his young cavalry lieutenants: "Don't apologize&mdash;it's a sign of weakness." (''[[She Wore a Yellow Ribbon]]'')
* "Fill your hands, you son of a bitch!" (''[[True Grit]]'')
* "That'll be the day!" (''[[The Searchers (film)|The Searchers]]'' - Spoken several times; inspired [[Buddy Holly]] to write a song with that title.)
* "Pilgrim." (''[[The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance]]'' - Reportedly he used the expression "Pilgrim", as in "tenderfoot" or "dude" or "amateur", 23 times in that film, and once also in ''[[McLintock!]]''. It became a catchphrase for impressionists such as [[John Byner]], and [[Rich Little]])
* "I haven't lost my temper in 40 years; but, Pilgrim, you caused a lot of trouble this morning; might have got somebody killed; and somebody oughta belt you in the mouth. But I won't. I won't. ''The hell I won't!''" (He belts him). (To [[Leo Gordon]] in ''[[McLintock!]]'').
* "You can call me Dad, you can call me Father, you can call me Jacob and you can call me Jake. You can call me a dirty old son-of-a-bitch, but if you EVER call me Daddy again, I'll finish this fight." (To his son, played by his real-life son [[Patrick Wayne]], in [[Big Jake (film)|Big Jake]]).

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==See also==
*[[List of film collaborations]]

==Notes and sources==

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==Further reading==
* Roberts, Randy, and James S. Olson. ''John Wayne: American''. New York: Free Press, 1995 ISBN 978-0029238370
* Campbell, James T. "Print the Legend: John Wayne and Postwar American Culture". ''Reviews in American History'', Volume 28, Number 3, September 2000, pp. 465-477
* Shepherd, Donald, and Robert Slatzer, with Dave Grayson. ''Duke: The Life and Times of John Wayne''. New York: Doubleday, 1985 ISBN 0-385-17893-X
* [[Harry Carey, Jr.|Carey, Harry Jr.]] ''A Company of Heroes: My Life as an Actor in the John Ford Stock Company''. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, 1994 ISBN 0-8108-2865-0
* Clark, Donald & Christopher Anderson. ''John Wayne's The Alamo: The Making of the Epic Film''. New York: Carol Publishing Group, 1995 ISBN 0-8065-1625-9 (pbk.)
* Eyman, Scott. ''Print the Legend: The Life and Times of John Ford''. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1999 ISBN 0-684-81161-8
* McCarthy, Todd. ''Howard Hawks: The Grey Fox of Hollywood''. New York: Grove Press, 1997 ISBN 0-8021-1598-5
* [[Maurice Zolotow]]., ''Shooting Star: A Biography of John Wayne''. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1974 ISBN 0671829696
* [[Jim Beaver]], "John Wayne". ''Films in Review'', Volume 28, Number 5, May 1977, pp. 265-284.
* McGivern, Carolyn. ''John Wayne: A Giant Shadow''. Bracknell, England: Sammon, 2000 ISBN 0-9540031-0-1
* Munn, Michael. ''John Wayne: The Man Behind the Myth''. London: Robson Books, 2003 ISBN 0-451-21244-4

==External links==
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*[http://www.dukewayne.com/ '''The Original John Wayne Message Board''']
*[http://www.johnwayne.com/ '''The Official John Wayne Website''']
*[http://www.johnwaynebirthplace.org/ '''The Birthplace of John Wayne Official Website''']
*[http://www.jwcf.org/ John Wayne Cancer Foundation]
*[http://www.jwci.org/ John Wayne Cancer Institute]
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* [http://www.nndb.com/people/605/000023536 John Wayne at www.NNDB.com]
*[http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=1079 Find A Grave Entry]
*[http://www.cinema-scope.com/cs31/images/wayne-300.jpg John Wayne walks into Stardom]
*[http://www.northerntool.com/images/product/images/700602_lg.jpg The Duke]
*[http://www.sheilaomalley.com/archives/martin11.jpg Wayne & Martin, Rio Bravo photo: "Too many cooks"]

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