What year did John Wayne start acting?

Answer 1

Tom Mix got him a job working in the prop department in exchange for USC football tickets. From there he moved on to bit parts & eventually his 1st starring role in the 1930 movie "The Big Trail"

Answer 2

While going to college at USC, Marion (later John Wayne) worked as a laborer at nearby Hollywood studios. His looks got him parts as extras in a few films, and he later played small parts as a football player, which he indeed was at the time.

John Ford was so impressed with Marion's work ethic that he recommended him for on-screen work, and Wayne thus got the starring role in the 1930 western epic The Big Trail.

Answer 3

Wayne lost his football scholarship to USC due to an injury and became an extra, propman and stuntman, mainly for Fox Studio in 1926. But fame did not follow close behind. He did not become a 'star' until 1939 with the John Ford film The Big Trail.

Answer 4

In the early 1920's after sustaining an injury which prevented him from continuing school at USC on a football scholarship Wayne found work moving props at a nearby movie studio. From moving props to small parts, it was a natural progression for the man who would become the biggest movie star of all time.

Answer 5

He was a stage hand and the director liked his gait or basicley his walk