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Legally he never did. I think he still signed his given name Marion Morrison. As a child he was called Duke along with his dog named the same. The name John Wayne was the suggestion of a director. He thought it sounded more masculine than Marion. He was probably right, and since that time he was known to the world as John Wayne.

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His birth name was Marion Morrison. If I was a man in Hollywood, I wouldn't want to be called' Marion'.

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To make it easier for him to get tough talking roles such as cowboys.

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He never did. He signed legal papers with his real name, Marion Michael Morrison.

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