John Wayne

No. John Wayne had only 1 brother, Robert.

John Wayne died of cancer of the stomach and lungs.

Some believe he was exposed to radioactive fallout when he was filming "The Conqueror"; as the film site was near a nuclear testing ground. However it is more likely that his cancer was a result of the fact that he was a heavy smoker.

When the person who was eventually given the stage name John Wayne was born in Winterset (NOT Waterloo), "Marion Robert Morrson" was written on his birth certificate.

Most sources have his birth name as Marion Michael Morrison. Robert was his younger brother's name. I doubt that his parents would give both boys the same name. The parents changed Marion's middle name to Michael upon the birth of the boy they named "Robert."

Wayne's oldest son was named Michael, using what was his father's middle name at the time.

There is no evidence to indicate that John Wayne was either adopted himself or attempted to adopt a child.

He played Davy Crockett.

Assuming you are asking about the original rifle and pistol that john Wayne carried in his 1st starring role in "Stagecoach" you will find them on display at the Oklahoma Cowboy Hall of Fame museum (see related link below)

What is the origin of the line, "A man's gotta do what a man's gotta do"?

John Wayne is often credited with saying this in "Stagecoach" but what he actually said (I checked the screenplay at dailyscript.com) is "Well, there's some things a man just can't run away from."

Wayne is also reported to have said this line in "Hondo" (1954). Nope, his line there is: "A man ought'a do what he thinks is best."

Many people think the line came from "Shane" (1953). Wrong again. In that film Joe Starrett (Van Heflin) said:"I couldn't do what I gotta do if I hadn't always knowed that I could trust ya" and later, Shane (Alan Ladd) says: "A man has to be what he is."

Charlton Heston is also claimed by some to have uttered the famous line in the 1956 movie "Three Violent People." Close but no cigar. What Heston says is: "A man must do what he must do."

Several websites say a variation of the line appeared that same year in the novel (not the film version) of THE GRAPES OF WRATH: chapter 18 reportedly has the line "I know this man -- a man got to do what he got to do."

Reportedly by 1962 the line was already a cliche and was used mockingly in an episode of "The Jetsons." George Jetson says: "Ha, 'a man's gotta do what a man's gotta do'. I should've won three space Oscar awards."

I have seen them go for $500 and even up to $1000 but it is just a matter of who you sell it to

Two of his children from his first marriage have died, Michael and Antonia. Patrick, Melinda, Aissa, Ethan and Marisa are alive and well, all living in California I believe.

I don't think so.

I think she still lives in Newport Beach, CA. But not in the house that they lived in as a family. Last I heard she is still alive and doing fine.

It was actually reddsih brown/auburn (according to Histeria! TV Series), but it is hidden under a powered wig he wore.

I think the Oscar may be in the John Wayne Museum with other memorabilia of his long career and life.

Four times.

He was a chain smoker of cigarettes until 1964 when he was diagnosed with cancer & had his left lung and 4 ribs removed. After being tobacco free for a few years he began chewing tobacco & smoking an occasional cigar.

John Wayne was famous not only for his movies, which number over 200 in his 50 years of movie making, but for his outspoken opinions. He was more than just a movie star. He truly was an American legand in his own time and is even more so sinse his death in 1979.

When I did a search at IMDB for "Feature Films" that were "Westerns" and had "John Wayne" listed in the credits; I got 91 films. Some of these were only produced by Wayne, for some he had only a bit part, and some could be argued as not being westerns. So let's say "about" 80.

Wayne's friends were a rowdy group. They worked hard and played even harder. For relaxation they would all board John Ford's boat and head for Mexico. On these little jaunts the 'boys' would stay up several days and nights drinking and playing cards. When his buddies started to have serious problems with alcohol and some actually were dying from pickled livers it was a wake-up call for him. He never seemed to have a problem stopping. But some of his friends weren't so lucky. Wayne thought they were like him and could tolerate the liquor without getting hooked.

The movie Rio Bravo (1959) features John Wayne as the sheriff and Dean Martin as the sobering alcoholic ex-deputy sheriff who, along with other misfits, helps him against a gang trying to break a murderer out of jail . The director was Howard Hawk. This is regarded as one of the great classic western movies.

In his earlier movies many times he rode Saddlebred's, the horse of choice in the golden age of Hollywood. But in the 1940's the AQHA (American Quarter Horse Association) was organized and the shift to the athletic and easy-going Quarter Horse began to replace other breeds. From the 1960's on, Wayne was usually mounted on

Quarter Horses. The exception was El Dorado, when Howard Hawks chose a very loud Appaloosa, which Wayne had a strong dislike.

Like most people, Wayne's weight was not written in stone. It fluctuated, growing larger with age. At his college weight his waist was about 34", at his heaviest 44" to 48" was his approximate size. At the time of his death he was very thin, much smaller than his college size.

John Wayne is listed as having appeared in 178 feature films. In over 140 of these, he is the top billed star.

He only played confederate , his dad was too!

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No, he played a character loosely based on Colonel Benjamin Grierson of the US Cavalry in 'The Horse Soldiers'.

As is common with many stars, they have their favorites and friends that appear in their movies and are considered 'regulars'. Wayne was no different. Ward Bond, Maureen O'Hara, Victor McLaughlin and Harry Carey, Jr. are just a few who joined the Duke in movie-making fun.