Marion Michael Morrison was born on May 26, 1907, in Winterest, Iowa. His father, Clyde, worked as a pharmacist, and John Wayne thought of his father as the "kindest, most patient man I ever knew." Later on in life, John Wayne's father developed a critical lung disease. Wayne said that his mother, Mary was "a tiny, vivacious redheaded bundle of energy." John Wayne was nicknamed "The Duke" after his pet as a child that was named Airedale. Early in his life, John and his parents moved to California. After graduating from high school and failing admission to Annapolis, John Wayne went to the University of Southern California (USC) and played on a football scholarship from 1925-27.

During this time, Tom Mix, a friend of John's, got him a job as a prop man for a director by the name of John Ford. Ford and Wayne became close friends and Ford used Wayne for small parts in some of his movies. Then finally in 1930, Ford suggested to Raoul Walsh that Wayne star in The Big Trail. The fil

Throughout his career as an actor, John Wayne won a variety of different awards, achievements and accomplishments. In 1950, at the Photoplay Awards, John Wayne won his first award when he received the award for the Most Popular Male Star because of his work in the 1949 film, Sands of Iwo Jima. Also in 1950, "The Duke" was nominated for Best Actor at the Academy Awards for Sands of Iwo Jima. In 1953, Wayne was named the World Film Favorite male actor at the Golden Globe Awards. Seven years later, John Wayne made a film called The Alamo, and in 1961 this film was nominated for Best Picture at the Academy Awards. Then in 1966, Wayne received the Cecil B. Demille Award at the Golden Globe Awards. "The Duke" would go on to make one more appearance at the Golden Globes, as well as he Academy Awards in 1970. In 1970, at the Golden Globes, John Wayne won Best Motion Picture Actor in a drama for the movie True Grit. At the Academy Awards, he won Best Actor, also for True Grits. Then in the 1970's Wayne managed to win the same award at the People's Choice Awards for four consecutive years. Through the years of 1975-78, he won the Favorite Motion Picture Actor award. This is a lot of accomplishments for one actor. But Wayne was not just any actor though. When discussing his acting talents once, Wayne stated, "I don't act, I react." Years after Wayne's death, he is still being recognized. He was named number sixteen of the "Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" by Empire Magazine in October of 1997. Wayne also helped found the Motion Picture Alliance for the Preservation of American Ideals, and later became the president. Also, just one month before Wayne died, President Jimmy Carter and Congress a special medal honoring "The Duke."

Outside of acting, producing, and directing, John Wayne was an avid fisherman, explorer, who truly enjoyed his trips to the Pacific Northwest and Southeastern Asia. Wayne loved to play poker and liked to drink whiskey. Wayne was once quoted saying, "I never trust a man that doesn't drink." Many people even saw John Wayne as quite the ladies man. "The Duk

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