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John Wayne as Sergeant John M. Stryker in military uniform and helmet, sitting with a rifle in Sands of Iwo Jima, set during World War II. John Wayne in True Grit
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John Wayne

American actor
Also known as: Duke, Marion Michael Morrison
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John Wayne (born May 26, 1907, Winterset, Iowa, U.S.—died June 11, 1979, Los Angeles, California) was a major American motion-picture actor who embodied the image of the strong, taciturn cowboy or soldier and who in many ways personified the idealized American values of his era. Marion Morrison was the son of an Iowa pharmacist; he acquired the nickname “Duke” during his youth and billed himself as Duke Morrison for one of his early films. In...

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