john wayne

John Wayne

BIRTH

*John Wayne was born in 1907.

Running away

*John Wayne ran away quite a lot as a kid. He did this because his parents were always getting out of hand. Like cursing or throwing things at each outher.

Names

* John Wayne had many names and nicknames. Mostly from his movies. His real name was “Marion Morison”. He hated that name because kids picked on him and called him “Mary-An” or “Mary” for short. He was also called “little Duke” because of his obsession of his dog Big Duke.

High School

*In high school, John Wayne loved to play football, but he stopped playing football when he sprained his ankle while skimming.

STAGE COACH

*John Wayne’s first movie came in 1939, it was called STAGE COACH.

-ING MID-LIFE FACTS

MOVIES

*John Wayne is mainly known to star in western movies, although he also starred in a lot of WW II movies and even a few CIVIL war movies!

Who Did John Wayne Marry?

*It’s not well known, but John Wayne did marry someone, in fact, three people! John Wayne married one woman, then divorced her, married another, divorce, marry, divorce! Each time to a Spanish- speaking woman!

THE SEARCHERS

*One of his more popular movies, The Searchers was made in 1956.

DID YOU KNOW? Trivia factDuring John Wayne’s lifetime, John Wayne made over 6,000,000 dollars!

DEATH

*John Wayne died on June 11th, of 1979 due to lung cancer.

CONCLUSION

John Wayne was a man of few words, but one of his quote was the best…

“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.”

-John Wayne

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