1782) left County Antrim, Ireland with his mother arriving in New York in 1799 eventually settling in Adams County, Ohio.
Marion Robert Morrison (May 26, 1907 – June 11, 1979), known professionally as John Wayne and nicknamed Duke, was an American actor and filmmaker who became a popular icon through his starring roles in Western films.
He was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor of the United States. ==Early life== Wayne was born Marion Robert Morrison on May 26, 1907, at 224 South Second Street in Winterset, Iowa.
The local paper, Winterset Madisonian, reported on page 4 of the edition of May 30, 1907, that Wayne weighed 13 lbs.
He was raised Presbyterian. Wayne's family moved to Palmdale, California, and then in 1916 to Glendale at 404 Isabel Street, where his father worked as a pharmacist.
His career spanned from the silent era of the 1920s, through the Golden Age of Hollywood and eventually American New Wave, appearing in a total of 179 film and television productions.
He played leading roles in numerous during the 1930s, most of them also Westerns, without becoming a major name.
Marion Robert Morrison (May 26, 1907 – June 11, 1979), known professionally as John Wayne and nicknamed Duke, was an American actor and filmmaker who became a popular icon through his starring roles in Western films.
He made his last public appearance at the Academy Awards ceremony on April 9, 1979 before succumbing to stomach cancer later that year.
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