John WayneAwards

Born:
May 26, 1907 in Winterset, IA
Occupation:
Actor
Birth name:
Marion Michael Morrison
Biography:
Arguably the most popular -- and certainly the busiest -- movie leading man in Hollywood history, John Wayne entered the film business while working as a laborer on the Fox lot during summer vacations from U.S.C., which he attended on a football scholarship. He met and was befriended by John Ford...Read More

  • True Grit

    Best Actor

    Won
    Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
    1969

  • True Grit

    Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama

    Won
    Hollywood Foreign Press Association
    1969

  • The Alamo

    Best Picture

    Nominated
    Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
    1960

  • Sands of Iwo Jima

    Best Actor

    Nominated
    Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
    1949

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