"Bravo"" (1959) with Dean Martin, and ""The Longest Day"" (1962). In his final screen performance, he starred as an aging gunfighter battling cancer in ""The Shootist"" (1976). He appeared with many important Hollywood stars of his era, and his last public appearance was at the Academy Awards ceremony on April 9, 1979. 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. (around 6 kg.) at birth. His middle name was"
"""The Shootist"" (1976), John Wayne's last film, and ""From Noon Till Three"" (1976) starring Charles Bronson. Self returned to CBS in 1977 as Vice-President/Head of the West Coast. A year later, he took on a new challenge when he accepted the position of Vice President in Charge of Television Movies and Mini-Series, also for CBS. Before leaving this job in 1982, he supervised production of about fifty films and three or four mini-series per year. These included ""The Corn is Green"" (1979) starring Katharine Hepburn; ""All Quiet on the Western Front"" (1979) starring Ernest Borgnine and Richard Thomas; ""Guyana Tragedy"""
"introduced O'Brian from the audience at a performance at the Las Vegas Hilton, as captured in the imported live CD release ""April Fool's Dinner"". O'Brian was a featured actor in the 1977 two-hour premiere of the popular television series ""Fantasy Island"". He played the last character that John Wayne ever killed on the screen in Wayne's final movie, ""The Shootist"" (1976). O'Brian appeared in fight scenes with a Bruce Lee lookalike in Lee's last – partially completed – film, the controversial ""Game of Death"". O'Brian recreated his Wyatt Earp role for three 1990s projects: ""Guns of Paradise"" (1990) and """""
"of John Wayne's final film in 1976 and has since come to be recognized as a classic Western film and one of the Duke's very best. His British publisher (Secker & Warburg) once characterized Glendon as having ""the widest writing range"" of any American novelist he could think of. From gunfighting Westerns ""The Shootist"" to the first of ""the beach pictures,"" ""Where The Boys Are"", from satires like ""The Cadillac Cowboys"", to tragedies like ""Welcome To Thebes"", or the first historical adventure about the American Pershing Expedition into Mexico, ""They Came To Cordura"", or a mystery/thriller like ""Skeletons"", even a"
"25 years previously. He was not initially considered due to the health and stamina issues he had experienced during filming of his penultimate film, ""Rooster Cogburn"". Paul Newman passed on the role, as did George C. Scott, Charles Bronson, Gene Hackman, and Clint Eastwood before it was finally offered to Wayne. Although his compromised lung capacity made breathing and mobility difficult at Carson City's altitude, and production had to be shut down for a week while he recovered from influenza, Wayne completed the filming without further significant medical issues. ""The Shootist"" was Wayne's final cinematic role, concluding a 50-year career"
"final public appearance of Oscar-winning actor John Wayne, where he was given a standing ovation before presenting the award for Best Picture. On June 11, two months after the ceremony, he died from complications from stomach cancer at age 72. This was also the final public appearance for Jack Haley, presenter of the Best Costume Design with his ""Wizard of Oz"" co-star Ray Bolger as well as the father of the producer, as he died on June 6 of that year. The nominees for the 51st Academy Awards were announced on February 20, 1979. ""The Deer Hunter"" and ""Heaven Can"
"to act occasionally in both movies and television, but without much conviction and in inferior products. His last released film appearance was in ""Doomsday Machine"" (1972); however, as it was actually shot in 1969, ""Brain of Blood"" (1972) was his last acting work for the screen. His last TV appearance was in 1983 on the game show ""Family Feud"" along with other former cast members from ""Hawaiian Eye"". Williams died on July 28, 1985 of peritonitis at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Los Angeles and was buried in the Los Angeles National Cemetery. Williams never married but was survived by"
"The Shootist The Shootist is a 1976 American western film directed by Don Siegel and based on Glendon Swarthout's 1975 novel of the same name. It marked John Wayne's final film role. The screenplay was written by Miles Hood Swarthout (the son of the author) and Scott Hale. The supporting cast includes Lauren Bacall, Ron Howard, James Stewart, Richard Boone, Hugh O'Brian, Harry Morgan, John Carradine, Sheree North, and Scatman Crothers. In 1977, ""The Shootist"" received an Academy Award nomination for Best Art Direction (Robert F. Boyle, Arthur Jeph Parker), a BAFTA Film Award nomination for Best Actress (Lauren Bacall),"
"""muddled and brown"". Notable among his later films is ""Rollerball"" (1975). In the 1980s, he worked with Steven Spielberg on the first three ""Indiana Jones"" films, after Spielberg enjoyed working with him as an auxiliary cinematographer on ""Close Encounters of the Third Kind"" (1977). These were among his last major projects, as he was 76 at the time of filming the last, ""Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade"", and also began to suffer from eyesight problems in the 1980s. He was quoted in 1989 as saying of it ""there's an excitement in doing action films. I probably enjoy them on"
"(1949), ""The Quiet Man"" (1952), ""The Wings of Eagles"" (1957), and ""The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance"" (1962) with James Stewart. The first movie in which he called someone ""Pilgrim,"" Ford's ""The Searchers"" (1956), is often considered to contain Wayne's finest and most complex performance. Wayne was nominated as the producer of Best Picture for ""The Alamo"" (1960), one of two films he directed. The other was ""The Green Berets"" (1968), the only major film made during the Vietnam War in support of the war. During the filming of ""The Green Berets"", the Degar or Montagnard people of Vietnam's Central"
"it!"" He was quoted in 1968 on his acting career: ""Actually, I am a golfer. That is my real occupation. I never was an actor. Ask anybody, particularly the critics."" He came out of retirement again in 1971 to star in ""Every Little Crook and Nanny"" and again in 1976 along with many other former Hollywood stars in ""Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood"". His last feature film appearance was a cameo as a millionaire in ""Firepower"" in 1979, while his final acting role was that of Samson's father Manoah in the TV movie ""Samson and Delilah"" in"
"about one of her relatives who was a painter leading a hippie life on a barge. At fifty-six, his contribution as one of five camera operators on the landmark rock concert documentary ""Woodstock"" (1970) brought an Oscar and established his reputation as a filmmaker in the rock music industry. That achievement was followed by his cinematography on ""Johnny Cash in San Quentin"" (1969), ""Elvis on Tour"" (1972), ""Joe Cocker: Mad Dogs & Englishmen"" (1971), ""Soul to Soul"" (1971), ""Wattstax"" (1973), ""Let the Good Times Roll"" (1973), ""Save the Children"" (1973), ""The Grateful Dead"" (1977), Martin Scorsese's The Last Waltz (1978),"
"Travel"", ""The Twilight Zone"", ""The Big Valley"", ""Daniel Boone"", ""The High Chaparral"", ""Bonanza"", ""Gunsmoke"", ""Wonder Woman"", ""Little House on the Prairie"", ""Fantasy Island"", ""The Dukes of Hazzard"", and ""Walker, Texas Ranger"". His final role was on the NBC medical drama ""ER"" in 1996. Barnes lived in Manhattan Beach, California, with his long-time companion, Debbie. He often spoke about his movie making experiences with John Wayne, for whom he had great admiration. He had a younger brother, Lou Dupont, who was also an entertainer. Barnes died in Santa Monica or Manhattan Beach, California on November 11, 2000 at age 80. His"
"but ""True Grit"" (1969), produced by Hal Wallis, was extremely popular, and won John Wayne a Best Actor Oscar. He may have stepped in for George Seaton in directing some winter outdoor scenes for the all-star ""Airport"" (1970), which stars Burt Lancaster and Dean Martin. He made a war movie with Richard Burton, ""Raid on Rommel"" (1971), then made another Western for Hal Wallis, ""Shoot Out"" (1971). Hathaway's 65th and final film was ""Hangup"" (1974), a blaxploitation movie. Hathaway died from a heart attack in 1985 in Hollywood and is interred at Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, California. His"
"and was actually filmed before ""The War Wagon"", but its release was delayed so that Paramount's ""Nevada Smith"" with Steve McQueen would not have to compete with a John Wayne film at the box office. ""El Dorado"" finally reached the theatres in June 1967, a month after ""The War Wagon"" had opened. Film footage from ""El Dorado"" was later incorporated into the opening montage of Wayne's final film, ""The Shootist"", to illustrate the backstory of Wayne's character. Director Don Siegel used no scenes from any film shot before 1948 in ""The Shootist""s frontispiece even though Wayne's career as a leading"
"rare villainous role. His film roles included ""A Prize of Arms"" (1962), ""Negatives"" (1968), ""Staircase"" (1969) with Richard Burton and Rex Harrison, ""Some Will, Some Won't"" (1969), ""The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins"" (1971), ""The Last Remake of Beau Geste"" (1977), ""Personal Services"" (1987), ""Out of Order"" (1987), and ""The Krays"" (1990). He also appeared in two British sex comedies, ""Adventures of a Taxi Driver"" (1975) and ""Adventures of a Plumber's Mate"" (1978). In 1988, he took on one of his longest-running roles, playing ""Smiler"" Hemingway in the BBC sitcom ""Last of the Summer Wine"". The character appeared in many episodes"
"died of lung cancer. The last two films he was involved in was ""The Jungle Book"" and ""The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh"", since one of the shorts ""Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree"" was released during his lifetime, and he was involved in the production of ""Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day"". ""The Jungle Book"" was released a year after his death and ""Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day"" released two years later, while ""The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh"" was released in 1977. ""Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day"" also won the"
"Joe"" (1945), ""Battleground"" (1949) and two films starring and co-produced by John Wayne, ""Island in the Sky"" (1953) and ""The High and the Mighty"" (1954). While he was primarily a director, Wellman also produced ten films, one of them uncredited, all of which he also directed. His last film was ""Lafayette Escadrille"" (1958), which he produced, directed, wrote the story for and narrated. He wrote the screenplay for two other films that he directed, and one film that he did not direct, 1936's ""The Last Gangster"". He also wrote the story for ""A Star Is Born"" and received a story"
"the age of 74 of heart failure in Marina del Rey, California on April 18, 1993. Wayne worked with Ben Raleigh, writing songs for Cass Daley, as well as the 1946 hit ""Laughing on the Outside (Crying on the Inside),"" which was first popularized by bandleader Sammy Kaye and his orchestra and was featured in the 1950 film noir ""Gun Crazy."" Working with Lee Morris, Wayne co-wrote ""Blue Velvet,"" which was performed by Tony Bennett in the 1950s, was a number one hit for Bobby Vinton in the 1960s and has been recorded over the years by such artists as"
"accepted a lead role in the B movie science fiction film ""Destination Inner Space"" (1966). The film opened to only a minor release in 1966, and has rarely been seen since. North co-starred with Elvis Presley in one of his final films, ""The Trouble with Girls"" (1969). Other notable performances were in Don Siegel's ""Charley Varrick"" (1973) and another crime film, ""The Outfit"" (also 1973). She appeared briefly as John Wayne's long-lost love in the actor's final film, ""The Shootist"" (1976). She had supporting roles in two Charles Bronson movies, ""Breakout"" in 1975, and ""Telefon"" in 1977. In 1980, she"
"John Wayne Marion Mitchell Morrison (born Marion Robert Morrison; May 26, 1907 – June 11, 1979), known professionally as John Wayne and nicknamed ""The Duke"", was an American actor and filmmaker. An Academy Award-winner for ""True Grit"" (1969), Wayne was among the top box office draws for three decades. Born in Winterset, Iowa, Wayne grew up in Southern California. He was president of Glendale High class of 1925. He found work at local film studios when he lost his football scholarship to the University of Southern California as a result of a bodysurfing accident. Initially working for the Fox Film"
"causes, including rallying support for the Vietnam War by producing, codirecting, and starring in the financially successful, critically panned ""The Green Berets"" (1968). Due to his status as the highest profile Republican star in Hollywood, wealthy Texas Republican Party backers asked Wayne to run for national office in 1968, as had his friend and fellow actor Senator George Murphy. He declined, joking that he did not believe the public would seriously consider an actor in the White House. Instead, he supported his friend Ronald Reagan's runs for Governor of California in 1966 and 1970. He was asked to be the"
"""Charlie's Angels"", ""The Love Boat"", ""Little House on the Prairie"", and ""Vega$"". In the 1980s Sullivan was in ""Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color"" (""The Secret of Lost Valley"") (1980), ""Casino"" (1980),and ""Judgment Day"" (1981). His last film was ""The Last Straw"" (1987). Sullivan has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame: one at 1500 Vine St. for his work in television, and another at 6160 Hollywood Blvd. for motion pictures. His daughter Jenny Sullivan wrote the play ""J for J"" (""Journals for John"") after she found a packet of unsent letters (in 1995) written by Barry decades earlier"
"Die"" (1973). He later said the film ""didn't really do much for my career. I got some wonderful fan mail, sent my pictures out, but it didn't lead to any work at all."" He mostly guested on TV shows - ""Shaft"", ""Medical Center"", ""The Manhunter"", ""Cannon"", ""Bronk"", ""Ellery Queen"", ""Family"", ""Barnaby Jones"", ""Wonder Woman"", ""Gibbsville"", ""The Bob Newhart Show"",""Project U.F.O."", ""Flying High"", ""Benson"", ""Greatest Heroes of the Bible"" - or did TV movies - ""The Wide World of Mystery"" (1974), ""The Compliment"" (1974), ""For the Use of the Hall"" (1975), ""Adventures of the Queen"" (1975), ""The Lives of Jenny Dolan"""
"TV Series, but failed to gain a wide audience, possibly because it rotated with ""Shaft"", another high-quality series but with a starkly conflicting demographic, and was cancelled after one season. During this time, Stewart periodically appeared on Johnny Carson's ""The Tonight Show"", sharing poems he had written at different times in his life. His poems were later compiled into a short collection, ""Jimmy Stewart and His Poems"" (1989). Stewart returned to films after an absence of five years with a major supporting role in John Wayne's final film, ""The Shootist"" (1976) where Stewart played a doctor giving Wayne's gunfighter a"
"John Wayne in ""McQ"" (1974). In the 1980s, Gulager appeared in several horror films, such as ""The Initiation"" (1984) and the zombie comedy ""The Return of the Living Dead"". In 2005, he appeared in the horror film ""Feast"", as well as its sequels. He also appeared in the critically acclaimed independent film ""Tangerine"" (2015). Gulager directed the short film ""A Day with the Boys"", which was nominated for the prestigious Palme d'Or for Best Short Film at the 1969 Cannes Film Festival. Gulager was born in Holdenville, Oklahoma, the son of John Delancy Gulager, who had been an actor before"
"showcase, and he does it, so help us, over a picket fence."" Presley later thanked Curtiz for giving him the opportunity to show his potential as an actor; of his 33 films, Elvis considered it his favorite. The final film that Curtiz directed was ""The Comancheros"", released six months before his death from cancer on April 10, 1962. Curtiz was ill during the shoot, but star John Wayne took over directing on the days Curtiz was too ill to work. Wayne did not want to take co-director credit. In the late 1940s, Curtiz made a new agreement with Warner Bros."
"theme also explored earlier in his films ""Diary of a Chambermaid"" and ""Picnic on the Grass"". Renoir's last film is ""Le Petit théâtre de Jean Renoir"" (""The Little Theatre of Jean Renoir"", 1969). The film is a series of four short films made in a variety of styles. It is, in many ways, one of his most challenging, avant-garde and unconventional works. Unable to obtain financing for his films and suffering declining health, Renoir spent his last years receiving friends at his home in Beverly Hills, and writing novels and his memoirs. In 1973 Renoir was preparing a production of"
"(1980), ""Borderline"" (1980), ""Inside Moves"" (1980), ""Second-Hand Hearts"" (1981), ""Lookin' to Get Out"" (1982), ""The Sting II"" (1983), ""Places in the Heart"" (1984), ""Code of Silence"" (1985), ""TerrorVision"" (1986), ""Eye of the Tiger"" (1986), ""Miss Firecracker"" (1989), """" (1989), """" (1990) and ""Only the Lonely"" (1991). His last film was the posthumously released ""The Sky is Falling"" (2000). He also appeared in various television guest-starring roles, including the role of Jim Ford in the episode ""Pete Henke"" of the 1958 NBC western series, ""Jefferson Drum"", starring Jeff Richards. He was a regular in the cast of the short-lived 1976 NBC"
"final novel, ""Addie Pray"" (1971), the story of 11-year-old con artist Addie and her older partner Long Boy, was made into the movie ""Paper Moon"" (1973), starring Ryan O'Neal and his daughter Tatum. Brown's other, earlier novels are less well-known. ""The Freeholder"" (1949) is about an indentured servant's quest for freedom in the American South. ""Kings Go Forth"" (1956) draws upon Brown's military experiences (and also was made into a movie released in 1958), and ""Glimpse of a Stranger"" (1968) highlights the contrast between the cultures of India and the United States. Brown died on April 26, 1976, at his"
"Wayne. Filmed on location on the Hawaiian island of Kauai (doubling for a fictional island in French Polynesia), it was a morality play disguised as an action-comedy, which subtly but sharply engaged with issues of racial bigotry, corporate connivance, greed and American beliefs of societal superiority. The supporting cast included Lee Marvin, Elizabeth Allen, Jack Warden, Dorothy Lamour, and Cesar Romero. It was also Ford's last commercial success, grossing $3.3 million against a budget of $2.6 million. ""Cheyenne Autumn"" (Warner Bros, 1964) was Ford's epic farewell to the West, which he publicly declared to be an elegy to the Native"
"on myth. In the early 1950s John Wayne began developing a film based on the Battle of the Alamo. When he left his contract with Republic Pictures he was forced to leave behind a partial script. Republic Pictures had the script finished and developed into the 1955 movie ""The Last Command"". Although the film had its historical inaccuracies, it was the most detailed of the films on the Texas Revolution. Wayne continued to develop an Alamo movie, resulting in the 1960 film ""The Alamo"", starring Wayne as Davy Crockett. Although screenwriter James Edward Grant claimed to have done extensive historical"
"""Lawyer Man"", starring William Powell and Joan Blondell. ""Lawyer Man"" was his final film. Following the completion of his work on ""Lawyer Man"", he went to the hospital for treatment of a persistent cold. This developed into a sinus infection, which further worsened into an infection in his brain. He remained in the hospital for over a week, fighting the infection, but eventually died from it. His death at the age of 42 on October 27, 1932, shocked the film industry. Later it was reported that the infection was meningitis. The last two films he worked on were released posthumously."