John Wayne
Wayne in trailer for ”Wake of the Red Witch,” 1948
Birth Name: Marion Robert Morrison
Date of Birth: May 26, 1907
Place of Birth: Winterset, Madison, Iowa, United States
Date of Death: June 11, 1979
Place of Death: Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Ethnicity: Scots-Irish/Northern Irish/Scottish, English, Irish, remote Welsh
John Wayne was an American actor, director, producer, and filmmaker. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for True Grit (1969). Among his roles are The Big Trail, Stagecoach, Red River, The Searchers, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, and Rio Bravo. He was also credited as Marion Michael Morrison and Marion Mitchell Morrison, and also known as “Duke.”
He was the son of Mary Alberta “Molly” (Brown), from Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska, and Clyde Leonard Morrison, from Summer Township, Warren Co., Illinois.
John was married to Peruvian actress Pilar Pallete, until his death. He had four children with his former wife Josephine Wayne (born Josephine Alicia Saenz); and three children, film producer and actor Michael Wayne, actor Patrick Wayne, and actor Ethan Wayne, with Pilar. Among his grandchildren are actor and producer Brendan Wayne and actress and musician Jennifer Wayne.
John’s paternal grandfather was Marion Mitchell Morrison (the son of James W. Morrison and Martha Purdy Ewing). John’s grandfather Marion was born in Cherry Fork, Adams Co., Ohio. James’s parents, Robert Morrison and Mary Mitchell, were emigrants from County Antrim, Ireland.
John’s paternal grandmother was Wealthy/Wealtha Chase “Weltha” Parsons (the daughter of Henry Charles Parsons and Abigail Buck). Wealtha was born in Sumner Township, Warren, Illinois, to parents from Vermont. Henry was the son of Eldad Parsons and Betsey/Betsy Buck. Abigail was the daughter of Murray Buck and Polly/Polythenia Thorp. Wealthy’s ancestral lines trace back to New England in the 1600s, and England before that.
John’s maternal grandfather was Robert Emmet Brown (the son of Edward Brown and Margaret Good). Robert was born in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania. He had Scots-Irish/Northern Irish ancestry.
John’s maternal grandmother was Margaret “Mary” Kennedy (the daughter of Patrick Kennedy and Catharine Cunningham). Margaret was an Irish Catholic, born in Ireland, likely in Cork.
Sources: Genealogies of John Wayne – http://dukefanclub.weebly.com
http://famouskin.com
http://www.wikitree.com
https://www.geni.com
Genealogy of John Wayne (focusing on his father’s side) – https://www.findagrave.com
Marriage record of John’s paternal great-great-grandparents, Murray Buck and Polly/Polythenia Thorp – https://www.familysearch.org
There was no Northern Ireland when his family left Ireland – thats a recent invention. So why the use of it?
The Morrisons were Gaels and closely related to the Irish. Scotland was divided between Gaels/Highlanders and Lowlanders. The Irish employed them as “Gallowgas”.
They had been in Ireland for centuries. So the Morrisons should really be regarded as Irish.
Found a doppelganger for him – Brian Cody, Kilkenny hurling manager!:
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Surely the name Morrison came into Scotland from the Vikings? Either way, I disagree with you. Most of his family came to Ireland from Scotland, and possibly weren’t there long, certainly not centuries, so to say we should regard call him as Irish is just ignorant of his Scottish roots.
He was not a RACIST! He was a noble American. Get your facts straight.
(He was not a RACIST! He was a noble American)
How do you know what he was?There are probably many things about the man,you may not know.It wouldn’t surprise me if he was,after all he grew up in an era when it was very popular to be that.There are rumors about him being bi-sexual,as well as a number of hollywoods leading men.Is any of that true,the heck if I know,but it could be.
he married 3 white catholic hispanics women, he was just a Republican, and straight
@andrew
(he married 3 white catholic hispanics women)
First they were latin women,so we have no ideal how white they were;especially that last one.Also bi-sexual means you like both men and women.So being married,isn’t going to stop him from chasing the dog,if you know what I mean.Rock Hudson, Katharine Hepburn were both married, didn’t stop them.Katharine freely admitted to having other Hollywood starlets as her lovers
(he was just a Republican)
What does this have to do with anything?Rock Hudson was a conservative Republican,and was gay/bi.
(he was straight)
I going to go out on a limb here ,an assume you didn’t know the man.So there’s no way for you to know what his sexual orientation was.However,if he was or wasn’t doesn’t matter to me.I still enjoy his old movies,even thou he probably was racist.
Fuzzybear, the claims that he was bi came from fantasists. The stuff they wrote was almost laughable. It sound like you are just trolling.
@sadie
Okay,I went to look up some of comments
( “I believe in white supremacy until blacks are educated to a point of responsibility.”)
it was 1971,blacks were pretty well educated at that point,so yes he does come off as being racist.
I glad they decided not to give this racist man a Holiday. Although I still enjoy his movies
He was a racist
So are most black people. Your point?
Jo do you have a link for that?
He is Polish.