# John Wayne filmography

American actor, director, and producer John Wayne (1907–1979) began working on films as an extra, prop man and stuntman, mainly for the Fox Film Corporation. He frequently worked in minor roles with director John Ford and when Raoul Walsh suggested him for the lead in The Big Trail (1930), an epic Western shot in an early widescreen process called Fox Grandeur, Ford vouched for him. Wayne's early period as a star would be brief. Fox dropped him after only three leads. He then appeared in a string of low-budget action films (mostly Westerns) before garnering more recognition with the 1939 film Stagecoach.
During the 1940s and early 1950s, Wayne starred in Dark Command (1940), Reap the Wild Wind (1942), Wake of the Red Witch (1948), Fort Apache (1948), She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949), Rio Grande (1950), and Red River (1948). Some of his more notable war movies include Flying Tigers (1942), The Fighting Seabees (1944), They Were Expendable (1945), and Sands of Iwo Jima (1949), for which he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor.
The 1950s would see Wayne star in an Ireland-set romantic comedy The Quiet Man (1952) and two westerns, The Searchers (1956) and Rio Bravo (1959). Wayne also continued his producing activities during this period, and formed his own production company, Batjac. During the 1960s and 1970s, Wayne starred in more Westerns, such as The Comancheros (1961), The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962), and True Grit (1969), in which his role as Rooster Cogburn earned him an Academy Award for Best Actor. He would reprise that role in the 1975 film Rooster Cogburn. He also played in several war films, including The Longest Day (1962) and In Harm's Way (1965).
Wayne starred in his final film, The Shootist in 1976, ending his acting career of 50 years, 169 feature length films, and various other television appearances or voice-overs.

## Filmography
### As actor

| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
| 1926 | Brown of Harvard | Yale Football Player | Jack Conway | Uncredited |
| 1926 | Bardelys the Magnificent | Guard | King Vidor | Uncredited |
| 1926 | The Great K & A Train Robbery | Extra | Lewis Seiler | Uncredited |
| 1927 | Annie Laurie | Extra | John S. Robertson | Uncredited |
| 1927 | The Draw-Back | Opposing Football Player | Norman Taurog | Short film; uncredited |
| 1927 | The Drop Kick | Football Player / Extra in Stands | Millard Webb | Uncredited; aka Glitter (UK title) |
| 1927 | Seeing Stars | Tall Boy | Stephen Roberts | Short film; uncredited |
| 1928 | Mother Machree | Extra | John Ford | Uncredited |
| 1928 | Four Sons | Officer | John Ford | Uncredited |
| 1928 | Hangman's House | Horse Race Spectator / Condemned Man in Flashback | John Ford | Uncredited |
| 1928 | A Home-Made Man | Man on Stool | Norman Taurog | Short film; uncredited |
| 1928 | Noah's Ark | Flood extra | Michael Curtiz | Uncredited |
| 1929 | Speakeasy | Extra | Benjamin Stoloff | Uncredited |
| 1929 | The Black Watch | 42nd Highlander | John Ford | Uncredited |
| 1929 | Words and Music | Pete Donahue | James Tinling | Credited as Duke Morrison |
| 1929 | Salute | Midshipman Bill | John Ford | |
| 1929 | The Forward Pass | Football Player | Eddie Cline | Uncredited |
| 1930 | Men Without Women | Radioman on Surface | John Ford | Uncredited |
| 1930 | Born Reckless | Extra | John Ford Andrew Bennison | Uncredited |
| 1930 | Rough Romance | Lumberjack | A.F. Erickson | Uncredited |
| 1930 | Cheer Up and Smile | Roy | Sidney Lanfield | Uncredited |
| 1930 | The Big Trail | Breck Coleman | Raoul Walsh | Wayne's first starring role |
| 1931 | Girls Demand Excitement | Peter Brooks | Seymour Felix | |
| 1931 | Three Girls Lost | Gordon Wales | Sidney Lanfield | |
| 1931 | Arizona | Lt. Bob Denton | George B. Seitz | aka Men Are Like That and The Virtuous Wife (UK title) |
| 1931 | The Deceiver | Richard Thorpe as a corpse | Louis King | |
| 1931 | The Range Feud | Clint Turner | D. Ross Lederman | |
| 1931 | Maker of Men | Dusty Rhodes | Edward Sedgwick | |
| 1932 | The Shadow of the Eagle | Craig McCoy | Ford Beebe | |
| 1932 | Texas Cyclone | Steve Pickett | D. Ross Lederman | |
| 1932 | Two-Fisted Law | Duke | D. Ross Lederman | |
| 1932 | Lady and Gent | Buzz Kinney | Stephen Roberts | |
| 1932 | The Hurricane Express | Larry Baker | Armand Schaefer J.P. McGowan | |
| 1932 | Ride Him, Cowboy | John Drury | Fred Allen | aka The Hawk (UK title) |
| 1932 | That's My Boy | Taylor - Harvard Player | Roy William Neill | Uncredited |
| 1932 | The Big Stampede | John Steele | Tenny Wright | |
| 1932 | Haunted Gold | John Mason | Mack V. Wright | |
| 1933 | The Telegraph Trail | John Trent | Tenny Wright | |
| 1933 | The Three Musketeers | Tom Wayne | Armand Schaefer, Colbert Clark | |
| 1933 | Central Airport | Co-Pilot in Wreck | William Wellman | Uncredited |
| 1933 | Somewhere in Sonora | John Bishop | Mack V. Wright | |
| 1933 | His Private Secretary | Dick Wallace | Philip H. Whitman | |
| 1933 | The Life of Jimmy Dolan | Smith | Archie Mayo | aka The Kid's Last Fight (UK title) |
| 1933 | Baby Face | Jimmy McCoy Jr. | Alfred E. Green | |
| 1933 | The Man from Monterey | Captain John Holmes | Mack V. Wright | |
| 1933 | Riders of Destiny | Singin' Sandy Saunders | R.N. Bradbury | |
| 1933 | College Coach | Student Greeting Phil | William Wellman | Uncredited; aka Football Coach (UK title) |
| 1933 | Sagebrush Trail | John Brant aka Smith | Armand Schaefer | aka An Innocent Man (UK title) |
| 1934 | The Lucky Texan | Jerry Mason | R.N. Bradbury | aka Gold Strike River |
| 1934 | West of the Divide | Ted Hayden posing as Gat Ganns | R.N. Bradbury | |
| 1934 | Blue Steel | John Carruthers | R.N. Bradbury | aka Stolen Goods (UK title). |
| 1934 | The Man from Utah | John Weston | R.N. Bradbury | |
| 1934 | Randy Rides Alone | Randy Bowers | Harry L. Fraser | |
| 1934 | The Star Packer | John Travers | R.N. Bradbury | |
| 1934 | The Trail Beyond | Rod Drew | R.N. Bradbury | |
| 1934 | The Lawless Frontier | John Tobin | R.N. Bradbury | |
| 1934 | 'Neath the Arizona Skies | Chris Morrell | Harry Fraser | |
| 1935 | Texas Terror | John Higgins | R.N. Bradbury | |
| 1935 | Rainbow Valley | John Martin | R.N. Bradbury | |
| 1935 | The Desert Trail | John Scott posing as John Jones | Lewis Collins | |
| 1935 | The Dawn Rider | John Mason | R.N. Bradbury | aka Cold Vengeance |
| 1935 | Paradise Canyon | John Wyatt posing as John Rogers | Carl Pierson | aka Guns Along The Trail |
| 1935 | Westward Ho | John Wyatt aka John Allen | R.N. Bradbury | |
| 1935 | The New Frontier | John Dawson | Carl Pierson | |
| 1935 | Lawless Range | John Middleton | R.N. Bradbury | |
| 1936 | The Oregon Trail | Capt. John Delmont | Scott Pembroke | A lost film; 40 stills were discovered in 2013 |
| 1936 | The Lawless Nineties | John Tipton | Joseph Kane | |
| 1936 | King of the Pecos | John Clayborn | Joseph Kane | |
| 1936 | The Lonely Trail | Captain John Ashley | Joseph Kane | |
| 1936 | Winds of the Wasteland | John Blair | Mack V. Wright | aka Stagecoach Run |
| 1936 | Sea Spoilers | Bob Randall | Frank R. Strayer | |
| 1936 | Conflict | Pat Glendon | David Howard | |
| 1937 | California Straight Ahead! | Biff Smith | Arthur Lubin | |
| 1937 | I Cover the War | Bob Adams | Arthur Lubin | |
| 1937 | Idol of the Crowds | Johnny Hanson | Arthur Lubin | |
| 1937 | Adventure's End | Duke Slade | Arthur Lubin | Considered a lost film, as no known prints exist |
| 1937 | Born to the West | Dare Rudd | Charles Barton | aka Hell Town (reissue title) |
| 1938 | Pals of the Saddle | Stoney Brooke | George Sherman | The first of eight films in the "Three Mesquiteers" series |
| 1938 | Overland Stage Raiders | Stoney Brooke | George Sherman | |
| 1938 | Santa Fe Stampede | Stoney Brooke | George Sherman | |
| 1938 | Red River Range | Stoney Brooke | George Sherman | |
| 1939 | Stagecoach | Ringo Kid | John Ford | |
| 1939 | The Night Riders | Stoney Brooke | George Sherman | |
| 1939 | Three Texas Steers | Stoney Brooke | George Sherman | aka Danger Rides the Range (UK title) |
| 1939 | Wyoming Outlaw | Stoney Brooke | George Sherman | |
| 1939 | New Frontier | Stoney Brooke | George Sherman | aka Frontier Horizon |
| 1939 | Allegheny Uprising | Jim Smith | William A. Seiter | aka The First Rebel (UK title) |
| 1940 | Dark Command | Bob Seton | Raoul Walsh | |
| 1940 | Three Faces West | John Phillips | Bernard Vorhaus | |
| 1940 | The Long Voyage Home | Olsen | John Ford | |
| 1940 | Seven Sinners | Dan | Tay Garnett | aka Cafe of the Seven Sinners (UK re-issue title) |
| 1941 | A Man Betrayed | Lynn Hollister | John H. Auer | aka Citadel of Crime (UK title) and Wheel of Fortune (TV title) |
| 1941 | Lady from Louisiana | John Reynolds | Bernard Vorhaus | |
| 1941 | The Shepherd of the Hills | Young Matt Matthews | Henry Hathaway | |
| 1942 | Lady for a Night | Jack Morgan | Leigh Jason | |
| 1942 | Reap the Wild Wind | Capt. Jack Stuart | Cecil B. DeMille | |
| 1942 | The Spoilers | Roy Glennister | Ray Enright | |
| 1942 | In Old California | Tom Craig | William C. McGann | |
| 1942 | Flying Tigers | Capt. Jim Gordon | David Miller | |
| 1942 | Reunion in France | Pat Talbot | Jules Dassin | aka Mademoiselle France (UK title) |
| 1942 | Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh Markham | Lewis Seiler | |
| 1943 | A Lady Takes a Chance | Duke Hudkins | William A. Seiter | |
| 1943 | In Old Oklahoma | Daniel F. Somers | Al Rogell | aka War of the Wildcats (re-issue title) |
| 1944 | The Fighting Seabees | Lt. Cmdr. Wedge Donovan | Edward Ludwig | |
| 1944 | Tall in the Saddle | Rocklin | Edwin L. Marin | |
| 1944 | Flame of Barbary Coast | Duke Fergus | Joseph Kane | |
| 1945 | Back to Bataan | Col. Joseph Madden | Edward Dmytryk | |
| 1945 | They Were Expendable | Lt. (J.G.) 'Rusty' Ryan | John Ford | |
| 1945 | Dakota | John Devlin | Joseph Kane | |
| 1946 | Without Reservations | Captain 'Rusty' Thomas | Mervyn LeRoy | |
| 1947 | Angel and the Badman | Quirt Evans | James Edward Grant | Also producer |
| 1947 | Tycoon | Johnny | Richard Wallace | |
| 1948 | Red River | Thomas Dunson | Howard Hawks | |
| 1948 | Fort Apache | Capt. Kirby York | John Ford | |
| 1948 | 3 Godfathers | Robert Marmaduke Sangster Hightower | John Ford | |
| 1948 | Wake of the Red Witch | Capt. Ralls | Edward Ludwig | |
| 1949 | The Fighting Kentuckian | John Breen | George Waggner | |
| 1949 | She Wore a Yellow Ribbon | Capt. Nathan Cutting Brittles | John Ford | |
| 1949 | Sands of Iwo Jima | Sgt. John M. Stryker | Allan Dwan | |
| 1950 | Rio Grande | Lt. Col. Kirby Yorke | John Ford | |
| 1951 | Operation Pacific | Lt Cmdr. Duke E. Gifford | George Waggner | |
| 1951 | Flying Leathernecks | Maj. Daniel Xavier Kirby | Nicholas Ray | |
| 1952 | The Quiet Man | Sean Thornton | John Ford | Also second unit director (uncredited) |
| 1952 | Big Jim McLain | Jim McLain | Edward Ludwig | Also producer |
| 1953 | Trouble Along the Way | Steve Williams | Michael Curtiz | |
| 1953 | Island in the Sky | Capt. Dooley | William A. Wellman | Also producer |
| 1953 | Hondo | Hondo Lane | John Farrow | Also producer |
| 1954 | The High and the Mighty | Officer Dan Roman | William A. Wellman | |
| 1955 | The Sea Chase | Capt. Karl Ehrlich | John Farrow | |
| 1955 | Screen Directors Playhouse | Mike Cronin | John Ford | TV series (Episode: "Rookie of the Year") |
| 1955 | Blood Alley | Capt. Tom Wilder | William A. Wellman | Also producer |
| 1956 | The Conqueror | Temüjin | Dick Powell | |
| 1956 | The Searchers | Ethan Edwards | John Ford | |
| 1957 | The Wings of Eagles | Frank W. 'Spig' Wead | John Ford | |
| 1957 | Jet Pilot | Col. Jim Shannon | Josef von Sternberg | |
| 1957 | Legend of the Lost | Joe January | Henry Hathaway | |
| 1958 | The Barbarian and the Geisha | Townsend Harris | John Huston | |
| 1959 | Rio Bravo | Sheriff John T. Chance | Howard Hawks | |
| 1959 | The Horse Soldiers | Col. John Marlowe | John Ford | |
| 1960 | The Alamo | Col. Davy Crockett | Himself | Also director and producer |
| 1960 | North to Alaska | Sam McCord | Henry Hathaway | |
| 1960 | Wagon Train | Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman | John Ford | TV series (Episode: "The Colter Craven Story") |
| 1961 | The Comancheros | Capt. Jake Cutter | Michael Curtiz | |
| 1962 | Alcoa Premiere | Marine Sergeant | John Ford | TV series (Episode: "Flashing Spikes"); credited as Marion Morrison |
| 1962 | The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance | Tom Doniphon | John Ford | |
| 1962 | Hatari! | Sean Mercer | Howard Hawks | |
| 1962 | The Longest Day | Lt. Col. Benjamin H. Vandervoort | Ken Annakin, Andrew Marton, Bernhard Wicki | |
| 1962 | How the West Was Won | Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman | John Ford, Henry Hathaway, George Marshall | |
| 1963 | Donovan's Reef | Michael Patrick 'Guns' Donovan | John Ford | |
| 1963 | McLintock! | George Washington 'G.W.' McLintock | Andrew V. McLaglen | |
| 1964 | Circus World | Matt Masters | Henry Hathaway | aka The Magnificent Showman (UK title) |
| 1965 | The Greatest Story Ever Told | Centurion at Crucifixion | George Stevens | |
| 1965 | In Harm's Way | Rock | Otto Preminger | |
| 1965 | The Sons of Katie Elder | John Elder | Henry Hathaway | |
| 1966 | Cast a Giant Shadow | Gen. Mike Randolph | Melville Shavelson | Also co-executive producer (uncredited) |
| 1966 | El Dorado | Cole Thornton | Howard Hawks | |
| 1967 | The War Wagon | Taw Jackson | Burt Kennedy | |
| 1968 | The Green Berets | Col. Mike Kirby | Himself Ray Kellogg | |
| 1968 | Hellfighters | Chance Buckman | Andrew V. McLaglen | |
| 1969 | True Grit | Rooster Cogburn | Henry Hathaway | |
| 1969 | The Undefeated | Col. John Henry Thomas | Andrew V. McLaglen | |
| 1970 | No Substitute for Victory | Narrator | Robert F. Slatzer | |
| 1970 | Chisum | John Chisum | Andrew V. McLaglen | |
| 1970 | Rio Lobo | Col. Cord McNally | Howard Hawks | |
| 1970 | Swing Out, Sweet Land | Himself | Stan Harris | |
| 1970 | Harry Jackson: A Man and His Art | Narrator | N/A | Short documentary |
| 1971 | Big Jake | Jacob McCandles | George Sherman | Also uncredited executive producer |
| 1972 | The Cowboys | Wil Andersen | Mark Rydell | |
| 1972 | Cancel My Reservation | Himself | Paul Bogart | |
| 1973 | The Train Robbers | Lane | Burt Kennedy | Also executive producer (uncredited) |
| 1973 | Cahill U.S. Marshal | J. D. Cahill | Andrew V. McLaglen | aka Cahill (UK title); also executive producer (uncredited) |
| 1974 | McQ | Lieutenant Lon "McQ" McHugh | John Sturges | |
| 1975 | Brannigan | Lt. James Brannigan | Douglas Hickox | |
| 1975 | Rooster Cogburn | Rooster Cogburn | Stuart Millar | |
| 1976 | The Shootist | J.B. Books | Don Siegel | |
| 1977 | Star Wars | Garindan | George Lucas | Stock audio only; uncredited |

### As himself

| Year | Title | Notes |
| 1932 | The Voice of Hollywood: No. 13 | Short film |
| 1932 | Running Hollywood | Two-reel short |
| 1932 | The Hollywood Handicap | Two-reel short |
| 1940 | Screen Snapshots | Short film |
| 1941 | Meet the Stars: Past and Present | Promotional short |
| 1944 | Memo for Joe | Short film |
| 1949 | Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Rodeo | Short documentary |
| 1950 | Screen Snapshots: Hollywood's Famous Feet | Short documentary; uncredited |
| 1951 | Screen Snapshots: Reno's Silver Spur Awards | Short documentary |
| 1951 | The Screen Director | Promotional short |
| 1951 | Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Awards | Short documentary |
| 1953 | The Colgate Comedy Hour | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1954 | This is Your Life | TV series (Episode: "William Wellman") |
| 1955 | Screen Snapshots: The Great Al Jolson | Short documentary |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | TV series (Episode: "Matt Gets It") |
| 1955 | Sheilah Graham in Hollywood | TV series (Episode: "John Wayne") |
| 1955 | The Milton Berle Show | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1955 | I Love Lucy | TV series (Episode: "Lucy and John Wayne") |
| 1955 | Producers' Showcase | TV series (Episode: "Dateline II") |
| 1955 | Casablanca | TV series (Episode: "Who Holds Tomorrow") |
| 1956 | Climax! | TV series (Episode: "The Lovella Parsons Story") |
| 1956 | Screen Directors Playhouse | TV series (Episode: "Markheim") |
| 1958 | I Married a Woman | Uncredited cameo |
| 1958 | The 30th Annual Academy Awards | Presenter |
| 1958 | Screen Snapshots: Salute to Hollywood | Short documentary |
| 1958 | Wide Wide World | TV series documentary |
| 1959 | World's Heavyweight Championship Fight: Floyd Patterson Heavyweight Champion of the World Vs. Ingemar Johansson Heavyweight Champion of Europe | Short documentary; uncredited |
| 1959 | The 31st Annual Academy Awards | Presenter |
| 1960 | The Spirit of The Alamo | Documentary |
| 1960 | The 32nd Annual Academy Awards | Presenter |
| 1960 | The Jack Paar Tonight Show | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1960 | The Jack Benny Program | TV series (Episode: "The John Wayne Show") |
| 1960 | What's My Line? | TV series (Episode: "11-13-1960") |
| 1960, 1964 | Cinépanorama | TV series (2 episodes) |
| 1960 | The Ed Sullivan Show | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1961 | The Challenge of Ideas | Propaganda short |
| 1962 | Here's Hollywood | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1963 | The Dick Powell Show | TV series (Episode: "The Third Side of a Coin") |
| 1965 | The Making of In Harm's Way | Short documentary |
| 1966 | The Merv Griffin Show | TV series (Episode: "3-16-1966") |
| 1966 | The Lucy Show | TV series (Episode: "Lucy and John Wayne") |
| 1966–1969 | The Red Skelton Show | TV series (2 episodes) |
| 1967 | The Artist and the American West | Short documentary |
| 1967 | A Nation Builds Under Fire | Short documentary |
| 1967 | The Beverly Hillbillies | TV series (Episode: "The Indians are Coming") |
| 1967 | The Dean Martin Show | TV series (5 episodes) |
| 1968 | The Movie Makers | Short documentary |
| 1968–1973 | Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In | TV series (10 episodes) |
| 1968, 1969 | The Joey Bishop Show | TV series (2 episodes) |
| 1969–1971 | The Glenn Campbell Good Time Hour | TV series (2 episodes) |
| 1970 | No Substitute for Victory | Short |
| 1970 | John Wayne and Chisum | Short documentary |
| 1970 | Plimpton! Shoot out at Rio Lobo | TV documentary |
| 1970 | The Movie Game | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1970 | Swing Out, Sweet Land | TV movie |
| 1970 | Raquel! | TV special |
| 1970 | The 27th Annual Golden Globe Awards | TV special |
| 1970 | The 42nd Annual Academy Awards | Presenter |
| 1970 | Harry Jacks: A Man and His Art | Short documentary |
| 1971 | Sehnsucht nach dem Wilden Westen | TV movie |
| 1971 | The Bob Hope Specials | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1971 | Directed by John Ford | Documentary |
| 1971 | Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Jack Benny But Were Afraid to Ask | TV special |
| 1971–1976 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | TV series (6 episodes) |
| 1971 | The American West of John Ford | Documentary |
| 1971, 1975 | V.I.P. Schaukel | TV series (2 episodes) |
| 1972 | The Breaking of Boys and the Making of Men | Short documentary |
| 1972 | Cancel My Reservation | |
| 1972 | The 44th Annual Academy Awards | Presenter |
| 1972 | The David Frost Show | Short documentary |
| 1973 | The Wayne Train | Short documentary |
| 1973 | RCA's Opening Night | TV movie |
| 1973 | Cavalcade of Champions | Short documentary |
| 1974 | McQ: John Wayne in Action | |
| 1974 | John Wayne and Glenn Campbell and the Musical West | TV special |
| 1974 | The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Bob Hope | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1974 | Maude | TV series (Episode: "Maude Meets the Duke") |
| 1974 | Parkinson | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1974 | AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to James Cagney | |
| 1975 | Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television | TV special |
| 1975 | Bob Hope on Campus | TV special |
| 1975 | The 17th Annual TV Week Logie Awards | Short documentary |
| 1975 | Backstage in Hollywood | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1975 | The 47th Annual Academy Awards | Presenter |
| 1976 | Backlot USA | TV movie |
| 1976 | The Mike Douglas Show | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1976 | The 2nd Annual People's Choice Awards | TV special |
| 1976 | An All Star Tribute to John Wayne | TV movie |
| 1976 | CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years | Documentary |
| 1976 | Chesty: A Tribute to a Legend | Documentary |
| 1976 | America Salutes Richard Rodgers: The Sound of His Music | TV movie |
| 1977 | The 3rd Annual People's Choice Awards | TV special |
| 1977 | Home for the Seabees | Documentary |
| 1977 | An All-Star Tribute to Elizabeth Taylor | TV special |
| 1977 | Super Night at the Super Bowl | TV special |
| 1977 | Jimmy Carter's Inaugural Address Gala | TV special |
| 1978 | AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Henry Fonda | TV special |
| 1978 | ABC's Silver Anniversary Celebration | TV special |
| 1978 | Happy Birthday, Bob | TV special |
| 1978 | General Electric's All Star Anniversary | TV documentary |
| 1978 | Early American Christmas | TV special |
| 1979 | The 51st Annual Academy Awards | Presenter |
| 1979 | The Barbara Walters Summer Special | TV special |

## As producer only

| Year | Title | Notes |
| 1950 | The Dangerous Stranger | Short; uncredited |
| 1951 | The Bullfighter and the Lady | |
| 1951 | Santa and the Fairy Snow Queen | Short; uncredited |
| 1953 | Plunder of the Sun | Uncredited |
| 1954 | Ring of Fear | Uncredited |
| 1956 | Track of the Cat | Uncredited |
| 1956 | Goodbye, My Lady | Uncredited |
| 1956 | Seven Men From Now | Uncredited |
| 1956 | Gun the Man Down | Uncredited |
| 1956 | Man in the Vault | Uncredited |
| 1958 | China Doll | Uncredited |
| 1959 | Escort West | Uncredited; also uncredited producer |
| 1960 | The Alamo | Produced & Directed |
| 1967 | Hondo and the Apaches | TV film; uncredited |
| 1967 | Hondo | Executive producer; TV series (17 episodes); uncredited |

## Box office popularity

Results from Quigley's Motion Picture Herald annual poll of film exhibitors would determine the year's "Top Ten Stars". John Wayne appeared on the list every time between 1949 and 1973 with one exception – 1958 – indicating that he was one of cinema's most durable stars.
| Place | 1949 | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 |
| 1 | Bob Hope | John Wayne | John Wayne | Martin & Lewis | Gary Cooper |
| 2 | Bing Crosby | Bob Hope | Martin & Lewis | Gary Cooper | Martin & Lewis |
| 3 | Abbott & Costello | Bing Crosby | Betty Grable | John Wayne | John Wayne |
| 4 | John Wayne | Betty Grable | Abbott & Costello | Bing Crosby | Alan Ladd |
| 5 | Gary Cooper | James Stewart | Bing Crosby | Bob Hope | Gary Cooper |
| 6 | Cary Grant | Abbott & Costello | Bob Hope | James Stewart | Marlon Brando |
| 7 | Betty Grable | Clifton Webb | Randolph Scott | Doris Day | Martin & Lewis |
| 8 | Esther Williams | Esther Williams | Gary Cooper | Gregory Peck | Humphrey Bogart |
| 9 | Humphrey Bogart | Spencer Tracy | Doris Day | Susan Hayward | June Allyson |
| 10 | Clark Gable | Randolph Scott | Spencer Tracy | Randolph Scott | Clark Gable |
| Place | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 |
| 1 | John Wayne | James Stewart | William Holden | Rock Hudson | Glenn Ford |
| 2 | Martin & Lewis | Grace Kelly | John Wayne | John Wayne | Elizabeth Taylor |
| 3 | Gary Cooper | John Wayne | James Stewart | Pat Boone | Jerry Lewis |
| 4 | James Stewart | William Holden | Burt Lancaster | Elvis Presley | Marlon Brando |
| 5 | Glenn Ford | Bing Crosby | Marilyn Monroe | Frank Sinatra | Rock Hudson |
| 6 | Martin & Lewis | Marilyn Monroe | Alan Ladd | Gary Cooper | William Holden |
| 7 | Gary Cooper | James Stewart | William Holden | William Holden | Brigitte Bardot |
| 8 | Marilyn Monroe | Bob Hope | Bing Crosby | James Stewart | Yul Brynner |
| 9 | Kim Novak | Susan Hayward | Jane Wyman | Jerry Lewis | James Stewart |
| 10 | Frank Sinatra | Randolph Scott | Marlon Brando | Yul Brynner | Frank Sinatra |
| Place | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 |
| 1 | Rock Hudson | Doris Day | Elizabeth Taylor | Doris Day | Doris Day |
| 2 | Cary Grant | Rock Hudson | Rock Hudson | Rock Hudson | John Wayne |
| 3 | James Stewart | Cary Grant | Doris Day | Cary Grant | Rock Hudson |
| 4 | Doris Day | Elizabeth Taylor | John Wayne | John Wayne | Jack Lemmon |
| 5 | Debbie Reynolds | Debbie Reynolds | Cary Grant | Elvis Presley | Cary Grant |
| 6 | Glenn Ford | Tony Curtis | Sandra Dee | Elizabeth Taylor | Elizabeth Taylor |
| 7 | Frank Sinatra | Sandra Dee | Jerry Lewis | Jerry Lewis | Elvis Presley |
| 8 | John Wayne | Frank Sinatra | William Holden | Frank Sinatra | Sandra Dee |
| 9 | Jerry Lewis | Jack Lemmon | Tony Curtis | Sandra Dee | Paul Newman |
| 10 | Susan Hayward | John Wayne | Elvis Presley | Burt Lancaster | Jerry Lewis |
| Place | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 |
| 1 | Doris Day | Sean Connery | Julie Andrews | Julie Andrews | Sidney Poitier |
| 2 | Jack Lemmon | John Wayne | Sean Connery | Lee Marvin | Paul Newman |
| 3 | Rock Hudson | Doris Day | Elizabeth Taylor | Paul Newman | Julie Andrews |
| 4 | John Wayne | Julie Andrews | Jack Lemmon | Dean Martin | John Wayne |
| 5 | Cary Grant | Jack Lemmon | Richard Burton | Sean Connery | Clint Eastwood |
| 6 | Elvis Presley | Elvis Presley | Cary Grant | Elizabeth Taylor | Dean Martin |
| 7 | Shirley MacLaine | Cary Grant | John Wayne | Sidney Poitier | Dustin Hoffman |
| 8 | Ann-Margret | James Stewart | Doris Day | John Wayne | Jack Lemmon |
| 9 | Paul Newman | Elizabeth Taylor | Paul Newman | Richard Burton | Lee Marvin |
| 10 | Richard Burton | Richard Burton | Elvis Presley | Steve McQueen | Elizabeth Taylor |
| Place | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 |
| 1 | Paul Newman | Paul Newman | John Wayne | Clint Eastwood | Clint Eastwood |
| 2 | John Wayne | Clint Eastwood | Clint Eastwood | George C. Scott | Ryan O'Neal |
| 3 | Steve McQueen | Steve McQueen | Paul Newman | Gene Hackman | Steve McQueen |
| 4 | Dustin Hoffman | John Wayne | Steve McQueen | John Wayne | Burt Reynolds |
| 5 | Clint Eastwood | Elliott Gould | George C. Scott | Barbra Streisand | Robert Redford |
| 6 | Sidney Poitier | Dustin Hoffman | Dustin Hoffman | Marlon Brando | Barbra Streisand |
| 7 | Lee Marvin | Lee Marvin | Walter Matthau | Paul Newman | Paul Newman |
| 8 | Jack Lemmon | Jack Lemmon | Ali MacGraw | Steve McQueen | Charles Bronson |
| 9 | Katharine Hepburn | Barbra Streisand | Sean Connery | Dustin Hoffman | John Wayne |
| 10 | Barbra Streisand | Walter Matthau | Lee Marvin | Goldie Hawn | Marlon Brando |