John Wayne

John Wayne (1907 - 1979)
==Film Deaths==
*Noah's Ark (1928) [Uncredited Extra/Stuntman]: Drowned in the great flood. (Wayne was just a stuntman and in IMDB it is mentioned he Andy Devine and Ward Bond we’re among the hundreds of extras but it is Unknown if he lived or not.) 
*Hangman's House (1928) [Horse Race Spectator/Blindfolded Condeman]: Playing dual roles as a Spectator and a condeman, The condeman is shown in a flashback having a mask around his head and is hanged by the people. 
*The Deceiver (1931) [Reginald Thorpe's Corpse]: Stabbed to death (off-screen) by Sidney Bracey. (This part was actually played by Ian Keith during the "living" scenes; John only served as a stand-in when the body is discovered.)
*Central Airport (1933) [Co-Pilot in Wreck]: Wayne is just a stunt in this film during the crash scene and is barely recognizable on Top of the airplane who is shown to fail to save a drunk passenger and go under the waves and die.
*West of the Divide (1934) [Ted Hayden/Gat Ganns] Playing dual roles of both 'Ted Hayden' and 'Gat Ganns'. Gat Ganns dies after drinking from a poisoned water hole. Ted Hayden survives. 
*Reap the Wild Wind (1942) [Captain Jack Stuart]: Either Drowned or Killed by a giant squid while deep-sea diving in an old shipwreck; we last see him getting pulled away then a bunch of octopus blood because he had stabbed it, then it shows the ship above.
*The Fighting Seabees (Donovan's Army) (1944) [Wedge Donovan]: Shot in the chest by a Japanese soldier while driving his jeep towards an oil refinery tank. He succeeds in his intended mission when the jeep crashes into the tank and causes an explosion.
*Wake of the Red Witch (1948) [Captain Ralls]: Drowns after being trapped beneath debris while attempting to recover sunken treasure.
*Sands of Iwo Jima (1949) [Sgt. John M. Stryker]: Mount Suribachi is now taken over by US Marines and Wayne talks to his men who survived the battle before a Japanese in a spider hole opens fire and Wayne is shot to death. Forrest Tucker then reads a note that was in his pocket.
*The Sea Chase (1955) [Captain Karl Ehrlich]: Drowned (off-screen) with Lana Turner when their lifeboat is sunk. (Although his IMDB trivia states death is undetermined, he and Lana may have made it to shore).
*The Alamo (1960) [Col. Davy Crockett]: Stabbed in the chest with a lance by a Mexican soldier and blown up in the Alamo's arsenal when he sets off a massive explosion. (it's known that in real-life, Crockett's body was found whole and did not blow up in a gunpowder explosion).
*The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) [Tom Doniphon]: Dies (off-screen) of natural causes. His coffin (but not body) is shown when James Stewart arrives at the funeral home, and the rest of the movie takes place in flashbacks set years earlier.
*The Cowboys (1972) [Wil Andersen]: Shot in the chest and stomach by Bruce Dern (after first shooting him in the arm, leg and shoulder); he dies shortly after the teenage cowboys carry him back to their camp.
*The Shootist (1976) [John Bernard Books]: Mortally wounded (on top of terminal cancer) in the saloon gunfight; he dies moments later at the end of the shoot-out with Richard Boone, Hugh O'Brian, and finally Charles G. Martin, with Ron Howard at his side after being shot in the back.
==Gallery==
B8E80DA2-D845-43A9-913C-DDF5EB0E5B2E.png|John Wayne (far left) before his death in Central Airport
Octrww31.jpg|John Wayne’s death in Reap the Wild Wind
Johnwayne.jpg|John Wayne in The Fighting Seabees
Alamo 6.jpg|John Wayne in The Alamo
MV5BMTg2MTQ2MDE0NV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwNjYwNDkwNw@@. V1 QL75 UX1640 .jpg|John Wayne in The Cowboys 
==Notable Connections==
*Father of Patrick Wayne, Ethan Wayne, and Aissa Wayne.
*Grandfather of Brendan Wayne.
*Grandfather-in-law of Sara Arrington.
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