FrameThrower · Actors · John Wayne
John Wayne
7 films · 449 frames · top-billed in 7 · 1930–1959
Born 26 May 1907 · Winterset, Iowa, USA · died 11 June 1979
Marion Mitchell Morrison (May 26, 1907 – June 11, 1979), known professionally as John Wayne and nicknamed 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 Corporation, he appeared mostly in small bit parts.…
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 7 films · 449 frames · top-billed in 7 · 1930–1959
- Academy Award for Best Actor1970
- Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama1969
- Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award1966
- California Hall of Fame2007
- Presidential Medal of Freedom1980
- Owen Wister Award1970
- Golden Plate Award1970
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
- Congressional Gold Medal
How their films are shot
Measured across 449 frames from the 7 films we hold. This is the look of the work John takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 7 films we hold, 60% of their frames are day, 53% natural — the look of the work John takes.
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Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
Often with
Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 449 frames from John Wayne's 7 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.