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Popular American icon John Wayne has an estimated net worth of $50 million. An epitome of rugged masculinity, this American producer, director and actor ranked #13 in the list of Greatest Male Screen Legends of All Time by the American Film Institute.

Some of his most commercially successful films include The Quiet Man, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, The Wings of Eagles, The Searchers, and She Wore a Yellow Ribbon. He is also noted for his appearance in The High and the Mighty, The Wings of Eagles, Island in the Sky, Jet Pilots, and Flying Tigers. His appearance on True Grit in 1969 won Wayne an Oscar Best Actor Award as well as the Golden Globe Award.John Wayne was born Marion Robert Morrison on May 26, 1907 in Winterset, Iowa, USA. At age 72, Wayne died of stomach cancer on June 11, 1979 in Los Angeles, California. An alumnus of University of Southern California, John Wayne has remarried thrice. First was to Josephine Alicia Saenz, then to Esperanza Baur, and finally, to Pilar Pallete.

Over his five-decade career (1927-1976) in the entertainment industry, John Wayne starred in about 170 films. He was once considered as one of the biggest box office stars in the USA.

Earnings & Financial Data

Date	Category	Description	Amount
1975	Salary	Salary from the film, The Shootist	$750,000
1974	Salary	Salary from the film, Brannigan	$500,000
1969	Salary	Salary from the film, Rio Lobo	$1,000,000
1967	Salary	Salary from the film, Hellfighters	$1,000,000
1967	Salary	Salary from the film, The Green Berets	$1,000,000
1966	Salary	Salary from the film, The War Wagon	$1,000,000
1964	Salary	Salary from the film, The Greatest Story Ever Told	$250,000
1961	Salary	Salary from the film, The Longest Day	$250,000
1960	Salary	Salary from the film, The Comancheros	$750,000
1959	Salary	Salary from the film, North to Alaska	$750,000
1958	Salary	Salary from the film, Rio Bravo	$750,000
1958	Salary	Salary from The Horse Soldiers	$750,000
1957	Salary	Salary from the film, The Barbarian and the Geisha	$700,000
1950	Salary	Salary from the film, Flying Leathernecks	$300,000
1948	Salary	Salary from the film, Sands of Iwo Jima	$180,000
1947	Salary	Salary from the film, Fort Apache	$110,000
1947	Salary	Salary from the film, Red River	$75,000
1947	Salary	Salary from the film, Wake of the Red Witch	$75,000
1945	Salary	Salary from the film, Without Reservations	$68,000
1941	Salary	Salary from the film, Reap the Wild Wind	$25,000
1938	Salary	Salary from the film, Stagecoach	$3,700
1936	Salary	Salary from the film, Idol of the Crowds	$6,000
1936	Salary	Salary from the film, I Cover the War!	$6,000
1936	Salary	Salary from the film, Adventure's End	$6,000
1936	Salary	Salary from the film, California Straight Ahead!	$6,000
1935	Salary	Salary from the film, Sea Spoilers	$6,000
1934	Salary	Salary from the film, Westward Ho	$6,000
1932	Salary	Salary from the film, The Man from Monterey	$1,500
1932	Salary	Salary from the film, Somewhere in Sonora	$1,500
1932	Salary	Salary from the film, The Telegraph Trail	$1,500
1932	Salary	Salary from the film, The Life of Jimmy Dolan	$1,500
1932	Salary	Salary from the film, Baby Face	$1,500
1931	Salary	Salary from the film, The Big Stampede	$1,500
1931	Salary	Salary from the film, Haunted Gold	$1,500
1931	Salary	Salary from the film, Ride Him, Cowboy	$1,500