Welcome to the official Film/Art Gallery collection of original John Wayne vintage movie posters from his critically acclaimed catalog of timeless cinematic performances and contributions.

John Wayne, originally named Marion Michael Morrison, nicknamed Duke, was an American actor, director, producer, and Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient. He was among the highest box office draws for three decades, known for his roles in Western films.

Born in Winterset, Iowa, but grew up in Southern California, he lost a football scholarship to the University of Southern California because of a bodysurfing accident and started working for the Fox Film Corporation. He starred in small roles, but his first lead came in Raoul Walsh's Western The Big Trail (1930), an early widescreen film epic which was a box-office failure. Leading roles followed in numerous B movies during the 1930s, most of them also Westerns, without becoming a serious name. It had been John Ford's Stagecoach (1939) that made Wayne a mainstream star, and he starred in 142 motion pictures altogether. consistent with one biographer, "John Wayne personified for millions the nation's frontier heritage."

Wayne's other roles in Western films include a cattleman driving his herd on the Chisholm Trail in Red River (1948), a Civil War veteran whose niece is kidnapped by a tribe of Comanches in The Searchers (1956), a problematic rancher competing with a lawyer (James Stewart) for a woman's hand in The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962), and a cantankerous one-eyed marshal in True Grit (1969), for which he achieved the Academy Award for Best Actor. He is also notable for his roles in The Quiet Man (1952), Rio Bravo (1959) with Dean Martin, and The Longest Day (1962). In his final screen acting, he performed as an aging gunfighter battling cancer in The Shootist (1976). He appeared with many important Hollywood stars of his era and made his last public appearance at the Academy Awards ceremony on April 9, 1979, before he died to stomach cancer later that year.

Film/Art Gallery’s collection of original John Wayne movie posters include a rare poster for Howard Hawks' classic western starring John Wayne, Dean Martin, Ricky Nelson and Angie Dickinson. Also included in the John Wayne poster collection is a rare original release poster for all-star WW2 D-Day epic.

Film/Art Gallery movie posters are original prints and film poster collectibles. These are original movie posters. We do not carry any movie poster reproductions or reprints of any kind.