John Wayne
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05/25/1907
Winterset, IA |
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| While a USC football player, he often spent his summers working as an extra or prop man and can be spotted in several late '20s silent movies. |
| Won a Golden Globe in 1953 for World Film Favorite. |
| Received the Congressional Gold Medal in 1979; also received the Presidential Medal of Freedom (posthumously) in 1980. |
| Turned down the role of Marshal Dillon in Gunsmoke, but recommended his friend James Arness and gave an on-camera introduction in the pilot episode. |
