Patrick John Morrison (born July 15, 1939), better known as Patrick Wayne, is an American actor. He is the second son of actor John Wayne.
Early life Patrick John Morrison was born on July 15, 1939, in Los Angeles, California, the second child of John Wayne, an actor, and his first wife, Josephine Alicia (née Saenz), the daughter of Panama's Consul General to the United States. He has three siblings: Michael Wayne, Mary Antonia "Toni" Wayne LaCava, and Melinda Ann Wayne Munoz, and three half-siblings; Aissa Maria Wayne, John Ethan Wayne, and Marisa Carmela Wayne, from his father's marriage to his stepmother, Pilar Pallete, a Peruvian former actress. His godfather was John Ford, a film director.
Wayne attended Loyola University of Los Angeles, where he was a member of the Alpha Delta Gamma fraternity, and graduated in 1961. From 1961 to 1965, he served a tour of duty with the U.S. Coast Guard.
Career Wayne made his debut at the age of 11, as an uncredited extra in the romantic Western film Rio Grande (1950). He went on to appear in 10 more films with his father, John Wayne: The Quiet Man (1952), The High and the Mighty (1954) – as a props assistant, The Conqueror (1956), The Searchers (1956), The Alamo (1960), The Comancheros (1961), Donovan's Reef (1963), McLintock! (1963), The Green Berets (1968), and Big Jake (1971). He appeared in several films directed by John Ford: The Sun Shines Bright (1952), The Long Gray Line (1955), Mister Roberts (1955), and The Searchers (1956). He struck out on his own to start in his own film The Young Land (1959). He appeared in Ford's sprawling epic Cheyenne Autumn (1964), as James Stewart's son in Shenandoah (1965), in An Eye for an Eye (1966), The Deserter (1971), and in a lead role in The Bears and I (1974) for Walt Disney. His television work included the baseball teleplay Rookie of the Year (1955), directed by Ford and starring his father, and Flashing Spikes (1962), a baseball television anthology installment directed by Ford and starring James Stewart, with his father in an extended cameo role. He played similar roles in both shows as baseball players. He earned recognition in the sci-fi genre following his work on his father's film Big Jake.
Wayne peaked as an actor in the late 1970s in the popular matinee fantasy Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger (1977), then in The People That Time Forgot (1977). He screen-tested for the title role of Superman. He co-starred as a romantic love interest to Shirley Jones in the brief TV series Shirley (1979). He was the host of The Monte Carlo Show in 1980 and occasionally worked on games shows and syndicated variety series.
Wayne had many appearances on popular television series of the 1970s and 1980s, including Charlie's Angels (1976), Fantasy Island (1978), Murder, She Wrote (1984), Sledge Hammer! (1986), and The Love Boat. He appeared in the movie Young Guns (1988) as Pat Garrett. He also did a comic turn in the Western spoof Rustlers' Rhapsody (1985).
Wayne served as the host of the 1990 revival of the game show Tic-Tac-Dough.
Wayne became chairman of the John Wayne Cancer Institute in 2003. In December 2015, he travelled to Spain to receive the prize Almeria Tierra de Cine in Almeria, Andalucia, for his long career in the cinema, and in his acceptance speech, he noted that his maternal grandparents were born in Madrid and that he is half Spanish.
Wayne appeared on The John Wayne Gritcast podcast series, where he was interviewed by his younger half-brother, Ethan Wayne. The first episode, "Episode 1 – Patrick Wayne – Part 1", was released on September 29, 2021. The second episode, "Episode 2 – Patrick Wayne – Part 2", was released on October 7, 2021. He appeared on the eighth episode, "Episode 8 – McCandles Family Reunion", was released on November 18, 2021. He appeared on the thirteenth episode, "Episode 13 – Family Christmas Episode!", was released on December 23, 2021.
Personal life Wayne married his first wife, Margaret Ann "Peggy" Hunt, on December 11, 1965. The couple divorced on September 1, 1978 after 12 years of marriage.
Wayne was 39 years old when his father died from stomach cancer on June 11, 1979. His father left an estate worth $6.85M, of which he received $195,000.
Wayne married his second wife Misha Anderson on May 8, 1999.
Wayne has three children. He is the half-uncle of Jennifer Wayne of the country music group Runaway June.
Filmography As an actor YearTitleRoleNotes1950Rio GrandeBoyUncredited1952The Quiet ManBoy on Wagon at Horse RaceUncredited1953The Sun Shines BrightCadetUncredited1955The Long Gray LineAbner 'Cherub' Overton1955Mister RobertsBookserCredited as; Pat Wayne1955Screen Directors PlayhouseLyn GoodhueEpisode: "Rookie of the Year", Credited as; Pat Wayne1956The ConquerorUncredited1956The SearchersLt. GreenhillCredited as; Pat Wayne1958Teenage IdolTelevision film1958Mr. Adams and EveWalterEpisode: "Teenage Idol"1959The Young LandSheriff Jim EllisonCredited as; Pat Wayne1960Have Gun – Will TravelBen HuttnerEpisode: "Black Sheep", Credited as; Pat Wayne1960The AlamoCapt. James Butler Bonham1961The ComancherosTobeCredited as; Pat Wayne1962Alcoa PremiereBill RileyEpisode: "Flashing Spikes"1963Donovan's ReefAustralian Navy LieutenantUncredited1963McLintock!Devlin Warren1964Cheyenne AutumnSecond Lieut. Scott1965BrandedCpl. DeweyEpisode: "The Mission: Part 3"1965ShenandoahJames Anderson1966Voyage to the Bottom of the SeaFraserEpisode: "Killers of the Deep"196612 O'Clock HighLieutenant GabrielEpisode: "The Outsider"1966An Eye for an EyeBenny WallaceCredited as; Pat Wayne1966–1967The RoundersHowdy Lewis17 episodes1968, 1972The F.B.I.Fred Bruno, Al Linden2 episodes1968The Green BeretsLt. Jamison1968Rowan & Martin's Laugh-InGuest PerformerEpisode: "Guest Starring Eve Arden"1970Sole SurvivorMacTelevision film1970Love, American StyleOliverEpisode: "Love and the Other Guy/Love and Grandma"1970Swing Out, Sweet LandJames CaldwellUncredited1970The DeserterCapt. Bill Robinson1971Big JakeJames McCandles1971The Gatling GunJim Boland1972Double Play1972Movin' OnClint DanielsTelevision film1973Beyond AtlantisVic Mathias1974McCloudDeputy Morris KnowlesEpisode: "The Colorado Cattle Caper"1974The Bears and IBob Leslie1974Marcus Welby, M.D.Sergeant BuchananEpisode: "The Outrage"1974Police WomanKevin DuffyEpisode: "It's Only a Game"1974Marathon Bar: Captain QuickMarathon JohnVideo1975The New SpartansBigdick McCracken1976Mustang CountryTee Jay1977Yesterday's ChildSanford GrantTelevision film1977Flight to HolocaustLes TaggartTelevision film1977Sinbad and the Eye of the TigerSinbad1977The People That Time ForgotBen McBride1977The Last HurrahRobert 'Bobby' SkeffingtonTelevision film1978Hawaii's HolidaysRoger PowellTelevision film1978The Life and Times of Grizzly AdamsBradEpisode: "The Renewal"1978Texas DetourClay McCarthy1978The Renewal1979Visions of Christmas Past1979–1980ShirleyLew Armitage6 episodes1979, 1981, 1984, 1986, 1989The Love BoatMatt Benton, Jack Clayton, Tom Joseph, Jim Stanton, Jeff Peterson, Mike Morel6 episodes1980The Monte Carlo ShowHost1981Charlie's AngelsSteve WaltersEpisode: "Waikiki Angels"1981–1983Fantasy IslandJohn Apensdale, Major Wood, Francois3 episodes1983Lottery!Michael WainwrightEpisode: "Kansas City: Protected Winner"1984Matt HoustonJack WolcottEpisode: "Cash and Carry"1985Rustlers' RhapsodyBob Barber1985New Love, American StyleEpisode: "Love and the Sauna/Loge and the Night Watchman"1986RevengeMichael HoganVideo1987Sledge Hammer!MylesEpisode: "Brother, Can You Spare a Crime?"1987Danger BayMr. CormierEpisode: "All the King's Horses"1987Murder, She WroteRandy WitworthEpisode: "Murder, She Spoke"1988Frank's PlaceBrandman CarrEpisode: "Frank's Place – The Movie"1988Young GunsPat Garrett1988Out of This WorldRobby JamisonEpisode: "Old Flame"1988MacGyverJeff StoneEpisode: "Collision Course"1989Her AlibiGary Blackwood1989Alfred Hitchcock PresentsMichael RobertsEpisode: "South by Southeast"1989Chill FactorJerry Rivers1990All My ChildrenCaptain Nils Lindstrom6 episodes1991They Came from Outer SpaceLester KerwickEpisode: "Look Who's Barking"1995Kung Fu: The Legend ContinuesGarrisonEpisode: "Manhunt"1996CheckmateRay1997High TideEarlEpisode: "Two Barretts and a Baby"1997Silk StalkingsHarmon LangeEpisode: "Pumped Up"1997Deep CoverRay
As himself YearTitleNotes1959The Juke Box JuryEpisode: "Episode dated May 1, 1959"1960Spirit of the Alamo1962Here's HollywoodEpisode: "Episode #2.249"1965BandstandEpisode: "Episode #8.46"1967Dateline: Hollywood2 episodes1968, 1974, 1977, 1979The Mike Douglas Show4 episodes1968The Woody Woodbury ShowEpisode: "Episode dated April 2, 1968"1971The Merv Griffin ShowEpisode: "Eva Gabor, Patrick Wayne, Henry Darrow, Doug McClure"1971The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonEpisode: "Episode dated June 4, 1971"1971The David Frost ShowEpisode: "Episode #3.197"1974The Bob Braun ShowEpisode: "Episode dated October 8, 1974"1977, 1979–1980Good Morning America3 episodes1979Battle of the Network Stars VIICredited as; Pat Wayne1979–1980Hollywood Squares2 episodes1979–1980Whew!10 episodes1980Kraft Salutes Disneyland's 25 Anniversary1980–1981The Monte Carlo Show24 episodes1981The Alan Thicke Show2 episodes1981Password Plus5 episodes1984Hollywood GreatsEpisode: "John Wayne"1984–1985Body Language10 episodes1985Super Password5 episodes1985All-Star Party for 'Dutch' ReaganUncredited1990Tic-Tac-DoughHost1998John Wayne and the SearchersNarrator2002The Quiet Man: The Joy of Ireland2006American MastersEpisode: "John Ford/John Wayne: The Filmmaker and the Legend"200650 Films To See Before You Die2007100 Years of John Wayne2008The O'Reilly FactorEpisode: "Episode dated February 18, 2008"2009Tournament of Roses Parade2010Machete Maidens Unleashed!2011The Personal Property of John Wayne2020Strength and Courage with Patrick Wayne2020Maureen O'Hara – Banríon Hollywood2023Downwind2023The Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout
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