John Wayne filmography Wayne starred in his final film, "The Shootist" (1976), ending his acting career for fifty years, 169 feature length films, and various other television appearances or voice-overs. In 1993, Wayne appeared posthumously as George Abitbol, the central character in the French TV film "La Classe américaine". The film, the story of which revolves around an investigation of Abitbol's death, consists entirely of cut-and-pasted extracts from other films, dubbed with new lines in French and transformed into a new story. Raymond Loyer, who had dubbed Wayne into French in his previous films, returned to do so one last time. John Wayne
John Wayne Airport jet flights were Bonanza DC-9s later in 1967. In 1967, the Eddie Martin Terminal was constructed to accommodate 400,000 annual passengers. Remodeling added two passenger holding areas in 1974, a new baggage claim area in 1980 and a terminal annex building in 1982, bringing the facility to . Nonstop flights reached Salt Lake City in 1976–77 (Hughes DC9s), Denver in 1982 (Frontier MD80s), Dallas/Fort Worth in 1983 (American MD80s), Chicago in 1986 (AirCal 737-300s), and New York Kennedy in 1991 (America West 757s). After the Orange County Airport was renamed John Wayne Airport in 1979, the John Wayne Associates commissioned